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CONCERTS NOW ONLINEPreparativos finales para el XXIII Festival de Acordeón de Invierno de Kokkola - Finlandia
Online: XII Concurso Internacional de Música para Instrumentos Folklóricos "Asambleas Petropavlovianas", San Petersburgo - Rusia
Programa de conciertos de Friedrich Lips con Piazzolla-Studio - Rusia
Online: 3er Concurso Internacional de Música “Wiener Klassiker”, Viena - Austria
Iñaki Alberdi & Ricardo Llanos Generoso obsequio al mundo del acordeón - España
Reports for Concerts, Masterclasses, Competitions, Festivals, etc. |
Sébastien Farge Composes & Performs Music for New Show - FranceOnline: Successful Accordion Youth Summit (AYS) – USACoba New CD “The Accordion Plus +” Released Soon – JapanGorka Hermosa New Composition “Miñan” – SpainKaren Fremar Tribute and Dedication to Jeff LisenbyAccordion Teacher Required at Diocese of Leeds Music - UKVideo: Face2Face Perform Winter by Vivaldi - Poland
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Online: Eastbourne Accordion Festival "Guest Concert" - UK“Good Habits” Concerts in South Island of New ZealandOnline: Hanzhi Wang Valentine’s Day Concert - DenmarkOnline: "Love Songs" with Daddy Squeeze - USACNIMA February Workshops - France"Love is All Around" Concert, Christchurch - New Zealand
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Video: Young Girl Serenades Cows on Concertina - Ireland
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| Concerts 1 to 4 of the XXIII Kokkola Winter Festival are now online. View full report of text, pictures and video at: 2021Kokkola |
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Preparativos finales para el XXIII Festival de Acordeón de Invierno de Kokkola - Finlandiaby Harley Jones |
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  Video 1: Video promocionalVideo 2: El presidente de la Asociación de Acordeón de Finlandia, Kimmo Mattila, se ha unido al director artístico Raimo Vertainen en Kokkola para los preparativos finales. Vea este ensayo de ubicación en video para presentar a cada artista y promover la hermosa Kokkola. La información completa de cada concierto, la fecha y hora es en: 2021Kokkola Lunes 08 febrero Jóvenes virtuosos se sueltan con el concierto de estudiantes del lunes 18:00 a 19:00 hora de Finlandia Martes 09 febrero Julia Hansson (acordeón, voz) y Katri Antikainen (violonchelo) Ilta Jukkolanmäellä con Sonja Vertainen (acordeón, bandoneón) Iiris Rannikko (viola) 19:00 a 20:00 hora de Finlandia. Miércoles 10 de febrero Vilda Duo, Hildá Länsman (voz) y Viivi Maria Saarenkylä (acordeón) 19:00 a 20:00 hora de Finlandia. Jueves 11 de febrero El acordeón y el invierno son los temas del año. El programa incluye una variedad de géneros musicales. 19:00 a 19:45 hora de Finlandia. Viernes 12 de febrero Maria Kalaniemi (acordeón y voz) y Eero Grundström (armonía) 19:00 a 20:00 hora de Finlandia Concierto final del sábado 13 de febrero Kokkola 400 Years: The Grand Entertainment Concert of 2020 by Guardia Nueva (imagen de abajo) 19:00 a 20:00 hora de Finlandia. La información completa de cada concierto, la fecha y hora es en: 2021Kokkola |
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Online: XII Concurso Internacional de Música para Instrumentos Folklóricos "Asambleas Petropavlovianas", San Petersburgo - Rusiaby Ivan Dyma, SaxAkkord Duo |
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| El 12º Concurso Internacional de Música de artistas intérpretes o ejecutantes de instrumentos folclóricos "Asambleas Petro-Pavlovianas" se llevará a cabo en línea del 8 al 18 de abril de 2021. El director artístico del Concurso es el Presidente Honorario del Sindicato Creativo de Trabajadores Culturales de Rusia, Artista del Pueblo de la Federación de Rusia, Profesor Smirnov Yuri Pavlovic. Los competidores enviarán videos para una variedad de categorías para solistas, conjuntos y orquestas que tocan en bayan, acordeón y otros tipos de armónica. Las inscripciones cierran el 28 de marzo de 2021. Descarga las bases del concurso aquí: 2021PetroRules.pdf Descargue los formularios de inscripción al concurso aquí: 2021PetroEntryform.pdf Para más detalles, envíe un correo electrónico a: konkurs@kultura.spb.ru |
