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Accordion Festival “grenzenlos” and 2nd International Open Accordion Contest in Trossingen (Germany)
Günther Stoll 50th Anniversary as Conductor of the HHC Nufringen - Germany
Entries Closing, 2018 South Pacific Accordion Championships – New Zealand
Reports for Concerts, Masterclasses, Competitions, Festivals, etc. |
80 Years of AAA Logos and Promotional Materials
Grayson Masefield Standing Ovations, Texas, LA, SF, Oregon – USA
Future events |
Nemanja Potparic Concerts, Zemun – Serbia
Victor Prieto Trio, 2018 Frankfurt Musikmesse Festival - Germany
L’Ensemble D’Accordeons Concert, Marly – France
The No 1 Ladies Orchestra Concerts, Dorset - UK
Gala D’Accordeon, Mamers - France
LAO Concert @ RAM, London – UK
WMAS Sunday Concert, Virginia – USA
Ian Muir SDB @ Beith Accordion & Fiddle Club, Scotland – UK
Ivan Filipchyk Concert @ Brooklyn Accordion Club, New York – USA
Norvic Concordia Concert, Norwich – UK
New Video Clip Release by Zoe Tiganouria - Greece
New and Updated Sites |
Updated site: Competition Information Leavenworth International Accordion Celebration (LIAC) - USA
Updated Site: The Art of Arranging Classical Music for Accordion by Friedrich Lips
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Report: Internationale Musikmesse 2018 Frankfurt - Germanyby Holda Paoletti-Kampl |
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| Photo Report online at: Frankfurt2018 Musikmesse in Frankfurt is the international trade fair for musical instruments, sheet music, music production and marketing. - Wednesday 11 April to Saturday 14 April 2018, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. - open daily for Trade and Private visitors - More than 30,000 instruments shown in seven exhibition halls - Outdoor area with festival atmosphere: Stages, Foodtrucks and more - Prolight + Sound: Tuesday, 11 April to Friday 14 April, new on the eastern section of Messe Frankfurt The Frankfurt Musikmesse is the world's leading trade fair for the world of music. There, you will find a complete range of products with everything required for making music, not to mention innumerable workshops, concerts, demonstrations and discussion events. This year all "free reed instruments" will be exposed in Hall 8.0 ground floor - so, get ready for this event and do not miss!!! Accordion factories exhibiting include: Beltuna Accordions S.r.l. Hall 8.0 E10 Bugari Armando and Bugari Evo Hall 8.0 F20 Cagnoni Srl Hall 8.0 F11 Dino Baffetti di Baffetti G. & C. snc Hall 8.0 G19 Dallape in visit Excelsior Hall 8.0 G14 Harmonikas s.r.o. Hall 8.0 E15 Italcinte in visit Mengascini in visit mengascini@tiscalinet.it MusicTech di Sabbatini Claudio & C. snc Hall 8.0 E20 Orla Srl Hall 11 C80 Pasco Italia Srl Hall 8.0 G15 Pigini Srl Hall 8 G14 Scandalli Accordions Srl Hall 8.00 E21 Zero Sette Hall 8.0 F20 A full report of the 2018 Frankfurt Musikmesse with photos will be available after the opening at: Frankfurt2018 |
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Accordion Festival “grenzenlos” and 2nd International Open Accordion Contest in Trossingen (Germany)by Georg Hettmann |
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  This year once again the Accordion Festival "grenzenlos" took place in Trossingen together with the 2nd International Open Accordion Contest (IOAC). The organization of this festival is conducted by the Hohner Conservatory and the competition was organized in cooperation with the DHV and the EAF. Rules and Regulations: 2018IOAC.pdfIt is precisely this mixture of workshop, concerts and competition that makes this festival so attractive to all accordion enthusiasts, whether as a participant or as a listener and spectator. The competition registered 63 participants. This year, especially the younger groups (up to 15 years / up to 12 years) were very well represented. One of the highlights in the competition program is the "band battle", in which bands that have at least one accordion in their group, present music from various genres, sometimes including their own compositions