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Les dernières infos divulguées au congrès du CIA concernant la coupe mondiale 2019 – Estonie
Festival national de Polka à Ennis, Texas - USA
Convention de l’association nationale d’accordéon en cours (NAA), Texas - USA
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Video: Sasko Velkov - Majestic Accordion (Official Video 2019) - MacedoniaLeavenworth International Accordion Celebration (LIAC) - USANAO Thames Area Festival & Competition - UKKokatahi Band 108 Years Old, Hokitika – New ZealandAccordionist Entertains at Café do Margs - BrazilWorld Accordion Day Performance - USASuccessful First 2019 Concert for Reunion Island OrchestraAccordion Babes 2020 Calendar - Art Deadline Extension
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Benefit Concert for Japanese Tsunami Victims - GermanyMelbourne Taranta Festival – AustraliaPopular Duo Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham Spring Tour 2019 - UKAccordionist Marko Kassl Performs in New Ballet – GermanyFolk Accordion Week – EnglandCNIMA Tango Passion Workshop - FranceFoster & Allen Australian Tour 2019Accordionist Entertains at Magic Training Course – France
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Congrès d’hiver de la Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes (CIA)– Estonieby Kimmo Mattila |
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 Le congrès d’hiver 2019 de la confédération internationale des accordéonistes s’est tenu à Tallin, en Estonie du 1er au 3 mars, sous la houlette de Eesti Akordioniliit. Photo ci-dessus par le secrétaire général Kimmo Mattila.Ce sont tenus des réunions des dirigeants du CIA et du comité de musique, la 141 ième assemblée générale des délégués, un concert à la mairie de Tallin, un concert à Hopneri Maja et un gala de clôture. Les participants ont eu aussi eu du temps libre pour faire du tourisme et profiter de l’hiver estonien. Un grand merci à Eesti Akordioniliit, ses dirigeants et membres délégués Aivi Tilk, Kristel Laas, Sirje Mõttus, Heli Raitar, Marit Sukk, Tiina Välja et Mikk Langeproon qui ont tenu la 141ième assemblée générale. Fort bien organisé, le congrès fut porteur d’échanges féconds. Merci aussi à Tiit Kalluste, Villu Veski, Kulno Malva, Kaspar Uljas et Isabel Bermejo. Beaucoup de photos ici: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ctqv1dwrznoab16/AABCZkiEgvSV004HN7l6OMZ8a?dl=0 |
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Les dernières infos divulguées au congrès du CIA concernant la coupe mondiale 2019 – Estonieby Harley Jones |
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 La 72ième Coupe Mondiale se tiendra du 12 au 17 août 2019 à Shenzhen en Chine, sous la houlette de l’association des accordéonistes / association des musiciens de Chine (CAA). Le president Li Cong et son comité d’organisation (photo ci-dessous) souhaite la bienvenue à tous et espère que vous profiterez de l’hospitalité et de la musique chinoises dans le complexe moderne Xixiang music Valley de Shenzhen. Au congrès d’hiver de la CIA à Tallin en Estonie, le délégué chinois Crystal Wang a fait une maquette de présentation en couleur de 24 pages : 2019CMPresentation.pdf et annoncé ceci : 1. Le bureau de communication du département de Bo’an a confirmé lors d’une réunion le 16 janvier 2019, que la coupe mondiale 2019 est sur la liste des projets culturels sponsorisés par le gouvernement. 2. Environ 130 participants chinois, une fois le processus de sélection achevé, participeront à 7 coupes mondiales dans divers catégories. 3. Parmi les artistes invités au concert d’inauguration l’orchestre d’accordéon Baidi, les accordéonistes chinois Mao Junhao, Tan Jialiang et le vainqueur de la coupe mondiale 2018 Radu Ratoi (Lithuanie) 4. D’autres concerts mettront en vedette de jeunes accordéonistes chinois ainsi que des adultes amateurs passionés. 5. En ce qui concerne l’orchestre mondial d’accordéon : l’information sera disponible en ligne bientôt pour ceux qui souhaitent y participer. 6. Le président du CIA Mirco Patarini invite les participants de tous les pays de s’inscrire et de remercier le généreux mécénat du gouvernement de Shenzhen et de la Chine qui s’est mis à disposition pour participer aux frais de transport, couvert et gîte de 50 participants. Les inscriptions pour prétendre à ces subventions doivent être faites avant le 15 mars 2019 donc inscrivez-vous aujourd’hui ! La date de clôture pour les inscriptions est le 30 juin 2019. Il est maintenant possible de s’inscrire à la 72ième Coupe Mondiale 2019 en consultant la page du règlement pour la compétition : 2019CM-Rules |
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Festival national de Polka à Ennis, Texas - USAby Harley Jones |
