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YOSHIYA WATANABE (1952-2013), TOKIO – JAPÓN
GRAN ÉXITO EN LOS GRAMMY DE MUMFORD & SONS, LOS ÁNGELES – EEUU
YA DISPONIBLE REGLAMENTO ONLINE PARA EL VICTORIA ACCORDION FESTIVAL 2013
Reports for Concerts, Masterclasses, Competitions, Festivals, etc. |
Paul Chamberlain Concert at Dundee Cathedral, Scotland – UKVideo: Massimo Andreotti on 'Cantando Ballando' Channel Italia 83 - ItalyBob Liddle’s new CD ‘Kale Water’, Scotland – UKVideo: Accordion ManufacturingChinese New Year 2013 Parade - Hong KongVideo: Concerto Grosso - A. Byzov. "Excelsior" Baltic International Accordion QuintetVideo: Escapade Plays Irish MusicVideo: Sasko Velkov Performs‘14 Years Ago’ – Oktoberfest 1999 on Fiji in 1999
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AAA Open Meeting on March 17 in Whippany, New Jersey - USABusy NAO Accordion Weekend – 23rd/24th FebruaryMirjana Petercol and Felix Ponizy Concert, Frankfurt – GermanyVideo: Silhouetten composed by Jürgen Ganzer, Performer Mia ĆojbašićGorka Hermosa Sanchez Concert, Gipuzkoa – SpainVideo: and "Φως - Rockin 'Zoe" New Album of Zoe Tiganouria - GreeceTom Healey Gigs, Cork, Tipperary – Irish RepublicNHAA Meeting, New Hampshire – USADelphine Lemoine Dance, Le Mans – FranceMesa Accordion Event, Arizona – UKMazaika ‘Defenders of the Fatherland Day’ Concert, London - UKJohn Kirkpatrick Workshop, Malvern – UK
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Mingyuan Ruan releasing new CDPearl Fawcett-Adriano releasing CDsGary Dahl Music eBooks Now Released - USA'Play Your Accordion Without Pain', New Chapter Released - USA
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Argentina y Colombia de nuevo se encontrarán en Mundial de Acordeones (VER CONVOCATORIA ANEXA)by Rob Howard |
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| El acordeonista Walter Gialdi, de Córdoba (Argentina), confirmó su presencia en el quinto Encuentro Mundial de Músicas de Acordeón que se celebra en Valledupar en el mes de junio cada año. Gialdi, concertista de gran trayectoria, fue seleccionado en 2007 para representar a su país en el prestigioso Festival de Castelfidardo (Italia), evento que reúne acordeonistas de todas partes del mundo y posee uno de los más altos niveles de competencia. Su importancia se debe a que en este pueblo se encuentra la mayor cantidad de fábricas de acordeones de las más reconocidas en el ámbito musical. Por otro parte, desde la capital del país, anunció también su presentación Luis Eduardo Cortés Landazábal, músico y luthier que ha desarrollado un proyecto de un acordeón nuevo en su afinación y estructura en el cual interpreta ritmos como el tico tico y la zamba brasileros, tango, bambuco, porro, vallenato, y músicas de Paraguay y Chile, entre otras. Cortés Landazábal participará en el encuentro con un concierto para acordeón y piano o guitarra. El acordeón que utilizará será el diseñado por él, el cual fue presentado en la pasada cumbre de técnicos el año pasado, en el marco del cuarto encuentro. La intención es – dice Luis Eduardo - “presentarlo en sociedad para que las personas y los músicos de acordeón puedan apreciar algunas de las bondades que ofrece el nuevo instrumento”. Luis Eduardo Cortés fue la persona – recordó Lolita Acosta, directora del Mundial de Acordeones - “que me dio la idea de realizar el homenaje a los técnicos del acordeón vallenato que se les hizo el año pasado”. Este año regresará como intérprete. Hasta la fecha han asegurado sus presentaciones para la quinta edición del evento: el conjunto uruguayo de acordeones dirigido por el maestro Silvio Previale, el Dúo Nuevo Mundo que dirige el acordeonista Lácides Romero, el concertista argentino Walter Gialdi, el artista plástico Luis Alberto Pérez Benavides y Luis Eduardo Cortés con el acordeón creado por él mismo. Las inscripciones se cerrarán el 18 de abril y el encuentro se realizará del 19 al 22 de junio. Se hará en homenaje a don Jacob Luque García, el primer importador en Valledupar de acordeones Hohner para sus almacenes La Paciencia y La Nueva Paciencia. |
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YOSHIYA WATANABE (1952-2013), TOKIO – JAPÓNby Rob Howard |
