Sponsors
Books (Text)
eSheet (pdf file)
eTracks sound files
Sponsors
Free Services
Books (Text)
Statistics
Sponsors
Gelbe Seiten Veranstaltungen
Recordings (CD, DVD, Video)
Printed Music
Statistics
Free Services
Sponsors
Highlights |
Frank Busso, Snr.mit dem AAA Lifetime Achievement Award 2022 ausgezeichnet - USA
Prato Akkordeon Festival 2021 - Italien
5. Sommerakademie für Mundharmonika - Slowenien
Reports for Concerts, Masterclasses, Competitions, Festivals, etc. |
Video: 1st Accordion Festival Nacional de Acordeonistas - PeruTravel Guidelines for Non-EU Citizens to Germany For the Coupe Mondiale - GermanyVideo: Closing, 2021 Yangtai Mountain Cup & National Accordion Art Festival, Shenzhen - China"Berlin Celebrates Piazzolla" Video Now Released - GermanyCancelled: Accordion Week at St Audries Bay - UKPierre Andre New CD "Special Tango" - France
Future events |
Online: ATG Presents “Dynamic Duos” Concert – USALes inAttendus New CD "The Art of Fugue" and Concerts – FranceAlex Meixner Band at Maryland German Festival - USA"Good Habits" Farewell Tour – New ZealandJoseph Natoli Performs at San Francisco Accordion Club – USAHohner Conservatory Information Day - GermanyCreosote Duo Perform at Bainbridge Summer Art Market - USAKlaus Paier Accordion Jazz Workshop - AustriaCNIMA Accordion Workshop with Claude Thomain - France
Childrens Corner |
“Duo Absoluto” Perform at Vlasim Castle – Czech Republic
New and Updated Sites |
Updated Site, pigini-excelsior.ru Importing Italian Accordion to RussiaCD-Neuerscheinung, "Double Mirror" von Friedrich Lips - Russland/Österreich
Aktualisiert: Gary Daverne Conductors Video Competition
Help Desk, Information needed, Readers CommentsSubmit Your Question, CommentSUBMIT NOW |
Random video 4UWatch the video |
Highlights |
Online-Nennsystem für den Coupe Mondiale 2021 jetzt geöffnet - Finnlandby Harley Jones |
 |
  Der Generalsekretär der CIA, Kimmo Mattila, gibt bekannt, dass das Online-Anmeldesystem für den Coupe Mondiale 2021 ab sofort für Anmeldungen zum 74. Coupe Mondiale auf der Seite mit den Allgemeinen Wettbewerbsregeln 2021 eröffnet ist: 2021CM-RegelnCIA-Präsident Mirco Patarini lädt alle (45) CIA-Mitglieder, Delegierte ein, sich für den 146. internationalen Delegiertenkongress anzumelden, der zum Zweitenmal in München tagt. Präsident Patarini bittet auch die Wettbewerber aller Nationen, ihre Meldungen rechtzeitig vor dem Meldeschluss einzureichen, um die Organisatoren für einen sicherlich großartigen Coupe Mondiale zu unterstützen. Die 74. Coupe Mondiale findet vom 13. bis 17. Oktober 2021 in München statt und wird vom Deutschen Harmonika-Verband e.V. (DHV) ausgerichtet. Der Erste Vizepräsident des DHV, Georg Hettmann, begrüßt alle Teilnehmer in München und den hervorragenden Einrichtungen und Sälen für Wettbewerbe und Konzerte. Im Rahmen des Festivals werden folgende Wettbewerbe ausgetragen: - 74. Coupe Mondiale - Masters Coupe Mondiale - Junior Coupe Mondiale - Internationaler Wettbewerb für virtuose Unterhaltungsmusik - Internationaler Junior-Wettbewerb für virtuose Unterhaltungsmusik - Kammermusik - Klassik - Kammermusik - Weltmusik Anmeldeschluss ist der 25. August 2021. Alle Informationen zu Anreise, Anmeldung und Hotel finden Sie online unter: Coupe Mondiale Online-Anmeldungen unter: 2021CM-Regeln |
Share
Frank Busso, Snr.mit dem AAA Lifetime Achievement Award 2022 ausgezeichnet - USAby Joan Grauman Morse |
 |
 Frank Busso, Snr wird den 2022 American Accordionists' Association (AAA) Lifetime Achievement Award während des Festivals 2022 erhalten, das vom 13. bis 22. Juli 2022 im Marriott Philadelphia West Hotel in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA stattfinden wird. Frank hat der AAA als Schatzmeister, Vizepräsident und Präsident (1981, 1992-94) treu gedient und war außerdem Vorsitzender vieler Komitees, darunter die jährlichen nationalen Festivals und die Young Artists Concert Series. Viele Jahre lang hatte er die Position des Buchhalters der AAA inne. Seit Jahrzehnten ist Frank ein Pädagoge, Musiker, Dirigent und Botschafter des Akkordeons. Sie können den Artikel aus dem AAA Festival Journal 2017 lesen: "Spotlight on Frank Busso Sr.". Es ist eine unterhaltsame, herzerwärmende und aufschlussreiche Biografie eines Mannes, dessen Leben sich um seine Liebe zum Akkordeon, die nationale Akkordeongemeinschaft und seine Familie drehte. Foto unten von links nach rechts: Christina Busso Lammers, Alexander Lammers, Frank Busso Sr., TV-Nachrichtenreporter - blaues Kleid, Caroline Lammers, Frank Busso Jr. und Nicholas Busso beim AAA Festival 2018, Alexandria, VA. |
