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La compétition "The Magic of the Accordion" - Mondial
32ième festival international de Moscou “Bayan et Bayanistes” - Russie
Le concert de Noël de Guardia Nueva sera retransmis de l’église de Kokkola - Finlande
Friedrich LIPS interprète «Sept mots» au Musée Pouchkine de Moscou - Russie
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Carlos Vives Latin Grammy Winner with Cumbiana - ColumbiaStas Venglevski Dedication to Helmi Harrington - USACNIMA Online 2020 Workshop - FranceVideo for Christmas: Lionel Reekie Performs O Holy Night - New Zealand81-Year-Old Stefano Bozzini Serenades His Dying Wife - ItalyAAA 2021 Elsie M. Bennett Composition Competition - USACancelled: 49th Kleine Tage der Harmonika 2021 – GermanyRose-Marie Coppola Passes Away - USAIntroducing: the Essentials Collection for Digital AccordionsVideo: Sergey Neverov Plays Bach - UkraineValéry Giscard d’Estaing, Former French President 1926 – 2020 - FranceAccordionGifts Holiday Sale – 25% off everything in stock! – USA
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Online Show by Tango Milonga/Otoño – South AfricaAccordion Meeting Point II, San Sebastian - SpainAlex Meixner Band “Holiday Cheerfest”, Lake Worth - USASkerryvore and Manran Joint Concert - UKLouise Jallu New CD “Piazzolla 2021” - France
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_144ième assemblée générale des délégués - internationalby Harley Jones |
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 La Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes (CIA) a tenu sa 144ième assemblée générale des délégués (44 membres dont de nombreuses organisations liées à l’accordéon) le 28 novembre dernier.L’assemblée menée par le président Mirco Patarini et le secrétaire général Kimmo Mattila n’avait jamais été tenue en ligne auparavant et 40 membres ont pu être présents. Les plans pour 2021 furent présentés : - Le congrès d’hiver qui aura lieu à Bâle en Suisse, du 12 au 14 sous l’égide de Ruedi Marty, président de l’association hôte , accordeon.ch - Une compétition vidéo "The Magic of the Accordion" – voir article ci-dessous - Le World Accordion Day, officiellement le 6 mai, avec un évènement en ligne incluant un orchestre mondial d’accordéon virtuel et des concerts dans certains pays en fonction des pays et de la régulation covid en cours. - La Coupe Mondiale 2021 à Munich, du 13 au 17 octobre 2021. L’hôte organisateur est Deutscher Harmonika-Verband e. V., (DHV), et son délégué Georg Hettmann. Informations concernant la salle de concert, l’hôtel et les détails pour le voyage à : 2021CM-Presentation.pdf Le règlement, modalités de voyage et logement pour la Coupe Mondiale 2021 seront publiés avant Noël . |
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La compétition "The Magic of the Accordion" - Mondialby Mirco Patarini, CIA President. |
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 L’annonce par le président de la CIA, Mirco Patarini d’une nouvelle compétition vidéo "The Magic of the Accordion" faisait partie de l’agenda de la 144ième assemblée générale des délégués, le 28 novembre 2020.Texte de présentation : le CIA a toujours été très attentive, de manière générale, à l’évolution du monde de l’audio, de la vidéo et de l’internet. Même si la vidéo d’une prestation musicale n’est pas comparable à une prestation en concert, une vidéo peut cependant être un produit artistique en tant que tel. L’accordéon est un des plus jeunes instruments, mais un espace lui est maintenant dédié dans tous les genres musicaux du baroque au contemporain, en passant par le folk et le jazz. Le nouveau défi est de moderniser l’image de l’instrument de façon à le rendre attractif et populaire pour le grand public, et notamment les jeunes d’aujourd’hui avec une vidéo jeune et branchée. De là est née l’idée d’une compétition pour la création de vidéos promotionnelles. L’objet de la compétition est la creation d’un spot video promotional qui dure 60 secondes sur le theme “la magie de l’accordéon” dédié à la promotion de l’accordéon pour le grand public. Le spot video doit être aussi adaptable à une version de 30 secondes et 10 secondes, pour l’usage médiatique. Une annonce complete avec le règlement a été rédigée et le vainqueur sera choisi par les membres du CIA. Le budget est de 2,500 Euro et est couvert par le CIA. La proposition est d’annoncer les vainqueurs, le jour du World Accordion Day, le 6 mai 2021 et d’utiliser la meilleure vidéo pour présenter tous les évenènements CIA de l’année. Des infos complètes seront fournis dans 10 jours. |