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 Yoshiya Watanabe, famoso como investigador y coleccionista, intérprete y analista del mundo del acordeón, falleció el domingo 9 de febrero de 2013, a la edad de 60 años. Atesoraba una de las más importantes colecciones de acordeones antiguos la cual nunca dejó de agrandar y compartir con todos los interesados en el tema.Imagen de la izquierda: 1968 Criado en Egipto, luego Alemania, donde asistió a la Escuela Internacional de Hamburgo, y más tarde la International Christian University, Tokio, donde se graduó en biología y química orgánica, Yoshiya Watanabe hablaba con fluidez en alemán y en Inglés. Tradujo 'Los crímenes del acordeón "la novela al japonés. Empleado en la industria química con la empresa Mitsui, Yoshiya también vivió en Brasil, donde hizo muchos contactos con acordeonistas. Yoshiya empezó a estudiar acordeón en Hamburgo en 1966, y tocó ambos sistemas: botones y piano. Un hombre hábil y práctico, en 1985 Yoshiya diseñó y construyó lo que pudo haber sido en el mundo del acordeón el primer sintetizador MIDI. Este instrumento tiene sensores de fuelles, y se exhibió en la Exposición Internacional de Ciencias '85 en Tsukuba, Japón. Yoshiya Watanabe también fue el autor de varios libros sobre el acordeón. Yoshiya Watanabe fue un hombre muy querido y respetado por todo aquél que le conoció. Le sobreviven su esposa Kyoko, su hija Sakura y su hijo Taira. |
GRAN ÉXITO EN LOS GRAMMY DE MUMFORD & SONS, LOS ÁNGELES – EEUUby Rob Howard |
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 El segundo Cd de Mumford & Sons: Babel, realizado en septiembre de 2012, ha sido galardonado el día 10 de febrero con un premio Grammy al álbum del año. Babel arrancó como número 1 en el Reino Unido y EEUU, convirtiéndose en rápidamente en el álbum más vendido del Reino Unido y el segundo más vendido en EEUU.Mumford & Sons son una banda inglesa de folk-rock entre cuyos miembros encontramos a Ben Lovett como vocalista, acordeonista y teclista. |
YA DISPONIBLE REGLAMENTO ONLINE PARA EL VICTORIA ACCORDION FESTIVAL 2013by Harley Jones |
  El Victoria Accordion Festival será celebrado en Victoria, BC en agosto, el día 16 y 17, justo antes de la celebración de la 66 Coupe Mondiale. El evento está organizado por la BC Accordion Society liderada por su presidente Aleksandar Milojevic (imagen de la derecha), con su esposa (la respetada acordeonista Jelena Milojevic) como ayudante (también en la foto de la derecha). El festival incluye la International Competition of Accordion Orchestras así como las consabidas categorías internacionales para solistas de 10, 14, 18 años y también sin límite de edad tanto para clásico como para popular. El 1er premio para la categoría de orquesta es un acordeón Roland FR-7X V-Accordion y el 2º y 3er premio un acordeón Roland FR-3X V-Accordion. Puedes descargar el reglamento así como la información relativa a los premios para solistas en: 2013Victoria. Para más información email: contact@bcaccordion.ca |
Reports for Concerts, Masterclasses, Competitions, Festivals, etc. |
by Rob Howard
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 On Saturday February 9th accordionist Paul Chamberlain, from Edinburgh, performed a recital at Dundee Cathedral. The following report, written by Garry Fraser, appeared in the Dundee Courier.CD and original music at: Paul Chamberlain |
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by Harley Jones
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| Massimo Andreotti was recently featured on the TV program 'Cantando Ballando' broadcast by Channel Italia 83 playing the Rossini favorite La Gazza Ladra (The Thieving Magpie) from his latest CD titled “Genius”. Publisher 2nd February 2013. |
by Rob Howard
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 ‘Kale Water’ is a new CD by accordionist Bob Liddle, featuring original new compositions all in the Scottish idiom and style. Multi-instrumentalist Bob Liddle plays all the instruments on the album, including accordion, guitar, keyboards, drums and bodhran.The title of the CD, ‘Kale Water’, indicates that the them of the music the Kale Water Valley in the Scottish Borders, and as such, the CD is a ‘musical map’ of the area, which rises in the Cheviots near to the English Border and empties, 20 miles later, into the River Teviot at Kalemouth, with all the tunes named after local landmarks or characters, such as ‘The Sandy Ramage Polka’, ‘Grubbit Brig’, ‘The Beirhope Burn’, and ‘The Falls O’ Chatto Linn’. The CD includes an 8-page booklet with photographs of the area, and the sleeve notes to the tunes adds informative and amusing anecdotes giving an insight into country life, past and present, in this rural area. For further information email: robertliddle939@aol.com |
by Harley Jones
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| A very good explanation of accordion manufacturing published by Ana Gonzalez on December 9th, 2012. |
by Harley Jones
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| The Chinese New Year Celebrations are the big celebrations of the year for China and this year was no exception. The celebrations will welcome the Year of the Snake with very large and colorful parades. This video from Day 1 of the Chinese New Year Celebration Parade on the 10th February 2013 features the Accordion Troupe Hong Kong. |
