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2024 CIA Winter Congress, 23-25 February 2024, Kungsbacka - Sweden
Sylvia Pagni “Mi Pasion” Concert, Ancona – Italy
"Making Spirits Bright" Christmas Concert - New Zealand
Brandon McPhee Christmas Concerts – Scotland
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Bogdan Laketic at Wien Modern - Austria
Orkney Folk Festival Nominated for "Event of the Year" at MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards - Scotland
“Langue de Chat” Performs at Final Community Arts Concert Series – Australia
Ivan Coa Apaza Wins "Golden Concertina" Trophy at 2nd Concertina Festival - Bolivia
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Hyperion Ensemble Perform at Tango Bar - Austria
Border Strathspey & Reel Society Concert – Scotland
Leonard Brown Entertains at Accordion Clubs - England
“Samstag Nacht 2023” Concert – Germany
Pablo Jaurena Bandoneon Masterclass – Spain
“Black Pencil” Perform at “A-A-Almere” - Netherlands
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ATG 2024 Festival Honors Joan Cochran Sommers - USAby Mary Ann Covone, ATG President |
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1. UMKC Community Orchestra
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2. Mirco Patarini
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3. Gorka Hermosa
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4. Grayson Masefield
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5. Das Duo Kollektiv
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 The 2024 Festival Extravaganza, celebrating Prof. Joan C. Sommers 90th year, in Kansas City is shaping up beautifully. For this special celebration, ATG will be offering a total of $10,000 in prize money.So many performing artists want to be with us to celebrate Joan Sommers’ 90th year, so the line-up of featured artists is truly an extravaganza of talent beginning with our esteemed Joan Cochran Sommers conducting our Festival Orchestra in new works composed for her by Gorka Hermosa (Spain) and Ian Watson (London, UK). All the evening concerts will be presented at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Performing Arts Center where Joan Sommers served as chair of the Accordion Department for 40 years. In addition to conducting the Festival Orchestra, Professor Sommers will conduct the UMKC Community Accordion Ensemble in a special program at our 2024 Festival. The other artists coming from all over the world including Grayson Masefield (New Zealand) who will join with some Kansas City players to present his new tango project, Gorka Hermosa (Spain), Bridge and Wolak (Canada), Das Duo Kollektiv, flute and accordion duo (Austria), our own United States star, Stas Venglevski, and Mirco Patarini, CIA President (Italy). |
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2024 CIA Winter Congress, 23-25 February 2024, Kungsbacka - Swedenby Harley Jones |
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 Welcome to the 2024 Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes (CIA) Winter Congress and 151st General Assembly of Delegates to be held in Kungsbacka, Sweden. The Winter Congress is being hosted by our CIA Voting Member Sveriges Dragspelares Riksförbund (SDR) / Swedish Accordion Association, President: Per Romin and CIA Vice President: Jörgen Sundeqvist. Dates are: 23-25 February 2024 Schedule: 2024WinterCongress.pdf For further information: http://www.accordions.com/cia/cia_winter_congress.php |
Sylvia Pagni “Mi Pasion” Concert, Ancona – Italyby AWW |
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| Sylvia Pagni will perform her “Mi Pasion” concert at the Panettone Auditorium in Ancona, Italy on November 12th, 2023 at 5.30pm. The show involves twenty-one actors, dancers and musicians and focuses on Tango and the history of immigration in Argentina. All music is featured on Sylvia Pagni's latest album "Mi Pasion" produced by S.L.M. Sound Light Music and R.T.I. Edition Mediaset. Other performers include violinists, Simone Rossetti, Olena Lib, Kristina Esekova, Elena Mashkova and Maurizio di Bacco; the Argentinian Tango Accademia Monopoli dance troupe with Antonella D'Allessandro, Grazia Maria Addante, Francesco Vernola and Salvatore D'Amore; Narrator, writer and actor & Choreographer - Erminia Giuliani; Chiara Casadei (vocals); Musical co-authors - Loris Cattunar & Elisa Riccitelli; Audio and video lighting scenography - Luigi Maurizio Milione. |
"Making Spirits Bright" Christmas Concert - New Zealandby Christine Johnstone |
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Kevin Friedrich
