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‘Spring Instruments & Music Festival’, Spoleto – Italia
Concurso internacional de Acordeón, Sídney-Australia
50 Cumpleaños de Kimmo Mattila, Ikaalinen – Finlandia
Reports for Concerts, Masterclasses, Competitions, Festivals, etc. |
Lips’ Piazzolla-Studio Performs in the Kremlin, Moscow – RussiaTony Lovello ‘Accordion Favorites’ CD – USA
Future events |
Gorka Hermosa Concerts – SpainWhite Horse Accordion Club, Wiltshire - UKAccordionaires Club Roland Demonstration, California - USARoyal Academy of Music Events, London – UKMario Pedone Concert, British Columbia - CanadaInternational Polka Festival, Minnesota - USACraven Accordion Orchestra Concert, Yorkshire - UKFerran Martinez Concerts – Spain
New and Updated Sites |
Updated site for the 2009 Coupe MondialeUpdated site for Sergey OsokinH S Production New Music ReleasesCharnwood Publications New Accordion CompositionsMusicForAccordion.com new eSheet PiecesFranco Cambareri releases 4 new worksH S Production New Music Releasesaccordion-space4u.com site update
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Nota del Editorby Rob Howard |
 Como muchos de vosotros sabréis, el 6 de Mayo de 1829, Cyril Damian (Cyrillius Demien 1772-1847) patentó el acordeón en Viena. 180 años después, la Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes (CIA) ha designado el 6 de Mayo como el World Accordion Day (Día Mundial del Acordeón) con el objeto de “realizar un esfuerzo global para celebrar y promover el acordeón”.Sois todos bienvenidos a engrosar la lista de eventos que se celebrarán en multitud de países para celebrar el World Accordion Day en la cual. |
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‘Spring Instruments & Music Festival’, Spoleto – Italiaby Mirco Patarini |
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| El Segundo “Spring Instruments & Music Festival” será celebrado del 10 al 17 de Mayo en Spoleto. Inscripciones son todavía aceptadas. La competición (www.strumentiemusica.com/festival_uk.html) esta abierta para acordeonistas de todo el mundo. Los mejores acordeonistas italianos serán sponsorizados por IAC para cubrir los gastos de transporte y dietas para acudir a la 2009 Coupe Mondiale en Auckland, Nueva Zelanda. El festival de este año tiene una temática internacional. El gran compositor Ruso Viachelav Semionov (presidente del jurado), ofrecerá un concierto junto a su colega Alexander Selivanov y Yulia Amerikova (ganadores de la 2009 Coupe Mondiale en la categoría de música de cámara); Otros conciertos serán realizados por Vladislav Pligovka (ganador la edición 2009 Coupe Mondiale en la categoría de Solo), y el formidable grupo brasileño Renato Borghetti Quartet, el cual tiene el record de ventas en trabajos discográficos elaborados de manera instrumental en Brasil. Vladislav Semionov llevara a cabo una master class, la cual es una gran oportunidad para aquellos quienes quieran recibir los consejos de unos de los compositores y profesores más conocidos de mundo del acordeón. El 17 de Mayo, en cooperación con Roland Italy, será celebrada la final de Roland V-Accordion Festival (www.vaccordionofestival.roland.it), donde será elegido el participante italiano que deberá concursar en la final internacional (Roma, 21 de Noviembre de 2009) Para más información: info@strumentiemusica.com |
Concurso internacional de Acordeón, Sídney-Australiaby Tania Lukic-Marx |
 El concurso internacional de acordeón australiano se celebrará los días 7 y 8 de Junio en el Club Marconi, Prairie Vale Road, Bossley Park, Sydney, NSW 2176. Inscripciones provenientes de países como Serbia, Croacia y Australia han sido recibidas para participar en las diferentes categorías de este certamen.Los artistas invitados al festival son: Nemanja Drazic, Serbia (segundo puesto en la Coupe mondiale 2003 en la categoría Junior), Mia Cojbasic, Croacia (Cuarto puesto en el concurso internacional de acordeón de Castelfidardo 2007, categoría Senior; cuarta posición en el concurso internacional de acordeón de Tianjin 2008), Marko Miletic, Serbia (Campeón de la 2008 Coupe Mondiale, categoría Piano), Australian Accordion Concert Ensemble, Accordigles, Funkordion (2009 Australian Poster). Para más información: tanialm@optusnet.com.au |
