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Celebraciones del Jubileo de la Orquesta de Acordeón de Londres - Reino Unido
2024 86° Festival del Aniversario de la Asociación Estadounidense de Acordeonistas (AAA) – EE. UU.
¿Qué estás haciendo para el Día Mundial del Acordeón? - Internacional
CD debut de “London Tango Quintet” presentado en “Fine Music Radio” – Sudáfrica
Calendario de conciertos de Ksenija Sidorova: Suiza, Turquía, Alemania, Bélgica, Austria y Serbia
2024 International Accordion Competition Havířov – Czech RepublicIV All-Russian Festival of Contemporary Music “Lilac Blackbird”, Moscow - Russia
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Accordion Concert Evening with Students of Grzegorz Stopa – Austria2024 Accordion Youth Camp – SwitzerlandHarmonika Müller GmbH Accordion Display at 75th International Crafts Trade Show – GermanyAccordionist Coba FM Radio Interviews – JapanNew CD: Finnish Accordion Concertos - Finland
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“In the Passion of Tango” Concert – Bulgaria“Cafe Accordion Orchestra” Early Valentine’s Day Concert – USAValentine’s Day Concerts – Canada“Langue de Chat” February Concerts - AustraliaAotango Duo Concert on Waiheke Island – New ZealandOrchestra Mondo "Tango Meets Gypsy" Concert – GermanyAine McLoughlin Piano Accordion Workshops - England2024 All Ireland Accordion Festival – IrelandRiedlbauer's Resort Accordion Weekend – USA
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Joan Cochran Sommers celebra 90 años - EE.UU.by Kevin Friedrich, CIA Ambassador |
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90th birthday celebration.
Picture below Joan Sommers, daughter Cathy and Kevin Friedrich |
 El Conjunto de Acordeón Comunitario de la Universidad de Missouri – Kansas City se unió para celebrar el 90 cumpleaños de su directora y maestra Joan Cochran Sommers.Joan fundó el Programa de Acordeón de la UMKC en 1960 y dirigió uno de los programas de acordeón más prestigiosos durante más de 40 años, atrayendo a estudiantes de todo Estados Unidos y del extranjero, estudiando acordeón en programas de Licenciatura, Maestría y Doctorado. En reconocimiento a su estelar carrera, se le concedió el título de Profesora Emérita tras su jubilación. Después de ser la primera representante de Estados Unidos en la Coupe Mondiale en 1955, sus alumnos compitieron con gran éxito en festivales nacionales e internacionales, ganando numerosos títulos durante muchas décadas en concursos de solista, conjunto, cámara y orquesta. Joan C. Sommers ha ocupado numerosos cargos en varias organizaciones musicales, incluido el Accordionists and Teachers Guild International (ATG) y la Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes (CIA – IMC-UNESCO), donde recibió el premio de Miembro Honorario Vitalicio. Ha arreglado innumerables obras tanto para Orquesta de Acordeón como para Conjunto de Cámara durante muchos años, obras que se han presentado en todo el mundo. Hoy en día disfruta tocar con compañeros acordeonistas en dúo, con otros instrumentistas, con el Conjunto de Acordeón Comunitario de la UMKC y como directora invitada con varias orquestas alrededor del mundo, incluida la fundación y dirección de la magnífica Orquesta Mundial de Acordeón de la CIA en muchos países alrededor del mundo, incluido EE. UU. Escocia, Nueva Zelanda, Croacia, Canadá, Austria y Lituania y dos veces en China e Italia. Joan disfrutó de un fin de semana de actividades con sus estudiantes y su familia celebrando 90 magníficos años de excelencia en el acordeón. No hay signos de desaceleración en el corto plazo y, debido a su apretada agenda, su inspiración musical continuará durante muchos años más. El Gremio Internacional de Acordeonistas y Maestros organizará su competencia y festival anual en Kansas City del 23 al 27 de julio de 2024 para celebrar los 90 años de Joan. Cartel arriba. ¡Las actividades principales se llevarán a cabo en UMKC y el gran final será Joan dirigiendo una orquesta del festival de 90 músicos! Para obtener más información, visite www.atgaccordions.com Imagen a continuación: Dirigiendo la Orquesta Mundial de Acordeón III 2009 en Nueva Zelanda |
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Celebraciones del Jubileo de la Orquesta de Acordeón de Londres - Reino Unidoby Christine Johnstone |
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 La Orquesta de Acordeón de Londres (LAO - foto a la izquierda) comenzará las celebraciones de su 25º Jubileo con un concierto conjunto 'Bellows Across Borders' con la Orquesta de Acordeón de Haarlem (Haarlems Accordeonorkest - Países Bajos - foto abajo) dirigida por Leo van Lierop, en el Tabernacle en Notting Hill. Londres, Inglaterra, el 7 de abril de 2024 a las 14:00 horas.El concierto contará con una amplia variedad de música, desde Bach hasta bandas sonoras de películas de gran éxito, como El Rey León y En busca del arca perdida, además de música original para orquesta de acordeón. También es el décimo aniversario de los conciertos 'Bellows Across Borders' de LAO, siendo el primero un concierto con la Nürnberger Akkordeonorchester en St. John's Smith Square en 2014. |