 |
Prato Akkordeon Festival 2021 - Italienby Christine Johnstone |
 |
| Der künstlerische Leiter des Prato Accordion Festivals, Roberto Beneventi, hat angekündigt, dass das Prato Accordion Festival 2021 am 11. September 2021 um 14 Uhr im Circolo La Libertà in Prato, Italien, stattfinden wird. Zu den Interpreten gehören Simone Zanchini, Roberto Gervasi Trio, Marco Tiranti, Riccardo Centazzo (Solokonzert & Meisterkurs) und Daniele Storai. Die Veranstaltung wird von Tiranti Fisarmoniche organisiert. Für weitere Informationen E-Mail: festafisarmonica@gmail.com |
 |
5. Sommerakademie für Mundharmonika - Slowenienby Christine Johnstone |
 |
| Die 5. Sommerakademie für Mundharmonika wird in der Internationalen Akkordeon-Sommerakademie (SIAA), Hostel Panorama, Portoroz, Piran, Slowenien vom 18. bis 22. August 2021 stattfinden. Die Veranstaltung ist ein fünftägiges Akkordeon-Abenteuer an der slowenischen Küste, organisiert vom Verband der slowenischen Akkordeonisten, Direktor Marko Stumperger. Die Dozenten Prof. Ozren Stevanovic, Prof. Marjan Krajna, Prof. Zoran Lupinc, Prof. Andreas Nebl und Direktor Marko Stumperger bieten Meisterkurse, professionelle Betreuung, Vorträge, Kammer- und Orchesterspiel sowie "Kennenlernen der Literatur", eine Akkordeonausstellung und Geselligkeit & Unterhaltung. Die Teilnehmer der SIAA sind Schüler (im Alter von 7 bis 18 Jahren) und Erwachsene ohne Altersbeschränkung, aus 8 verschiedenen Ländern. Die diesjährige Sommerakademie dient auch als Vorbereitung für das Festival der Kammermusikgruppen und diatonischen Akkordeonsolisten, das im Oktober in der Musikschule Laško-Radece in Slowenien stattfinden wird. Weitere Informationen erhalten Sie unter Telefon: 040 357 924 |
Reports for Concerts, Masterclasses, Competitions, Festivals, etc. |
by Harley Jones
|
| Video: The 1st Accordion Festival Nacional de Acordeonistas organised by the Asociación De Acordeonistas Del Perú, President Mr José Alfonso Máslucan and Vice President Shirley Maslucán. The 1st Accordion Festival Nacional de Acordeonistas de Peru has been held and the video above records many of the performances. See poster for details. |
 |
by Georg Hettmann
|
|
 On June 25th, the German government decided that an entry for non-EU citizens to Germany is possible.Travellers have to show a proof of recovery or vaccination (with one of the EU confirmed vaccines). Entry is possible no matter the reason for the journey. The different regulations for basic risk areas, high incidence areas or area of variants of concern are valid as well. Guidelines for the CIA member countries attached: 2021_06GermanMinistryGuidelines.pdf Updated information is always available from the German Ministery of Health in English language online - link below poster: https://www.bundesgesundheitsministerium.de/en/coronavirus/current-information-for-travellers.html |
 |
by Harley Jones
|
 Video: Closing Concert of the 2021 Yangtai Mountain Cup and National Accordion Art Festival for Primary and Middle School students, Shenzhen has been held in China from 16th - 17th January.President of the Juries Mr. Tong Jianhua reported that the overall improvement of the technical level of the contestants has exceeded the previous festival. There was a total of 2,392 contestants from 65 cities of 31 provinces and municipalities. Thank you to the sponsors who are: • Bureau of Education of Bao An District of Shenzhen • Shiyan Street Office of Bao An District of Shenzhen • Shenzhen Accordion Association, President Mr. Tong Jianhua • with Undertake Unity: Shenzhen Shi Yan Public School • with Direct Unity: China Musician Association Accordion Association, President Prof. Li Cong • and Supporting Unity: Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes (CIA) |
