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Promotion Save the Date du 13éme festival de World Music – Allemagne/Autriche
Dates de la tournée d’été du Classic Kyiv Duo – UK
Masterclasses de l’Académie Musicale Sainte-Cécile de Bergame - Italie
Reports for Concerts, Masterclasses, Competitions, Festivals, etc. |
Gorka Hermosa Records New CD, Santander – SpainNihad Hrustanbwgovic Concert, Sarajevo - Bosnia and HerzegovinaNAO 2018/2019 Competition Music Lists Now Published – UK
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‘Accordion Games’ Competition, Novo Mesto - SloveniaSergei Teleshev Concerts, Washington, Oregon – USAAccora Orchestra concert with Orchestre d'Accordeon du Sundgau, Altkirch – FranceIrish Dancing Competitions, Adelaide, Queensland – AustraliaAccordion Orchestras in Charity Concert, Hampshire – UKAntonello Salis and Simone Zanchini Concert, Monselice Jazz Festival – ItalyLJAO Bayern & Forderverein Concert, Munich – GermanyLa Notte Dei Mantici, Castrocaro Terme - ItalyJohn Douglas @ Carlisle Accordion & Fiddle Club, Cumbria – UKAccordion Concerts, Osimo – Italy
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Reportages quotidiens: Festival du 80ème anniversaire de l’AAA, Washington - USAby Harley Jones |
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 Le festival des 80 ans de l’AAA de cet été sera génial du début à la fin !Lundi 9 juillet 2018, 18h00 : Le multiple champion du monde Grayson Masefield est sponsoré par l’American Accordionists' Association (AAA) pour se produire au Kennedy Center Millenium Stage et promouvoir ce festival des 80 ans de l’AAA qui commence le mercredi, 2 jours après ce concert. Ce concert va démontrer les possibilités musicales de l’accordéon interprétant des oeuves du baroque au contemporain par les compositeurs Bach, Scarlatti, Mozart, Chopin, Angelis, Hermosa et au style moderne de Nuevo Tango. Pour qui ne pourra assister au concert, le Kennedy Center diffusera la prestation 60 minutes après la fin. Nous mettrons ici un lien vers l’emission. Concert AAA d’Oeuvres originales le 11 juillet 2018 à 16h00 : 1. Première de la "Sonata In F Major (dans un style classique)" composée et interprétée par Joseph Natoli, commande de l’ AAA pour célébrer le 80e anniversaire. 2. "Ka Mate" composé par Gorka Hermosa, interprété par Grayson Masefield 3. "Carousel of Dreams" composé par Guy Klucevsek, interprété par Cody McSherry Pour qui ne pourra assister au concert, le site de l’ AAA diffusera le concert en upload rapide dans les 30 minutes suivant la fin. Il y aura un lien ici. L’exceptionnelle liste des invités comprend aussi Stas Venglevski, Mary Tokarski, Lionel Reekie (Nouvelle Zélande), Joan Sommers dirigeant l’orchestre du Festival et plein d’autres. Le festival propose une multitude de concerts, ateliers, activités et une exposition. Reportages quotidiens au festival du 80ème anniversaire de l’AAA. Il y aura des reportages quotidiens avec photos et vidéos sur le site de l’AAA, du 11 au 15 juillet. Daily Reports: 2018AAA80th Tous les détails sur le festival : AAA Daily Reports: 2018AAA80th |
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Promotion Save the Date du 13éme festival de World Music – Allemagne/Autricheby Georg Hettmann |
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| Le Deutscher Harmonika-Verband e.V. (DHV), organisateur du 13ème festival de World Music Festival utilise le thème "Save the Date" (gardez cette date) pour promouvoir le festival 2019, du 30 mai au 2 juin. Les nombreuses activités sont listées ci-dessous et Innsbruck est une fois encore la jolie ville d’accueil. Les informations pour les inscriptions seront bientôt disponibles. |
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Dates de la tournée d’été du Classic Kyiv Duo – UKby Rob Howard |
 Le Classic Kyiv Duo – les accordéonistes Igor Sayenko et Oleksiy Kolomoiets – commencent la semaine prochaine leur tournée d’été annuelle au Roayume-Uni. Igor et Oleksiy,d’Ukraine, sont tous deux des accoréonistes viruoses de Kiev. En 2006 ils ont tous deux été diplômés de la National Music Academy d’Ukraine de Kiev, et ils poursuivent depuis une carrière musicale.Oleksiy joue dans l’orchestre de la radio nationale ukrainienne, et Igor dans le National Philharmonic of Ukraine. Ils font des tournées annuelles au Royaume-Uni depuis 2006, utilsant leur talent pour lever des fonds pour le Chernobyl Nuclear Appeal lui assurant un écho et une notoriété substantielle. Leur programme de