or own arrangements. The workshops of the festival cover a wide musical spectrum and are suitable platforms for participants to exchange ideas with like-minded people and to gain new experiences from the professional world. Some topics are exemplary: chamber music, 2beat or not 2beat - rhythm & groove, "Jazz you can" for beginners .... The concerts of the festival were very high quality and also give viewers a very good insight into the current development in the relevant sector of accordion music. Also well attended were the concert evenings of the festival. Full competition results at: 2018IOAC-Results.pdf List of winners: Category 1a: Soloists “classical” over 18 years 1. Radu Ratoi (Moldova) Category 1b: Soloists “popular” over 18 years 1. Felix Fritschi (Germany) Category 2a: Soloists “classical” under 18 years 1. Nikodem Sobek (Poland) / Martin Kot (Czech Republic) Category 2b: Soloists „popular” under 18 years 1. Angelika Vogel (Germany) Category 3: Soloists under 15 years 1. Kamil Borsuk (Poland) Category 4: Soloists under 12 years 1. Patrick Meier (Germany) Category 5a: World Music / Bands 1. Duo Joe Kenney / Felix Fritschi (Germany) Category 5b: World Music / Bands (under 18 years) 1. Duo Cora Jergler / Jiayi Liu (Germany) |
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Günther Stoll 50th Anniversary as Conductor of the HHC Nufringen - Germanyby Harley Jones |
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 Video: HHC-Nufringen with conductor Günther Stoll performing "Don't Know Much" at the 50 Years Anniversary celebration.Jochen Haußmann, President of the Deutscher Harmonika-Verband e.V. (DHV), one of the largest accordion associations in the world, wrote on the 17th March: "It is a very special honor to be part of today's celebration at Handharmonika-Club Nufringen. Conductor Günther Stoll has been a conductor for 50 years - a very rare anniversary, to which I congratulated him on behalf of the DHV together with Mayor Ingolf Welte. Thank you very much for the impressive concert." Our accordion world owes a tremendous amount to dedicated teachers like the highly regarded Günther Stoll who provides a lifetime of quality service to the accordion. For 50 years, Günther Stoll has been a professional accordion teacher, conducted weekly orchestra rehearsals, numerous concerts, prepared students for competitions, orchestra trips, and was selected for jury service at national and international accordion competitions and so much more ...... I want to salute my good friend Günther Stoll and all other accordion teachers of long service around the world, who give so much to the accordion through their devotion and professionalism. If you know a teacher like Günther Stoll, please remember to say thank you personally and I wish that one day, they will also enjoy a wonderful anniversary celebration like we see in the pictures of this news article from Handharmonika-Club Nufringen. And his gift - a well deserved holiday for 5 days to Dresden to see the opera Rigoletto. |
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Entries Closing, 2018 South Pacific Accordion Championships – New Zealandby Heather Masefield |
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 Entry closing date is 14th April for the 2018 South Pacific Accordion Championships & Festival, to be held in Auckland on Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd June 2018.The Prospectus (Rules and Regulations) are now available at: 2018 NZ Prospectus The rules for the international categories closely follow the rules of the Coupe Mondiale. The South Pacific Solo Championship 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. Junior (under 18 years) South Pacific categories require the first round of the Coupe Mondiale Junior concert and entertainment categories. Past events reports at: South Pacific Daily Reports The Australian AATA Championships are held 1 week later in Sydney and have similar rules for the international categories. Picture below of high quality New Zealand Raye Freedman Arts Centre venue with excellent lighting and acoustics. |
