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Weekly News from Around the World - 05-Aug-2011
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BREAKING NEWS: Mario Moreschi Passes Away, Castelfidardo - Italy
Recuperación de obras de Piazzolla de los años 50 – Sudáfrica y Alemania
Italia Mirco Patarini Impresiona Audiencias On Tour - Brasil
Espectáculo teatral ‘El Acordeonista’ – Qué es lo siguiente?, Londres – Reino Unido
Dúo Una Sinistra (Yulia Amerikova y Alexander Selivanov) en Concierto, Castelfidardo - Italia

Reports for Concerts, Masterclasses, Competitions, Festivals, etc.

Danielle Renzi Wins Roland USA National Competition in Orlando
Andy Banks (1948-2011), Birmingham – UK
K Trio Reunion Performance, Charleston - USA
Santa Maria Accordion Band at Hal-Lija Day Soiree 2011 - Malta
Diatonic Accordionists Create Magic in Orlando with the Roland FR18 - USA
‘14 Years Ago’ – Joan Cochran Sommers Leads UMKC European Tour

Future events

Joao Gentil e Alejandro Brittes (Argentina) juntos em Portugal‏
Beltango Performances in Croatia, Hungary, Serbia and Finland
Marcelo Caldi Performs at ‘Viver É Que É Valsar’, Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
Cotati Accordion Festival, California – USA
Orquestra de Acordeões Concert, Marinhais - Portugal
Gary Brunotte Entertains in Restaurant, North Carolina - USA
Button Box Gathering 2011, Scotland - UK

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August 2011 Diatonic News Online 1st August
August 2011 Accordion Russia News Online 1st August
Nihad Hrustanbegovic selling new CD
Betty Jo Simon selling new CD's

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BREAKING NEWS: Mario Moreschi Passes Away, Castelfidardo - Italy

Mario MoreschiWith deep sadness, AWW regrets to announce the death last night (10th August during the night), after a short illness of Mario Moreschi. He was 65 years.

Mario was a founder member of the Pasco company and grandson of Giuseppe Moreschi. The Moreschi accordion celebrated its centenary last year.

Picture right: Mario Moreschi at the Pasco Italia / Paolo Soprani stand at the Frankfurt Musik Messe in March 2011.

He leaves a wife Daniela, a daughter Martina and son Michele. Our thoughts are with his family at this time.

The funeral will be on Saturday morning, 13 August, in Castlefidardo.

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Recuperación de obras de Piazzolla de los años 50 – Sudáfrica y Alemania

Lothar HenselLa recuperación de obras de Piazzolla de los años 50 es una realidad sorprendente y emocionante. Estas obras recuperadas recientemente, se interpretarán modernamente por primera vezen el concierto de la Cape Philharmonic Orchestra con el bandoneonista Lothar Hensel en el Cape Town City Hall, Sudáfrica, el 11 de agosto de 2011.

“Este material orquestal se consideraba perdido y es todo un éxito devolver estas obras al escenario” dice Lothar Hensel. “Durante los 50’s, Astor Piazzolla recibió un salario por estudiar en Paris con Nadia Boulanger. Durante esta época en Paris puso mucho interés en experimentar así como en ser muy productivo. Compuso varias obras muy bonitas para bandoneón y orquesta de cámara. Sus títulos evocan el París de los 50 e incluyen ‘Chau Paris’, ‘Sens unique’, ‘S.V.P. (s'il vous plait)’, ‘Picasso’, y ‘Rio Sena’”.

Lothar Hensel escribió “Recuperé un viejo vinilo y, como la partitura no existía, escribí la música escuchando el disco. En diciembre, produciremos el disco juntamente con la grabación de la orquesta Cologne WDR”.

Nacido en Alemania, Lothar Hensel estudió en Buenos Aires y París con famosos profesores de tango, entre los cuales Juan José Mosalini, Dino Saluzzi y Nestor Marconi. Con su nuevo grupo ‘Tango Fusión’, llena salas de concierto alrededor del mundo, de amantes de la música clásica, así como de aficionados al tango.