concert inclut : C.M. Widor – ‘Toccata’ (de la symphonie pour orgue No 5), S. Prokofiev – ‘Dance of Knights and Marsch’, T. Bor – ‘McMozart's Eine Kleine Bricht Moonlicht Nicht Musik’, P. Heidrich – ‘Happy Birthday variations’, G. Bizet – F. Waxman – ‘Carmen-Fantasy’, A. Gaidenko – ‘Under the River Seine’, A. Khachaturian – ‘Sabre Dance’, A. Babadjanyan – ‘Elegy’ (in commemoration of A. Khachaturian), V. Novikov – ‘Rozpryagayte khlopcy koney’ (variation sur un chant foloklorique ukrainien), et N. Rimsky-Korsakov–V. Zubitsky – ‘Flight of the Bumblebee’. Les dates de la tournée: Dimanche 15 juillet - Fareham mardi 17 juillet – North Staffs Accordion Club mercredi 18 juillet – Lindum Accordion Club jeudi 19 juillet - New Mill, Christ Church Lundi 23 juillet- Black Country Accordion Club Mercredi 25 juillet – Stockport Accordion Club samedi 28 juillet - Faversham Assembly rooms (matinée) samedi 28 juillet - Thurrock Accordion Club (soirée) Jeudi 31 juillet - Thurso Mercredi 1er août - Dornoch Jeudi 2 août - Fortrose, Saint Andrew’s vendredi 3 août - Dumbarton Samedi 4 août - Doune lundi 6 août – Broughton, Oxon mercredi 8 août - Felsted jeudi 9 août - Chelmsford vendredi 10 août - Great Dunmow dimanche 12 août – Hoddesdon Pour plus d’informations, email: saenkoi@ukr.net |
Masterclasses de l’Académie Musicale Sainte-Cécile de Bergame - Italieby Harley Jones |
 Du 2 au 7 septembre 2018, l’Académie Musicale Sainte-Cécile de Bergame organise ses Masterclasses d’accordéon.Le cursus d’accordéon fait partie de la série de masterclasses d’été organisées simultanément pour piano, violon, violoncelle et ensemble de chambre. Et pour la première fois, il y a de l’accordéon ! Le professeur d’accordéon sera Alexander Selivanov, Professeur à la “Gnessins” Académie de Moscou. Il a remporté les premiers prix des concours de la Coupe Mondiale, de Klingenthal et Castelfidardo. Il est membre du comité exécutif de la CIA. Des professeurs célébres de divers instruments de toute l’Europe donneront des masterclasses à l’Académie Musicale Sainte-Cécile où vous aurez 5 jours pour travailler votre prochain concert, concours ou répertoire ainsi que pour étudier les meilleurs aspects de l’école russe de l’accordéon, développer votre technique, votre méthode de travail, des transcriptions de musique classique pour l’accordéon, comprendre les secrets de l’interprétation et de l’âme russe de l’accordéon. Durant ces journées, vous pourrez aussi rencontrer des collégues musiciens d’autres instruments et échanger vos savoir et expérience. Il y a plusieurs solutions de séjour à Bergame, hôtels ou gîtes très proches de l’Académie en centre-ville. Trouvez ici SVP information, réglements et inscriptions : 2018Bergamo.pdf |
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| Picture above: Gorka Hermosa in the recording studio Important Spanish accordionist, composer and teacher Gorka Hermosa writes: “Today I`ll start recording the CD I've been wanting to record for 20 years - ‘Fragilissimo’, an album in which I will gather my compositions for solo accordion. It is very nice to hear how these pieces are played by accordionists from all over the world... and in this album I want to record, finally, how I feel them. Here we go!” |
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 Bosnian concert accordionist Nihad Hrustanbwgovic wrote the following on social media: “Four days ago, on Sunday June 24th, I did not play the most important, but I played the most beautiful classical accordion concert ever in my life. Why? There were many people at the concert in the impressive Atelier Gallery Figure in Sarajevo. More people than the chairs! And it did feel like I had played in Paris or Amsterdam, of some other beautiful European city. There were also some changes in the program and I performed not 1, but 2 new compositions: ‘Danja’ and ‘Breath of life’. I've never had so much inspiration and intention to play with love and energy in the music performance during the concert like on Sunday June 24th. Thank you Atelje Galery Figure in Sarajevo and Federal Television of Bosnia Hercegovina for the invitation in their TV program and for the concert. It has been a great moment to start Summer 2018 and to give honor to the International World Music day 2018; love and music with Antonio Vivaldi – ‘Summer’, Erik Satie – ‘Gymnopédie I & III’, Isaac Albéniz – ‘Asturias’ (Leyenda), Hans Zimmer – ‘Chevaliers de Sangreal’, Astor Piazzolla – ‘Escualo’, ‘Milonga del Angel’, ‘Fracanapa’, ‘Oblivion’, ‘Libertango’, Yann Tiersen – ‘Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain, Nihad Hrustanbegovic – ‘Danja’ and ‘Breath of Life’ - World premiere – ‘Stork suite’ (World promenade, Sevdah, Jazz Balade, Flamenco wals, Balkan soul), George Gershwin – ‘Summertime’, and to have 4 encores because people just wanted to hear more and more. I guess it’s just all the time press the key with love and to give the public all you have and you can! This has been the magic in the air of the accordion after long time”. |