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 The Dargaville Museum is proud to present 'Making Spirits Bright' Christmas afternoon of music with accordionist Kevin Friedrich and Friends. The concert will be held on December 3rd, 2023 at 1:00 PM.This popular event brings together the community to share an afternoon of music and friendship with a variety show of local and guest artists. The Dargaville Museum houses ‘Accordion Gems, A Master Collection of Accordions through Time’ curated by Kevin Friedrich. The collection features a magnificent array of accordions spanning it’s almost 200 year history. Select instruments from the collection are used in the concert presentations. Concert organizer Margaret Tier says that: "In addition to Kevin Friedrich will be accordionists Lionel Reekie, The North Shore Accordion Orchestra, Alanah Jones & Maurice Jones, with an array of popular performers from the Dargaville region." For tickets and information, please call (09) 439-7555. |
Brandon McPhee Christmas Concerts – Scotlandby Christine Johnstone |
| Video: Information on the Brandon McPhee December 4th to 10th Christmas concerts. Popular entertainer, Brandon McPhee will hold a series of Christmas concerts in Scotland from December 4th to 10th, 2023. Concert dates as follows: • December 4th at 7.30pm: Concert at the British Legion in Thurso with Manson Grant • December 5th at 7.30pm: Concert at the Pultneytown Church in Wick, with Manson Grant • December 6th at 7.30pm: Concert at the Strathy Village Hall, with Manson Grant • December 7th at 7.30pm: Concert at the National Hotel in Dingwall with Manson Grant • December 8th at 7.30pm: Concert at St John’s Kirk in Perth with Eddie Rose and Manson Grant • December 9th at 7.30pm: Concert at Fochabers Public Institute with Manson Grant • December 10th: concert at the OldMeldrum British Legion For details email: mcpheemusic@hotmail.com |
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75th Anniversary of the Faculty of Folk Instruments: Gnessin Russian Academy of Music - Russiaby Dr Herbert Scheibenreif Manager of Friedrich Lips Productions |
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 Video: 75th Anniversary concert of the Faculty of Folk Instruments at the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music.View video and concert program with speech: 75th-English 75th-Deutsch 75th-Russian The 75th Anniversary of the Faculty of Folk Instruments was held at the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music in Russia on November 5th, 2023. The event featured a concert by soloists, groups and the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music accordion orchestra directed and conducted by Ruslan Kaneev as well as a speech by Friedrich Lips. |
Bogdan Laketic at Wien Modern - Austriaby Dr Herbert Scheibenreif Manager of Friedrich Lips Productions |
  Accordionist Bogdan Laketic, (Serbia), has already made a name for himself in the general music world through his collaborations with composers such as Wolfgang Rihm, Isabel Mundry and Wolfgang Liebhart. In his November 5th, 2023 solo program “Scenes from a Journey” at Wien Modern, he presented premieres of works dedicated to him by Dirk d’Ase and Tomasz Skweres, in addition to two 20th century classics by Sofia Gubaidulina and Luciano Berio. S. Gubaidulina is an important composer in 20th century Russia. She is the author of numerous works for symphony orchestra, chamber and vocal music. In the 80s, S. Gubaidulina's work gained world recognition. For Bayan she wrote, among others, “De profundis” (1978), Partita for Bayan, cello and strings “Seven Words” (1982), “Et exspecto” - Sonata in 5 movements (1986) and “Silenzio” for Bayan, violin and cello (1992). The idea for “De profundis” comes from the well-known religious psalm “Out of the depths I climb, O Lord, to you.” Not only in each episode, but throughout the entire work, from beginning to end, one can trace the musical structure striving from the lower to the upper sound range. As often happens with Gubaidulina, the pure and clear chorale is juxtaposed with cluster harmonies. From an artistic point of view, this work became an event, not only in Bajan music. Tomasz Skweres attempts to push the limits of emotional perception in his three-movement work “Angststarre”. The sudden changes in extremes, characterized by the tension between short, quick gestures and frightening statics, dominate the piece. Luciano Berio’s “Sequenza XIII (chanson)” was commissioned by the Rotterdam Art Foundation in a first version written for Teodoro Anzellotti in October 1995 and premiered by him on November 9, 1995. The revised and final version was created for the Witten Days for New Chamber Music in April 1996. Teodoro Anzellotti writes about it: “The inner core of Sequenza XIII is formed by a series of eleven tones. This melodic cell with characteristic descending fourths is developed almost endlessly