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Italia Mirco Patarini Impresiona Audiencias On Tour - Brasil

Mirco Patarini & Orchestra Camerata SESI, conductor Leonardo David.
Mirco Patarini and Leonardo DavidEn julio del 2011, Mirco Patarini hizo una pequeña gira por Brasil. En el estado de Sao Paulo, el músico hizo su primer concierto en solitario, presentando un repertorio que cautivó la atención. Podemos destacar, la clásica ‘Dizzy Fingers’, de Zez Confrey, y una extraordinaria interpretación de ‘Capriccio 24 en la menor’ de Niccolò Paganini.

Las siguientes interpretaciones incluyeron conciertos en el museo de la Casa Brasileira (el 10 de julio), en el auditorio del Ordem dos Músicos do Brasil (12 de julio), y en la ciudad de Araraquara, en el SESC Araraquara (21 de julio) como invitado especial del concierto de Oswaldinho do Acordeon, uno de los acordeonistas brasileños más conocido.

El 24 de julio, en el estado de Espírito Santo, Mirco Patarini interpretó en Domingos Martins, uno de los festivales de invierno más importantes del país, donde fue invitado solista de la Orchestra Camerata SESI, bajo la dirección de Leonardo David. Junto con la orquesta, Mirco interpretó obras de Astor Piazzolla, incluyendo ‘Tres Tangos’, ‘Oblivion’, y ‘Por Una Cabeza’.

Además de los conciertos, Mirco también ofreció entrevistas a algunas emisoras de radio y canales de televisión, incluyendo Trianon radio (Sao Paulo) y TV Ara (ciudad de Araraquara – Sao Paulo).

Para más información escriban a: quitandamusical@gmail.com

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Espectáculo teatral ‘El Acordeonista’ – Qué es lo siguiente?, Londres – Reino Unido

Romano Viazzani and Bethany Jameson‘El Acordeonista’, el nuevo y aclamado espectáculo musical escrito e interpretado por el acordeonista Romano Viazzani y la cantante Bethany Jameson terminó su gira en abril del 2011. A los críticos y a la audiencia les encantó la música, que constaba de una mitad de clásicos de Edith Piaf (‘Milord’, ‘Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien’, ‘La Vie En Rose’, ‘Padam, Padam’, ‘La Foule’, y ‘L’Accordéoniste’) y otra mitad de canciones nuevas, incluyendo el éxito ‘Just Her Younger Man’ y las drmáticas ‘Life Story’ y ‘Separation’.

La música de ‘The Accordionist’, grabada por Romano Viazzani y Bethany, ya está en el mercado y ha tenido una muy buena acogida.

Ahora, Romano y Bethany están colaborando con John Foster, cuyos guiones de televisión y teatro en el Reino Unido son realmente impresionantes. Están desarrollando ‘The Accordionist’, para dejarlo listo para un segundo año de gira. El pasado 17 de julio hicieron un ensayo de la primera escena en el Centro Salisbury Arts, donde mostraron el potencial de la obra a una audiencia que lo apreció enormemente.

Para más información escriban a: romanoviazzani@hotmail.co.uk
Tres CD que está disponible en el sitio Viazzani Romano.

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Dúo Una Sinistra (Yulia Amerikova y Alexander Selivanov) en Concierto, Castelfidardo - Italia

Duo Una Sinistra of Julia Amerikova and Alexander Selivanov
El 23 de septiembre, el dúo Una Sinistra - Yulia Amerikova y Alexander Selivanov – interpretará un concierto durante el 36º Concierto y Festival Internacional de Acordeón Premio de Castelfidardo, en Italy.

