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Viatcheslav Semionov Interview About His New Sonata No. 3 - Russia
Austria 2014 Coupe Mondiale Selection at ‘Tag der Harmonika’ - Austria
LMTA Accordion Ensemble Festival ContemporAcco - Lithuania
Reports for Concerts, Masterclasses, Competitions, Festivals, etc. |
Black Diamond Accordions Appointed Fisitalia Representative - UK
Video: Symphonic Sevdah Dreams, Nihad Hrustanbegovic - Amsterdam
Video: Renzo Ruggieri and Corey Pesaturo Improvise in Concert - Brazil
Video: Vladimir Mollov Performs His Composition Ruchenitsa - USA
Video: Dominguinhos and Lenine Perform - Brazil
Festival Il Fiore delle Mille - Netherlands
Video: Incheon Alpinrose Kids Jodel Choir - South Korea
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Piaf the Songs Tour Dates - UK
Expo Concert - France
Francesco Palazzo, "Homage to Salvatore di Gesualdo" Recital - Poland
Teodoro Anzellotti Masterclasses, Academy for New Music 2014
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Francesco Palazzo release new CD with eTracks - Italy
Updated Site for CD and eTracks album by Mingyuan Ruan - China
New Website for John G. Micallef, Sliema - Malta
Francesco Palazzo Updated Site - Italy
Friedrich Lips releases new CD
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Results Online - 51st International Acccordion Competition Klingenthal - Germanyby Harley Jones |
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 The 51st International Accordion Competition Klingenthal started on the 12th May and ends 18th May, with participants from 23 countries competing in categories for soloists, duos and ensembles of different styles of music. Full competition rules and category information is at: 2014Kling The Category VI virtuoso entertainment category will be held in concert format for the first time. The Finale round of solo Category IV with symphony orchestra will be held this Sunday afternoon (13.00 hrs) and the Prizegiving concert (17.00 hrs) will feature all the prize winners of the competitions. Concerts by such performers as: Mika Väyrynen, Samuele Telari, Christoph Grunert, Sexteto Obsesión Tango, Duo ViA! (Harald Oeler & Sinn Yang - violin), etc, along with the Akkordeonorchester Klingenthal (conductor Günter Herald) and symphony orchestras Stadtorchester Klingenthal (conductor Rico Schneider) and Vogtland Philharmonic (conductor Stefan Fraas). For further details you can download the complete program at: 2014KProgram - Jury members (country order) are: Ivan Koval (Czech), Jeanette Dyremose (Denmark), Mika Väyrynen (Finland), Jacques Mornet (France), Fritz Dobler (Germany), Stefan Fraas (Germany), Jürgen Ganzer (Germany), Tobias Morgenstern (Germany), Harald Oeler (Germany), Ulf Seifert (Germany), Krzyszof Olczak (Poland), Elsbeth Moser (Switzerland), Viatcheslav Semionov (Russia), Tibor Rácz (Slovakia). Results and photos wil be available from Sunday: 2014 Klingenthal |
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Viatcheslav Semionov Interview About His New Sonata No. 3 - Russiaby Yulia Amerikova |
  Yulia Amerikova Interviews Viatcheslav Semionov in Moscow about his new composition Sonata No. 3 “Reminiscence of the Future”. This fascinating Celebrity Interview gets to the very heart of Semionov, his thoughts, aims and concepts that developed into the creation of this very major new work. The interview is in English and Russia languages. English: Semionov-EN Russian: Semionov-RU CD's and Music of Semionov available online at: Viatcheslav Semionov |
Austria 2014 Coupe Mondiale Selection at ‘Tag der Harmonika’ - Austriaby Dr Herbert Scheibenreif Manager of Friedrich Lips Productions |
  This year’s ‘Tag der Harmonika’ was held from May 1st to 4th in St. Peter-Freienstein, which is located in the lovely region of Styria. The competition attracted more than 350 participants and included categories for accordion soloists, duos, ensembles and orchestras, for harmonica and the ‘Steirische Harmonika’ (Styrian Harmonica, a type of diatonic accordion), which has become very popular recently.2014 is a very special year for Austria’s Accordion Confederation HVÖ as it is celebrating its 60th anniversary by organizing the most prestigious international accordion competition, the ‘Coupe Modiale’, in Salzburg from October 27th to November 2nd. Danijel Piller, Nikolas Lazic and Johannes Münzner were selected to represent Austria at the 2014 Coupe Mondiale. Polish students Marcin Jablonski and Kacpar Stalewski, from Katowice, also contributed to the very high level of this category. Michael Frankenberger was very convincing in the junior classic, whereas Nina and Stefan Djordjevic took their first prizes in the beginner’s categories by showing their great potential for the future. Andreas Schmiedhofer, from South-Tyrol, not only took first prize in the highest category of the diatonic competition, but also in the competition to remember Erich Moser (former diatonic world champion), a category organized for the very first time. As usual, there were many excellent performances of diatonic duets and folk music ensembles. Gottfried Hubmann was the perfect organizer of this event, and was rewarded ‘Merited Friend of the Styrian Harmonica’ by HVÖ-president Werner Weibert. More pictures can be found at www.harmonikaverband.at A detailed report will be available soon at: Diatonic News |