Programa de conciertos de Friedrich Lips con Piazzolla-Studio - Rusiaby Dr Herbert Scheibenreif Manager of Friedrich Lips Productions |
| Video: Piazzolla-Studio interpretando "Muerte del Angel" (A. Piazzolla). Friedrich Lips realizará una serie de conciertos con su quinteto Piazzolla-Studio en Rusia durante los próximos 2 meses. Estos conciertos se realizan para celebrar el centenario del gran compositor argentino (Piazzolla) el 11 de marzo. La primera se llevó a cabo esta semana en el Conservatorio (Sala Pequeña) de Moscú el 4 de febrero. Actuaciones futuras de la siguiente manera: • 7 de marzo - Sala de Cámara de la Filarmónica de Moscú • 23 de abril - concierto en Berdsk, Rusia • 24 de abril - concierto en Novosibirsk, Rusia "Piazzolla Studio" fue fundado en 1993 por Friedrich Lips e incluye a Vladislav Igolinsky (violín), Kirill Rodin (violonchelo), Svyatoslav Lips (piano), Nikolay Lgovsky (percusión) y el propio Lips. El quinteto fue el primero en introducir la música del compositor y bandoneonista Astor Piazzolla al mundo de la música rusa. CD disponible en línea en: Friedrich Lips Colección completa de CD de labios también disponible. Para más detalles, envíe un correo electrónico a: herbert@accordion-cd.co.at |
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Online: 3er Concurso Internacional de Música “Wiener Klassiker”, Viena - Austriaby Christine Johnstone |
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 Ya están abiertas las inscripciones para el 3er Concurso Internacional de Música “Wiener Klassiker” en línea para jóvenes músicos, que se celebra en Viena, Austria y es organizado por la Danubia Talents Art Association.Su objetivo es animar a los músicos jóvenes a actuar y crecer incluso en estos tiempos difíciles debido a la pandemia de COVID-19. La competencia se llevará a cabo en tres grupos de edad y 8 categorías, incluido el acordeón. El jurado incluirá al acordeonista Zhang Yan (foto a la derecha), profesor asociado de acordeón en el Conservatorio de Música de Shanghai en China. La fecha límite para las inscripciones es el 1 de marzo de 2021. Los resultados se anunciarán a más tardar el 23 de marzo de 2021. Consulte el cartel de arriba para obtener más detalles. |
Iñaki Alberdi & Ricardo Llanos Generoso obsequio al mundo del acordeón - Españaby Harley Jones |
 Ricardo Llanos e Iñaki Alberdi han hecho una ligera reseña del folleto “Acordeón para compositores” en inglés y “Acordeón Para Compositores” en español y lo han puesto a disposición del mundo del acordeón como descarga gratuita.Este manual práctico, publicado en español e inglés, está dirigido tanto a compositores como a aquellos interesados en conocer las posibilidades técnicas y acústicas del acordeón de concierto. Fue elaborado en 2000 por los profesores Ricardo Llanos Vázquez, de la Escuela Municipal de Música Luis Aramburu (Vitoria), e Iñaki Alberdi Alzaga, del Centro Superior de Música del País Vasco "Musikene" (San Sebastián). Un excelente documento para incluir en la biblioteca de cualquier acordeonista como fuente de información con referencias a partituras para acordeón -soloista, música de cámara y orquesta- así como menciones de CD editados. Agradecemos a Iñaki Alberdi y Ricardo Llanos por este generoso regalo para todos los acordeonistas y esperamos que los acordeonistas de todo el mundo hagan un buen uso de los dos libros para ayudar y alentar a los compositores a escribir para el acordeón. Descarga en inglés “Accordion for Composers” en: Iñaki Alberdi Descarga en español “Acordeón Para Compositores” en: Ricardo Llanos Otra publicación gratuita: Tesis Doctoral Ricardo Llanos, Acústica del Acordeón - España http://www.accordions.com/news.aspx?d=31-Mar-2017&lang=en&s=12889 |
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 Sébastien Farge, accordionist, composer, arranger and trainer (picture left) will participate in the creation of a new project entitled “Maugein, a family history”.The project includes a play that covers the history of Maugein Manufacturing since 1919, as well as its accordionists. The music for the show will be composed and performed by Sébastien, the lyrics, staging and the stage will be provided by Josiane Choquet, with the participation of Maugein Accordéons and Richard Brandao. The project is supported by the Ville de Tulle-officiel Tulle agglo, the Département de la Correze and the Europe Fund leader. For project details email: sebastien@sebastienfarge.com |
