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Dr. William Schimmel Presents Online Masterclass: "In The Shadow in the ….!" - USA
WAD Bled 2023 Zlata (Golden) Accordion Competition 2023 - Slovenia
2nd "Premio Lizori" International Music Competition – Italy
Stas Venglevski Concert Tour of Switzerland
Alexander Sklyarov (July 16, 1949 – April 3, 2023) - Russia
2023 NZAA South Pacific Accordion Championships - New Zealand
Reports for Concerts, Masterclasses, Competitions, Festivals, etc. |
Video: Pietro Adragna Entertains on TV Show - Italy
2023 Folk Weekend Oxford – UK
Free Arrangement of Irish Folk Song “Maggie in the Woods”
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Accento Ensemble Church Concerts – Northern Ireland
2023 Spring Festival Gala Dinner Dance - France
Concert with “The Band Who Knew Too Much” - Australia
Phileas Rogue Performs Film Music Concert - France
CNIMA April 2023 Workshops – France
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Happy Easterby Christine Johnstone |
 We wish you all a very Happy Easter and hope you enjoy a chance to catch up with family and friends.If you have a live concert, competition, festival or CD release planned, please email the details to: cjmusic@outlook.co.nz Best wishes from the team at Accordions Worldwide! |
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Dr. William Schimmel Presents Online Masterclass: "In The Shadow in the ….!" - USAby Christine Johnstone |
 Accordion philosopher, Dr. William Schimmel will present an online masterclass entitled “In the Shadow in the…!” daily from July 28th to 30th, 2023, from 3pm to 4pm. This will be followed by a concert from 4pm to 5pm.Participants will include: Micki Goodman, Paul Stein, Will Holshouser, Dr. Robert Young McMahan, Dr. Denise Koncelik, Doug Makofka, Carl Riehl, Erica Marie Mancini, Robert Duncan, Jeanne Velonis, Sydknee, Rita Davidson, Hanzhi Wang, Dr. Marina Li, Dr. Thomas Massucci, Bob Goldberg, Brian Dewan, The Main Squeeze Orchestra, Peter Flint, Mayumi Mayaoka, Bachtopus, Benjamin Ickies, John Foti, Godfrey Nelson, Lorraine Nelson Wolf, William Komaiko, Dr. Hugo Goldenzweig, Dan Cooper, Elliott Sharp, Gene Pritsker, Mark Kostabi, Mary Spencer Knapp, Sari Kalin, Milica Paranosic, Dave Soldier, David First, David Stoler, Jack Di Bennidetto, Peter Jarvis, Corn Mo and Dr. William Schimmel. For further details email: accordionbill@gmail.com |
WAD Bled 2023 Zlata (Golden) Accordion Competition 2023 - Sloveniaby Christine Johnstone |
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| The 2023 Zlata (Golden) Accordion Competition for diatonic instruments will be held at the Bled Festival Hall in Bled, Slovenia in conjunction with World Accordion Day (WAD) on May 6th, 2023, organised by Janez Fabijan. The competition will also be a pre-selection for the 9th National Competition, which will be held in November 2023. The traditional competition, which has been held in Besnica for 30 years, will be moved to Bled this year. The audience can follow the competition live in the hall and via video links and vote for the audience award via SMS. Download competition information here: 2023BledCompetition.pdf |
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2nd "Premio Lizori" International Music Competition – Italyby Christine Johnstone |
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| The 2nd "Premio Lizori" International Music Competition will be held in Campello sul Clitunno, Perugia, Umbria, Italy from May 26th to 28th, 2023 organised by the Lizori Civic Committee under the patronage of the Municipality of Campello sul Clitunno (PG). The competition is aimed at the following types of musicians: • Emerging musicians from 5 to 18 years of age from private schools, academies and conservatories enrolled in the classes of accordion, piano, violin, viola, cello, guitar, flute, sax and clarinet. • Students regularly enrolled in secondary schools with a musical address and music high schools. The objective of the competition is to stimulate the interest of citizens “in order to develop cultural and social growth .... enhancing the study of music and immersing itself at the same time in one of the most beautiful villages in Italy, a unique place for lovers of art, nature and lifestyle.” Entries close on April 21st, 2023. Download competition information here: 2023PremioLizori.pdf |
Stas Venglevski Concert Tour of Switzerlandby Christine Johnstone |