by Dr Herbert Scheibenreif Manager of Friedrich Lips Productions
|
| On June 18th, Accordions Worldwide published “Berlin Celebrates Piazzolla” in the Weekly News. You can see the item at: http://www.accordions.com/news.aspx?d=18-Jun-2021&lang=en#art17700 When concerts with an audience were still impossible due to the pandemic, musicians from seven European countries met with strings from the Berliner Symphoniker to record the big concert “Berlin celebrates Piazzolla” on May 30th, 2021 in the Auenkirche. The first part of the concert has now been published. The Quinteto Respiro, consisting of Sebastien Innocenti (bandoneon), Emilie Aridon-Kociolek (piano), Sabrina Condello (violin), Fabio Lo Curto (bass clarinet) and Dorian Marcel (double bass) has presented an excellent program of the highest quality. Outstanding international accordionists such as Yuri Shishkin, Sergei Osokin, Egle Bartkeviciute, Gorka Hermosa as well as the talented young accordionists Piotr Yarinenko and Ryan Corbett presented a very interesting program together with strings from the Berliner Symphoniker under the conductor Symeon Ioannidis. There were also two world premieres: “Dwarves‘ Tales” for accordion and strings by Gorka Hermosa which is dedicated to the Pantonale Festival, and “Infinito” for accordion and strings by Victor Vlasov. |
by Christine Johnstone
|
 The St Audries Bay holiday team have sadly announced that the July 2021 Accordion Week in Somerset has been cancelled due to the current pandemic and restrictions. The camp cannot operate the restaurant or bar for our accordion week.However, some positive news - the dates have been confirmed for 2022. They are July 9th to 15th, 2022, so please mark these dates in your diary. Organisers are planning another great and exciting week full of accordion music, laughter and lots of fun catching up with everyone. For details email: info@staudriesbay.co.uk |
by Holda Paoletti-Kampl
|
| A new CD by Pierre Andre entitled “Special Tango” has just been released. The CD includes 17 tracks of tango pieces such as “La Carmenita”, “Tango Caresse”, and “Tango Paris”. For details email: pierreandre-music@sfr.fr |
 |
Future events |
by Rita Davidson Barnea, Editor USA Accordion News
|
 |
| The Accordionists & Teachers Guild, International (ATG) will present an online summer concert entitled “Dynamic Duos” on July 18th, 2021 at 2pm Central Time, 3pm EDT. Performers include Michael Bridge (digital accordion) in duo with Kornel Wolak (clarinet), and Stas Venglevski (acoustic accordion) in duo with Rene Izquierdo (guitar). Attendees can also have the opportunity to “Meet the artists” 30 minutes before concert. With your ticket purchase, access to the concert will be available until July 26, 2021. See ATG for further information and tickets. |
by Holda Paoletti-Kampl
|
 A new CD by Les inAttendus (picture below) entitled "The Art of Fugue" has just been released on the Harmonia Mundi music label and includes fugues by J. S. bach.The trio Les inAttendus includes Vincent Lhermet (accordion), Marianne Muller (viola) and Alice Piérot (violin). Upcoming concerts as follows: July 10th: Festival D’Aujourd’hui à Demain Cluny, Vincent Lhermet Solo recital (Aperghis, Bordalejo, Derbez, Bach, Rameau) July 26th to 31st: Académie internationale d’été Agora in Switzerland. August 5th: Festival de musique de Dinan performance by Les inAttendus “Una Follia Italiana” August 8th: Festival de Rieu Minervois performance by Les inAttendus “Una Follia Italiana” August 25th: Festival Les 4 saisons, Baux-de-Provence performance by Les inAttendus - The Art of Fugue September 5th: Les Estivales Musicales in Switzerland performance by Les inAttendus “Una Follia Italiana” September 6th: Rovereto, Italy, Vincent Lhermet Duo with Tommaso Lonquich For details email: lhermet.vincent@gmail.com |