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 Accordion Youth Summit (AYS) held a successful, well attended first meeting online on January 9th, 2021 organised by Joe Natoli.This first meeting certainly laid the foundation for the direction and accomplishments that will be on the immediate radar of this organization. Attendees all possess the same dedicated focus – to see our wonderful instrument in the hands of exponentially more youth across the US and the globe well into the future. The 2nd meeting of AYS will be held on February 14th, 2021, where the following will be presented: 1. Four young people have been invited to discuss why they decided to study the accordion and what keeps them motivated to do so. 2. Five age diverse 15-minute presentations from our members which will include their perspectives on this effort as well as their own successes 3. A high-level view of AYS’s most critical strategic goals, that will become the foundation for the more detailed projects to be developed. For more information email: josephnatoli66@gmail.com |
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 Coba has just finished recording his new mini CD entitled “The Accordion Plus +” which will be released soon.The CD contains 5 solo pieces (2 original tunes especially for this album and 3 arrangements of well-known Coba songs) as follows: 1. Sleigh Panique 2. Flower Market 3. Percent Rende-vous au Coin de la rue 4. Innocent on the Hill 5. Paradiso dell’Alba The CD will be available on all usual platforms. |
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 Gorka Hermosa has just completed his new composition “Miñan” for voice, accordion and strings.The work was recorded this week with the Blanchard String Quintet at Vumeter Studios in Cabezón, Cantabria, Spain. Gorka says, “Miñan is a story about one African boy who come to our country illegally. It`s the most sold book now in our country and its author (Amets Arzallus) will make some recitatives during the piece. It`s going to be so important to have one of our most well-known poets (our singer Jon Maia) and the most sold writer (Amets Arzallus) in the same song”. Miñan will be included in the next CD of Hezurbeltzak (poet-singer, guitar and accordion), which will include three further pieces with the Blanchard Strings. The CD will be released in May 2021. For details email: gorka@gorkahermosa.com |
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| Video 1: When We All Get to Heaven - Fremar & Adami Accordion/Piano Duo Dedicated to Jeff Lisenby, my great accordion duo partner from years ago who sadly passed away on January 6th, 2021, from Covid. "Sing and Shout the Victory" ~ you will live on through your music, my friend. With love, Karen Video 2: Karen Fremar and Jeff Lisenby - US Champion Accordion Duo in Concert A rare digitized recording of a live concert for the International Music Association by featured concert artists and US Accordion Champions Karen Fremar and Jeff Lisenby in Cedar Point, Ohio on July 24th,1976. The duo performed the featured concert before a packed house of nearly 1,000 persons after judging competitions and writing comments for 5 days of competitions. The duo often performed in concert with Gary Smith on drums (who is pictured in many of the photos of various performances, but did not travel to Ohio for this concert). Jeff and Karen won the US Champion Duo AAA Accordion Title in Chicago in 1974 and also represented the United States in the Coupe Mondiale World Accordion Championships in Stockholm, Sweden in 1974. They performed and arranged together as the duo team, "Karen and Jeff" from the early 1970s until 1977, appearing in numerous engagements in Kansas City and throughout the U.S. in cities such as Chicago, St. Louis, Topeka, Omaha, Fort Scott, Cedar Point, Wichita, Des Moines, Washington D.C. and L.A., as well as in Sweden and Denmark. There are no known videos of their performances together. Until the sad passing of Jeff, they both performed, composed, and arranged professionally -- Jeff in Nashville and Karen in Kansas City. Program (All duo arrangements for two accordions by Fremar and Lisenby): Don't Rain on My Parade Stevie Wonder Medley Games People Play Begin the Beguine (arr. after a concert performance by Bill Palmer and Bill Hughes) Shop Around Malaguena Love Will Keep Us Together The Sound of Music Selections (arr. for duo from an orchestra arr. by Palmer and Hughes) Sing a Song - Make Your Own Kind of Music Selections from My Fair Lady (from a duo arrangement by Palmer & Hughes) Encore - Kansas City Further pictures, videos and information: http://www.accordionusa.com/2021graphics/JeffLisenby/ |
