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Historic Invitation Creates New Musical Contacts, Pyongyang - North KoreaCoba Concerts Celebrate 150th Anniversary of Japan, Italy Relations - ItalyFathers Day Plus CrawFish Equals Great Family Time at 30th Long Beach Bayou - USATägliche Berichte / Video: 2016 Australische Internationale Akkordeon
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Video: Sergey Osokin Concert, Moscow - RussiaBrian Berlin: Using Accordion to Teach Music in Elementary School - USA‘Weird Al’ Yankovic Box Set for 2017, California - USAVideo: Kyiv Classic Accordion Duo, Dance of the Furies - Ukraine14 Years Ago: 2nd International Accordion Music Festival, Poland in 2002
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Guy Klucevsek Concert, Milwaukee – USACastletown Accordion Orchestra Concert, County Cavan – Irish RepublicGary Blair Workshop, Seattle – USAStefan & Denise @ North Staffs Accordion Club, Stoke-on-Trent – UKYuri Shishkin Returns, Performing With Harmonium Duo - PolandSharon Shannon @ Glastonbury and Tour Dates – UK, Belgium, Ireland, SwitzerlandCNIMA Courses, FranceYegor Zabelov Trio @ Festival, Prague - Czech RepublicIgor Outkine’s ‘I Love Paris - Paris, je t'aime’, London – UKMartynas @ Dartington International Summer School, Devon – UKStéphane Chapuis Master Class, Valais - Switzerland
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Updated Site: Franco Cambareri 2 New Works Released - AustraliaUpdated Site, Available Again, Frank Marocco 3 CD Set & Book - GermanyNewly Available: Auckland March Composed for Accordion OrchestraUpdated: 2017 Frankfurt Musikmesse, 5th to 8th April - GermanyHelp Desk, Information needed, Readers CommentsSubmit Your Question, CommentSUBMIT NOW |
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by Kimmo Mattila Secretary General, Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes (CIA)
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 Pictures:1. Discussions with (left to right): Pyongyang Music University Director, Mirco Patarini, Kimmo Mattila and translator. 2. Trio of the university students, note Italian bass accordion. 3. Accordion Prof. Choe Hyok Representatives of the Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes (CIA) have recently been invited to visit North Korea to view accordion activities and musical education in that country. The invitation was sent by the "North Korean Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries" and myself as CIA Secretary General and CIA Music Committee President Mirco Patarini accepted this historic and interesting invitation in May. During our visit, we met accordion Prof. Choe Hyok and his students at the Pyongyang Music University. A trio of the university students performed Korean music as well as international repertoire, like Piazzolla and Galliano. We also visited the huge Mangyongdae Children’s Palace, where 140 groups practice music, dance, ballet, sports and other skills every day. We listened to an accordion lesson, where an 11-12 year old child practiced basic repertoire. The students don’t need to buy their own instruments because everyone gets an instrument from the Children’s Palace, where they practice three hours each day. We also saw top performances of many children’s musical groups, with the youngest players being only 4-5 years old. The level of musical education is very high and the children must practice very hard every day. Mrs. Jong Un A and Mr. Hong were very friendly hosts and we had several meetings and good musical discussions with them. We strongly experienced, that music can very quickly create strong bridges and artistic cooperation between different countries and different cultures. This reminded me of the English saying "music is the universal language". We also met several North Korean government organisations and authorities of the highest level, in order to establish international musical connections for future activities. We thank our gracious hosts for their invitation and hospitality and I believe these meetings will lead to future international music contact and interaction. Pictures below: 4. Visit to very large accordion factory and meeting with Directors. 5. Mrs Jong Un A and Mirco's birthday cake. 6. Accordion ensemble at the Childrens Palace. 7. Accordion lessons in Childrens Palace. 8. Small childrens school. |
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| The charming traditional Japanese art world was highlighting the fusion of Japanese and Western music for the commemorative event celebrating the 150th Anniversary of diplomatic relations between Japan and Italy. Famous Japanese accordionist Coba is in TFC 55, a group of Japanese musicians. They performed in Italy: Saturday 11 June, Astra Theatre, Castelfidardo (AN) Sunday 12 June, Teatro Giuseppe Verdi, Busseto (PR) and Coba is performing solo at: Wednesday 15 June, Istituto Giapponese di Cultura, Rome. In 2014, Hideki Togi, Iwao Furusawa, and Coba, who are the same age, formed a band called "TFC 55" and have made performances throughout Japan. The instrument ensemble of gagaku, violin and accordion, that nobody had imagined possible, produces a variety of fascinating sounds created solely by these three musicians and brings to the audience the magic of music. Sponsors include the Commune of Castelfidardo and Association Cultural Gervasio Marcosignori. Picture report at: www.accordions.com/marcosignori2016concert/ |