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LMTA Accordion Ensemble Festival ContemporAcco - Lithuaniaby Harley Jones |
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 On Friday 16th May, LMTA with Artistic Director Raimondas Sviackevicius (picture left) are organising the LMTA Accordion Ensemble Festival ContemporAcco at the Holy Virgin Mary Scapular Church, Vilniaus al. 1, Druskininkai.Performers are: Accordion Ensemble: Simona Šukyte, Tadas Motiecius, Agne Dukštaite, Jonas Stonkus, Martynas Vaicekauskas, Raimonds Ungurs, Romas Morkunas, Raimondas Sviackevicius. The program is: Gérard Grisey. „Passacaglia“ (1967) Yuji Takahashi. „Like a Water Buffalo“ (1985) Torbjörn Lundquist. „Ballad (Alla Ballata, Aria, Rondo)“ Andrzej Krzanowski. „Katedra“ (1979) Jonas Tamulionis. „Sonata akordeonui solo“ I dalis (1986) Dominykas Digimas. „Sakura no hana“ (2013) Sofia Gubaidulina. „Et Exspecto“ (1985) Raimonda Žiukaite. „Chromatografija“ (2013) Vidmantas Bartulis. „Auksiniu debesu lietus“ (1984) Jukka Tiensuu. „Mutta“ (1985/87) Arvo Pärt. „Collage über BACH“ (1964) |
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Video: Five for Tango with Julien Labro - USAby Harley Jones |
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| Spektral Quartet, ensemble-in-residence at the University of Chicago, will return to Goshen with accordion and bandoneon player Julien Labro (picture below) to play a program of South American-style jazz and tangos. The concert is set for Saturday 17th May at 7:30 p.m. in the Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall, Goshen, Indiana. Julien Labro writes: "I've been working for the past couple years now with a wonderful string quartet from Chicago, Spektral Quartet and we have our first release out 'From This Point Forward' that features some captivating musical selections from South America." Above is a video preview about this first project. The album release show was held at "The City Winery" on the 15th May and the official CD release date is 24 June 2014. Performances this weekend: 16 May, The Hart Community Performing Arts, Hart, MI 17 May, Rieth Chamber Series @ Goshen College Music Center, Goshen, IN |
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Black Diamond Accordions Appointed Fisitalia Representative - UKby Rob Howard |
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| Fisitalia Accordions of Castelfidardo announce that Black Diamond Accordions are now the UK representatives for Fisitalia Accordions. Black Diamond Accordions are based on beautiful Mersea Island - Britain's most easterly inhabited island, at the West Mersea Business Centre, Essex. For further information email: info@blackdiamondaccordions.com |
Video: Symphonic Sevdah Dreams, Nihad Hrustanbegovic - Amsterdamby Harley Jones |
 Video Published on Mar 8, 2014, Live in Concert - Amsterdam, De Balie - 1 March 2014 - Symphonic Sevdah Dreams, Scars and dreams, Bosnians 20 years after the war for Concert accordion composed by Nihad Hrustanbegovic.Concert Accordeon Novelle, at Tolhuistuin, Amsterdam, Saturday, June 14, 2014, 8:30pm. For further information email: info@nihad-accordeon.com |
Video: Renzo Ruggieri and Corey Pesaturo Improvise in Concert - Brazilby Harley Jones |
 Renzo Ruggieri and Cory Pesaturo Improvise a version of Libertango during Cory Pesaturo's concert in Brazil. Corey wrote: Renzo Ruggieri and I are having so much fun here. Ohhhh man. Very average video, high quality music. Video released 13th May 2014.Picture right is Renzo and Corey at the II Festival Internacional de Acordeom de Belo Horizonte MG, at the Grande Teatro do Sesc Palladium on the 9th May. |
Video: Vladimir Mollov Performs His Composition Ruchenitsa - USAby Joan Grauman Morse |
 Vladimir Mollov performs his composition Ruchenitsa. Plamen Dimitrov Arrangement, Jovko Stanchev (drums), Recording and Mastering at Studio A Sound. Published 23 November 2013. Vladimir Mollov will be the headliner at the 2014 AAA Festival in Tarrytown, NY. |
Video: Dominguinhos and Lenine Perform - Brazilby Harley Jones |
| Video by two popular Brazilian entertainers, Dominguinhos who is a composer, singer and accordionist and Lenine, vocalist, performing Arrebol. Published 26 March 2014. |