Una Sinistra ha ganado competiciones internacionales y ofrecido conciertos en muchos países recibiendo grandes aclamaciones. Alexander Selivanov y Yulia Amerikova són participantes regulares de muchos eventos musicales como por ejemplo el Festival Internacional de Acordeón de Moscú ‘Bayan y Bayanistas’, ‘Sata Hame Soi’ (Finlandia), ‘Spoleto Spring Festival’ (Italia), ‘Young Talents of Russia’, ‘Rendezvous...’ (Moscú), etc.

Han sido jueces internacionales en la Copa Munidal y han hecho conciertos y master clases en muchas ciudades de Rúsia, así como en Italia, Finlandia, Eslovaquia y Holanda.

El programa incluye obras originales escritas especialmente para el dúo, transcripciones de clásicos simfónicos, así como un trío en el que se les añadirá el famoso intérprete italiano Mirco Patarini.

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Danielle Renzi Wins Roland USA National Competition in Orlando

Roland V-accordion logoRoland winners, Daniel Pavlotsky (Junior) and Danielle Renzi (Senior)Photos above. Top, Senior Division contestants: Anthony Federici, Svetlana Ivanchenko, Tatiana Semichastnova, Danielle Renzi and Gregory Fainshtein
Middle: Junior Division contestants: Kassandra Patterson, Olivia Luey, Rachael Renzi, Brian Aucoin and Daniel Pavlotsky
Lower: Jury: Kevin Friedrich, Jeff Lisenby, Danilo Di Paolonicola and Sergio Scappini.

Held in Orlando, Florida in conjunction with the 71st Accordionists & Teachers Guild, International (ATG) Festival Competition and Festival, the Roland USA V-Accordion Festival featured 10 of the USA’s top young Roland accordionists.

After two extremely close competitions just one mark separated the top three place getters in the USA National Roland V-Accordion Festival Final, with Danielle Renzi from New England narrowly taking the top title from Gregory Fainshtein, who was awarded a special recognition of his performance with an Honored Performance Prize for his second place.

Photo right: Roland winners, Daniel Pavlotsky (Junior) and Danielle Renzi (Senior)

Danielle’s prize included a new V-Accordion and trip to Rome to compete in the International V-Accordion Festival. The Junior division was also closely contested, with the winner being Daniel Pavlotsky, with second place getter Olivia Luey being awarded an Honored Performance Prize.

The event was supported by a star studded cast of Roland Executives including Chris Bristol, President & CEO of Roland Corporation USA, Chris Halon, Roland US Director of Product Management, Yoshi Shibata, Liaison Manager for Roland US and the Japan Headquarters, Virginia Harmon USA Roland Festival Coordinator, Steve Albini Roland US V-Accordion Product Manager, Marco Cinaglia, V-Accordion Product Manager of Roland Europe and numerous others including guest artists Sergio Scappini - Roland V-Accordionist (Italy), Danilo Di Paolonicola - Roland Diatonic Accordionist (Italy), 2010 Roland US V-Accordion Festival winner Christopher Gorton (USA), Alex and Peter Chudolij (USA), 2007 Grammy nominee Alex Meixner (Roland V-Accordion and Diatonic Accordion).

Held at the Renaissance Orlando Hotel the competition was held in two categories Senior (age 18 and older) and Junior (age 17 and younger). Danielle won a trip to the International V-Accordion Festival to be held in Rome, Italy later in the year, the contestants who participated in the finals were as follows:

Youth Division contestants were Brian Aucoin, Olivia Luey, Kassandra Patterson, Daniel Pavlotsky and Rachael Renzi, and in the Senior Division contestants were Gregory Fainshtein, Anthony Federici, Svetlana Ivanchenko, Danielle Renzi and Tatiana Semichastnova.

Adjudicators for this competition were International Roland guest artist Sergio Scappini (Italy), Danilo Di Paolonicola (International Diatonic Artist), renowned Nashville Musician and former US Champion Jeff Lisenby and CIA Ambassador and accordionist Kevin Friedrich.