32ième festival international de Moscou “Bayan et Bayanistes” - Russieby Arseniy Strokovskiy |
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 Ci-dessus: Vidéo promotionelle pour 2020.Imprimer le poster: 2020MoscowPoster.pdf Le directeur artistique Friedrich Lips (photo à gauche) vous accueille au 32ième festival international de Moscou “Bayan et Bayanistes” qui se tiendra à l’Académie de musique Gnesin de Moscou du 15 au 20 décembre 2020. Le 15 décembre , le concert d’inauguration inclura une prestation musicale d’Aidar Sakakhov, vainqueur de la VI ième compétition internationale Bayaniste et Accordéon. Il interprétera des œuvres de Tchaikovsky, Leaf, Salakhov et Desmond. Cela sera suivi par l’ensemble Russe Timbre de bayanistes, Vyacheslav Kuymenski, Vyacheslav Stoma, Pavel Saitsev, Kirill Rusinov et Maxim Tkachev, qui intepréteront les œuvres de Tchaikovsky et Piazzolla. Nota bene: Les places à ces concerts sont limitées à 25% de la capacité du aux restrictions du Covid-19 mais seront retransmises sur le net. Le 32ième festival international de Moscou se tient en parallèle à la VII ième compétition international de jours de bayan et d’accordéon. Cette année la compétition se tiendra en distanciel du 13 au 20 décembre. Cela sera ouvert à tous les musiciens de 18 à 32 ans (à la date de la compétition) et aura lieu en 2 tours avec 50% des participants allant jusqu’au 2ième tour. Le règlement pour la compétition en russe : 2020MoscowRules.pdf Un reportage complet sera en ligne à: 2020Moscow |
Le concert de Noël de Guardia Nueva sera retransmis de l’église de Kokkola - Finlandeby Harley Jones |
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| Le célèbre orchestre de tango Guardia Nueva, avec pour directeur artistique Raimo Vertainen, a annoncé que leur concert de Noël sera retransmis de l’église de Kokkola Church, le mardi 8 décembre à 17h heure CET (heure de Finlande, 18h). Le concert peut être vu en direct à : www.keskipohjanmaa.fi Le concert est limité à 20 personnes à cause du Covid-19, donc le concert aura lieu sans public, avec 1200 chaises vides et seul l’orchestre dans l’église (l’équipe technique vidéo étant dans une voiture derrière). Le tournage du concert se fera avec 5 caméras robots! Le nouveau site de Guardia Nueva est www.guardianueva.fi. Il est en pour l’instant en finlandais, mais il sera bientôt aussi disponible en anglais. Programme du concert : chants de Noël, Astor Piazzolla et pour la première fois, de la musique d’un des compositeurs russes, les plus importants, Nikolay Rimski-Korsakov avec des pièces de l’opéra "Christmas Eve", et "At the Grave". CD's disponibles en ligne à Guardia Nueva |
Friedrich LIPS interprète «Sept mots» au Musée Pouchkine de Moscou - Russieby Dr Herbert Scheibenreif Manager of Friedrich Lips Productions |
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| Le premier concert du festival "Soirées de décembre de Svyatoslav Richter" - L'artiste lit la Bible, a eu lieu le 2 décembre dans le célèbre musée Pouchkine à Moscou. Le festival s'est ouvert avec l'Ensemble de chambre des solistes de Moscou sous la direction de Yuri Bashmet. Des stars russes telles que Evgeni Mironow, Alexander Rudin et Friedrich Lips ont joué avec l'équipe légendaire. Le programme du concert comprenait "Sept mots" dans les versions de Joseph Haydn et Sofia Gubaidulina, basés sur les textes évangéliques qui reflètent l'apogée de la Passion du Seigneur. En raison des restrictions, le concert s'est déroulé comme un événement en ligne. Photo ci-dessous: Les incroyables albums de 30 Lips disponibles en ligne sur: Friedrich Lips |