Festival Il Fiore delle Mille - Netherlandsby Harley Jones |
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| The Festival Il Fiore delle Mille was presented in Amsterdam, April 3-4, the first part of the festival "Il Fiore delle Mille e una Nota 3". The event was organized and curated by Kathleen Delaney Dance Co. and Italian Accordion Academy - a platform for research in the field of production and pedagogy of contemporary music and dance. The initiative is reaping the fruits of the pedagogic work done in the last year with the students of the courses taught by Claudio Jacomucci (accordion) and Kathleen Delaney (Alexander Technique) , opening up to other artists met along the way and with whom they share visions. Guests of the Italian Cultural Institute in Amsterdam, The Musicians of the Italian Accordion Academy (Vincenzo De Nitto, Fábio Palma, Andrzej Grzybowski, Przemek Wojchiechowski, Marco Pasculli, Ezio Testa) have presented a program of original and transcribed works for classical accordion instrument of great relevance in contemporary classical music. Works by Ligeti, Bizet, Kusyakov, Tiensuu, Krzanowski, Jacomucci, Roberto Beltrami, Takahashi, Ganzer, Pärt, Bach, Ginastera, Komitas, Vlasov and Taktakishvili. On April 4, at the famous hall of the Bimhuis, historic stage for improvised and borderline music, was premiered Suite Venetienne/Follow me, a new creation of the choreographer Kathleen Delaney inspired by the intriguing multimedia text of the photographer Sophie Calle, who followed strangers to photograph them, and that in this text with thoughts and photographs documenting a journey through the labyrinthine city of Venice, made ??undercover looking for a man met briefly in Paris. Afterwards, two compositions for choir and accordions: Arcana (2013) a piece for choir and accordion ensemble by Claudio Jacomucci. The Choir Durantino from Urbania, under the direction of Simone Spinaci performed with the accordion ensemble and dancers Kathleen Delaney and Roberto Lori. The second part of the festival will be held instead in Urbino, at Raffaello Sanzio Theatre on June 6 and 7, to resurface the Dutch program with a special guest: the poet Mariangela Gualtieri, founder of the Theatre Valdoca together with Cesare Ronconi, who will present the work Fraternità Solare, a series of poems that coexist in the musical score created by Claudio Jacomucci for 6 accordions, arranged according to a criterion of spatial acoustics, creating textures and resonances to echo the word and call for the break from the imaginary. |
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Video: Incheon Alpinrose Kids Jodel Choir - South Koreaby Harley Jones |
| The Incheon Alpinrose Kids Jodel Choir, performed and sung KuKu Jodel (Melanie Oesch Version) at the Goethe Institute, Incheon. |
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Marco Lo Russo in Krakow and Piacenza, Busy Weekend - Poland, Italyby Harley Jones |
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| Marco Lo Russo is between Italy and Poland this weekend. On Friday, May 16, Marco returns to Poland for the annual and prestigious Night of the Museums of the City of Krakow. The event , which has become an institution, is organized in the Polish city and is one of the more important cultural events in the nation. The performance is at 23.00 hrs at the Stare Miasto (Old Town of Krakow) at the National Museum with the Polish singer Agnieszka Chrzanowska (picture above). Video above: Nostalgia i Ty composed and sang by Agnieszka Chrzanowska performing with Marco Lo Russo (accordion), Wojciech Pieczka (piano), Jacek Rabbit (acoustic guitar), Martin Ruminski (tin whistle), Simon Frankowski ( bass), Dominic Klimczak (drums / percussion). The performance is a prelude to the long summer tour that will see Marco Lo Russo with the singer Agnieszka Chrzanowska engaged in various festivals throughout Europe . Sunday, May 18th is a performance at the prestigious Theatre of Piacenza. The event, organized in collaboration with the Conservatory of Music "Giuseppe Nicolini" in Piacenza, 17.00 hrs, is the Duo Ichnos of Marco Lo Russo and Guido Felizzi (violin). The Duo Ichnos, had the prestige and privilege of performing many times for TV2000 and Rai TV, History of the Vatican and reading of the Bible, "The Bible day and night." |
Piaf the Songs Tour Dates - UKby Harley Jones |
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| This UK Touring production celebrates the music of the legendary French chanteuse, Edith Piaf. Murray Grainger has the important accordion part of this famous popular music and he and Fiona Barrow (violin) accompany vocalist Eve Loiseau. May 2014 Tour Dates - 14th - High Wycombe - Swan, Town Hall 19:30 16th - Stafford - Gatehouse Theatre 19:30 29th - Camberley Theatre - Surrey 19:30 |