The exciting competition was hosted by Chris Halon, Roland US Director of Product Management, who also interviewed each contestant at the conclusion of their performance allowing the audience to learn a little more about each of the young artists. Both winners were featured on the ATG Gala Concert which was hosted by Roland and featured an exceptional line-up of Roland Artists covering many musical genre

For further information: Steven.albini@rolandus.com

Photo below, left to right: Chris Halon, Roland US Director of Product Management, Chris Bristol, President & CEO of Roland Corporation USA, Kevin Friedrich (Jury), Jeff Lisenby (Jury), Tatiana Semichastnova, Daniel Pavlotsky (Winner of the Junior Division), Danielle Renzi, Anthony Federici, Brian Aucoin, Olivia Luey, Rachael Renzi, Gregory Fainshtein, Svetlana Ivanchenko, Danilo Di Paolonicola (Jury), Sergio Scappini (Jury) and Steve Albini, Roland US V-Accordion Product Manager.

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Andy Banks (1948-2011), Birmingham – UK

Andy Banks, Chairman and Treasurer and a founder member of the Birmingham-based Club Accord, died at his home in Handsworth last week at the age of 63. Born in Wick in the north of Scotland, but raised in the Midlands, Andy had a strong Brummie accent whilst always considering himself an exiled Scot.
  
Largely self-taught, Andy played the Shand Morino 3-row diatonic button accordion, melodeon and English concertina, and played Scottish and English traditional music. When the late Malcolm Gee founded Club Accord in 1976, Andy was one of the first to join, and played at most of their concert evenings. He played in Moonstone, a ceilidh band, and for Blackadder Morris.

A great admirer of Sir Jimmy Shand, Andy once actually had an accordion lesson from the great man. He tracked Sir Jimmy down to his house in Auchtermuchty by asking at a local petrol station and soon found himself in the middle of a master class!

Andy had a great knowledge of Scottish accordionists, and was a devotee of the Hohner Shand Morino. He contributed an article about the origins of this iconic instrument to my first volume of ‘An A to Z of the Accordion’, which also included a biographical entry for him based on his long-term contribution to Club Accord. In this entry I commented: “Lots of people come and go as members of accordion clubs, but it is people such as Andy who are the real backbone due to an unstinting loyalty and interest.”

The next meeting of Club Accord is on Monday August 8th, 7.30pm, which will feature a tribute to Andy Banks, with all players present playing through ‘The Dark Island’, one of Andy’s favourite tunes. Club Accord meets at Catshill Social Club, 13a Meadow Road, Catshill, near Bromsgrove, Birmingham B61 0JJ.

For further information email: Matthew.Butcher@swft.nhs.uk

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K Trio Reunion Performance, Charleston - USA

The K Trio
The K Trio performed Friday July 15th on the Gala Concert at the 2011 AAA Festival held in Charleston. The audience was treated to a delightful reunion performance by the world class K Trio who have travelled to many parts of the world, always impressing their audiences.

The 2004 Coupe Mondiale report of a performance by the K Trio read: The K Trio delighted the Pontarlier audience with their program of light classics and were called back for an encore. The capacity audience were shown why The K Trio has been described as three world-class musicians with the technical precision of the Juilliard String Quartet and the universal appeal of the Boston Pops.

The K Trio consists of AAA Virtuoso Champions and siblings, Julie Kasprzyk-Cardona, Walter Kasprzyk, and Mary Kasprzyk Tokarski. Their program included crowd pleaser "Clair De Lune" and their signature piece, "Casey Jones" as well as other beloved selections.

The K Trio gave a wonderful performance in Charleston. Yes, they received a standing ovation, well deserved! They had not performed together in many years.

CD's by Mary Tokarski and CD's by the K Trio are available online.

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Santa Maria Accordion Band at Hal-Lija Day Soiree 2011 - Malta

Santa Maria Accordion Band, MD Marthese Busuttil Cassar
The Santa Maria Accordion Band, MD Marthese Busuttil Cassar, was invited to perform a concert of popular music to the general public in attendance for this year's Hal-Lija Day Soiree 2011.