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 Video 1: Carlos Vives - Cumbiana (Official Video)Video 2: NPR Tiny Desk Concert The Colombian and Panamanian legends take home Best Tropical Song at the 21st Latin GRAMMY Awards. The lively collab between the two GRAMMY- and Latin GRAMMY-winning legends is from Vives' joyful, cumbia-infused 2020 album, Cumbiana, which won Best Contemporary/Tropical Fusion Album during the Latin GRAMMY Premiere ceremony on November 19, 2020. Carlos took home a total of three 2020 Latin GRAMMY wins, the other for Best Long Form Music Video for the documentary accompaniment to the album, El mundo perdido de Cumbiana. Columbian multi-Grammy and Latin Grammy award-winning singer, composer and actor Carlos Vives has been a prominent musical figure for over 30 years. With 14 albums under his belt, including his latest Cumbiana, Vivas has sold tens of millions of copies globally. He is best known for fusing styles of music, such as vallenato, porro, cumbias, pop, rock and reggaeton. In Cumbiana, Vives does what he does best, brings it all. He incorporates all of these styles of music, while at the same time modernizing them. The first track, “Hechicera” features Canadian R&B singer and songwriter, Jessie Reyez. The song, in both English and Spanish, is an upbeat tropical vibe song. It fuses styles such as pop and cumbia to create a sexy rhythmic song. Vives, throughout his career, has been known as “El Hijo del vallenato,” the son of vallenato. Vallenato is a popular music style originating from Columbia’s Caribbean coast. It fuses Columbian, African and European cultures. Typically vallenatos include three main instruments, the guacharaca, a percussion instrument associated with indigenous culture, the caja, a drum associated with African culture, and the accordion associated with European culture. In 1993 Carlos released "Clásicos de la Provincia", which proves to be a timeless classic in Colombian and Latin American music, launching the vallenato on the world stage.Then came "La Tierra del Olvido" (1995), "Tengo Fe" (1997), "El Amor de mi Tierra" (1999), "Déjame Entrar" (2001) and "El Rock de mi Pueblo" (2004) which while not equaling the first success they definitely affirm the singer's maturity. On July 28, 2017, Carlos Vives presented the new single Robarte in Beso, with Sebastián Yatra, reaches the top places in the world charts and reaches a total of 1.3 billion views on his VEVO channel on YouTube. It was presented at the Viña del Mar 2018 Festival in Chile, which surprised ChocQuibTown, Sebastián Yatra and Wisin. Additional Grammy Award Results for Carlos Vives 61st Annual Grammy Awards (2018) Nominations Best Latin Pop Album 57th Annual Grammy Awards (2014) Wins Best Tropical Latin Album Más + Corazón Profundo 56th Annual Grammy Awards (2013) Nominations Best Tropical Latin Album Corazón Profundo 47th Annual Grammy Awards (2004) Nominations Best Latin Pop Album El Rock De Mi Pueblo 44th Annual Grammy Awards (2001) Wins Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album Dejame Entrar 42nd Annual Grammy Awards (1999) Nominations Best Traditional Tropical Latin Performance El Amor De Mi Tierra (Album) |
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 Stas Venglevski, in dedicating his new major composition “Poetic Rhapsody” to Helmi Harrington, curator of A World of Accordions Museum in Superior, Wisconsin, USA. This is a “first” in the history of the Museum.The piece will be premiered by Stas at a concert on December 6th at the Hanni Strahl Concert Hall, Harrington Arts Centre in Superior. The hall’s capacity to seat 1,000 people will be more than adequate to allow for 6-feet (or more) spacing between guests. Face masks for attendees is required. The concert can also be seen online around the world and will begin with music by J.S.Bach, followed by Yehuda Yannay’s Fantasietta with Interruptions on a Theme in F minor, William Susman’s Zydeco Madness and finish with “Poetic Rhapsody”. |
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| Promotional video: Testimonials of three international online CNIMA Students - Kayla from California, USA and Neil and Richard from England. The CNIMA directed by Nathalie Boucheix will hold their final 2020 workshop from December 27th to 31st online. Because of Covid-19 restrictions in France, the CNIMA has, for the time being, successfully switched all its classes to online teaching. Since 2018, online teaching had already been made available for distance students who wanted to benefit from the school’s specific accordion teaching system, while not being able to come on location in the heart of France. The Covid lockdown