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Master Class with Grzegorz Stopa, Detmold – GermanyGacetilla de Acordeones en la Sala Zitarrosa
Richard Galliano ‘Acoustic Trio’ DVD, Marciac - France
Reports for Concerts, Masterclasses, Competitions, Festivals, etc. |
Black Country Accordion Club, Birmingham - UK‘The Jim Cassidy Collection’, Scotland – UK
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Alex Mexiner Concert, Delaware - USAMusic Summer School, Tullamore – Irish RepublicMary Tokarski Concert, Christchurch – New ZealandKepa Junkera’s American Concerts – USAClassical Music Concert, London – UKDomenic Amatucci at Orillia Beatles Celebration, Ontario – CanadaMotion Trio Concerts – Poland, Germany, Switzerland, China‘Monsters of Accordion’ West Coast Tour - USABanbury Folk Festival, Oxfordshire – UK
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by Herbert Scheibenreif
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 From the beginning of the winter semester 2008/09, the Hochschule für Musik Detmold offers the accordion as a main subject in all artistic courses of studies up to the concert degree (Konzertexamen).The courses of study include: - Freelance musician (bachelor) - Instrumental education (bachelor) - Concert degree (Konzertexamen) - Main subject in school music, musical mediation and elementary music education (combined main subject) Grzegorz Stopa, a performer and teacher, with several prize and award winners to his credit, teaches this class. For anyone interested in studying, Hochschule für Musik Detmold offers a free master class for accordion solo and chamber music from September 27th to 30th. In addition to a concluding concert, there is a possibility to become acquainted with the newly installed wave field synthesis in the concert hall. This worldwide unique loudspeaker system affords innovative impulses for contemporary and experimental music. The final date for applications is September 15th, and application should be made via email to: depner@hfm-detmold.de. |
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Gacetilla de Acordeones en la Sala Zitarrosaby Rob Howard |
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 El Domingo 2 de Agosto, 25 músicos acordeonistas del Río de la Plata, se congregaron en la Sala Zitarrosa, en un espectáculo denominado Acordeones en la Sala Zitarrosa. El evento coordinado por Silvio Previale (h), músico acordeonista de la ciudad de Salto, tuvo como antecedentes los encuentros de Acordeones 2006 y 2008 realizados en Salto, al igual que aquellos eventos, la presentación de Acordeones en la Sala Zitarrosa, cuentó con el apoyo de la Dirección de Cultura de la Intendencia de Salto, y también en esta oportunidad del Instituto Italiano de Cultura de Montevideo.El programa desarrollado incluyó interpretaciones de música popular, clásica y folclórica, estando presentes acordeonistas que han acompañado a Raul Barboza, Antonio Taragó Ross, Chango Spaciuck, en Argentina, así como el reconocido intérprete nacional Victor Amaral, actualmente acompañando al dúo de Los Olimareños, sin lugar a dudas uno de los mas brillantes acordeonistas nacionales del momento, y que luce sus cualidades en estos eventos, únicos en el país, que promueven el Acordeón Auditorio (Acordeón en concierto). Participó además como invitado especial Un el acordeonista Denis Raykoff y su conjunto Takuare'e. El cierre estuvo a cargo de una orquesta de 14 músicos, 13 acordeones y percusión, con la participación especial de José Luis Curubeto en la percusión y la dirección de Silvio Previale (h) Además participaron los acordeonistas. Marito Coria de Santiago del Estero – Argentina Adelqui Bertotto y Edmundo Re de San Jorge Provincia de Santa Fe – Argentina Norberto Pinotti de Fortines – Córdoba - Argentina Mariela Campodónico y Daniel Ren de Victoria Entre Ríos – Argentina Nino Favotti de Diamante – Entre Ríos – Argentina Héctor Bruzzone, Néstor Bisio, Sergio Gomez, Sophia Grillo, Gonzalo José Tejera y Silvio Nicolás Previale de Salto Zulma Rocha, Cecilia Tróccolo, Luis Latorre, Gustavo Risso de Montevideo Ivonne Bentancur y Norma Priario de Canelones. |
