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Coupe Mondiale 2011 Video Archive und Education Project – China
Internationales Akkordeonfestival, Palanga – Litauen
AATA Australische Akkordenmeisterschaften / Sydney - Australien
Reports for Concerts, Masterclasses, Competitions, Festivals, etc. |
Gary Dahl Releases New Arrangements for Accordion - USANew CD Presented at Festival, Skopje - Macedonia‘14 Years Ago’ – ‘Viva Accordion’ festival in Japan in 1997…Peter and Sarah (Fina) Piccini Celebrate 50th Anniversary - Australia
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Joseph Natoli Performs at the Chicago Accordion Club, Illinois - USAScottish Tango Ensemble Concerts, Glasgow - UKGaetano Di Leo and Maurizio Lardieri Perform, Campania - ItalyBrian Laurie Accordion Showband on Tour - USAKlaus Paier Jazz Workshop, Klagenfurt-Viktring - AustriaJulia Kornig & Thom Hardaker in Concert, West Yorkshire – UKRoberta Lena and Marco Lo Russo in Smoking Pessoa/Rome - Italy‘Accordion Ventours to Italy’ – Mediterranean CruiseAkkordeonstudenten-Abschlusskonzert/ Wiesbaden - Deutschland
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Charnwood Publications releases 4 new musicGary Dahl update one of his musicPeter Piccini updates all his pages.
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Norwegian Safari CD by Øivind FarmenHelp Desk, Information needed, Readers CommentsSubmit Your Question, CommentSUBMIT NOW |
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Friedrich Lips veröffentlicht neue CD Cocktail “Rio Rita” - Austriaby Dr Herbert Scheibenreif Manager of Friedrich Lips Productions |
 Friedrich Lips - Lehrer, Performer und Künstler, mit einer bemerkenswerten Karriere, Zusammenarbeit mit vielen Komponisten und Uraufführungen neuer Werke, hat nun eine neue CD mit dem Titel Cocktail “Rio Rita” veröffentlicht. Mit dieser neuen CD gibt es nun insgesamt 23 CD’s mit dem großen Künstler, die auf der Friedrich Lips Website erhältlich sind."Rio Rita" ist ein Cocktail von verschiedenen Komponisten (siehe Liste unter Titel/Informationen) und Musik mit circa 58 Minuten. Sound-Samples von jedem Track können Sie auf der Cocktail "Rio Rita"-Website anhören. Mit Musik von Denisov, Piazzolla, Frosini, Podgaits um nur einige zu nennen, präsentiert diese CD einen echten "Cocktail" aus Spaß und musikalische Spitzenleistungen. Cocktail “Rio Rita” |
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Coupe Mondiale 2011 Video Archive und Education Project – Chinaby Harley Jones |
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 Das Coupe Mondiale Video Archive und Education Project war ein neues Projekt im Jahr 2010 und wird auch für den 2011 Coupe Mondiale wiederholt werden. Das Projekt wurde von der Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes (CIA) mit Unterstützung von Sponsoren Pigini Akkordeons und Akkordeons Weltweit initiiert. Das Projekt umfasst:(i) Ein Video von allen Coupe Mondiale Kategorien und deren Teilnehmer für das CIA-Archiv in Finnland – für die kommenden Jahre eine Risorse an historischen Aufnahmen. (ii) Kostenlose Downloads der Aufführungen der 1., 2. und 3. Preisträger jeder einzelnen Coupe Mondiale Kategorien. Die online kostenlose Downloads sind für pädagogische Zwecke für Akkordeon-Lehrer und Schüler gedacht und um Wissen und Informationen zu zu vermitteln, um so das Niveau an Akkordeon Performances und Musikalität international zu erhöhen. Die CIA dankt Akkordeon Weltweit und Pigini srl / Massimo und Francesca Pigini (Bild rechts) für das Sponsoring des Coupe Mondiale 2010 und 2011 Video-Archiv und Education Project und für das |
Internationales Akkordeonfestival, Palanga – Litauenby Holda Paoletti-Kampl |
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 Die litauische Akkordeon Association (ALA) und die Litauische Akademie für Musik und Theater organisieren gemeinsam das jährliche Internationale Akkordeon Festival in Palanga, vom 29. Juni-5. Juli.Das diesjährige Festival wird in der S. Vainiunas Schule/Music Hall, 8 Maironis Street, Palanga stattfinden. Zu hören gibt es: Jazz, zeitgenössische Musik, Transkriptionen klassischer Musik und Leichte-Pop-Musik. Die Gäste in diesem Jahr sind das Akkordeon-Duo Yava (Vladimir Popolzin und Yana Fedoruk - Russland), das Ensemble Subito (Belarus), Vitali Dmitriev (Russland), und Gintas Kristaps (Lettland). Palanga bietet auch Seminare mit den Professoren: Vitali Dmitriev (Russland), Andrej Ledeniov (Russland), Owen Murray (Großbritannien) und aus Litauen, Edward Gabnys, Raimondas Sviackevičius und Ričardas Sviackevičius. Für weitere Informationen per E-Mail: raimondas@sviackevicius.com |