by Harley Jones
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| Major 3-part composition, Concerto Grosso by Russian composer Andrey Byzov. performed by the Baltic International Accordion Quintet "Excelsior": Vladimir Ushakov (Russia), Svetlana Stavitskaya (Latvia), Gennady Savkov (Lithuania), Eduardas Gabnis (Gabnys) (Lithuania), Sergei Likhachov (Russia). Published 13th February 2013, filmed in Ikaalinen, Finland, 2007. |
by Harley Jones
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| Two videos of the group Escapade performing Irish music. Pierre Laval (accordion), Lucile Woerren (violin) and Michel Genestin (guitar) published 10th February 2013. |
by Harley Jones
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| Silhouetten is a contemporary piece containing three movements written for accordion by Jürgen Ganzer. The name of the piece is related to the silhouettes of three composers: J.S.Bach in the 1st movement, B.Bartok in the 2nd, and L.van Beethoven in the 3rd movement. Mia Cojbašic has represented her country (Croatia) at international competitions and is one of the most prominent young classical accordion artists in Croatia. In June 2011, she started her postgraduate studies at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien in Hannover (Germany), where she is studying with prof. Elsbeth Moser. In May 2012., she has been accepted as an exchange student at the Sibelius Academy (Finland, Helsinki), where she will study with the renowned accordion teacher and soloist Mika Väyrynen from September 2012. |
by Rob Howard
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 Accordionist Gorka Hermosa Sanchez performs with the Flamenco Club Quintet at the Labeaga Aretoa, Urrextu, Gipuzkoa, northern Spain, on Saturday February 16th, 7.30pm. |
by Harley Jones
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 Above is the subversive video-clip for the song "Avec Toi", with lyrics by Rebecca Roussi, remix of Christodoulos Siganos, and the participation of the world known Italian popstar In-Grid. The video-clip is to accompany the success of "Avec Toi - Zoe by In-Grid" and was held with the support of the sponsors Grand Resort Lagonissi and Portioli.gr.The eighth (8) personal album of Zoe Tiganouria entitled "Rockin 'Zoe", is released by Zoe Music Ltd., which emerged from her friendship with the author Evanthia Magni. All the lyrics in the album are bound together and form a single story in the text inside the booklet of the album, entitled "Who are you" by Evanthia (a forerunner of her upcoming book). The CD contains thirteen (13) songs in modern sound, in which Zoe Tiganouria orchestrates and combines Rock moods & Tango, Celtic & Oriental sound colors, and also interprets them with her unique way on the accordion. In this production many famous, and also new upcoming artists, participate such as: Kostas Makedonas, Areti Ketime, Aspasia Theofilou, Nikolas Adespotos, Giannis Moraitis, Konstantinos Romanidis, Stelios Generalis.. Next performance by Zoe Tiganouria is on Sunday 24 February, 9:30 pm, Artspace Art "Alexandria". |
by Rob Howard
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 Diatonic accordionist Tom Healey plays this weekend at Ballincollig GAA Club, County Cork, on Saturday February 16th, and in The Glenview Lounge, Goatenbridge, County Tipperary, on Sunday evening, February 17th. |
by Rob Howard
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| The next New Hampshire Accordion Association meeting takes place on Saturday February 16th, 12.30 until 4pm, at Accordion Connection LLC, 136 Route 106 Unit 1, Gilmanton, NH 03237. The agenda includes: 12.30pm - informal pre-meeting Jam Session/Warm-up 1pm - Open Mike: all accordionists, including guests, are welcome to play 1.30pm - Business Meeting: Welcome to guest visitors, invitation to join NHAA; News of members’ recent and upcoming activities; Update on ACCORDIONS NOW! 2013, August 9th-11th; Any Other Business 1.45pm - Social Time – Snacks by NHAA, beverages by Accordion Connection LLC 2.15pm - Just-for-Fun (JfF) Music-Making • New music to be distributed for sight-reading • Members’ selections 2.50pm – Non-orchestra members may leave or stay to listen to the rehearsal 3pm – 4pm - Orchestra Rehearsal – Bring your part for ‘Historia de un Amor’ (arr Donna Maria Regis) For further information email: accman@accordionconnection.com |
by Rob Howard