by Rob Howard
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 ‘Acoustic Trio’ is a DVD featuring French jazz accordionist Richard Galliano, Jean Marie Ecay - guitar, and Jean Philippe Viret - double bass, recorded on August 11th 2000 by Dreyfus. The DVD lasts for 100 minutes duration, and is available via Amazon.Track listing: 'Tango Pour Claude', 'Laurita', ‘For Nicky Waltz’, 'Sertao', ‘Vuelvo Al Sur’, 'Libertango', ‘Fou Rire', 'Spleen', 'New York Tango', ‘Beija Flor’, ‘A French Touch’. Bonus features include: 1) L'Homme & L'Accordéon/The Man and the Accordion, 2) Les Années New Musette/The ‘New Musette’ Years, 3) Le Concert De Marciac/The Marciac Concert For further information email emmanuel.jolivet@free.fr |
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by Rob Howard
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 Monday July 27th was a night to remember at the Black Country Accordion Club as the guests were The Kyiv Duo, Oleksiy Kolomoiets and Igor Sayenko, from the Ukraine. The Kyiv Duo were also raising funds for the Hippokrat Society, which provides much help for the families of sick and disabled children who suffered after effects from the Cherobyl Nuclear disaster.The club decided to raise some cash for the charity and had a collection and a stall of goodies for sale. Chairman Barry Smith held an auction, selling off some DVDs and a copy of ‘An A to Z of the Accordion Volume 4’, kindly donated by Rob Howard, and the sum of £187. 27p was raised. Oleksiy and Igor were very pleased to accept this sum on behalf of the Hippokrat Society. Igor and Oleksiy gave a superb performance. In 2001, Igor and Oleksiy met as students at the National Music Academy of Ukraine and have performed together since then. The evening began with a selection of tunes played by Tom Helm, a visitor from the Stratford Accordion Club, followed by Harry Evans, then Matt Murphy, from Lichfield, who set about playing a selection of Irish jigs and reels. The Kyiv Duo then set about demonstrating their skills to a very appreciative audience. Included in their selection of music were the ‘Nutcracker Suite’, ‘Flick Flak’, ‘Sabre Dance’, ‘Czardas’, and a selection from the opera ‘Carmen’. As a team they were fantastic, and the synchronization between them was perfection in itself. |
by Rob Howard
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 ‘The Jim Cassidy Collection’ is a reissue on CD of a recording that previously appeared on cassette in 1986, and has been out of print for many years. The 13 tracks include ‘Cordinella’, ‘March Strathspey & Reel’, ‘Mazurka Italiana’, ‘Ossian’, ‘Marche des Footballeurs’, ‘Skinner Reels’, ‘Joyeux Canari’, ‘Kilworth Hills’, ‘Rivalite’, ‘Glenburne Rant’, ‘Nuits de Montmartre’, ‘Morag Ramsay’, and ‘Cuckoo Waltz’.Jimmy Cassidy, one of Scotland’s finest accordionists, won several All Scotland contest titles, and has made numerous recordings. He is also a fine composer, and once was the Musical Director at Sydney Opera House, Australia. For further information email: info@concordemusic.com |
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by Rob Howard
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 Accordionist and trumpet player Alex Mexiner is in concert at Bourbon Street Grill, 2605 Philadelphia Pike, Claymont, Delawre, on August 15th, 8pm. Alex Mexiner leads his band through an eclectic musical journey that includes Gypsy folk music, jazz, polkas, hoedowns, latin rhythms and more. Alex recently was nominated for a Grammy for his work with Bubba Hernandez on their album ‘Polka Freak Out’, and is touring throughout the US this year as he prepares his next recording. |
by Rob Howard