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AATA Australische Akkordenmeisterschaften / Sydney - Australienby Harley Jones |
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 Daily Reports von den Australian International Championships einschließlich Fotos, Ergebnisse sind online. Die Veranstaltung fand am Samstag 11. und Sonntag, 12. Juni im Club Marconi in Sydney statt.Die Top-Solo-Kategorie Australian International Open Akkordeon Solo Championships Ergebnisse sind: 1st. Piao Zhen (China), 2.. Zhu Zheng (China), 3.. Jia Ru (China). Piao Zhen ist ein Schüler von Prof. Wang Hongyu (Bild rechts), Head of Department of Music Keyboard College of Harbin Normal University. Im Galakonzert spieltgen: Sydney Balalaika-Orchester dirigiert von Victor Serghie mit den Akkordeonisten Richard Sie, Lina Chegodaev und Nick Scherbakov Roland Demonstrator Ross Maio, Duo Aleksey Peresidliy (Akkordeon) und Dmitriy Schdanow (Saxophon) aus Russland, "Die Accordigles" dirigiert von Steve Marx und die Gewinner des Wettbewerbs. Ausführliche Informationen über die Gastkünstler und andere Akkordeon Aktivitäten über das Wochenende sind auf der Website zu konsultieren. Daily Reports. Für weitere Informationen per E-Mail: info@aata.org.au |
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by Kevin Friedrich
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 Renowned arranger Gary Dahl has released a new book ‘A Christmas Tradition’ - A Celebration with the Accordion by Gary Dahl. Sure to be popular with accordionists the world over, this MelBay published book is a collection of original arrangements of the best-loved Christmas songs, spanning four centuries of musical development. From the traditional old English lyrics of God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen which dates back to the 15th Century, to the ever-beloved Jingle Bells of the 19th Century...everyone's traditional favorites are contained in this special volume for accordion. In addition, Gary Dahl has released new updates and arrangements of a variety of works on the MusicForAccordion website including pieces such as Clarinet Polka, The Godfather, Misty, Moon River, ‘The Music of the Night’ from ‘Phantom of the Opera’ and ‘I Left my Heart in San Francisco’. Gary’s publications and arrangements are available in Books and Sheet Music, and span many genres and instructional materials including Tango Styles, Zydeco, Blues, Cajun, Jazz, Italian, Instructional, Tex-Mex, Tejano, Christmas, Harmony/Chord Applications and more! For a complete information on available works, lessons and more, please visit www.accordions.com/garydahl |
by Rob Howard
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| On June 7th vibes and bottlephone player Zoran Madjirov led his band, featuring accordionist Toni Pecanov, in a concert presentation of their new CD ‘Roots On A Roof: Balkano Nuevo’, at the last night of the festival OFFEST at the Macedonian National Opera, in capital of Skopje. Toni Pecanov studied accordion at St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia University, Bulgaria, graduating in 2002, and teaches at OU ‘Manus Turnovski’ in addition to performing. For further information email: tpecanov@yahoo.com |
by Rob Howard
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| The Accordions Worldwide news published on June 13th 1997 included the first article from Japan, about the annual ‘Viva Accordion’ festival. Is this festival still being held? ACCORDION FESTIVAL IN JAPAN Contributed by Mika Takayama The accordion festival "Viva, Accordion", with performances by amateur and professional accordionists, was held on the 1st of June at the Matsubara City Culture Hall in Osaka. The Festival is organised by the Japan Accordion Association and takes place once a year in Osaka. Mr Shoji Mikami played the local folk song "The River Konogawa, Paper Artisar's Song". Miss Midon Wakinaka, the President of the Hiroshima Accordion Kyohshitsu, performed "Like the Wind", which was written in memory of the late Mrs Wataki, who was a member of the Japan Accordion Association. Mr Toru Katou, an accordion fan in Japan, played "18th Goldberg Variations", by Bach |