50 Cumpleaños de Kimmo Mattila, Ikaalinen – Finlandiaby Harley Jones |
 Kimmo Mattila, Director musical del Sata-Häme Soi Festival, presidente de la asociación finlandesa de acordeón y secretario general de la CIA, celebrará su 50 cumpleaños en sábado 18 de Abril en Oma Tupa, Ikaalinen, Finlandia. En dicho día se preparará un coctel recepción desde las 14:00 hasta las 16:00 y un concierto celebración desde las 16:30 hasta las 18:00. Para más información: sirpa.sippola@satahamesoi.fi |
Reports for Concerts, Masterclasses, Competitions, Festivals, etc. |
by Dr Herbert Scheibenreif Manager of Friedrich Lips Productions
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  Russian bayanist S. Voitenko succeeded in organizing a great event in Moscow’s Kremlin, where not only accordion artists like Yuri Shishkin, A. Gainullin, Sergey Osokin, S. Shmelkov took part but also Russia’s leading ensembles of folk, jazz and pop music. Friedrich Lips performed “Cocktail Rio Rita” with his tango ensemble Piazolla-Studio the group members being Friedrich Lips (accordion), V. Igolinsky (violin), K. Rodin (cello) and S. Lips (piano). The group recently released two CD's named ¡Buenos Dias, Astor! and La Cumparsita. CD Reviews Index and purchase online at the Friedrich Lips website. Friedrich Lips mentioned in his humorous speech that “in former times the accordion was played at weddings, then was accepted at conservatories, but now it has conquered the Kremlin”. |
by Rob Howard
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 A collectors’ item LP recorded by Tony Lovello in 1949, ‘Accordion Favorites’, has at long last been issued on CD. At the time, the up and coming Tony Lovello was performing the pieces on this recording to demonstrate the range and flexibility of the accordion, and had just appeared in a major concert alongside Frank Sinatra, Jimmy Durante, Eddie Cantor and Debbie Reynolds.The tracks include: ‘Quicksilver’, ‘O Marie’, ‘Tiger Rag‘, ‘Tesoro Mio’, ‘Sorrento’ Carnival of Venice’, ‘Warsaw Concerto’, and ‘The Sharpshooter’s March’. For further information email: information@accordionmusic.com |
Future events |
by Rob Howard
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 Accordionist Gorka Hermosa performs in concert as follows:April 17th, 9pm – Teatro GI Lorca de Getafe, Madrid May 9th, 10pm – Plaza Mayor de Salamanca 14th, 8pm – Conservatorio de Torrelavega, Cantabria For further information email: gorka@gorkahermosa.com |
by Rob Howard
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| Stefan Andrusyschyn is the guest artiste at White Horse Accordion Club, Wiltshire, on April 19th, 2pm. WHAC meets at the WHAC at Westbury Leigh Hall, Westbury, Wiltshire SO16 9DN, England. For further information email: sucop@inspiration.fsworld.co.uk |
by Ron Schwarz
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 On Tuesday April 21st, 7pm, Ron Lankford of Roland-USA will demonstrate the various models of the Roland Virtual Accordion at the monthly meeting of the Accordionaires Club, Victorio’s Ristorante, 10901 Victory Boulevard, North Hollywood, CA 91606. For further information email: ronkfb@yahoo.com |
by Rob Howard
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  On Thursday April 23rd, 7.30pm, the RAM presents ‘Accordion Showcase’, featuring Academy students performing works for accordion. The venue is the David Josefowitz Recital Hall, RAM, Marylebone Road, London NW1 5HT.An ‘Accordion Workshop’, with the Motion Trio from Krakow, Poland, 10am - 1pm, and 2pm – 5pm, takes place on Monday April 27th at York Gate 150, RAM. Free, no tickets required. For further information email: K.INGRAM@ram.ac.uk |
by Rob Howard
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 The Victoria Accordion Club presents Mario Pedone, from Texas, USA, in concert on Sunday May 3rd, 3.30pm, at the Edelweiss Club 108 Niagara Street, Victoria, British Columbia.For further information email: midimary@shaw.ca |
by Rob Howard