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III. Siberian Festival "Bayan and the Present", "Novosibirsk - Russiaby Hermi Kaleta |
| March 23 - 29, 2018 III. Siberian Festival "Bayan and the Present", which is the all-Russian day of Bayan, accordion and harmonica, and the birthday of Professor Alexander Vitalievich dedicated to Krupin. The opening concert took place on March 23, the birthday of Prof. Krupin. Memory of his rich creativity and the development of the Faculty for "Folk Instruments" at the "Novosibirsk State Conservatory after M. I. Glinka". It worked former students of him and their students. Video 1. above: Rossini "Figaro Cavalry" Vladislav Belov (13 years old) Video 2. above: A. Musichini "Until ..." Quartet: A. Rubin (teacher), Jan Rubtsov, W. Shumilov and A. Dolmatov. Further concerts took place in the following days with international award winners from Novosibirsk: Aleksey Dolmatov (class A. Rubin), the winner duo of the Menuhin competition in Japan Artem Davtyan (Domra) and Nikolai Prokopiev (Accordion). The master class was conducted by Nikita Vlasov from Nizhny Novgorod / Moscow. The highlight was the final concert of the charismatic, exceptional accordionist Nikita Vlasov, who has already won many international awards - most recently in 2016 Coupe Mondiale Laureate and winner 2017 at the CMA Trophee Mondial. Technical mastery is a matter of course for him, the musical, subtle execution of the compositions is a true pleasure. Fortunately, a video was recorded. Enjoy! |
80 Years of AAA Logos and Promotional Materialsby Joan Grauman Morse, AAA Historian |
 Rita Barnea, Editor USA News: This is the 4th article in the series by AAA Historian Joan Grauman (picture right) in cooperation with the USA News, to help promote the 80th AAA Anniversary Celebration. An article is planned each month containing a segment of the history of the AAA, from its creation on March 9th, 1938 through to 2018. Thank you very much to Joan Grauman for these articles.------------------------------------------------ April 2018 Article: 80 Years of AAA Logos and Promotional Materials A fascinating review of AAA logos and promotional materials from 1938 to now by Joan Grauman During the very first meeting in March, 1938 of the new organization, the American Accordionists' Association (AAA), the founders had many goals that they hoped to realize during the organization’s first year. An AAA logo and promotion were among the goals ........ Read the full article by Joan Grauman at: 80 Years of AAA Logos |
Grayson Masefield Standing Ovations, Texas, LA, SF, Oregon – USAby Rob Howard |
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 Virtuoso accordionist Grayson Masefield, from New Zealand, has just completed his March tour of the USA performing at the NAA Convention in NAA Texas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Eugene, Ashland, and in Spokane.The highly accomplished Grayson Masefield is one the world’s most successful competition players in recent times, winning the CIA Coupe Mondiale classical & entertainment categories, the Primus Ikaalinen International Competition (Finland), the Roland International V-Accordion Competition (Rome, Italy), and the CMA Trophee Mondial classical & entertainment categories. He went to France for seminars and tuition with Frédéric Deschamps, and to the HEMU (University of Music Lausanne), Switzerland with Stéphane Chapuis to achieve BA and MA. Each concert on the tour included transcriptions, original classical accordion works and virtuoso works. He received a standing ovation at every performance. He delivered a two hour masterclasses in Texas demonstrating accordion techniques and giving lessons to volunteers. He also taught private lessons in Spokane and gave a lecture on dealing with stage anxiety and pre-performance nerves. He has performed in many countries, including France, Spain, Germany, UK, Portugal, Slovakia, Italy, USA, Canada, Russia, Lithuania, Portugal, China, Switzerland, Austria, New Zealand, Australia, and Finland. For concert/masterclass or teaching (skype) enquiries please email Grayson at: gmasefield@gmail.com |