by Harley Jones
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| Popular accordion composer Peter Piccini and Sarah (Fina) Piccini enjoyed their 50th Wedding Anniversary on the 22nd April in Western Australia. The photo above just arrived at our office. Peter Piccini has some 84 accordion compositions available online as well as 5 accordion CD's. Email to send a goodwill message is: peter.piccini@bigpond.com |
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by Rob Howard
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 On Monday June 20th, 8pm, Joseph Natoli will be performing for the first time at the famed Chicago Accordion Club, Elmhurst American Legion Hall (Normandy Room), 310 Butterfield Rd, Elmhurst, Illinois. The Chicago Accordion Club is one of the most well-known in the country and Joe is preceded at this monthly meeting by such great artists as Art Van Damme, Frank Marocco, Eddie Monteiro, and Stas Venglevski. Also, following Joe at the July meeting will be accordion icon, Dick Contino.Joe will be playing a variety of original compositions and arrangements all specifically created for the Roland FR7X V Accordion, and featuring the orchestral sounds of the instrument. He will be performing a very accurate recreation of Aaron Copland’s orchestral masterpiece ‘Fanfare For the Common Man’, as well as a program of classical, light classical, and jazz favorites. Joe will also be presenting his two CD's (“Waltz For Ron” and “Omaggio”) and the new ‘Adult Accordion Method (Vol 1). In addition, since Joe is a Roland V-Accordion dealer, he will be happy to answer any questions about the V-Accordion line. |
by Rob Howard
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 Accordionist Paul Chamberlain, from Edinburgh, will be performing with The Scottish Tango Ensemble in two concerts in Glasgow.On June 20th they are playing in the West End Festival as part of the Cottiers Chamber Project. This concert is in Cottier Theatre, 93-95 Hyndland Road, Glasgow, G11 5PU, and begins at 6pm. The Scottish Tango Ensemble have also teamed up with the Glasgow Tango Studio to present at 8.30pm on Friday June 24th a concert followed by a milonga in the Centre for Contemporary Arts in Glasgow. The ensemble was formed in 2009 and is a collaboration of four dynamic musicians based in Edinburgh and Glasgow: Gemma O’Keeffe (violin), Paul Chamberlain (accordion), Tom Berry (double bass) and Fiona Macleod (piano). Their program will include some of Piazzolla’s most famous concert tangos as well as more traditional repertoire from the dance halls of Buenos Aires. For further information email: paul@theaccordionist.com |
by Rob Howard
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 Accordionist Gaetano Di Leo and keyboard player Maurizio Lardieri perform their ‘Fantasia Italiana’ show during the evening of Sunday July 12th in Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi, Avellino, Campania, in honour of the feast of St Anthony of Padua.For further information email: gaetanodileo@libero.it |
by Anna Bodell of Charnwood Publications
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 For the second time, The Brian Laurie Accordion Showband from Paisley, Scotland, under the baton of Brian Laurie (picture left), are jetting off to Florida, USA. They have been invited by the Accordionists & Teachers Guild, International (ATG) to their 71st Annual Competition and Festival in Orlando to perform in concerts and hold workshops on Scottish Music and dancing. While in Florida the band will also perform in Disneyland. The Brian Laurie Accordion Showband has a very high level of playing, with each of the single orchestras having achieved first place at UK Accordion Championships over the years. The showband have travelled the world, playing in America, Canada and most recently Germany. For further information email info@accordionshowband.com |
by Holda Paoletti-Kampl