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| Stas Venglevski (USA) will tour Switzerland performing Spring Concerts this month, organized by Akkordemotion. Concert schedule as follows: • April 22nd at 6.30pm: Innerschwiizer Lander Sternstund • April 23rd at 4pm: Reformed Church Feuerthalen with Nicolas Senn (Dulcimer) • April 28th at 8.15pm: Solo concert at Alte Muhle Huttwil • April 29th at 8pm: Reformierte Kirche Krauchthal with vocal trio of Erwin Schneider, Alex Metzger and R Schaffer • April 30th at 4pm: Schloss Wyher Ettiswil with Dani Hausler (clarinet) – see poster below • May 3rd at 8pm: Solo concert at Lüscher Musik AG, Oftringen • May 6th at 8pm: Concert with the Akkordeon Spielring Lyss (Accordion Orchestra Lyss) at Hotel Weisses Kreuz, Lyss. See poster above. This year the Akkordeon Spielring Lyss invites you to their annual concert on a very special day. On World Accordion Day our instrument is celebrated all over the world. A star accordionist should not be missing. Stas Venglevski will enchant us and also them with his art on this evening. The Akkordeon Spielring Lyss entertains the audience with various well-known pieces such as Gershwin Classics, the Blackbird Polka, Thank you for the Music and many more. The solo piece Accordeon Joe will be played by Stas Venglevski and accompanied by the orchestra. The Oldies group will also be there to celebrate the accordion with their atmospheric pieces. The Viva Musica with the Happy-Juniors just say "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!" and rock the accordion with full passion on this special day. We are looking forward with you to an unforgettable World Accordion Day. For concert information e-mail: info@aslyss.ch For further tour information, email: stasvenglevski@att.net |
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Alexander Sklyarov (July 16, 1949 – April 3, 2023) - Russiaby Dr Herbert Scheibenreif Manager of Friedrich Lips Productions |
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| Alexander Sklyarov was born in 1949 in the city of Borisoglebsk, Voronezh region. He began playing the bayan by ear at the age of five, and his special talent soon became apparent. Superficiality was alien to him, his most characteristic practice feature was the depth and liveliness of his performance. In 1968 he graduated from the music school, in 1973 he graduated from the Gnesin State Music Pedagogical Institute (since 1994 Music Academy) in Moscow (class of Professor S. M. Kolobkov). In the years that followed, Sklyarov developed a very subtle aesthetic taste that was reflected in his playing. He perfectly mastered all methods of modern playing such as ricochet, tremolo, vibrato, glissando and concentrated on works of vital musicality and perfect artistry. While still a student, Alexander Sklyarov won the international competition Coupe Mondiale in Bruges (Belgium, 1971) with the maximum number of points. In the newspaper "Pravda" one of the jury members, People's Artist of the USSR Yuri Kazakov said: "Not a single participant has ever had such success in the 24 years of existence of this competition." From 1973 to the end of his life he was a teacher at the department of instruments of folk orchestras of the Voronezh State Art Institute, since 1992 as a professor. In 1978 Sklyarov became a soloist of the Voronezh Philharmonic. At the same time, he began teaching at the institute, and then at the Academy of Arts. As part of his constant tours in Russia and abroad (including France, Switzerland, Japan, Ukraine, USA, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Spain, Korea, Poland, China, Japan) he has played more than 4100 solo concerts. He always impressed his audience with his lively intonation. Both listeners and critics spoke only in superlatives about the legend of bayan art Alexander Sklyarov. One of the components of the musician's success was that he always played sincerely as he felt. Abroad he was often compared to a "diamond" or referred to as the "Richter of the bayan" (Svyatoslav Richter was an outstanding pianist of his time). For Russian art historians, Sklyarov was an example of creative vitality, whose playing was thought-provoking, leaving no one indifferent. He could find in the notes of a work the deepest subtext, sometimes only vaguely felt even by the author: Russian soul in its purest form! As a result, he merged with his audience into a single musical whole on stage. What made his playing really valuable was his extraordinary self-abandonment, which allowed him to forget the virtuoso difficulties and immersed the listener in the touching and enchanting world of this indescribable "Russian soul", which combined passionate impulses and deep melancholy at the same time. In 1994 President Boris Yeltsin awarded Alexander Sklyarov the title of People's Artist of Russia. |
2023 NZAA South Pacific Accordion Championships - New Zealandby Harley Jones |
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  The 2023 NZAA South Pacific Accordion Championships & Festival will be held at the Raye Freedman Arts Centre, Epsom Girls Grammar School, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand on June 3rd, 2023. On June 4th, the Finale Concert will be held at St Georges Church in Takapuna, Auckland.NZAA President Sonja Palinich welcomes everyone to the event which is open to competitors and festival performers worldwide and has a variety of age group classes for soloists, duos, trios, ensembles and orchestras. The rules for the international solo categories closely follow the rules of the Coupe Mondiale. The South Pacific international concert music category has exactly the same rules as the Coupe Mondiale Masters category and the South Pacific entertainment category has exactly the same rules as the Coupe Mondiale Virtuoso Entertainment category. Similarly Junior (under 18 years) South Pacific entertainment category. The South Pacific Junior solo concert category has the same rules as the first round of the Coupe Mondiale Junior category. Entries close on April 14th, 2023. Download the rules and competition prospectus at: 2023nz_prospectus.pdf For further details email NZAA Competitions Secretary Renee Jeffries at: nzaacompsec@gmail.com |