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 The 2018/2019 Music Lists are now available from the National Accordion Organisation of Great Britain (NAO) website, complete with new sections for Late Starters and Returners. Why not enter your local NAO area festival?Music lists at: http://www.accordions.com/nao/2018%202019%20music%20list.html |
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 The ‘Accordion Games’ is a competition held from July 5th to 8th at KKC Dolenjske Toplice, Seidlova cesta 29, 8000 Novo Mesto, Slovenia. This completion has had more than 500 accordionists enter its qualifying stages, and on Saturday evening July 7th, 8pm, there will be a free concert of prize-winners in the KKC Dolenjske Toplice Hall. On Sunday evening July 8th, 8pm, there will be another free concert on the platform in front of KKC Dolenjske Toplice, featuring accordionists from Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina.The Accordion Games committee includes Jože Muhic (Mayor of Dolenjske Toplice Municipality), Martin Težak (Slovenia), Zoran Rakic (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Mihail Sharabarin (Russia), Martin Pushich (Canada), Saša Bastalec (Croatia), Tatjana Marx (Australia), Tomaž Kastelic (Slovenia), Danijela Rakic (Bosnia and Herzegovina). For further information email: info@accordion-games.com |
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 US-based Russian accordionist Sergei Teleshev performs concerts this month, as follows:Dates: July 6th - Guemes Island, WA July 7th - Anacortes, WA July 8th - Guemes Island, WA July 13th - Seattle, WA July 14th - Linden, WA July 15th - Bellingham, WA July 19th - Cottage Grove, OR July 20th - Junction City, OR July 21st - Junction City, OR July 26th - with Semmy Stahlhammer (violin) and Karie Prescott (viola), Edmonds, WA July 27th - with Britt Symphony Orchestra, Jacksonville, OR July 29th - with Masha Telesheva Eugene, OR Classically trained at the Academy of Music in Voronezh, Russia, Sergei Teleshev has won many regional and international accordion competitions. As the accordionist in the Trio Voronezh and Valinor Quartet, he collaborates with many internationally recognized artists, ensembles, and orchestras (including London Philharmonic Orchestra, Doc Severinsen, Halie Loren, and many others), composing and arranging music, participating in recording projects of different genres. Sergei has been a jury member at International accordion competitions in Russia, Canada and the USA. Recently, he won the National V-Accordion Competition. As the US champion, Sergei represented the United States at the 7th Roland International V-Accordion Festival, in Rome, Italy, where he received a special prize for most online votes on the festival’s webcast. Sergei provides online accordion lessons and educational school programs for all ages. For further information email: steleshev@yahoo.com |
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 The Accora Orchestra, from Cavan in the Irish Republic, visits France to perform in a concert alongside the Orchestre d'Accordeon du Sundgau on Saturday July 7th, 8.30pm, at the Halle au Ble, Sundgau, Altkirch, Alsace, France.The Orchestre d'Accordeon du Sundgau (MD Philippe Rey) was founded in 1967, and also has its own youth orchestra. They have recorded three albums, and have performed throughout France, and visited Russia, Germany, Croatia, and Italy, where they distinguished themselves at the Castelfidardo International Competition. The Accora Orchestra – formerly known as the Castletown Accordion Orchestra - was formed in 1981 as a marching band. In 1993, the current Musical Director John Chilton took over and changed the band to an accordion orchestra. They have won numerous titles at All Ireland level and at other events held throughout Ireland, including the Northern Ireland Open Accordion Championships. Individual members have won many solo, duet and ensemble competitions. For further information email: halleauble@mairie-altkirch.fr |