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| The 37th Annual Scoil Éigse, organised by Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann. takes place in Tullamore, August 16th to 21st. This Summer College of Irish traditional music is the most comprehensive of its kind with classes on the fiddle, concert flute, whistle, 2-row diatonic button accordion, concertina, uilleann pipes, harp, banjo, piano accordion, traditional singing in English and Irish, set dancing, traditional dancing, accompaniment and Irish Language. For further information email: liza@comhaltas.com |
by Rob Howard
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 American accordionist Mary Tokarski, in New Zealand for the forthcoming CIA Coupe Mondiale, performs in concert at Christchurch Girls' High School Auditorium, 10 Matai St, Christchurch, on Wednesday August 19th, 7pm. The Christchurch Accordion Orchestra conducted by Meg Fidler along with local artistes, will also perform. The next performance by the Christchurch Accordion Orchestra will be in Auckland at the 2009 Coupe Mondiale. |
by Rob Howard
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 Spanish Basque accordionist Kepa Junkera, a master of the two-row diatonic button accordion, performs in the USA as follows:August 23rd, 11.30am - Cotati Accordion Festival, California September 12th, 6pm - Redwood City Courthouse Square, 2200 Broadway Street, Redwood City, California, on Saturday 17th to 19th - Wisconsin Union Festival October 8th - New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM November 14th, 8pm - Barkley Theatre, 151 E. Park St, Fallon, Nevada |
by Rob Howard
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| Anne Sofie von Otter - mezzo-soprano, Bengt Forsberg - piano, Daniel Hope - violin, and Bebe Risenfors – accordion, perform music by Pavel Haas, Viktor Ullmann, Erwin Schulhoff and Ilse Weber in a concert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London, 7.30pm. For further information email: customer@southbankcentre.co.uk |
by Rob Howard
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| Domenic Amatucci, who performs Beatles music under the name ‘Accordion Beatles’ will perform at the 3rd Annual Orillia Beatles Celebration on September19th in Orillia, Ontario. Domenic, also known as "The Accordion Beatles guy", will be performing throughout the day at the beer gardens, and will appear on the main stage for a short set in the evening. An ‘Accordion Beatles’ CD, titled ‘Out of the Caverns’, will soon be released. The tracks will include instrumental versions of ‘I Saw Her Standing There’, ‘Michelle’, ‘I Will’, ‘When I'm Sixty-Four’, ‘From Me To You’, ‘If I Fell’, ‘In My Life’, ‘Here, There and Everywhere’, ‘Yesterday’, ‘A Day In The Life’, plus two original numbers ‘Wee Wool Cat’ and ‘España’. For further information email: damatucci1@cogeco.ca |
by Rob Howard
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| Poland’s Motion Trio – accordionists Janusz Wojtarowicz, Pawel Baranek and Marcin Galazyn - will be performing as follows during September and October: September 3rd – with Michael Nyman, ‘Solidarity of Art’, Gdansk, Poland 9th - XIX Forum Ekonomiczne-Koncert Galowy, Krynica Zdrój 24th/25th - ‘Bürgersaal’, Helmbrechts, Germany 26th – Zug, Switzerland October 3rd to 17th - tour of China 24th – Accordion Festival, Esslingen, Germany For further information email: annawojtarowicz@akordeonus.com |
by Rob Howard
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 The ‘Monsters of Accordion’ are on tour throughout the Western United States this August. Accordionists Stefanko Iancu, Geoff Berner and Eric Stern will be joining Seattle’s Jason Webley and a variety of special guests for ten nights of their own special brand of squeezebox mayhem from Los Angeles to Seattle.Tour dates: August 26th, 7.30pm – The Triple Door, 216 Union St, Seattle 27th, 8pm – Crystal Ballroom, Portland, Oregon 28th, 8pm – Wow Hall, Eugene, Or 29th, 8pm – Slim’s, 313 11th St, San Francisco, California 30th, 8pm – Synchronicity Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 31st, 8pm – Luigi’s Fun Garden, 1050 20th St, Sacramento September 1st, 8pm – The Black Sheep, 51 North Main St, Ashland, Oregon For further information email: info@monstersofaccordion.com |