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Renzo Ruggieri Arrangement Now Available, Spain Composed by Corea - Italyby Harley Jones |
  Renzo Ruggieri has just released his very successful arrangement of Spain composed by Chick Corea. The arrangement is now available online to everyone. Renzo Ruggieri arranged Spain for his virtuoso accordion students who have performed the work in their programs with success at many international junior virtuoso and senior virtuoso categories in recent years. The video below is a live performance by Viivi Maria Saarenkyla of Finland. She has recorded this work on her CD which is available at: Viivi Maria Saarenkylä You can view a sample page of the sheet music and purchase the Spain sheet music at: rrenzo525 for only €10. Renzo Ruggieri was awarded last month, the CIA Merit Award to honor his outstanding contribution to the international accordion movement. Read the details at: http://www.accordions.com/news.aspx?d=17-Mar-2023&&s=19866 |
Video: Pietro Adragna Entertains on TV Show - Italyby AWW |
 Video: Pietro Adragna entertains on the TV Game Show “I soliti ignoti” in Italy this week. The show is hosted by Amadeus and broadcast on RAI 1 from the Teatro delle Vittorie in Rome, Italy.The objective of the game is to guess the mysterious identities of various characters. |
2023 Folk Weekend Oxford – UKby Christine Johnstone |
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| The 2023 Folk Weekend Oxford will be held in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK from April 14th to 16th, 2023, organised by Folk Arts Oxford Ltd. The event will include a variety of concerts, workshops, dancing and sessions. Download program here: 2023Oxford.pdf |
Free Arrangement of Irish Folk Song “Maggie in the Woods”by Harley Jones |
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| Video: “Maggie in the Woods” Irish Folk Song. (Arr.: Ricardo Llanos). Free Score. Ricardo Llanos has generously made this arrangement for accordion and strings of the Irish Folk Song “Maggie in the Woods” free to the world. Download the pdf at: 2023Maggie.pdf Other music is available on his personal website. Other gratis publications: Ricardo Llanos & Iñaki Alberdi books: in English catalog: comp-en Accordion for Composers in Spanish catalog: comp-sp Acordeon Para Compositores Ricardo Llanos Doctoral Thesis, Acoustics of the Accordion - Spain http://www.accordions.com/news.aspx?d=31-Mar-2017&lang=en&s=12889 Our thanks to Ricardo Llanos & Iñaki Alberdi for their generosity. |
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30th International Harmonica Meeting - Austriaby Christine Johnstone |
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| The 30th International Harmonica Meeting will take place at the Hartl Saal in Neuhaus, Austria on Easter Monday, April 10th, 2023. For details email: info@hartl-wirt.at |
Accento Ensemble Church Concerts – Northern Irelandby Christine Johnstone |
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| The Accento Ensemble will perform concerts at two historic parishes on the North Coast on Northern Ireland, which are both undertaking major restoration projects. “The visit by the Accento Ensemble presents an amazing opportunity for all music lovers to hear the accordion played by expert musicians in ensemble form.” Accento was formed in the 1990’s by a group of leading members of the Accordion Orchestra Wiesbaden Dieter Walther, founded in the 1950’s by Dieter Walther. The aim of Accento is to promote high class accordion music. Their repertoire includes music ranging from the Baroque and Classical eras to contemporary pieces including some which have been specially composed for the ensemble. The ensemble is led by accordionist and teacher Annegret Cratz and includes Martina, Gabriele, Norbert and Wilfred. Concert details as follows: • April 12th, 2023 at 7pm - Kildollagh Parish Church in Coleraine, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Phone: 02870343061 • April 13th, 2023 at 7pm - Ballintoy Parish Church (main Church of Ireland) in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Phone 02820768155 |
2023 Spring Festival Gala Dinner Dance - Franceby Rob Howard |