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 Accordionist and bandoneon player Klaus Paier leads a Jazz Workshop from July 18th to 23rd at the Musikforum, Klagenfurt-Viktring, Austria.Klaus Paier studied accordion, jazz and composition at Klagenfurt Conservatory, experimenting during this time in various styles (classical, jazz, contemporary music) and, since 1993, consistently carrying out his own projects. Whenever asked which form of music has influenced him most strongly, Klaus Paier replies: “Jazz and tango gave me the freedom to develop my own language of music”. For further information about the Jazz Workshop, email: klaus.paier@aon.at |
by Rob Howard
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 Julia Kornig and Thom Hardaker perform in concert at Wainsgate Chapel, Wainsgate Lane, Old Town, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, on Sunday July 10th at 3pm. This concert is part of the Hebden Bridge Arts Festival.French viola virtuoso Julia Kornig and Keighley-born accordionist Thom Hardaker offer a unique performance of traditional folk music from Scotland to Russia as well as a wide repertoire of classical music from Bach to Piazzolla. With influences from many cultures, this duo will take you on an extraordinary and inspiring musical journey around the world. |
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  23 June 2011 – 9 pm FontanonEstate/RomaWie Roberta Lena, music and live accordion by Marco Lo Russo, artists Benedetta Jacovoni e Roberto Perini,costums Katherine Krog. La Tabaccheria, an actress, an accordion, a window towards the world – Lisabon – New York…. (Fernando Pessoa) FontanonEstate - Giardino della Fontana dell'Acqua Paola al Gianicolo via Garibaldi, 30 ROMA info and reservation +39.06.58.83.226 +39.348.82.51.256 - mail: info@fontanonestate.it |
by Rob Howard
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 ‘Accordion Ventours to Italy’ is a Mediterranean cruise, October 13th to 27th, on the Italian MSC Sinfonia, visiting numerous places of interest. The organizer is accordionist Mel Cohen, of Cut Throat Travel in Napa, California, USA. During the cruise there will be time for various accordion workshops and seminars. The itinerary includes: October 13th – cruise departs from Naples October 14th – visits to Lovorno, Villefranche sur Mer near Nice, Valencia, Ibiza, La Goulette in Tunisia and Catania. October 21st - another night in Naples with time for sightseeing, including Sorrento, the Isle of Capri, the Amalfi Drive October 22nd – visit to the Roland World V-Accordion Championships in Rome October 23rd/24th – visit to Castelfiardo, including the Accordion Museum and accordion factories October 25th - spend a day at the Roland Europe Factory and the evening in San Benedetto del Tronto. October 26th - return to Rome for the night. For further information email: cuthroat@live.com |
Akkordeonstudenten-Abschlusskonzert/ Wiesbaden - Deutschlandby Holda Paoletti-Kampl |
| Das Abschlusskonzert der Akkordeonklasse von Mirjana Petgercol findet am Sonntag, "Tag der Musik", den 19. Juni um 11.30 Uhr / Matinee Musicale in der Wiesbadener Friedenskirche (Schwalbacher / Ecke Platter Straße) statt. Unten dem Motto "Solo, duo, trio and more! Akkordeonklänge pur" präsentiertieren die Studenten diesmal ein Programm ausschließlich mit Akkordeonmusik - in diversen Formationen. Es erklingen Werke von Abbott, Albenis, Bach, Londonow, Jacobi und Erdmann. |
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by Charnwood Publishing
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 Charnwood Publications releases 4 new pieces by composer Coppard Sue titled, 'Piccolo Mio', catalog:M674, 'Scots Porridge Oats', catalog:M675 and 'The House of Fun', catalog:M676. Samples of the music are available online. Purchase with credit card. |
by Gary Dahl
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 Gary Dahl - Author, composer, arranger, recording artist and music educator announces the following updated music titles for purchase on-line. 'Golden Earrings', catalog:DH0232. Samples for this music is now available at the Music For Accordion web site. The music is in eSheet format e-mailed directly to your computer. Easy purchase with credit card. |
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by Joan C. Sommers
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 CD Reviews Index for the Review of “Norwegian Safari" CD, reviewed by Joan Cochran Sommers. Øivind Farmen. |
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