has reinforced this online teaching trend and made the CNIMA further confident it is a very valid option. Accordion classes online are suggested for people in remote places with no accordion teachers around, people who want to start accordion on the right foot with the right technique, players who have reached a glass ceiling and want to break through, as well as accordion champions in the making that are preparing for contests etc. The school created by Jacques Mornet and Nathalie Boucheix 22 years ago, has a world record of 107 first prizes at international competitions. Its specialises in the teaching of a very efficient accordion technique where the accordion is approached as a wind instrument. The right handling of the air column and the bellows, the correct holding of the instrument in connection with a good body balance, a study of a panel of touches and musicality as the ultimate goal frees up one's playing and allows students to make spectacular progress. For further details email: cnima@orange.fr |
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 Video: New Zealand popular accordionist and vocalist Lionel Reekie performs a stunning rendition of "O Holy Night" at the 2019 Christmas Kevin Friedrich and Friends concert in Dargaville, New Zealand. Enjoy this popular Christmas song. AWW wishes everyone a very happy Christmas season |
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| New York Times reporter Elisabetta Povoledo wrote an article recently regarding 81 year old accordionist Stefano Bozzini. Because of coronavirus restrictions in Italy, thousands of people have not been able to visit loved ones in hospitals, regardless of their ailment or how ill they are. This has very sadly been happening in many parts of the world. However, that didn’t stop Stefano Bozzini. In November, Stefano, plunked himself in the courtyard of a hospital in Castel San Giovanni, a town in the central region of Reggio Emilia, and began playing his accordion under the second-story window of his wife of 47 years, Carla Sacchi, who was hospitalized for an illness unrelated to Covid-19. He played a few of her favorite songs, including “Spanish Eyes,” the 1965 Bert Kaempfert classic made popular by the crooners Al Martino, Engelbert Humperdinck and Elvis Presley. The couple’s son, Maurizio Bozzini, recorded the serenade and sent it to a friend who posted it on Facebook. Local and international media picked up the video, a soulful testament of profound love in these sad times." Very sadly, Carla Sacchi died at home a short time later at the age of 74. |
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 The 2021 Elsie M. Bennett Composition Competition for Aspiring Composers will be held in January 2021.Elsie M. Bennett (picture left) was the driving force behind the AAA’s Composers Commissioning Committee, and was successful in getting the most famous of contemporary composers to write for the accordion. Among them were Robert Russell Bennett, Paul Creston, Robert Baksa, Lucas Foss, Alexander Tcherepnin, and so many more. A complete list is included on the AAA website. This competition is in her memory and the AAA encourages contemporary composers to include writing for the accordion in their repertoire. A panel of prominent accordionists and composers will be assembled to judge the submissions in two divisions: Junior Division (up to 18 years of age) Open Division (18 and older) Entry closing date: January 10th, 2021. Winners will be notified by email on or about January 30th, 2021. For entry forms and further details see: AAA |
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 Organisers of the 49th Kleine Tage der Harmonika 2021 (Day of the Accordion) which was due to be held in Klingenthal, Germany on March 6th and 7th, 2021 have regrettably had to cancel the event due to the uncertainties of Covid-19.They now look forward to the 2022 competition. |