 |
by Christine Johnstone
|
 |
| The Alex Meixner band will entertain at the 120th Annual Maryland German Festival on July 10th and 11th at the Maryland State Fairgrounds, Timonium, Maryland, USA. The event will include a variety of entertainment, traditional folk dancing, authentic German cooking as well as beer, wine and non-alcoholic beverages. For details email: buergerverein@verizon.net |
by Christine Johnstone
|
 |
 Video: Good Habits performing "Roxanne" (by The Police).The "Good Habits" duo will give a Farewell Tour of New Zealand, before leaving for their homeland in the UK. The duo comprises of singer-cellist Bonnie Schwarz and accordionist Pete Shaw. They will be joined by New Zealand singer/songwriter Jenny Mitchell (picture right) for their September concerts. They enjoy playing “folk-infused music that tests the limits of their traditional instruments, maintaining folk roots of musical storytelling amongst their energetic, virtuosic playing. Their songs tell stories of their adventures, blending trad folk with a warm yet quirky jazz-indie influence.” See poster above for their concert schedule. For details email: goodhabitsband.manchester@gmail.com |
by Rita Davidson Barnea, Editor USA Accordion News
|
 |
 Joseph Natoli will perform at the San Francisco Accordion Club in California, USA on July 18th, 2021.Joe has been a performer and advocate of the accordion since the age of seven. Some of Joe's most recent recordings include an all-acoustic accordion CD entitled “Omaggio”, and an all-digital Roland V-Accordion CD entitled “Waltz for Ron”. In 2018, a new CD was released entitled “Chameleon” (Vol 1) which focuses on the widely diverse styles of Joe’s original compositional output. Soon to follow were “Chameleon” (Vol 2) in 2019 and “Chameleon” (Vol 3) in 2020. For further information email: info@sfaccordionclub.com |
by Christine Johnstone
|
 |
| The Hohner Conservatory in Trossingen, Germany will hold an Information Day on July 18th, 2021. This event is aimed primarily at interested accordionists who are looking for a training opportunity from September 2021. Accordion teachers as well as representatives of clubs and orchestras are welcome to attend. In addition to the opportunity to talk to lecturers, students and employees of the conservatory, there will be live music by current students of the conservatory. Visitors to the information day also receive free admission to the German Harmonica Museum. For details email: info@hohner-konservatorium.de |
by Christine Johnstone
|
 Video: “Tirou” by Gabe Hall-Rodrigues, Performed by Creosote DuoThe Creosote Duo (picture left), which includes accordionists Jamie Maschler and Gabe Hall-Rodrigues will entertain at the Bainbridge Summer Art Market Plaza in Bainbridge Island, Washington, USA on July 18th, 2021. The duo enjoy performing “original and Brazilian music inspired arrangements with a unique and endearing twist.” For further information: jamie.maschler@gmail.com |
by Rob Howard
|
 |
| Klaus Paier will hold a Jazz Accordion Workshop at the Musikforum in Klagenfurt-Viktring, Austria from July 26th to 29th, 2021. The workshop will be in German and English languages for accordionists, teachers and students. The program will cover group and individual work for accordion and bandoneon in jazz, tango and more, improvisation, interpretation and practice concepts. Paier will use his own musical biography to try to trace tendencies and developments of jazz and jazz-related music. Pedagogy in accordion lessons will also cover basic tone design and bellows technique on the accordion. For details email: klaus.paier@aon.at |
by Christine Johnstone
|
 |
 The CNIMA directed by Nathalie Boucheix will hold an accordion workshop with Claude Thomain (picture left) from August 9th to 13th, 2021 in Saint-Sauves-d’Auvergne, France.Claude Thomain is an accordion composer of “melodic yet innovative pieces that are played all over the world.” Interested students are encouraged to join this workshop to work on one of his pieces under his guidance and take part in an accordion orchestra. Further workshops with various tutors are also available in July and August. For further details email: cnima@orange.fr |