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| Accordionists will entertain at the 2023 Spring Festival Gala Dinner Dance held in Sciez, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France on April 16th, 2023. Performers include Eric Bouvelle, Delphine Lemoine, Yves Moulin, Florine Malherbe, Gerard Vignocchi and Émilie & Hubert Démolis. See poster for details. |
Concert with “The Band Who Knew Too Much” - Australiaby Heather Masefield Secretary, New Zealand Accordion Association |
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| “The Band Who Knew Too Much” will perform a concert of the songs they love at the Lomond Hotel in Brunswick East, Victoria, Australia on April 16th, 2023 at 5pm. “Dancing will be encouraged, as will singing along and carousing of all sorts. It'll be fun.” The group features Dave Evans (accordion & vocals), Andy Reid (clarinet, washboard & vocals), Craig Fermanis (guitar), Matt Earl (drums) and Rory Boste (double bass & vocals). |
Phileas Rogue Performs Film Music Concert - Franceby Christine Johnstone |
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| Phileas Rogue will perform a concert of film music at the Cinema Agnes Varda in Joigny, France on April 16th, 2023 at 4pm. See poster for details. |
CNIMA April 2023 Workshops – Franceby Christine Johnstone |
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| The CNIMA directed by Nathalie Boucheix will hold two accordion workshops this month as follows: April 17th to 22nd, 2023 April 24th to 29th, 2023 The workshops, tutored by Jacques Mornet and Nathalie Boucheix are for students of all ages, levels and styles and are an opportunity to acquire or develop your instrumental technique with the Jacques Mornet Method. For further details email: cnima@orange.fr |
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Past News List of Linksby AWW |
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Information 2023 World Accordion Day, 6th May each year |
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Release of 2023 Coupe Mondiale Rules and Regulations 2022 Coupe Mondiale, October 04 - 09, Switzerland Daily Reports from 05 October |
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PIF Castelfidardo 2022 Daily Reports |
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XXXIV International Festival, Moscow Daily Reports |
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2023 Accordion Cruise, Finland Information, News article |
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Accordion Reed Production Article Link |
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Chronology of Production of Italian Accordions Article Link |
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Serenellini Know the People Interview News Link |
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2022 AAA Recent publications, USA News Link and Article |
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What Are You Doing For May 6th World Accordion Day? - Internationalby Harley Jones |
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 What are you doing for World Accordion Day (WAD) to promote the accordion in your country? World Accordion Day (WAD) is on May 6th, which is the day the accordion was patented in 1829.WAD was started in 2009 by the Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes (CIA) and has been very successful, generating a lot of positive publicity for the accordion. A key part of this event is the WAD website. Every association, group, orchestra, performer and teacher, is asked to actively support WAD by encouraging national and local accordion activities to happen in their country on this day or the weekend either side of WAD if that should be more convenient. Everyone can register their WAD activity on the WAD website and send a report of their event after, for that website. No event is too big or too small. ALL accordion events celebrating WAD are welcome. This is a CIA promotion for the accordion in which every accordion enthusiast can participate and help bring our accordion world together as well as strongly promote the accordion. |
Australian Accordion Teachers Association Inc. Competitions & Festival - Australiaby Christine Johnstone |
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 The Australian Accordion Teachers Association (AATA), will hold their 2023 Australian National Accordion Championships and Gala Concert on May 28th, 2023 in Sydney, Australia, led by President Tatjana Marx (picture right).After several years of holding very successful online events, the AATA is pleased to recommence face to face competition for 2023. This year’s event is focused on giving our local Australian accordionists the opportunity to gain valuable performance experience. Because of this, and the ongoing challenges of international travel costs and schedules, the competition will be open to Australian residents only for this year. International Artists are still invited to attend as guest performers for our Gala Concert to be held in association with friends from the ASA. For entry information and further details: AATA |
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