in multi-part, imaginative figurations and brought into mutual relationship through constant linking of different processes. By superimposing different tempos or repeatedly interweaving them into the diverse chords of the left hand, the “song” is led, merged, transformed or contrasted into ever new sound spaces.” The five-movement work “Scenes from a journey – Klangreise III” by Dirk D’Ase takes us on a journey through the world of imagination. As if in a tango-like impulse, in the first movement “Lost and found” we lose ourselves in the character of the imagination, only to pick it up again and illuminate it from a different side. “Whispering wisp of wind” lets us feel the breath of wind in an extremely calm and quiet sequence. “Dialogue with a speaking drum” is based on an African musical tradition and uses various percussion effects. “Shimmering moonlight” lets the silver light of the moon shine through the veil of night. In the end, “Wild Cat Hunting” takes us on a wild hunt through time with its abundance of tempos, harmonies and rhythms. |
Orkney Folk Festival Nominated for "Event of the Year" at MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards - Scotlandby Christine Johnstone |
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 The Orkney Folk Festival are excited to announce that they have been nominated in the “Event of the Year“ category at the 20th MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards.The Orkney festival is entirely volunteer-run and they are delighted to receive this recognition in their 40th anniversary year. Voting is now open if you’d like to show your support. The awards ceremony will be held on December 2nd, 2023. Entertainers at the 2022 festival included: Skerryvore (accordionists Daniel & Martin Gillespie), The Chair (accordionist Bob Gibbon), Peter Wood Shetland Dance Band (accordionist Peter Wood), Talisk (concertina player Mohsen Amini), and Tannara. Read the 2023 news item on the festival here: http://www.accordions.com/news.aspx?d=17-Feb-2023&lang=en&s=19668 |
“Langue de Chat” Performs at Final Community Arts Concert Series – Australiaby Christine Johnstone |
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| Video: Accordeon (music - Serge Gainsbourg) “Langue de Chat” - performing at Open Studio World for World Accordion Day 2023. “Langue de Chat” performed a variety of French musette and songs at the final concert of the Boite’s Box Hill Community Arts Centre Concert Series for 2023. The event was held in Box Hill, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on November 10th, 2023. |
Ivan Coa Apaza Wins "Golden Concertina" Trophy at 2nd Concertina Festival - Boliviaby Christine Johnstone |
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  Ivan Coa Apaza (picture right) won the “Golden Concertina” trophy for his performance at the 2nd Concertina Festival, held in Cochabamba, Bolivia on November 5th, 2023.Ivan is a member of the group “Pukaras de Bolivia”. |
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2023 FIA International Accordion Festival – Chileby Christine Johnstone |
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 The 2023 Festival Internacional de Acordeon (FIA) International Accordion Festival began on November 5th and will run through to November 12th, 2023 in Santiago, Chile organised by the Fundacion Entre Fuelles.During the FIA week, over 50 accordionists will present seven concerts. There will also be four talks, an exhibition of Voci Armoniche by Uriel Kitay and a Masterclass by Renzo Ruggieri. Event sponsors are: Scandalli Accordions and Bugari Accordions. |
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Hyperion Ensemble Perform at Tango Bar - Austriaby Christine Johnstone |
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| The Hyperion Ensemble, which includes Fabrizio Colombo (bandoneon) will perform at the Anker Saal, Tango Bay in Vienna, Austria on November 11th, 2023. The event will include tango dancing, workshops and milongas. For details email: tango@tangobar.at |
Border Strathspey & Reel Society Concert – Scotlandby Christine Johnstone |
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| Accordionist Shane Brogan will perform at the Border Strathspey & Reel Society Concert held at the Canonbie United Parish Church in Dumfriesshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland on November 11th, 2023 at 7pm. Their program will include a variety of marches, Andy Stewart medleys, jigs, reels, polkas and singalong medleys. For details email: admin@borderstrathspey.co.uk |
Leonard Brown Entertains at Accordion Clubs - Englandby Rob Howard |