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| Musette accordionist Delphine Lemoine and her orchestra play for dancing on Sunday February 17th, 2pm, at la salle des fêtes, near Le Mans, France. For further information email: delphine-lemoine@hotmail.fr |
by Rob Howard
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 Stas Venglevski (picture left) will lead an orchestra of 50 accordionists from the USA, Canada and Italy, in performing a wide variety of beautiful music arranged especially for accordion. Solos and duets will also be on the program. The orchestra members are part of the Mesa Accordion Event, formerly Frank Marocco Accordion Event, which is underway in Mesa, a suburb of Phoenix, Arizona.The concert will take place on Sunday February 17th, 7 pm. in the West Ballroom of the Arizona Golf Resort, 425 S. Power Road, Mesa, AZ 85206. Admission is $10 with open seating. Dan and Joan Grauman are co-directors of the event. For further information email: mesa.accordion@verizon.net |
by Rob Howard
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 The duo Mazaika – Igor Outkine (accordion, vocals) and Elizabeth Harrison (violin) – perform at a party to celebrate ‘Defenders of the Fatherland Day’ on Saturday February 23rd, 9pm, at The Wine Tun 2-6 Cannon Street, London EC4M 6XX. Tickets: £15 advance, £20 on the door.For further information email: igor.outkine@yahoo.com |
by Rob Howard
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| On March 2nd, 10am – 3.30pm, diatonic accordionist and folk music legend John Kirkpatrick leads a one day workshop for players of any instrument and any standard, organised by ‘Ceiligraphy’. John will look at playing for dancing, matching dances with tunes, and the ins and outs of playing as a group. The venue is The Ale House, St James the Great Church, Mill Lane, Colwall, Near Malvern, Herefordshire, WR13 6HJ. Refreshments and lunch included! For further information email: lindarwebb@yahoo.co.uk |
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by Mingyuan Ruan
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 Mingyuan Ruan releasing new CD with eTracks titled 'Chinese Accordion Great Performance', catalog: CAGP400 with sound samples. Music performed by Mingyuan Ruan. Purchase online |
by Pearl Fawcett-Adriano
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  Pearl Fawcett-Adriano releasing 3 new CD's titled'The Jewel Of The Accordion', catalog: pearlcd09, 'The Two Great Pietros', catalog: pearlcd10 and 'Les Melodies Continentales', catalog: pearlcd11 with sound samples. Music performed by Pearl Fawcett-Adriano. Purchase online. |
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 Updated Site: Following on the big success of the Gary Dahl graded specials series of eSheet music (able to be sent to you by email), Gary Dahl has now released three Music eBooks.Cat No: DH01 Collection #1 Latin Spectacular - 10 titles, Besame Mucho, Amapola, Tico Tico, Brazil, Beyond the Sea, El Cumbanchero, Adios Muchachos, Spanish Eyes, A Day in the Life of a Fool, Amour, over 26 pages of high quality arrangements for only US$24.95 or Euro equivalent. Cat No: DH02 Collection #2 Favorite French Standards - 10 titles, La Vie en Rose, Les Bicyclettes de Belsize, Moulin Rouge, Clair de Lune, Pigalle, Domino, Michelle, Padam Padam, Under Paris Skies, The River Seine, 32 pages of high quality arrangements for only US$24.95 or Euro equivalent. Cat No: DH02 Collection #3 The American Songbook - 10 titles, Tenderly, Angel Eyes, Misty, September Song, Moon River, Summertime, Sentimental Journey, Crazy, The Godfather, Autumn Leaves, over 32 pages of music for only US$24.95 or Euro equivalent. You can view sample pages of the music online (DH01, DH02, DH03) and order from the shopping basket which links to the high security eCommerce site run by Worldpay.com, one of the world's largest internet payment processing systems. There are nearly 200 arrangements on his MusicForAccordion.com website of Gary Dahl. |
by Harley Jones
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 This is an ebook (able to be emailed to you, Acrobat pdf format). John Bonica PT CMP NZRP has released the 2nd Chapter of his book 'Play Your Accordion Without Pain'. The chapter is titled: 'Learning to Read Your Body's Signals' John Bonica writes: "This book is exclusively for accordionists, written by an accordionist, about accordion related problems and injuries, based on 50 years of professional clinical experience." Further information at: John Bonica |
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 CD Reviews Index for the Review of Stas & Sam - Two Step CD by Stas Venglevski, in English language, reviewed by Joan Cochran Sommers. |
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