During this annual soiree, which was held on July 6th, the Hal-Lija Local Council honoured citizens from this medieval village situated in the centre of Malta, famous for its orange gardens from the Knights of St. John since 1530AD, and for its feast with the biggest fireworks display in Malta.

The organisation of this year's soiree' was under Magda Magri Naudi, the council member responsible for culture, together with other council members, and compered by Susan Malvaney.

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Diatonic Accordionists Create Magic in Orlando with the Roland FR18 - USA

Top: Danilo Di Paolonicola Middle: Alex Meixner, Lower: Danilo Di PaolonicolaSeven-time Diatonic Accordion World Champion Danilo Di Paolonicola brought the house down in Orlando, Florida, where he took diatonic accordion performance to new heights mixing his dynamic artistry, extraordinary technical capability and the innovative features of the new Roland FR18.

Appearing at the Accordionists & Teachers Guild, International (ATG) Festival as an International Guest artist, Danilo’s appearance was made possible by Roland-USA, as he began a tour through parts of the United States promoting the Roland FR18 Diatonic Accordion.

Picture left, top: Danilo Di Paolonicola Workshop
Picture left, middle: 2007 Grammy nominee Alex Meixner in Concert, USA
Picture left, lower: Danilo Di Paolonicola, 7 Time World Diatonic Champion in Concert

Danilo began learning the diatonic accordion at the age of six and immediately distinguished himself as a precocious talent, going on to win an incredible seven "World Champion" titles on the Diatonic Accordion, as well as numerous national and international competitions.

Among the many competitions won, Danilo in 2007 with his group "Ethnic Project" won the competition for world's most important jazz accordion "Premio Città di Castelfidardo" and again in the same year with his band, also won the "Premio Stefano Bizzarri" where he had the honor to open the gala concert of Richard Galliano.

Danilo studied jazz and accordion Varietè with Renzo Ruggieri, where he attended advanced courses at the Berklee Shcool in Perugia (Umbria Jazz). He has given concerts in Switzerland, Germany, France, Belgium, Croatia, Holland, Hungary, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the USA.

Also appearing on Diatonic accordion courtesy of Roland-USA was America’s own 2007 Grammy nominee Alex Meixner who began his performing career began at age 6 with his two sisters and father in an ethnic folk ensemble. An extremely versatile musician, Alex performs expertly on Diatonic Accordion, Piano Accordion as well as several brass instruments.

Alex has appeared at music festivals throughout the USA, concert performances with the London Symphony Orchestra, Sandy Duncan and his own jazz and ethnic ensembles; as well as over 50 recordings, Meixner has developed a unique musical mix that appeals to a wide cross-section of audiences.

His talents in music and comedy were even featured on the Tonight Show on NBC in 2004. Most recently, his “Polka Freak Out” CD with Bubba Hernandez garnered a Grammy nomination in December, 2007.

During the Festival, Danilo also presented some workshops highlighting the features of the FR18 Diatonic instrument. After leaving the ATG Festival in Orlando, Florida, the Diatonic team will head to Houston, San Antonio and other cities in Texas as part of their American Tour.

Pictured below, left to right: Chris Bristol, President & CEO of Roland Corporation USA, Virginia Harmon Roland-USA Festival Coordinator, Alex Chudolij (Roland-USA Dealer), Steve Albini Roland-USA V-Accordion Product Manager, Daniel Pavlotsky (Winner Youth Division – Roland-USA V-Accordion Festival), Danilo Di Paolonicola - Roland Diatonic Accordionist (Italy), Danielle Renzi (Winner of the Senior Division – Roland-USA V-Accordion Festival), Christopher Gorton (Winner 2010 Roland-USA V-Accordion Festival), Peter Chudolij (USA), Chris Halon, Roland-USA Director of Product Management and Sergio Scappini - Roland V-Accordionist (Italy).