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| Leonard Brown will entertain at two accordion clubs in England this week. On November 14th, Leonard will perform at the North Staffs Accordion Club, Bradwell Workingmen’s Club in Newcastle under Lyme at 7.30pm The following afternoon (November 15th), Leonard will perform at the Stockport Accordion Club, Woodley Methodist Church in Stockport at 2pm. “Leonard Brown, is a hugely accomplished, talented and versatile accordion entertainer and is one of Britain’s busiest and most enterprising accordionists". All are welcome. |
“Samstag Nacht 2023” Concert – Germanyby Christine Johnstone |
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| The Akkordeon Orchester 1938 Roßdorf e.V. will perform their “Samstag Nacht 2023” concert at the Rehberghalle in Rossdorf, Germany on November 18th, 2023 at 7pm. Under their two conductors, attendees are promised an entertaining evening with a varied program including a few surprises, and titles from many genres of music. Highlights this year are “Rhapsodia”, a moving composition by Robert Finn, “Spirit of Life” by the Belgian composer Johan Nijs, “Flight”, a suite in three movements by Ian Watson, and a medley from the film The Greatest Showman, an arrangement by their drummer Benedikt Vogel. |
Pablo Jaurena Bandoneon Masterclass – Spainby Christine Johnstone |
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| Pablo Jaurena will hold a Bandoneon Masterclass at the at the Latitud Tango in Barcelona, Spain on November 24th, 2023 at 7pm. Pablo Jaurena is a bandoneon soloist and concertmaster of the Orquesta Provincial de Música Ciudadana de Córdoba (Argentina), member of the Trio MJC, the Orquesta El Arranque and the Andrés Linetzky group. He is also the author of the book "10 studies for Bandoneón". See poster for details. |
“Black Pencil” Perform at “A-A-Almere” - Netherlandsby Christine Johnstone |
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| “Black Pencil” will hold their annual “A-A-Almere” event at the Kunstlinie in Almere, Netherlands on November 26th, 2023 at 2.30pm. The event features colourful classical music, video and surprising guests. One of this year’s guests is composer Arnoud Noordegraaf, who will play his work “100 years of Almere” live for the first time, together with Black Pencil. Further guests include writer and songwriter Jaco Benckhuijsen (author of 'Man in the Wild'), who travelled with his kayak over the current Fata Morgana IJmeer connection Almere-Amsterdam. Jaco captured it on video and wrote a beautiful composition about it. Daniël Kemp and partner dance live, the 'Rumba' that Black Pencil wrote for the summer production of Suburbia 'Tom at the Farm'. A special episode of The Green Clinic by theater company, Gouden Haas, will be presented with live music by Black Pencil. |
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2023 Coupe Mondiale Daily Reports 2023 Coupe Mondiale Daily Reports, Video |
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2023 AAA Festival Daily Reports 2023 AAA Festival Daily Reports |
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PIF Castelfidardo 2023 2023 PIF Castelfidardo Daily Reports, Video |
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2023 ATG Competition and Festival Photo Report 2023 ATG Competition and Festival Photo Report |
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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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2024 AAA Elsie M. Bennett Composition Competition - USAby Dr. Robert Young McMahan Chair of AAA Composers Commissioning Committee |
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 To all composers, whether accordionists or non-accordionists:The American Accordionists' Association (AAA) cordially invites your participation in the 2024 Elsie Bennett Accordion Composition Competition. Contribute to the growth of contemporary concert works for solo accordion or for the accordion being featured with other instruments. Full information including the entry form at: 2024Bennett.pdf Elsie Bennett established the AAA Composers’ Commissioning Committee (CCC) in 1954. See the memorial tribute to Elsie M. Bennett by Faithe Deffner. For further information about the AAA list of commissioned works, visit http://www.ameraccord.com/aaacommissions.php Past Bennett Composition Competition winners and their works may be seen and, in some cases, heard at http://www.ameraccord.com/bennett.php Entries are welcome from all countries. The entry closing date is April 12, 2024. Winners will be notified by email after July 01, 2024. For non-accordionist contestants unfamiliar with the accordion, study the manual "Composers Guide to the Piano Accordion" by Robert McMahan at http://www.ameraccord.com/commissions/ComposersGuide.pdf for assistance. |
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