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 In the next two weeks there are two major Irish dancing competitions taking place in Australia, both involving accordion accompaniment.On July 7th and 8th the City of Adelaide event takes place at Norwood Morialta High School, 505 The Parade, Magill, Adelaide. The musician for all sections is Seamus O'Sullivan (Scotland). The 2018 Oireachtas (Irish Dancing Competition) will be held at RACV Royal Pines Resort, Ross Street, Benowa, Gold Coast, Queensland, on Friday July 13th, Saturday 14th, and Sunday 15th. The accompanists are accordionists Stephen Carolan (Australia/Ireland), Sean O’Brien (Canada), and Seamus O'Sullivan (Scotland). For further information email: secretary@aidainc.com |
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 On Saturday July 7th, 7.30pm, there will be a charity concert featuring the Kennet Accordion Orchestra (MD Nigel Pasby) and the Dorset Accordion Orchestra (MD Sammie Peckover). The orchestras will perform music from TV and the cinema. The venue is St Leonards & St Ives Village Hall, Braeside, Ringwood, Hampshire BH24 2PH.Ringwood is a historic market town and civil parish in Hampshire, England, located on the River Avon, close to the New Forest and northeast of Bournemouth. For further information email: thedorsetaccordionorchestra@gmail.com |
by Rob Howard
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 Antonello Salis (accordion and piano) and Simone Zanchini (accordion) perform on stage together on Saturday July 7th, 9.30pm, in the final concert of the Monselice Jazz Festival. The concert takes place at the Parco Buzzaccarini-Boschetto Dei Frati, via San Giacomo, Monselice (PD), Italy. The concert has free admission.Monselice is a town and municipality located in north-eastern Italy, in the Veneto region, in the province of Padua. |
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| This year's concert of the youth accordion orchestra LJAO Bayern & Forderverein is on Sunday July 8th, 4pm, at the Kleiner Konzertsaal, Rosenheimer Str. 5, 81667 Munich. Under the direction of Stefan Foot, the young accordionists will perform, among others, Wolfgang Jacobi’s ‘Niederdeutsche Volkstänze’ and works by Dvorák, Handel, Márquez, and more. |
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 La Notte Dei Mantici is an accordion concert set for Tuesday July 10th, 9pm, at the Piazza Machiavelli, Castrocaro Terme, featuring 16 accordionists, and presented by Patrizia Ceccarelli.Castrocaro Terme is in the Province of Forlì-Cesena in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 60 kilometres southeast of Bologna and about 10 kilometres southwest of Forlì. |
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 On Thursday July 12th, 7.30pm, accordionist John Douglas is the guest at the Carlisle Accordion & Fiddle Club. The venue is St Margaret Mary Social Club, Scalegate Rd, Carlisle CA2 4JX. John Douglas, from Dumfries in southern Scotland, is a very experienced Scottish dance band leader and recording artist. He is also the proprietor of John Douglas Music, a long established accordion retailer and music shop in Dumfries. For further information email: julie27best@icloud.com |
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 A series of evening accordion concerts takes place from Monday July 16th to Saturday July 21st at venues in Osimo, Italy, featuring Mirco Patarini, Alexander Selivanov, Antonio Spaccarotella, and others. The poster provides further information. |
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 SqueezinArt, home of unique gifts for accordionists and accordion enthusiasts, now has a downloadable price list and colorful catalogues in PDF format: http://squeezinart.com/catalogues.htmlSqueezinArt will be exhibiting at the American Accordionists’ Association’s 80th anniversary Festival in Alexandria, Virginia, July 11-15. New items, such as the accordion trivet (picture below) made of Corian®, as well as a variety of t-shirts, pins, and many other gift items will be available for purchase. |
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 Donald E. Grzanna new duet composition. Italian Tarantella solo has now had a duet part added, 1st accordion, 2nd accordion & score. eSheet (pdf format) sheet music able to be emailed to you. View sample and purchase at Catalog: grza152D |
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