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| Above: 2015 promotional video. The 2016 30th Annual Long Beach Bayou Festival is held at Rainbow Lagoon Park, Long Beach, California 90802 on Saturday & Sunday, June 18 - 19, 2016. The event hours are: Saturday 11 am - 9:00 pm and Sunday: 11 am - 7:30 pm The main promotional line of the festival is that "Fathers Day Plus CrawFish Equals Great Family Time at the Long Beach Bayou Festival This Weekend". The festival features Cajun & Creole cuisine, dance instruction & continuous dancing, Mardi Gras Parade, Watermelon & Crawfish eating competitions plus special activities for kids and teens. |
Tägliche Berichte / Video: 2016 Australische Internationale Akkordeonby Harley Jones |
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 Tagesberichte und Video von den 2016 Australiischen Internationalen AkkordeonMeisterschaften und Festival mit Fotografien, Videos und Ergebnissen unter: Australian International Championships Die täglichen Berichte werden gesponsert von: Akkordeon-Haus Importeur / Einzelhändler, das Australasia mit feinen Akkordeons und Service seit 1957 beliefert. |
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| Excerpts from a major concert by Sergey Osokin, 5th April at the Big Hall, Music School V. Kalinnikov, Moscow. Sergey Osokin is a winner of international accordion competitions and now tutor at the Schnittke Moscow State Institute of Music. Video music list: 1. - A.Schnittke - Gogol suite: (1-Chichikov’s childhood, 2-Officials, 3-Valse, 4-Polka) 2. - V. Tchernikov - Nocturne 3. - K.M.von Veber - Konzertstück for piano & orchestra in F minor, (Op. 79). (3-Marche, 4-Finale) |
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 This is an article written by AAA Historian Joan Grauman about a most interesting program for young people being run at Carleston Elementary School near Houston, Texas by Brian Berlin (picture left).This promotion of accordion and music education for young people could be a great way to encourage more young accordionists. To learn more, read the article (English), video and pictures at: http://www.accordions.com/articles/using_accordion.aspx Picture below, Joan Grauman talking and playing for the school class. |
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by Harley Jones
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  ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic plans in 2017 to release ‘Squeeze Box’, a comprehensive, 15-album box set, housed inside a replica of his accordion. The well-known eccentric parodist’s box set will is to be a compendium of music that spans Yankovic’s career, from his eponymous 1983 debut to 2014’s ‘Mandatory Fun’. The album will be available on remastered CD, vinyl, and in digital format. The box set will also include a bonus rarities record and a 100-page book that features “hidden treasures from Al’s vault”. ‘Weird Al’ recently became the bandleader for IFC TV’s show ‘Comedy Bang! Bang!’, succeeding rapper Kid Cudi and his doppleganger in bizarre-dom and big hair, Reggie Watts. Al is also in the midst of a massive 78-date North American tour in continued support of his mega successful, Grammy-winning LP, ‘Mandatory Fun’. On June 16th ‘Weird Al’ performed a sell-out concert at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, continuing until September 24th with a tour closing concert at the Radio City Music Hall in New York. |
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| The Kyiv Classic Accordion Duo perform Dance of the Furies composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck as a part of Day of Bayan and Accordion in Ukraine in 2014. |
by Rob Howard
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| The Accordions Worldwide News for June 7th 2002 announced details of an upcoming festival in Poland focusing on the accordion as a band instrument. Is this festival still taking place? 2nd International Accordion Music Festival Koszalin 2002 – Poland Contributed by Dr Herbert Scheibenreif Manager of Friedrich Lips Productions The 2nd International Accordion Music Festival Koszalin will take place from September 19th to 22nd in Koszalin organized by the Local Culture Centre of Koszalin and the "Akord" Accordion Band and promoted by the Miejski Osrodek Kultury. The aim of the event is to present the accordion as a band instrument, to introduce this form of making music, to integrate accordion societies and to exchange experiences and repertoires. In addition the accordion will be shown as an instrument which can present different types of music such as jazz, classic and others. Although the accordion is the feature instrument, other instruments will be allowed for accompaniment. The festival will also include a massed accordion orchestra performance. Although the event is not a competition, there will still be a jury that will consist of instructors that will also be festival competitors. The Jury, guided by the main adviser, will consider the following criteria: selection of repertoire, interpretation of music formations, standard of band's artistic experience, discipline of band and general artistic outlook, technique of presentation. The best bands will receive diplomas and souvenirs sponsored by the promoters. |