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‘14 Years Ago’ – Joan Cochran Sommers Leads UMKC European Tour

The UMKC Accordion Ensemble Concert Tour to Europe was indeed a great success. The 13 accordionists and 1 percussionist, directed by Joan Cochran Sommers, presented concerts in venues in the cities of Salzburg, Vienna, Budapest, Prague, and Munich. All concerts were sold out, and in many cases extra chairs had to be brought in.

Music performed included the following selections:
Excerpts from ‘An American in Paris’ (Gershwin)
Medley from ‘A Fiddler on the Roof’ (Bock & Harnick)
‘All That Jazz’ from ‘Chicago’ (Kander & Ebb)
‘Solina’ (J. Lisenby)
‘Prelude and Fugue in G, BWV 541’ (Bach)
‘Dance of the Comedians’ (Smetana)
‘Granada’ (Lara)
‘The Syncopated Clock’ (Anderson)
‘The Ragtime Dance’ (Joplin)
Excerpts from ‘Capriccio Espagnol’ (Rimsky-Korsakov)

Joan Sommers also conducted the UMKC group and the accordion orchestra from Maisach in a combined performance of ‘Rhapsodie Andalusia’ (Gotz).

Professor Herbert Scheibenreif of Neunkirchen, Austria, assisted with the organisation of the UMKC concerts.

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Joao Gentil e Alejandro Brittes (Argentina) juntos em Portugal‏

João Gentil & Alejandro Brittes“...  João Gentil e Alejandro Brittes  conheceram-se aquando da sua passagem na Colômbia, 2010 durante o II Encontro Mundial de Musicas de Acordeon na capital do Acordeon da Colômbia – Valledupar.
 
Entre trocas musicais e culturais surge uma forte amizade entre os dois músicos.
 
Esta amizade optimizada através da música e alimentada pela paixão ao Acordeon, acabou por juntar Portugal e Argentina e aproximar o Fado ao Tango e o Chamamé ao Vira...”
  
Um espectáculo único que une dois acordeonistas o português João Gentil e o Argentino Alejandro Brittes.
 
Músicos
André Ely – Violão 7 cordas
Lucas Rocha – Violão 7 cordas
Luis Formiga – Percussão
Alejandro Brittes – Acordeon Sistema Gonzalez
João Gentil – Acordeon Cromático
 
Espectáculo onde se pode ouvir os géneros do folclore URBANO e RURAL
 de dois países – PORTUGAL E ARGENTINA. O Chamamé, o Vira, o Tango,
 o Fado, a Milonga, são exemplos de géneros que se podem ouvir neste espectáculo.
 
4 Agosto - PALCO Z - Jantar Concerto -Restaurante Mestre Zé - Tocha (reservas 96 2810719 ou tcacao@gmail.com)
5 Agosto - Centro Cultural e Recreativo da Pena - Cantanhede
6 Agosto - Piolho Bar - Praia da Tocha
7 Agosto - Festas em Honra Nª Srª da Esperança - Vila Nova (Outil)

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Beltango Performances in Croatia, Hungary, Serbia and Finland

Beltango Quintet
Future performance dates for the exciting Beltango Quintet in the coming weeks mean quite a bit of travel around Europe for the group.

The group consists of Aleksandar Nikolic (bandoneon/accordion), Ivana Nikolic (piano/vocal), Jovan Bogosavljevic (violin), Bogdan Pejic (electric guitar), and Ljubinko Lazic (double bass).

Beltango has been a huge success wherever they have performed, from South America to all over Europe, including Finland in the North, to Italy and the Balkans in the South

August 26th, 11pm - Danubiando Tango Festival, Ajamk, Budapest, Hungary
September 2nd and 3rd, 9pm – 1st International Tango Festival, Opatija, Coatia
September 16th, 8pm – Beltango En Vivo, Ikaalinen, Finland
September 17th, 11pm – World of Tango Festival, Tampere, Finland
November 3rd, 8pm – 8th Belgrade Tango Festival, Kolarac Concert Hall, Belgrade, Serbia

For further information email: info@beltango.com

The Beltango Trilogia, 3 CD pack of is available online.