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2024 86° Festival del Aniversario de la Asociación Estadounidense de Acordeonistas (AAA) – EE. UU.by Harley Jones |
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| La Asociación Estadounidense de Acordeonistas (AAA) se complace en anunciar que su festival del 86 aniversario se llevará a cabo en West Conshohocken, Pensilvania, en el área de Filadelfia, EE. UU., del 12 al 14 de julio de 2024. El festival incluirá actuaciones y talleres de artistas invitados, concursos para estudiantes de todas las edades y niveles de dominio, oportunidades de actuación, tres orquestas del festival, vendedores, exhibiciones y varias funciones gastronómicas. Algunas mejoras interesantes en el festival de este año incluirán horarios ampliados en las salas de exhibición, repertorio de la orquesta del festival adecuado para una gama más amplia de niveles de interpretación, calendario consolidado para reducir el número total de noches de hotel necesarias, espacios de presentación para entusiastas solistas y ensambles, y más funciones gastronómicas. Promover el compañerismo entre los asistentes al festival. Esté atento al sitio web de AAA para obtener códigos de descuento de hoteles, lanzamientos de artistas invitados y otros anuncios del festival. |
¿Qué estás haciendo para el Día Mundial del Acordeón? - Internacionalby Harley Jones |
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 ¿Qué estás haciendo para el Día Mundial del Acordeón (World Accordion Day) para promover el acordeón en tu país? El día mundial del acordeón es el 6 de mayo, que es el día en que se patentó el acordeón en 1829.El Día Mundial del Acordeón fue iniciado en el 2009 por la CIA y ha tenido mucho éxito, generando mucha publicidad positiva para el acordeón. Una parte clave de este evento es el sitio web del Día Mundial del Acordeón. A cada asociación, grupo, orquesta, intérprete y maestro, se le pide que apoye activamente este evento alentando que se realicen este día actividades de acordeón nacional y local en su país o el fin de semana a ambos lados del Día del Acordeón, si eso fuera más conveniente. Todos pueden registrar su actividad del Día Mundial del Acordeón en el sitio web y luego enviar un informe de su evento para ese sitio web. Ningún evento es demasiado grande o demasiado pequeño. TODOS los eventos de acordeón que celebran el Día Mundial del Acordeón (World Accordion Day) son bienvenidos. Esta es una promoción de la CIA para el acordeón en el que todos los entusiastas del acordeón pueden participar y ayudar a unir nuestro mundo de acordeón y promover el acordeón. |
CD debut de “London Tango Quintet” presentado en “Fine Music Radio” – Sudáfricaby Christine Johnstone |
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 “Fine Music Radio” en Sudáfrica pronto incluirá el nuevo CD debut del “London Tango Quintet” (acordeonista Milos Milivojevic).La estación de radio transmite desde el Artscape Theatre Complex en Foreshore en Ciudad del Cabo y es la única estación de radio FM de música clásica y jazz de Sudáfrica. “¡Presentada como álbum de la semana, la estación de radio llenará las ondas de Ciudad del Cabo con tango durante toda la próxima semana!” El CD incluye temas del compositor de tango argentino Astor Piazzolla, música de Horacio Salgán y otros clásicos del tango, y dos temas compuestos por David Gordon. |
Calendario de conciertos de Ksenija Sidorova: Suiza, Turquía, Alemania, Bélgica, Austria y Serbiaby Rob Howard |
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| Ksenija Sidorova ha publicado su próximo calendario de conciertos del 22 de febrero al 23 de mayo de 2024. Realizará conciertos en Suiza, Turquía, Alemania, Bélgica, Austria y Serbia. Ver cartel para más detalles. |