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 Picture left: Rose-Marie Bruno and Lou Coppola, accordion champions, with their proud teacher Rudy Molinaro, 1955Rose-Marie Bruno Coppola passed away on November 28th, 2020 after bravely battling a long illness. Born in Connecticut, USA in 1939, she spent almost her entire life performing, promoting and teaching the accordion. An award-winning musician, Rose-Marie performed on the stage at Carnegie Hall in her teen years, and for US Presidents and other dignitaries, for decades, with her group The Strolling Strings. When her illness prevented her from playing, she enjoyed supporting accordionists in the Washington, DC area and at the AAA festivals. A lovely, kind, inspirational person to the end, Rose-Marie will be sadly missed! Picture below: The Coppola family in 1972. Both sons were award-winning accordionists. Left to right: Addie Cere, John Coppola, Maddalena Belfiore, Kevin Coppola, Rose-Marie and Lou Coppola. |
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 Now Available! Gary Dahl—the Legacy Continues (GDTLC), is proud to announce the availability of two editions of the Essentials Collection for the Roland FR-8X and Bugari Evo digital accordions.The Essentials Collection - Acoustic Edition is packaged specifically for musicians who enjoy the acoustic accordion sounds of the Roland and Bugari digital accordions. This collection consists of the two acoustic accordion sets which introduce the sound of the popular Borsini SuperStar. Using the Roland sound engine, the tone, timbre, and color of the Borsini SuperStar are faithfully reproduced with a range of musette tunings. The Essentials Collection – Acoustic Edition is being offered at $39.95 USD. The Essentials Collection - Premium Edition is the foundation collection of digital accordion resources from GDTLC. The Premium Edition includes: * 2 foundation Sets based on the sound of the Borsini SuperStar? * 84 User Programs using the Borsini sets plus orchestral instruments, covering a wide range of uses? The Essentials Collection – Premium Edition is being offered at $99.95 USD. How We Developed These Satisfying Sound Offerings: All digital programming from GDTLC undergoes a comprehensive finishing process. This process includes placing each instrument or reed at the desired location in the sound field, balancing volume according to its role with other instruments or reeds, and blending and optimizing the sound of each instrument or reed using a number of other signal processing steps. This comprehensive finishing process produces mellower smooth sounds, crisper bright sounds, and well-optimized sound combinations yielding a rich, full, and professional sounding result. Volume is a particular area of focus. Recorded music underwent a number of years of “more volume is better” thinking—often referred to as the volume wars in radio. Now, it is generally accepted among audio engineers that high compression can be fatiguing and washes out the music. Instead, our finishing process allows for a wide dynamic range with thoughtful proportion among the instruments/reeds and between treble and bass. With plenty of signal headroom left after finishing, the performer is in full control of the sound. For more information, or to get your Acoustic or Premium Edition, visit the GDTLC website. |
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| Video: Sergey Neverov playing Invention No. 4 in D minor BWV 775 by J.S.Bach. Sergey says “This video is an attempt to show only a small part of the hidden harmonies, motives, voices in the famous two-voice innovation of the composer to my taste. I note that the development of audio and video technology allows us to find new opportunities in performing practice. Enjoy!” |
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 Valéry René Marie Georges Giscard d’Estaing, former French President from 1974 to 1981 passed away at the age of 94 on December 2nd, 2020.Valéry was often photographed playing the accordion as he wanted to be known as the “people’s President”. Valery Giscard d’Estaing, set European monetary union in motion, fathered the first draft of the European Union’s Constitution and helped create the Group of Eight forum. He is survived by his wife Anne-Aymone de Brantes and three of their four children. |
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| AccordionGifts Holiday Sale. This year has been difficult with the Coronavirus pandemic affecting everyone, so we thought that we would end the year on a happy note. AccordionGifts is offering everything in stock, including holiday items, clothing, jewellery, stationery, and novelties at 25% off the listed price. The sale is in effect for the entire month of December. |