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Marcelo Caldi Performs at ‘Viver É Que É Valsar’, Rio de Janeiro - Brazil

Marcelo CaldiOn Saturday August 6th, 1pm – 2.30pm, accordionist Marcelo Caldi performs at the event ‘Viver É Que É Valsar’ held at Espaço Lapa Café - Oficial, Rua Gomes Freire 453, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Cotati Accordion Festival, California – USA

Cotati Accordion Festival
The 21st annual Cotati Accordion Festival will be held on August 20th and 21st in California. This festival, a non-profit making event, began in 1991 and since the has donated over $320,000 to the youth of the Cotati local community.

The entertainment on offer is varied, including concerts and dances. The guest list this year includes The Golden State Accordion Club Band, Tangonero, Ramon Trujillo & Mariachi Los Caporales, Amber Lee & the Anomalies, Alicia Baker (sponsored by Roland), The Great Morgani, Limpopo, Guy Klucevsek, The Georges Lammam Ensemble, Ginny Mac, Cory Pesaturo, The Mad Maggies, Nada Lewis, Polkacide, Jim Gilman, Chuck Berger, Steve Balich Sr. Polka Band, The Creole Belles, Sweet Penny Royals, Simka, Bella Ciao, Mary Tokarski, Murl Allen Sanders, Culann's Hounds, Those Darn Accordions, and MotorDude Zydeco.

Other features of the festival include The Accordion Babes Pagent, Lady of Spain-A-Ring Audience Participation, Cajun/Zydeco Dance Party, and the Polka Dance Party.

For further information email: info@cotatifest.com

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Orquestra de Acordeões Concert, Marinhais - Portugal

Orquestra de Acordeões
On Sunday August 7th, 9.30pm, the Orquestra de Acordeões perform in concert at the Festas de Marinhais 2011, Marinhais, Santarém.

For further information email: escolaacordeao@hotmail.com

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Gary Brunotte Entertains in Restaurant, North Carolina - USA

Gary BrunotteOn August 19th, September 16th and 23rd, accordionist Gary Brunotte entertains at the Bavarian Brathaus (a German Bavarian Restaurant), 4010 Durham Chapel Hill Blvd., Durham, NC 27717.

Gary Brunotte, also a jazz pianist and organist, has to date recorded 4 CDs.

For further information email: brunette@garybrunotte.com

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Button Box Gathering 2011, Scotland - UK

‘Button Box Gathering’The annual ‘Button Box Gathering’ concert takes place on September 8th, 7.30pm, at the Eden Court Theatre, Bishop's Road, Inverness IV3 5SA, in the Scottish Highlands.

The event attracts the finest button accordion players from across Scotland for an unforgettable evening’s entertainment, honouring the players and sounds of the Shand Morino and other button accordions.

The host for the evening is Andy Ross. This concert always sells out, so early booking is advised.

Performing are Donna MacDonald, the Jim Mackay Dance Band, Willy McHardie, George & David Rea, the Brandon MacPhee Trio, Alex McIntyre, Stephen Mackay, the Jimmy Lindsay Dance Band, and Graeme Mackay.

For further information email: graeme@mackaymusic.co.uk

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Nihad Hrustanbegovic selling new CD

Nihad Hrustanbegovic selling his CD titled 'Opus 7 The Cross-over', catalog: nihad301 with sound samples. Music performed by Nihad Hrustanbegovic. Purchase online.

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Betty Jo Simon selling new CD's

Betty Jo Simon selling her 3 new CD's titled 'Mamma Mia', catalog: bjsimon201, 'Musically Yours', catalog: bjsimon202 and 'Alpen Spielers', catalog: bjsimon203 with sound samples. Music performed by Betty Jo Simon. Purchase online.

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Breathbox CD by Antti Paalanene

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CD Reviews Index for the review of “Breathbox" CD, reviewed by Alessandro Mugnoz. Artist is Antti Paalanene.

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