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| Festival national de polka à Ennis au Texas, du 24 au 26 mai 2019 Le festival national de polka vous invite à venir fêter 53 merveilleuses années de festivités autour de l’héritage tchèque. Ce rendez-vous annuel offre une abondance d’activités à faire en famille dans l’atmosphère conviviale d’une petite ville. Samedi matin, des parades, groupes de musique et costumes colorés donneront le coup de lancement des festivités. La parade traditionnelle comprend des visiteurs de tout âge. Ce sera l’occasion de découvrir traditions, costumes religieux, danses, mets, sites touristiques et musiques des contrées tchécoslovaques, ceci dans trois auditoriums avec l’air conditionné. Profitez d’un weekend à danser la polka, goûter la nourriture tchèque et écouter 13 groupes de polka en live, dont Brave Combo, vainqueur aux Grammy’s. On vous attend !! |
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Convention de l’association nationale d’accordéon en cours (NAA), Texas - USAby Rita Davidson Barnea |
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 Le convention de la NAA est en cours et le journal AccordionUSA nous donnera un rapport complet le 1er avril pour leur parution mensuel.Photo ci-dessus : Lionel Reekie, Jane Christison et le president de la NAA, Norman Seaton A droite la photo de l’éditrice d’AccordionUSA Rita Barnea et de Norman Seaton. Photo ci-dessous : de gauche à droite Mike Soloway, Cory Pesaturo, Eddie Monteiro, Joe Natoli, Rita Barnea. |
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| Video of Sasko Velkov performing his own composition Majestic Accordion - Music and Arrangement : Sasko Velkov - Mastering: Ljupco Sokolovski - City Sound Skopje - Video: Stole Stoilov - Fly Video Production |
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| The Leavenworth International Accordion Celebration (LIAC) takes place from June 20-23, 2019. See Doris Osgood’s link to “It’s Time to Prepare for Leavenworth” The 26th anniversary of the Leavenworth Accordion Celebration looks to be one of the best events ever. Note the outstanding line up of professional performers. The variety of music will showcase the versatility of the accordion. Link: 2019LeavenworthArticle.pdf |
by Alison Worthington
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 The National Accordion Organisation of the United Kingdom (NAO) Thames Area Festival and competition was held on February 23rd at St Andrews Church Centre, Ealing, London. Festival organiser was Alison Worthington.The competition included solo, duet and group categories. The London Intermediate Accordion Orchestra scored top marks in the Intermediate Orchestra section (picture below), and won the Bridget Cumiskey Memorial Cup for the highest mark. The James Mullally Cup for Outstanding Performance was award to Cairan Gilligan. This cup was donated by members of the London Accordion Orchestra in his memory. In recognition for an Outstanding Performance it is hoped that it will continue not just James’ love of music but also his wish to encourage people to play the accordion. This Area Festival is a qualifying stage for the 70th Anniversary Celebration NAO UK Championships 2019, which will again take place at The Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool, from April 26th to 28th. |
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by Harley Jones
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 The Kokatahi Band from Hokitika on the West Coast of New Zealand celebrates its 108th anniversary this year. When first formed, the band followed the principle that they should only use instruments that were commonly available in the early years of the 20th century.Now, one hundred years on, the band is still pumping out the tunes on an eclectic mix of instruments including the accordion. Members come from as far afield as Invercargill (at the bottom of the South Island) and Ashburton to don the colours and clothes of what people wore from the gold fields in 1910, and get the crowds singing. |
by Christine Johnstone
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 Brazilian accordionist Fernando Avila entertained diners at the Café do Margs, Praca Da Alfandega in Porto Alegre, Brazil on March 2nd. His program included his own compositions, some of which have been recorded on his CD “A Lua de Santiago”.In addition Fernando played a mix of Latin American popular music, tango, milonga, chamame, baião as well as some French waltzes and pieces by Frank Marocco including “Take Ten” and “Cynthia”. |
by Harley Jones
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 Accordionist Henry Doktorski III has been invited to the World Accordion Day and Dr. Willard A. Palmer Festival at A World of Accordions Museum in Superior Wisconsin on May 4th and 5th. Henry will present a 45-minute lecture/recital on the two great pioneer Italian-American piano accordionists - Guido and Pietro Deiro. Henry is honored to share the two-day program with great musicians such as Joan Sommers, Kevin Friedrich, Stas Venglevsi, Mary Tokarski, Murl Allen Sanders, Betty Jo Simon, Paul Vargason, Mike Middleton, Aydar Salahov, Jane Christison, and the UMKC Chamber Accordion Ensemble. |
by Christine Johnstone