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| An online show by the group “Tango Milonga/Otoño” will be available from December 4th to 8th, 2020, hosted by the Drostdy Theatre in, Stellenbosch, South Africa. The group includes accordionist Stanislav Angelov. You can join them for tango music in the comfort of your home. Pour a glass of wine, sit back and relax or dance the night away with their music. For details email: ane@drostdyteater.co.za |
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| Accordion Meeting Point II will be held from December 9th to 12th at Musikene, Basque Country Higher Music School Donastia, in San Sebastian organised by Hauspoz Euskal Herriko Akordeoi Elkartea with Artistic Director Inaki Alberdi. The event is designed to help musicians share ideas and learn important aspects of performance, recording, promotion etc. See poster for dates, times and names of tutors. |
by Christine Johnstone
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 The Alex Meixner Band will perform a “Holiday Cheerfest”, Winter Beer Festival concert at the American German Club of the Palm Beaches in, Lake Worth, Florida on December 13th, 2020.This event will be a German Beerfest with a Christmas twist under the Pavilion! In the spirit of Christmas, a portion of the proceeds will be donated to a local charity to help feed the community. The public are welcome to attend. Masks must be worn and there will be temperature checks. Tables will be sanitized and socially distant. There is limited seating under the pavilion as tickets are limited due to required Covid-19 safety protocols. However, additional seating is available in the outdoor picnic area! For details email: info@alexmeixner.com |
by Christine Johnstone
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| Skerryvore (which includes brothers Daniel on accordion and Martin Gillespie on pipes, whistles and accordion) will perform “A Winter Wonderful” Online Show on December 19th, 2020 at 2pm GMT+13. This will be followed by a joint concert: Skerryvore and Scottish folk rock band “Manran” (which features accordionist Gary Innes) at the Reid Hall Forfar in Forfar, UK on December 19th. This concert has become a preXmas tradition for the bands and last year’s event was a sell-out! For details email: info@skerryvore.com |
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  A new CD by Louise Jallu (picture left) entitled “Piazzolla 2021” will be released at a concert on January 10th, 2021 at 4pm, at the Paris Philharmonic with the support of the Jean-Luc Lagardère Foundation. Louise will be accompanied by Mathias Lévy (violin & electric guitar), Grégoire Letouvet (piano & synthesizer), Alexandre Perrot (double bass), Médéric Collignon (bugle) and Gustavo Beytelmann (piano). The album was recorded at the Philharmonie de Paris and will be released by Klarthe (Pias Distribution) at the end of a concert. For details email: louise.jallu@free.fr |
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 Accordions Worldwide have been asked to include a Children’s Corner section in our Weekly News, so our readers can send in news items, pictures, videos, reports etc on our young upcoming accordionists. Children, adults and teachers are welcome to send their news and photos to: cjmusic@outlook.co.nz |
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 Alberto Nardelli talks about his experience as a teacher and introduces us to the talented 9-year-old accordionist Martina Koni."In just 6 months of lessons Martina studied a Bach minuet in G major, the fourth movement of Solotariev's 'Suite pour Enfants'. Martina has a lot of enthusiasm and desire to learn, thanks also to her father (ex-accordionist) who knew how to help her in the best way. My vocation, as the teacher says, is to accompany and stimulate, through a methodical study, these children so full of life, towards a world where music sighs for their soul and their heart ". Bravo Martina, we can't wait to attend one of your concerts! |
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| Historical Video of Yvette Horner Live on Television 1956, France, added to her obituary site. |
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