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Reedblocks - 1st International Accordion Festival in Thessaloniki - Greeceby Harley Jones |
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| Reedblocks - The organizers turned to the inside of the instrument in naming the first international festival in northern Greece based around the accordion. Thessaloniki has a vibrant cultural life in which the accordion, during the last several years, has played an important role - both in classical and contemporary music and in folk music. From 13th to 15th of April 2018, we invited musicians from the most different musical environments to present some of the faces of the instrument. Performers include Matti Pulkki, Iraklis Vavatsikas, Ander Tellería and Mateja Zenzerovic in three concerts, accompanied by four different workshops/seminars: The event is organised by the Reedblocks Team of Panagiotis Andreoglou, Stamatis Pasopoulos, Konstantinos Raptis who want to thank Pigini Srl Italy for their "generous support". |
Nemanja Potparic Concerts, Zemun – Serbiaby Rob Howard |
| The Duo NeSte – accordionist Nemanja Potparic and pianist Stevan Savic – perform in concert on Friday April 13th, 8pm, at Kosta Manojlovic, Zemun. Zemun is a municipality of the city of Belgrade, Serbia. The programme includes music by Astor Piazzolla, Franck Angelis, Gorka Hermosa, Dukic, and Nikolic. On Monday April 16th, 7.30pm, Nemanja Potparic and the guitarist Zoran Anic perform in concert at the Kosta Manojlovic, Zemun. The concerts are events in the 6th Internacionalni Festival Harmonike, a competitive festival from April 13th to 16th, organised by Milos Zivic. French composer and accordionist Franck Angelis is a special guest, holding a master class and performing in concert. Other accordionists performing at this festival include Danijela Rakic, Dr. Zoran Rakic, Gvozden Erakovic, Ramona Dimitrijevic Balac, Slobodan Stanic, Dušan Novcic, Nenad Ljubenovic, Slobodan Ðuric, Dejan Milkunic, Martin Težak, and Damir Toskic Vasiljevic. Nemanja Potparic, from Pijevija, Montenegro, studies the accordion at the Muzicka Akademika, Zagreb, Croatia. For further information email: milos.zivic@gmail.com |
Victor Prieto Trio, 2018 Frankfurt Musikmesse Festival - Germanyby Harley Jones |
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| On the14th and 15th of April, Victor Prieto is performing with his European Trio in the Frankfurt Musikmesse Festival. He will be accompanied by his European Trio of Hanns Höhn (bass), Benno Sattler (drums). Performing at 20:00 hours, 14 April at Die Fabrik in Frankfurt Performing at 20:00 hours, 15 April at Jazz Keller in Frankfurt Further information at: info@victorprieto.net |
L’Ensemble D’Accordeons Concert, Marly – Franceby Harley Jones |
| On Saturday April 14th, 3pm, the local accordion club L’Ensemble D’Accordeons will present a concert at the Eglise Saint-Jacques, rue Jean Jaurès, 59770 Marly, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, northern France. |
The No 1 Ladies Orchestra Concerts, Dorset - UKby Rob Howard |
| This weekend The No 1 Ladies Orchestra Concert performs two concerts in Dorset in the English West Country, as follows; Saturday April 14th, 7.30pm – Bridport United Church, St Andrews Rd, Bridport DT6 3NN Sunday April 15th, 3pm – Charmouth Village Hall, The Street, Bridport DT6 6QT Founded in 2010 by Karen Tweed, The No 1 Ladies Accordion Orchestra has 16 members, all passionate accordion players from around the UK, with a shifting line-up of up to sixteen performers. This all-squeezing, cake-loving, tea-drinking band of lovely talented ladies has enthralled audiences across the country, in village halls, ballrooms, festivals, fetes, parties, piers and pavilions. With the unexpected sounds of multiple accordions played with sensitivity, versatility and a unique style of charming idiosyncrasy, many an accordion-phobe has been made to think twice! For further information email: no1ladiesaccordion@gmail.com |
Gala D’Accordeon, Mamers - Franceby Rob Howard |