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| The Polyphonia Orchestra conducted by Pierre Varo performed its first 2019 concert at Hôtels de la chaîne Exsel, St Gilles, Reunion Island. Pierre Varo is the Director at Association Ensembles Pour La Musique, Professor of the accordion at Ecole de Musique de Saint Andre and Art Director at Orchestre Polyphonia. The orchestra consists of accordions, violins, flutes, clarinets, saxophones, trumpets, euphonium, keyboards, percussionists and vocalists all aged between 12 and 18 years, who give 25 concerts each year on Réunion Island. The successful 2 hour concert included a variety of light classical music, international music, film music, Latin music, jazz and traditional music. This ensemble is currently preparing for a musical tour which will take place in 6 states of the West Coast of the United States and an International accordion competition in Los Angeles from July 19th to August 12th 2020. |
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| The deadline for photos for the 2020 Accordion Babes calendar has now been extended to April 14th, 2019. The calendar is currently half full, so there are 6 further places available. The theme for 2020 is: Women of the Future: or: An Instrument Beyond Time. As always, the theme is flexible. The print date will be June 1st, 2019. For further information email: editor@accordionpinupcalendar.com Pictured below is Sapo, of Montreal, Canada who is Miss February 2019. |
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by Christine Johnstone
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 Naoko & Andreas Nebl (picture above) will take part in a benefit concert at Bundesakademie, Hugo-Herrmann-Str. 22 in Trossingen, Germany on March 11th at 7pm. The concert is for the tsunami victims in Kamaishi, Iwate, Japan.They will perform with Professor Akio Koyama on bassoon (picture right). Works include Amasia (Laurent Boutros) and Libertango (Astor Piazzolla). Other performers include vocalists Yuko Koyama, Aya Koyama, Elias Schneider (bassoon), Imai-Stastny Sonoko (violin), Holger Spegg (piano) and piano duo Shoko Hayashizaki & Michael Hagemann. For concert details email: AndiNebl@gmx.de |
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  The “Vardos Trio” will be supporting seven piece band “Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino” (from Salento, Italy - picture above) at the Melbourne Taranta Festival in the Thornbury Theatre, Thornbury, Melbourne, Victoria on March 15th. As well as traditional Pugliese food stalls and Italian wines, attendees will enjoy a variety of music from both groups. The Vardos Trio (picture right) play a variety of Gypsy and folk music.“Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino” (which includes accordionist Massimiliano Morabito) are exponents in a new wave of young performers re-inventing Southern Italy’s Pizzica musical and dance traditions. The group are said to “make an audience shimmy with the energy of the ancient ritual of pizzica tarantata, said to cure the taranta spider’s bite with its frenzied trance dances.” They also play music by global artists Ballake Sissoko, Ibrahim Maalouf & Piers Faccini, contemporary classical composers Ludovico Einaudi, and pop mavericks Stewart Copeland of The Police. For further details email: neilwedd@thethornburytheatre.com |
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| Popular duo Aly Bain (violin) & Phil Cunningham (accordion) will tour the UK this month beginning at the Coronation Hall in Ulverston on March 15th and finishing at the Masham Town Hall on March 30th. Aly and Phil have become a national institution with their mastery of violin and accordion, bringing popular traditional Scottish/Celtic music to venues across the country. Individually they pursue other ventures in performance, television and education but it is when they tour together that they truly shine with over quarter of a century of well honed skills and hilarious banter delighting audiences. See Poster below for concert details. |
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 Accordionist Marko Kassl will perform in “Ein Sommernachtstraum” a new ballet by Bridget Breiner which will be held in the Music Theaterkasse, Kennedyplatz in Gelsenkirchen from 31st March.The ballet is based on Shakespeare's classic "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Breiner uses ballet music by Mendelssohn as well as compositions by Claudio Jacomucci, Uroš Rojko, Alessandro Sbordoni, Antonio Correa and Duke Ellington. Marko Kassl will perform live as a soloist and also in duo with pianist Annette Reifig. Marko is a teacher at the Detmold Academy of Music and also takes an accordion class at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. He has given many concerts as a soloist and in “Duo Mares” (picture right) in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Austria, Turkey, Slovenia and Luxembourg. The premiere of the ballet will be held on March 31st with further performances on April 5th, April 28th, May 12th, May 25th, June 16th and June 21st. For further information email: info@marko-kassl.de |