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 The Diocese of Leeds Music is advertising for a full time classical accordion teacher to join their team in Yorkshire. The Diocese says "As our Schools Singing and Keyboard Studies Programmes expand there are now eight full-time positions for Choral Directors, Instrumental Tutors (Classical Accordion, Organ and Piano) and Assistant Programme Directors available. Our Music Programme, recently recognised by a prestigious Royal Philharmonic Society award, works with over 4,500 children weekly in schools across West and North Yorkshire. Our 18 after-school choirs provide outstanding choral opportunities for young people, including BBC broadcasts, tours and recordings, with high-quality organ, piano and classical accordion tuition available for all choristers and school pupils across the Diocese. We would like to establish the largest and highest quality teaching school in the UK for the classical accordion. This modern instrument is relatively unknown in the UK. Its musical versatility and portability, however, make it ideal for more widestream music education, as has been achieved in Scandinavia and Asia. In addition, it is increasingly used in contemporary and experimental music. Owen Murray, Professor of Accordion at the Royal Academy of Music, has provided great support for this new initiative, and it is our hope that this new programme will enable children from the UK to study at the top international conservatoires. The Music Programme has a stock of 20 beginner piano accordions, six c-system free-bass accordions, a further 10 c-system converter accordions on order from Pigini in Italy, with a budget for additional instruments as required. There are currently 18 students studying accordion. The new tutor would be expected to lead the programme strand, increase the number of students, develop opportunities for ensemble playing (including choral accompaniment), produce a tutor book for the classical instrument, and establish a similar international profile for the accordion to that achieved by the Leeds International Organ Festival". All roles require enhanced DBS clearance. The closing date for applications is 22nd February, 2021. For an application pack, please contact Administrator, Jessica Shears: office@dioceseofleedsmusic.org.uk |
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| Video: Face2Face, which includes Pawel Janas & Bartosz Kolsut (Poland) performing “Winter” by Vivaldi. The duo say they cross the boundaries of different genres and styles, creating crossover music, hence they call themselves a crossover accordion duo. They have performed at numerous festivals overseas and have taken part in many grant programmes, like Dongsan Research Foundation & Pro Polonia Society, Societe Generale and Mloda Polska, a grant awarded by the Ministry of Culture and Cultural Heritage. |
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 Following the cancellation of the 2021 Eastbourne Accordion Festival (which was due to be held next week), organisers have decided to run an online “Guest Concert” on February 6th, 2021 at 7pm. The guests are all the online participants performing a favourite piece, their own composition, singing a song or even saying a cheery “hello” from their own homes. Attendees can also join in as audience only if they prefer. For details email: sales@cgfmusic.co.uk |