| The Gala D’Accordeon is a one day event that takes place on Sunday April 15th, with lunch at 11.30am and continuous dancing from 2pm until 8pm, at Salle Saugonna, 2 rue de la Gare, Mamers. The orchestra of Cedric Saillard will play for dancing, and the event includes the accordionists Gilou, Zinzin, Angelique, Chantal Soulou, and Cedric Saillard. Mamers is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays-de-la-Loire in north-western France. |
LAO Concert @ RAM, London – UKby Rob Howard |
| On Monday April 16th, 7pm, The London Accordion Orchestra (MD Ian Watson) presents five world premieres in the magnificent Duke's Hall at the Royal Academy of Music, Marylebone Rd, London NW1 5HT. Admission is free (unreserved seating), there will be no interval and the concert will finish around 8pm. The orchestra has been working with Academy composers to develop 5 new pieces for accordion orchestra, and will also play 2 pieces from their album ‘Flight’ - 'Rhapsody' by Stuart Hancock and 'Clowns' by Ian Watson. The new pieces range from a ‘Lullaby’, based on traditional Scottish bagpipe music, to a deconstruction of Astor Piazzolla's 'Oblivion'. For further information email: iwatson99@googlemail.com |
WMAS Sunday Concert, Virginia – USAby Rob Howard |
| On Sunday afternoon April 15th, 4pm, the Washington Metropolitan Accordion Society presents the duo Peregine Road – accordionist Rachel Bell and pianist and accordionist Karen Axelrod. The poster tells about what this duo can do in their performances. The venue is Sleepy Hollow United Methodist Church, 3435 Sleepy Hollow Rd, Falls Church, Virginia 22044. For further information email: joangrauman@verizon.net |
Ian Muir SDB @ Beith Accordion & Fiddle Club, Scotland – UKby Rob Howard |
| On Monday April 16th, 7.30pm to 11pm, the Ian Muir Scottish Dance Band are the guests at the Beith Accordion & Fiddle Club. The venue is the Beith Bowling Club, Boghead, Beith KA15 1DZ, Scotland. Admission is £7, Musicians £3 - (Members free); admission includes Buffet Supper each month. Accordionist Ian started his professional playing career aged 14 at the Gaiety Theatre, Ayr, and since then, as well as his busy schedule in Scotland, has travelled throughout Europe, USA, and the Middle East. He formed his own Scottish Dance Band in 1984 and broadcasts regularly for BBC Radio Scotland. Every year the band visits a different location for an annual Scottish Country Dancing trip. With 160+ country dancers eager to swap the good old British weather for sunnier climes, desperate to get their dancing shoes on to dance the night away. Cyprus, Portugal, Majorca, Lanzarote, and Malta are some of the locations visited by this group. For further information email: suzmacf@hotmail.com |
Ivan Filipchyk Concert @ Brooklyn Accordion Club, New York – USAby Rob Howard |
| On Sunday April 15th, 8pm until 9pm, Brooklyn Accordion Club presents ‘Mostly Bach: Piano & Accordion Concert’, an evening concert featuring accordionist and pianist Ivan Filipchyk. Admission is free. Ivan Filipchyk (born 1991), is a New York-based artist and musician. He graduated from the Gnessin Academy of music in Moscow, with a Master's degree in music. He acquired his music foundation in Belarus and Russia. As a musician (accordion, piano) he takes part in various competitions and gives recitals performing (as a soloist and participant of an ensemble) on the stages of some European countries, Russia, Japan, USA and Canada. Brooklyn Accordion Club now meets at the Great Room at the LuEsther T. Mertz South Oxford Space/A.R.T., 138 South Oxford Street (between Atlantic Avenue and Fulton Street), Brooklyn, NY 11 217. For further information email: brooklynaccordionclub@gmail.com |
Norvic Concordia Concert, Norwich – UKby Rob Howard |