by Christine Johnstone
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 Folk Accordion Week includes an accordion course held from April 5th to 7th at Benslow Music, Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire with tutor Paul Hutchinson.Paul’s style of teaching is relaxed and entertaining, however, he believes that the accordion should be taken more seriously as a beautiful and versatile instrument. His playing is unique in that he uses a lot of sustained left hand notes, block chords, and drones or pedal notes. He enjoys harmony and frequently adds extra lines in the right hand. His playing is inspired by the sound of the church organ and he is an experienced teacher who loves teaching and enjoys developing the potential of a group or individual to deepen and improve their musicianship. For details phone: +44 (0)1462 459446 |
by Christine Johnstone
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  CNIMA directed by Nathalie Boucheix will hold a Tango Passion workshop with Louise Jallu (picture left) from April 22nd to 27th. Louise will share her tango passion with trainees and offers the course to all instrumentalists passionate about tango (bands, accordion, guitar and strings) to come and work in groups.During the same week, CNIMA will hold a diatonic and chromatic: Breton and Celtic Music workshop with Alain Pennec (picture right). Alain contributes to the revival of traditional Breton music. Trainees can work with or without sheet music on their instruments. During these courses there will be an accordion demonstration by Matthew Chaussalet on April 24th as well as concerts and exhibitions throughout the week. The workshops are aimed at beginners, experienced musicians and even professionals and are open to all ages. Each trainee will have individual and daily group lessons. For further details email: cnima@wanadoo.fr |
by Christine Johnstone
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 Popular duo Foster & Allen (Mick Foster and Tony Allen) will tour Australia from May 1st to June 2nd performing a total of 18 concerts. Mick has a "Foster Special" accordion and was influenced in his music by the well known Jimmy Shand. Tony started playing the accordion after one of his brothers brought him an accordion home from England. His whole life revolves around music, and he enjoys every minute he is entertaining people all over the world. Tour dates are: May 1st: Toowoomba, Empire Theatre, Phone - 1 300 655 299 May 2nd: Maryborough, Brolga Theatre, Phone – (07) 4 122 6060 May 3rd: Bundaberg, Moncrieff Entertainment Centre, Phone – (07) 4 130 4100 May 5th: Mackay Entertainment & Convention Centre, Phone – (04) 9 619 777 May 8th: Ipswich Civic Centre, Phone - (07) 3 810 6100 May 11th: Port Macquarie Glasshouse, Phone - (02) 6 581 8888 May 12th: Newcastle, Civic Theatre, Phone – (02) 4 929 1977 May 15th: Dubbo Regional Theatre & Convention Centre, Phone (02) 6 801 4378 May 18th: Griffith Regional Theatre, Phone – (02) 6 962 8444 May 20th: Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre, Phone – (02) 6 926 9688 May 21st: Canberra Playhouse, Phone - (02) 6 275 2700 May 22nd: Frankston Arts Centre, Phone - (03) 9 784 1 060 May 23rd: Sale, The Wedge Performing Arts Centre, Phone – (03) 5 143 3200 May 25th: Albury, Entertainment Centre, Phone – (02) 6 043 5610 May 26th: Geelong, The Playhouse GPAC, Phone – (03) 5 225 1 200 May 29th: Wollongong, Anita’s Theatre June 1st: Gold Coast, Home of the Arts, Phone – (07) 5 588 4000 June 2nd: Caloundra, The Events Centre, Phone - (07) 5 491 4240 |
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 Accordionist Jean-Louis Noton will entertain at a magic training course as “Noton Fire Musician Musical Companion” to be held from July 17th to 24th at the Hotel des Sapins, Col de La Croix Fry in Manigod, France. The event will include training on the secrets of magic, the mysteries of manipulation and general magic skills with “Alpha” (picture right), a professor of magic at the Conservatory of Dramatic Arts in Paris. The course is suitable for all age groups. For information email: jl.noton@wanadoo.fr |
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  Three new compositions by Franco Cambareri of Australia have been released.cfranco241 - Fantasia Lunatica cfranco242 - Nostalgic Moments cfranco243 - Triste Autunno View sample page online, pdf format music sent to purchaser by email. |
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 Two new works have been released by well known UK composer and performer Douglas Ward, published by Charnwood Publishing. DW952 Clown in a Pickle DW953 Horseplay Two weeks previously, Douglas Ward released: DW950 Backstage Waltz DW951 Conundrum Douglas Ward is now listing over 80 compositions and arrangements of eSheet and printed music available from Charnwood Publishing Douglas Ward. Sample music pages online. Purchase with credit card online. |
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