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| The 2009 International Polka Festival takes place in the Lost Isle Ballroom, Carlton, Minnesota, June 19th to 21st. Artistes performing include Leon Olsen, Walker/Baroka, Ron Setniker, Art Lehtonen, Chmielewski’s Funtime, Beaconaires Generation, Jolly Zuks, The Wendingers, Jerry’s Concertina Band, Dr. Kielbasa, Dennis Ficor, Country Junction, 5th Generation Chmielewski, Hank Thunander, May Prachar, Johnny Sniderich, Little Bohemian Band, Ron Setniker, George Zezulka, Dr Helmi Harrington, and Marv Niemi. For further information email: mossak@popp.net |
by Rob Howard
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| Craven Accordion Orchestra perform in concert at Settle Parish Church, Church Street, Settle, North Yorkshire BD24 9JA, on Saturday April 18th, 7.30pm. |
by Rob Howard
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 Ferran Martinez, born in 1971, is a graduate of the Barcelona Conservatory. He plays solo classical concerts on the Bayan button accordion and is a member of the Cavall Bernat group, performing Catalan popular music. He is also both an accordion and computer teacher.He has two forthcoming solo concerts: April 18th, 5pm - Esplai de la caixa, Caldes de Montbui May 19th, 7pm - Casal Gent Gran (pl.Joan XXIII,8), Castelldefels For further information email: acordio@ferranmartinez.net |
New and Updated Sites |
by Coupe Mondiale
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| Site updates for "World Accordion Orchestra III" and for Additional Sightseeing and Extended Stays in New Zealand, events after the 2009 Coupe Mondiale. |
by Sergey Osokin
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| Updated site for Sergey Osokin with new photos and updated CV. |
by H S Productions
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| H S Production releases 6 new pieces, 'Little Madrigal, catalog:hs463', 'About Mashenka - Romashenka, catalog:hs464', 'Song About The Passer-By, catalog:hs466', 'Walk Arrangement, catalog:hs467', 'Song About The Disturbing Youth, catalog:hs468' and 'Dance From Ballet, catalog:hs469'. 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 Charnwood Publishing
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| Charnwood Publications releases 3 new pieces by composer Ken Farran titled, 'Venetian-Masquerade(Score and 2 of Each part), catalog:B042', 'Mediterranean-Suite(Score and 2 of Each part), catalog:B044' and 'Mediterranean Suite, catalog:M609', also releases 1 new piece by composer Harry Hinchcliffe titled 'Introductory Awards for Accordion, catalog:M605', and also releases 1 new piece by composer Da Caprio F titled 'Samba Fantasia, catalog:M625'. Purchase with credit card. |
by MusicForAccordion.com
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| MusicForAccordion.com site release 2 new pieces - 'Starlight, catalog:mfa7020' and 'Oh! My Pa-pa, catalog:mfa7021', also release 1 new piece arranged by Aleksandar Nikolic - 'Nina, catalog:niko105' . 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 Franco Cambareri
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| Franco Cambareri - accordionist, composer, producer, releases 4 new works for accordion available for purchase online. 'Sicilian Festa, catalog:cfranco86', 'Lovers Bolero, catalog:cfranco87', 'Café De Lite, catalog:cfranco88' and 'Mariscada, catalog:cfranco89'. Samples of this music are available on the site. The music is 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 9 new pieces, 'Morning Arrangement, catalog:hs454', 'The Old Acquaintance, catalog:hs455', 'Game Arrangement, catalog:hs456', 'Song 3, catalog:hs457', 'March Arrangement, catalog:hs458', 'Little Melody, catalog:hs459', 'Solemn Arrangement, catalog:hs460', 'Song 4, catalog:hs461' and 'Two Canons, catalog:hs462'. Samples of the music are available online. The music is in eSheet format, able to be emailed to your computer. Purchase with credit card. |
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| New updates for the accordion-space4u.com site are happening this week and next week. |
CD Reviews |
by Alessandro Mugnoz
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 CD Reviews Index for the Review of “Dreams, Music of Davor Bobic” by Alessandro Mugnoz |
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