by Rob Howard
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 The annual Banbury Folk Festival, October 9th to 11th, takes place at Banbury Town Hall, The Mill Arts Centre and the General Foods Social Club. The festival features many leading folk singers, musicans, bands and dance teams. Guests including free reed instruments include the band Little Johnny England, singer and concertina player Bernard Wrigley, Heretique (featuring accordionist Murray Grainger), Rag N’Roll Band, and Fat Freddy’s Cat (featuring accordionist Susanne Winterbottom), All Blacked Up, Random, Moulin Bleu, and the Old Mettle Dance Band. |
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by MusicForAccordion.com
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| MusicForAccordion.com site releases 4 new pieces - 'Battle Hymn Of The Republic, catalog:mfa7077', 'Whispering Hope, catalog:mfa7078', 'La Paloma (The Dove), catalog:mfa7081' and 'Humoresque, catalog:mfa7082'. Samples of the music are available online. The music are in eSheet format, able to be emailed to your computer. Purchase with credit card. |
by H S Productions
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| H S Production releases 6 new pieces, 'Dance From The Opera “Nikita”, catalog:hs588', 'Scherzo - Humoresque, catalog:hs589', 'On The Highway, catalog:hs591', 'Eastern Rondo, catalog:hs592', 'Variations On The Russian Folk Song, catalog:hs593' and 'Variations On A Finnish Theme, catalog:hs594'. Samples of the music are available online. The music are in eSheet format, able to be emailed to your computer. Purchase with credit card. |
by Wallace Liggett
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| Wallace Liggett - accordionist, composer, releases 6 new works for accordion available for purchase online. 'Partners Waltz, catalog:WL1033', 'Contemplation, catalog:WL1034', 'Contemplation (Duet), catalog:WL1035', 'Prelude, catalog:WL1036', 'Waltz On, catalog:WL1037' and 'Hymn Of Tamaki, catalog:WL1038'. Samples of this music is available on the site. The music is in eSheet format, able to be emailed to your computer. Purchase with credit card. |
by Joe Soprani
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| Joseph Soprani - accordionist, arranger, performer, releases 4 new works for accordion available for purchase online. '"Figaro” Cavatina (Largo Al Factotum), catalog:js504', 'Romeo And Julie, catalog:js505', 'Concerto In E Minor, catalog:js506' and 'Bahama Rumba, catalog:js507'. Samples of this music is available on the site. The music is in eSheet format, able to be emailed to your computer. Purchase with credit card. |
by Charnwood Publishing
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| Charnwood Publications releases 6 new pieces by composer Sue Coppard titled, 'The Wedding, catalog:M637', 'Picnic Time in BavariaThe Village Green, catalog:M638', 'The Swing of Kits, catalog:M639', 'At the Bar Flamingo, catalog:M640', 'Warszawa Mazurka, catalog:M641', 'Forever no More, catalog:M642'. Purchase with credit card. |
by H S Productions
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| H S Production releases 4 new pieces, 'Etude, catalog:hs561', 'Etude, catalog:hs564', 'Etude, catalog:hs567' and 'Etude, catalog:hs568'. Samples of the music are available online. The music are in eSheet format, able to be emailed to your computer. Purchase with credit card. |
by MusicForAccordion.com
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| MusicForAccordion.com site releases 5 new pieces - 'Vieni Sul Mar (Oh Come To The Sea), catalog:mfa7065' and 'I Dream Of Jeanie, catalog:mfa7066', 'Cradle Song, catalog:mfa7067', 'Cradle Song (Easy Version), catalog:mfa7068' and 'The Rose Of Tralee, catalog:mfa7070'. Samples of the music are available online. The music are in eSheet format, able to be emailed to your computer. Purchase with credit card. |
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by Joan C. Sommers
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