| Norvic Concordia (MD Peter Ayers) are an acoustic accordion quintet who play a varied programme of light music. Their next concert takes place on Thursday April 19th, 7.45pm, at the Chapel Field Road Methodist Church, Wessex St, Norwich, Norfolk NR2 1SD. The admission price of £10 includes a buffet. Proceeds are in aid of Autism Anglia. The concert programme includes: Sharpshooters March (G. Mettelo), Begin the Beguine (Cole Porter), Childhood Memories (Andy Anderson), Melody in F (Anton Rubinstein), An Irving Berlin Song Medley (Irving Berlin), Introduction – Chorale from Gothic Suite (Leon Boellmann), Toccata from Gothic Suite (Leon Boellmann), Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (WA Mozart), A Whiter Shade of Pale (Gary Brooker), It’s All Right With Me (Cole Porter), Last Spring (Edvard Grieg), Serenata (Enrico Tosselli), There’s A Place In My Heart For You (Lyn Larsen), Whistling Rufus (Kerry Mills). For further information email: peter.ayers@tesco.net |
New Video Clip Release by Zoe Tiganouria - Greeceby Harley Jones |
 On Monday, April 23, at 12:30, at Ianos Cafe (Stadiou 24) Athina, will be a press conference for the 10 Years of the composer & accordion virtuoso Zoe Tiganouria and official projection of her new video clip entitled “Last Tango by Zoe”. Free Entrance.The main presenters of the event will be the journalist Eleni Chrona, the actor Yiannis Vouros, the actor Panagiota Vladi, the journalist Nikos Thrasyvoulou and the director of the video clip Manos Antoniou. At the end of the event they will be presented live by the accordion singer / songwriter Zoe Tiganouria with a little orchestra, performing compositions and songs. Singrers/Soloists (alphabetical order): Agathonas, Arvaniti Sophia, Volakos Nikos, Vassiliou Lambros, Voudouraki Eleni (Mezzo soprano of the National Opera), Gantzouras Stathis, Pelagia, Polytimi, Sevastopoulos Yiannis (Lute), Tiganis Kostas. Participating musicians: Giannis Tavlas (guitars), Stefanos Hadjianagnostou (flute), Dimitris Kazanis (violin), Giorgos Politis (bass), Stelios Generalis (percussion). |
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Updated Site: Video of Popular Libertango Arrangement - Italyby Harley Jones |
 The video of this very popular sheet music Libertango composed by Astor Piazzolla, arranged by Ivano Battiston has been updated.An extremely popular arrangement by Ivano Battiston Catalog: battiston101 7 Euro eSheet, sent to you by email about which Battiston writes: My Libertango arrangement wants to have the features of a concert piece. The accordion is used in many of its expressive and virtuous possibilities and this arrangement is also rich in quotes from Piazzolla himself (Adios Nonino, Que Vendré, Escualo, Angel's Muerte). |
Updated site: Competition Information Leavenworth International Accordion Celebration (LIAC) - USAby Harley Jones |
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 Competitions information now online: 2018 is the 25th Anniversary of the Leavenworth International Accordion Celebration (LIAC) sponsored by the Northwest Accordion Society. The event is held, June 21 - 24 in picturesque Leavenworth.The competitions include categories for Classical, Old Time, Diatonic instruments, Bands, Duets, as well as a range of categories for amateurs only, from children to 19-45 and 46 plus. A total of $5,525 prize money is being offered. Rules and entry information at: 2018LIAC-Rules.pdf Entry closing date: 08 June 2018 So book your calendar to visit beautiful Leavenworth, 21-24 June for a fun event with lots of excellent music of all styles. For further information, visit the website: Leavenworth International Accordion Celebration |
Updated Site: The Art of Arranging Classical Music for Accordion by Friedrich Lipsby Harley Jones |
 Printed books are in stock. The site at kslips03 has been updated to include that printed copies are in stock and that a book review by Willoughby Ann Walshe has been added to the site. |
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CD Review: Two CD's Reviewed, Performer Bjarke Mogensenby Alessandro Mugnoz |
  CD Reviews Index to read the Review of 1. "Bjarke Mogensen plays Domenico Scarlatti" CD and 2. "Mogensen – Lohse: Mobile, Works for Solo Accordion" CD Review in Italian and English languages. Review by Alessandro Mugnoz. |
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