Expo Concert - Franceby Harley Jones |
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| Marcel Loeffler and Lucien Brut, Marcel Loeffler Trio, Paris Moscou Duo of Domi Emorine & Roman Jbanov and exposition of accordions. |
Francesco Palazzo, "Homage to Salvatore di Gesualdo" Recital - Polandby Harley Jones |
 Francesco Palazzo presents a recital titled "Homage to Salvatore di Gesualdo" on the 22nd May 2014 18:00 hour at the Senate Hall, Red Building, Academy of Music in Gdansk. Since 1993 Francesco Palazzo has been the Professor of accordion at the Conservatory "N. Piccinni" in Bari, Italy. Recital Program: Lino Liviabella (1902–1964) – Overture Italiana (1950) (red. F. Palazzo) Adamo Volpi (1911–1980) – Fileuse (1950) Franco Alfano (1876–1954) – Nenia (1950) (red. S. di Gesualdo) Luigi Ferrari-Trecate (1884–1964) – Pantomima Umoristica (1951) (red. S. di Gesualdo) G. Ligeti (1923–2006) – Hungarian Rock (1978) S. di Gesualdo (1940–2012) – Improvvisazione n. 1 (1973) F. Palazzo (1969) – Movimento Perpetuo (2002) (I° premio “Franco Evangelisti” 2005), Elegia (2009) B. Bartolozzi (1911–1980) – Madrigale di Gesualdo (1976) S. Gubaidulina (1931) – De profundis (1978) |
Teodoro Anzellotti Masterclasses, Academy for New Music 2014by Harley Jones |
 Master classes at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich 20 to 26 September 2014. The Akademie für Neue Musik at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München is aiming to promote contemporary music reportoire from 1950 for instrumental tuition at music colleges and conservatoires. Instruments include accordion, string quartet, violin, viola, cello, voice, piano plus workshopsin in composition and contemporary composition analysis. Teodoro Anzellotti is the accordion tutor. More than 300 new works have been written for Teodoro Anzellotti, by composers such as George Aperghis, Brice Pauset, Heinz Holliger, Toshio Hosokawa, Mauricio Kagel, Michael Jarrell, Isabel Mundry, Gerard Pesson, Matthias Pintscher, Wolfgang Rihm, Salvatore Sciarrino, Marco Stroppa, Jörg Widmann und Hans Zender. Luciano Berio created for him his Sequenza XIII, which Mr. Anzellotti premiered in Rotterdam in 1995 and subsequently performed at major festivals worldwide. Since 1987 he has taught at the Hochschule der Künste Bern, and since 2002 at the Musikhochschule Freiburg im Breisgau as well. Course fees: 200 Euros for active participants (50 Euros payable on application) 400 Euros for string quartets, active (50 Euros payable on application) 50 Euros for passive participants (total amount payable on application) (For students at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München there is no fee for active and passive participants, but registration is obligatory.) Closing date for applications: 20 June 2014. For further information email: akademieneuemusik@hmtm.de |
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New Website of Guardia Nueva release new CD with eTracks - Finlandby Guardia Nueva |
 New Website of Guardia Nueva release a new CD with eTracks titled'Guardia Tango Finlandia', catalog: gnueva01 with sound samples. Music performed by Guardia Nueva. |
Francesco Palazzo release new CD with eTracks - Italyby Francesco Palazzo |
 Francesco Palazzo release new CD with sound sample sound files and download eTracks (MP3) files for the album 'da Tripoli al Messak- Morley Mediterranean Quartet', catalog: fp202Purchase online. |
Updated Site for CD and eTracks album by Mingyuan Ruan - Chinaby Harley Jones |
 Updated site for catalog No: CAGP400 Chinese Accordion Great Performance CD and eTracks album by Mingyuan Ruan. The eTracks album is mp3 files downloaded on the internet. |
New Website for John G. Micallef, Sliema - Maltaby Harley Jones |
 John G. MicallefPerformer, Music Teacher & Composer Sliema, Malta has a new website promoting his compositions for accordion that are published by Charnwood Publishing. |
Francesco Palazzo Updated Site - Italyby Francesco Palazzo |
 Francesco Palazzo updated his site adding sample sound files and download eTracks (MP3) files for the album 'Fisarmonica Classica', catalog: fp201Purchase online. |
Friedrich Lips releases new CDby Friedrich Lips |
 Friedrich Lips release a new CD titled'Night Flowers', catalog: CD026 with sound samples. Music performed by Friedrich Lips. |
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Live in Rostov-on-Don 2013 CD Review of Alexander Poeluevby Joan C. Sommers |
 CD Reviews Index for the Review of Live in Rostov-on-Don 2013 CD by Alexander Poeluev, Accordion, in English language, reviewed by Joan Sommers. |
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