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| “Good Habits” will give concerts in the South Island of New Zealand during this month. The group is a UK alt-folk duo, comprising of singer-cellist Bonnie Schwarz and accordionist Pete Shaw. “They create folk-infused songs that test the limits of their traditional instruments. Fusing folk and jazz within their original song-writing, the eclectic duo present an upbeat yet intimate sound-world of musical storytelling”. Concert schedule: February 12th: Moutere Inn, Upper Moutere, Nelson at 7pm February 17th: The Mussel Inn, Tasman at 7.30pm February 19th: The Golden Bear, Mapua at 7pm For details email: goodhabitsband.manchester@gmail.com |
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| Hanzhi Wang will give an online concert on February 14th, 2021 (Valentine’s Day), hosted by Four Seasons Arts. Her program will include Chaconne (J S Bach), Ave Maria (transcription by Hanzhi Wang), Dance of the Water Plants Dance of the Corals (transcription by Hanzhi Wang), Impromptu for Hanzhi (Katherine Balch), F-Major Andante (Mozart), E-flat Major Sonata (Benda) and My Story (Hanzhi Wang). Details on poster. |
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 Daddy Squeeze (Dan Newton) will present his online show "Love Songs" to celebrate Valentine's Day on February 15th at Noon CT.Your requests are welcome. For details email: daddysqueeze@yahoo.com |
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| CNIMA directed by Nathalie Boucheix will run two workshops this month from February 15th to 20th and from February 22nd to 27th. The workshops are for all ages and levels, incorporate Jacques Mornet's pedagogy, and cover holding the instrument, the balance of the bellows and music touches to develop your instrumental technique. Distance learning is available. For further details email: cnima@orange.fr |
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| The Christchurch Accordion Orchestra (conducted by David Thorne - picture below) and St Alban’s Community Choir accompanied and directed by accordionist Heather Gladstone will give a concert entitled "Love is All Around" at St Paul's Parish Church in Christchurch on February 21st at 5pm. Entry is by donation and will include a light supper. All are welcome. For details phone: 021 103 8334 |
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| Video: Young concertina player, Grace Lehane from Kilmichael in Cork, Ireland is having great fun serenading the cows on this farm. It is amazing how the cows come running when they hear the music. "This is the power of music and this is why we love music". |
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Lanzamiento de las reglas y regulaciones de la Coupe Mondiale 2021, Múnich - Alemaniaby Kevin Friedrich, CIA Ambassador |
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 La 74a Coupe Mondiale se llevará a cabo del 13 al 17 de octubre de 2021 en Munich, Alemania, con el anfitrión del miembro de la CIA, Deutscher Harmonika-Verband e.V. (DHV), el líder del proyecto es el primer vicepresidente: Georg Hettmann.Nuestra Coupe Mondiale en Alemania también celebra el 90 aniversario de la DHV, miembro fundador de la CIA. El festival contará con las siguientes competencias: • 73ª Coupe Mondiale • Masters Coupe Mondiale • Junior Coupe Mondiale • Concurso Internacional de Música Virtuoso para Entretenimiento • Competencia internacional juvenil de Virtuoso Entertainment Music • Música de cámara: clásica • Música de cámara - Música del mundo Reglas y regulaciones de 2021 en: Coupe Mondiale Vea información del hotel y fotografías de las salas de conciertos en: Coupe Mondiale Descargue el póster imprimible del evento en: 2021CM-poster.pdf El sistema de entrada en línea se abrirá en primavera y la fecha de cierre de la entrada es el 25 de agosto de 2021. Encontrará un informe completo del Coupe Mondiale 2019 en: http://www.coupemondiale.org/2019/cn_coupemain.html En chino http://www.accordion-news.cn/news.aspx?d=20-Dec-2019&lang=cn |
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 The closing date for the American Accordionists' Association (AAA) 2021 Elsie M. Bennett Composition Competition for Aspiring Composers has been extended to February 15th, 2021.Winners will be notified by email on or about March 1st, 2021. Download Information, Awards, Regulations and Entry Form at: 2021Bennett.pdf |
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