Childrens Corner |
by Christine Johnstone
|
 Video: Martin Kot & Viktor Stocker performing Adios Nonino by Astor Piazzolla“Duo Absoluto”, which includes young accordionists Viktor Stocker and Martin Kot, finished their school year with a performance in the courtyard of Vlasim castle in Vlasim, Czech Republic recently. The duo was formed in 2019 and since that time the boys have won a variety of competitions as a duo and as soloists including 1st place in the Chamber Music category of the 2019 International Accordion Days in Prague. Recently, they received the results of the National accordion competition in Dobrany (Czech Republic). Martin Kot won 1st place in the Senior Classic category, and Viktor Stocker won 1st place in the popular music under 12 years category. Both boys qualified as representatives of the Czech Republic for the 2021 accordion competition Trophée Mondial De L'accordion. |
New and Updated Sites |
Aktualisierte Seite: Friedrich Lips 3 und 6 CD Specials, Lips Whole Collection Special - Österreich/Russlandby Harley Jones |
 Aktualisierte Site: Friedrich Lips hat eine neue CD mit dem Titel Double Mirror Katalog CD030 veröffentlicht. Mittlerweile hat Friedrich Lips im Laufe der Jahrzehnte insgesamt 30 hochwertige CDs herausgebracht.Diese Double Mirror-CD wurde hinzugefügt: Jede 3 CD-Spezialseite unter: CD3Packs Jede 6-CD-Spezialseite unter: CD6Packs Ganze Kollektion Sonderseite unter: CDPack |
 |
by Harley Jones
|
| Updated site: pigini-excelsior.ru business importing quality accordions to Russia Main Office in Russia, Moscow, Bryusovsky per., 2/14 www.pigini-excelsior.ru Open: Mon-Sat 10.00 - 18.00 Phone:+7(903)583-23-71 E-mail:info@pigini-excelsior.ru |
 |
CD-Neuerscheinung, "Double Mirror" von Friedrich Lips - Russland/Österreichby Harley Jones |
 |
| CD-Neuerscheinung, "Double Mirror" von Friedrich Lips - Russland/Österreich Neue CD-Veröffentlichung, Katalog CD030 "Double Mirror" komponiert von Efrem Podgaits, gespielt von Friedrich Lips mit Alexander Buzlov (Cello) und dem Russischen Nationalorchester unter der Leitung von Mikhail Pletnev wurde lange erwartet. Diese Live-Aufnahme im Moskauer Tschaikowsky-Konzertsaal am 4. Oktober 2018 erhielt den 1. Preis beim internationalen Wettbewerb "Pure Sound" für die beste Audioaufnahme von Werken der russischen akademischen Musik im Jahr 2019. Aufnahmetechniker: Victor Osadchev. Liste der Tracks unten. Hörproben, weitere Informationen und zum Online-Kauf: Katalog CD030 Diese Live-Aufnahme im Moskauer Tschaikowsky-Konzertsaal am 4. Oktober 2018 erhielt den 1. Preis beim internationalen Wettbewerb "Pure Sound" für die beste Audioaufnahme von Werken der russischen akademischen Musik im Jahr 2019. Aufnahmetechniker: Victor Osadchev. Liste der Tracks unten. Hörproben, weitere Informationen und zum Online-Kauf: Katalog CD030 |
 |
Aktualisiert: Gary Daverne Conductors Video Competitionby Christine Johnstone |
 |
 Der Einsendeschluss für den Internationalen Videowettbewerb 2022 für Dirigenten, die Musikkompositionen des neuseeländischen Komponisten Gary Daverne aufführen, wurde auf den 01. Juni 2022 geändertVideowettbewerb für Dirigenten von: Orchestern, Bands (Bläser, Bläser, Akkordeon usw.) oder Ensembles. Der 1. Preis ist ein Hin- und Rückflugticket nach Neuseeland, um bei einem passenden Konzert im Jahr 2023 in Auckland, Neuseeland zu dirigieren. Die Unterkunft für 5 Nächte ist inbegriffen. Dies ist eine großartige Gelegenheit für den siegreichen Dirigenten, Neuseeland zu besuchen und sogar nach der/den Aufführung(en) Urlaub zu machen. Dieser Wettbewerb steht Dirigenten jeden Alters, Geschlechts und jeder Nationalität offen. Regeln und Vorschriften herunterladen unter: http://www.garydaverne.gen.nz/VideoDaverneCompetition.htm |
Help Desk, Information needed, Readers CommentsSubmit Your Question, CommentSUBMIT NOW |
Generated in 5.0301139 / 0 / 0