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| The 2024 International Accordion Competition Havírov will be held at the Havírov Elementary School of Art in Havírov, Karviná District, Czech Republic on May 3rd and 4th, 2024 organised by the Akordeonové sdružení Cech, Moravy a Slezska (Accordion Association of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia). The competition will be held in one-round, with age group categories as follows: • 1st category: contestants born in 2017 and 2015 repertoire in the range of 2 – 3 min. • 2nd category: contestants born in 2014 and 2013 repertoire in the range of 2 - 4 min. • 3rd category: contestants born in 2012 and 2011 repertoire in the range of 3 - 5 min. • 4th category: contestants born in 2010 and 2009 repertoire in the range of 4 - 7 min. • 5th category: contestants born in 2008 and 2007 repertoire in the range of 6 - 9 min. • 6th category: contestants born in 2006 and 2005 repertoire in the range of 9 - 10 min. • 7th category: contestants born in 2004 and 2003 repertoire in the range of 10 - 12 min. • 8th category: contestants born in 2002 and 2000 repertoire in the range of 12-14 min. Repertoire: • free choice of pieces (individual parts from a cyclic song are accepted) • play from memory is mandatory • the evaluation will also take into account the overall competition performance and its diversity. The five-member jury will consist of accordion experts and pedagogues. The order of contestants will be alphabetical and the competition schedule will be published no later than one week before the competition. Applications close March 15th, 2024. Email for entry information: accordioncompetition@email.cz |
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  Accordionists are invited to take part in the IV All-Russian Festival of Contemporary Music “Lilac Blackbird”. The event is dedicated to the composer Grigori Fried (1915-2012 – picture right), Honored Artist of the RSFSR, Moscow composer, artist, writer, public figure, veteran of WW!!. “The Lilac Blackbird” is the title of a novel by Grigori Fried, his last book. The bird is a symbol of the bird of happiness. The festival will run from February to April 2024 both live and online in Moscow, Russia. For details phone: 8 (495) 705-61-71 |
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| Video: Concert was broadcast as a live stream. Download the January 25th, 2024 concert program here: 2024GStopaProgram.pdf After the music universities in Graz and Linz, the "Music and Art Private University of the City of Vienna" was the third educational institution in Austria with a major in "accordion". Since 2005, Grzegorz Stopa has sought cooperation with other international centers and many accordion students have chosen to study with him in Vienna. Many of his graduates, such as Nikola Djoric or Bogdan Laketic, have meanwhile made international careers with their projects. The program of the January 25th, 2024 concert evening of the Grzegorz Stopa class included works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Rebecca Saunders, Ottorino Respighi, Domenico Scarlatti, Peter I. Tchaikovsky, Andrzej Krzanowski, Joseph Haydn, Marius Binder and Francis Poulenc |
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 The 2024 Accordion Youth Camp will be held at the Ferienhaus “Bruder Klaus” in Lungern, Switzerland from April 8th to 13th, 2024 organised by accordeon.ch.The camp is for accordionists born in 2014 or later (10 years and under) and will feature a “week full of music, games and fun! In smaller level groups as well as in the large camp orchestra, you will discover exciting pieces of music, learn a lot of new things and enjoy being together with other children and young people. Games, sports and leisure also have an important place.” A concert will be held on the last day of camp which will feature music rehearsed by the young students. Download camp details at: 2024YouthCamp |
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| The 75th International Crafts Trade Fair (Internationale Handwerksmesse - IHM) will be held at the Munich Exhibition Center in Germany from February 28th to March 3rd, 2024 organised by GHM Gesellschaft für Handwerksmessen mbH. This year’s event will be held under the motto "Craftsmanship that makes your life more beautiful". Exhibitors include Harmonika Müller GmbH who will display their range of accordions along with over 60 trades and industries offering visitors a comprehensive overview of the performance, quality and innovative strength of the skilled crafts sector. The fair includes several performance and special shows where craftsmen from different countries present current topics, new products and outstanding works. For details email: kontakt@ghm.de |
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| Accordionist Coba has been invited to appear on FM Radio program) "Yoshi Ube's Sessions" which will be broadcast from February 10th to 16th, 2024 on JFN (Japan) stations nationwide. The program welcomes guests from various genres such as artists, musicians, movies, fashion and art, to discuss music. Broadcast date and time for each station: FM Aomori 2/11 (Sun) 24:00~25:00 FM Akita 2/11 (Sun) 24:00~25:00 FM Yamagata 2/11 (Sun) 28:00~29:00 Date fm 2/10 (Sat) 5:00~6:00 FM GUNMA 2/11 (Sun) 13:00~13:55 FMRebroadcast 2/11 (Sun.) 28:00~29:00 (Mon. 4am) Radio Berry 2/11 (Sun) 27:00 ~ 28:00 TOKYO FM 2/16 (Fri) 5:00~6:00 FM Toyama 2/11 (Sun) 18:00-19:00 FM Ishikawa 2/11 (Sun) 24:00~25:00 FM Fukuoka 2/11 (Sun) 28:00~29:00 FM Gifu 2/11 24:00~25:00 FM Mie 2/11 (Sun) 24:00~25:00 FM Shibuya 2/11 (Sun) 24:00~25:00 Kiss FM 2/11 (Sun) 25:00 ~ 25:55 FM Hiroshima 2/11 (Sun) 25:00~26:00 FM Yamazaki 2/10 (Sat) 18:00-19:00 FM Yamaguchi 2/10 (Sat) 5:00~6:00 FM Kagawa 2/11 28:00~29:00 FM Kagoshima 2/11 (Sun) 19:00~19:55 FM Kochi 2/11 (Sun) 7:00pm~20:00 FM Shibuya 2/10 (Sat) 5:00~6:00 FM Kumamoto 2/10 (Sat) 5:00~6:00 FM Shibuya 2/11 (Sun) 24:00~24:55 |
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| Video: Information on the new CD entitled “Finnish Accordion Concertos” by the players and composers. A New CD of Finnish accordion concertos will be released on February 12th, 2024 in Finland. This is the first CD of Finnish accordion concertos and contains three concertos commissioned by the Kokkola Accordion Festival and Chamber Orchestra. Download the CD booklet at: 2024AccordionConcertoCD.pdf |
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 The ClassicArt String Quartet & Ensemble will present a concert entitled “In the Passion of Tango”, held at the Chamber Hall "Bulgaria" in Sofia, Bulgaria on February 10th, 2024 at 7pm.The event will feature accordionists Veronika Todorova and Renzo RuggierI, who will perform “unique and inspiring works”. |
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  The “Cafe Accordion Orchestra” will perform an early Valentine’s Day concert at Crooners Supper Club in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, on February 11th, 2024 at 5.30pm.The group which includes accordionist Dan Newton, will present "The Glory of Love" with a program of songs “about love in all its forms…loves won, loves lost, old fashioned love and new-fangled love as well”. For details phone: (763) 760-0062 |
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| Valentine’s Day is almost upon us and we have two concerts in Canada to help celebrate the event: • On February 14th, The Royal Cajun Band will perform three sets at the Princeton Pub in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from 8pm to 11pm. See poster above. • On February 16th, The Gram Partisans will perform at the Britannia Community Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from 1.30pm to 3.30pm. This group features accordionist Alan Zisman. See poster below. |
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 The “Langue de Chat” quartet, which includes Anthony Schulz (accordion), Kiara Hachefa (vocals), Jack Pantazis (guitar) and Anton Schulz (double bass), will perform two concerts this month in Australia as follows:• February 17th, 2024 at 7.30pm: The Coolroom, Northern Arts Hotel in Castlemaine, Victoria • February 23rd, 2024 at 6.30pm: Open Studio, Northcote, Victoria “There’s something about the melodic, breathy tones of the accordion that transports the listener to another place or time. Maybe a bal-musette in Paris, a youthful romance in Rome, a distant memory of a Melbourne dancehall or a railway station in Berlin. This is where Langue de Chat with chanteuse voice, cajoling guitar, earthy double bass and of course, piano accordion lie in wait in the misty shadows of a distant, tender memory.” |
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  Tickets are selling fast for the Aotango Duo concert at the Waiheke Musical Museum on Waiheke Island, Auckland, New Zealand on February 18th, 2024.Duo members, violinist Andrew Beer (Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra concert master - picture above) and accordionist Grayson Masefield (multiple world champion, teacher and concert artist - picture right) are both members of the Aotango Quintet, which has enjoyed much success throughout New Zealand. The audience will also get the opportunity to join in a conversation with these engaging performers at the end of the concert. |
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| Orchestra Mondo will perform their next "Tango Meets Gypsy" concert at the Stadeltheater in Lauingen, Bavaria, Germany on February 18th, 2024 at 6pm. Group members Anja Baldauf (accordion), Dennis Wendel (double bass), Raffael Muller (guitar) and Stefan Baldauf (drums) will “inspire with jazz from the 30s and 50s and guarantee an enjoyable concert”. They will feature pieces from their CD "Tango Meets Gypsy". See poster for details. |
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 Aine McLoughlin (picture left) will hold a series of piano accordion workshops at the London Irish Centre in London, England during February and March 2024.The folk music workshops for Level 2+ players will specialise in alternative left hand accompaniments for Irish, English and Scottish folk tunes. Dates: • February 24th at 3.15pm • March 16th at 3.15pm • March 23rd at 3.15pm • March 30th at 3.15pm For details email: info@londonirishcentre.org |
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| The 2024 All Ireland Accordion Festival will take place at St Kilian’s School in Mullagh, County Clare, Ireland on April 28th, 2024. The event, organised by the Irish Accordion Association, will feature an “Orchestral and Conducting” masterclass and “The Art of Ensemble Playing” by facilitator Robert Houlihan. For the first time in over 50 years, the 2024 event will be non competitive. To enter contact Yvonne, email on poster. |
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| The Accordion Weekend ‘24 will be held at Riedlbauer's Resort in Round Top, New York, USA from May 17th to 19th, 2024. Bring and play your accordion and stay at the resort for half price. See poster for details. |
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Congreso de Invierno de la CIA 2024, 23-25 de febrero de 2024, Kungsbacka - Sueciaby Harley Jones |
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 Bienvenidos al Congreso de Invierno de la Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes (CIA) de 2024 y a la 151.ª Asamblea General de Delegados que se celebrará en Kungsbacka, Suecia. El Congreso de Invierno será organizado por nuestro miembro con derecho a voto de la CIA, Sveriges Dragspelares Riksförbund (SDR) / Asociación Sueca de Acordeón, Presidente: Per Romin y Vicepresidente de la CIA: Jörgen Sundeqvist. Las fechas son: 23-25 de febrero de 2024 Más de 24 delegados registrados hasta la fecha. Delegados, por favor regístrese lo antes posible. Calendario: 2024WinterCongress.pdf Para más información: http://www.accordions.com/cia/cia_winter_congress.php |
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  Dr Herbert Scheibenreif, Manager of Friedrich Lips Productions has now released two pdf eBooks (or epub format), author Friedrich Lips, able to be emailed to the client.It Seems Like Yesterday Cat: 9951-3-7 for €22 emailed to the client. Als wäre es gestern gewesen (German edition) Cat: 9951-2-0 for €22 emailed to the client. The two printed books, author Friedrich Lips, were released 24 November 2023. It Seems Like Yesterday Cat: 9951-1-3 €35 or USD plus postage Als wäre es gestern gewesen Cat (German edition): 9951-0-6 €35 or USD plus postage Herbert Scheibenreif is the publisher and translator of the two new Friedrich Lips books 'It Seems Like Yesterday' English edition and 'Als wäre es gestern gewesen' German edition. These two books are the latest Friedrich Lips publications that include an incredible 50 CDs, 6 previous books in 3 languages and numerous educational papers. Author of 'It Seems Like Yesterday' Friedrich Lips tells about wonderful musicians - teachers, composers, conductors, performers, with whom fate brought him together. Possessing a bright literary gift, the author in detailed analytical articles, memoirs, small sketches creates living creative portraits of his contemporaries, who are now living, as well as those who have passed away in the last decade, talks about the events that made the artist's life so rich. The book will be of great help to everyone who studies and performs contemporary music for accordion. Of undoubted interest for class work will be the annotations to the numerous CDs of the author. Other Friedrich Lips productions available online are: 31 Lips CDs: Friedrich Lips, CD3Packs, CD6Packs, CDPack Books: The Art of Accordion Playing Cat: kslips00 The Art of Arranging Classical Music for Accordion Cat: kslips03 Die Kunst des Bajanspiels Cat: kslips01 Die Kunst der Bearbeitung klassischer Musik für Akkordeon Cat: kslips02 Picture below: 31 Lips CD covers |
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Talleres CNIMA en Nueva Orleans - EE.UU.by Christine Johnstone |
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 El CNIMA (Francia) organizará este año dos talleres de acordeón con piano y acordeón de botones cromático en el Salon de la Bonne Fete, Maison St. Charles, en Nueva Orleans, EE.UU.Fechas: 20 al 25 de mayo de 2024 27 de mayo al 1 de junio de 2024 Los talleres son para todos los niveles, edades y estilos, desde principiante hasta intermedio, avanzado y profesional. Descubra los secretos del acordeón y cómo el uso adecuado del flujo de aire, combinado con el toque adecuado de las teclas o botones, libera musicalidad y transforma la forma de tocar. Más información en el cartel. Con más de 60 años de experiencia, Jacques Mornet y Nathalie Boucheix han formado a cientos de profesionales, campeones del mundo y aficionados apasionados de todas las edades. Para más detalles envíe un correo electrónico a: cnimausa@gmail.com |
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