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by Rob Howard
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 Accordionist Guy Klucevsek and violinist Eric Segnitz perform together in concert on Friday June 17th and Saturday 18th, 7.30pm each evening, Kenilworth 508 Theatre, 1925 E. Kenilworth Pl., Milwaukee. Tickets are $20.Guy Klucevsek, also a composer, is active in new music, jazz and free improvisation, and has released over 20 albums. He is also a founding member of the international group Accordion Tribe. |
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| The Castletown Accordion Orchestra performs in concert on Saturday June 18th, 8.30pm, at the Ramor Theatre, Virginia, Cavan. Under the musical direction of John Chilton, Castletown Accordion Orchestra has represented Ireland at both European and World level winning multiple awards. They have performed concerts in both in Ireland and Europe, including the acclaimed concert tour of The Dolomites in Italy. In advance of their concert they will perform in London in July and the Kilkenny Arts Festival in August. Our special guests include current and former students of the Royal Irish Academy of Music. Éadaoin Copeland, pianist; Katie Kavanagh, Holly Chilton, John & Yvonne Chilton accordionists; and Breeda Kenny, soprano, winner of Scór at national level. |
by Rob Howard
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 Popular Scottish accordionist Gary Blair, on tour, leads an ‘Accordion Tips and Tricks’ workshop on Monday June 20th, 7pm, at Petosa Accordions, 313 NE 45th St, Seattle, WA 98105. Limited space available – please purchase tickets in advance from Petosa Accordions. Admission is $20.Gary Blair started learning accordion at the age of 8 and was taught by his father, Jimmy Blair, who had a large accordion school in Glasgow, Scotland. He was a regular at competitions throughout Europe and was crowned an All Britain accordion champion in 1978. He tours the world performing concerts, workshops and dances – with recent performances in China, Russia, India, UAE, USA, Quebec, France, and Italy. Gary has also been a judge at many festivals around the world. He is a historian and has an enormous collection of vintage accordion magazines, photos, and recordings. Gary Blair is also the featured artist at the Leavenworth Accordion Celebration on Friday June 17th. |
by Rob Howard
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 Stefan Andrusyschyn (accordion) and his wife Denise Leigh (operatic soprano) perform as guests at the North Staffs Accordion Club, Goldenhill Workingmens Club, Kidsgrove Road, Stoke-on-Trent ST6 5SH, on Tuesday June 21st, 8pm. Admission is £4.Stefan Andrusyschyn is in great demand for concerts and accordion festivals throughout the UK. He studied with Oleg Sharov at the St Petersburg Conservatory, Russia, and Owen Murray of the Royal Academy of Music, London. In 2000 he came first in an Under 18 European accordion competition in Switzerland, a prestigious addition to his many successes in UK competitions. Blind from birth, he learns his music from recordings and he enjoys accompanying singers on piano or accordion, the latter ideal as a substitute to the pipe organ suiting the music sung by his wife, Denise. Stefan auditioned for and won a grant for the purchase of his accordion, a Bayan system as used in Russia and the Baltic countries. This was custom made for him by the Zonta company in Minsk, Belarus. In 2003 Denise Leigh won the TV reality show, ‘Operatunity’, and since then has a list of accolades to her name. Sir George Martin, the Beatles producer, invited her to perform at a gala performance at St James’ Palace for the Queen and Prince Philip, the Prince of Wales. Other performances include singing on Classic FM Live from the Royal Albert Hall, Proms in the Park at Hyde Park, The Paralympics at Beijing 2008, The London Olympics opening ceremony 2012, The Royal Opera House in 2010 with Stefan for Channel 4 TV, with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and ‘Friday Night is Music Night’ with the BBC Concert Orchestra, and with Catherine Jenkins, Andre Bocelli, Geraint Dobbs and Wynne Evans (of ‘Go Compare’ fame). For further information email: stevehg0@gmail.com |
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| Concert, June 23rd, at 7 pm. Dominicans Church, Warsaw, Sluzew, Dominikanska 2 Street. |
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| Irish diatonic accordionist Sharon Shannon performs in concert – already sold out – at the Glastonbury Festival later this month. Tour dates: June 24th – Glastonbury, Somerset, England July 1st – Gooyk Festival, Belgium July 2nd – Sark Festival, Channel Islands July 9th – The Green Theater, near the Atomium, Brussels, Belgium July 10th – An Carn, Maghera, County Derry, Northern Ireland July 12th – Monroe’s, Galway, Irish Republic July 16th and 17th – Tiree Music Festival, Scotland July 21st - Paléo Festival Nyon, Switzerland July 26th, 8pm – Church of Ireland, Green St, Boyle, Roscommon, Irish Republic July 30th – Sidmouth Folk Week, England July 31st – Speyfest, Scotland Sharon Shannon plays the diatonic button accordion, fiddle, tin whistle, and the melodeon. She has become a popular international musician, especially within the folk world and with younger audiences. Her 1991 album ‘Sharon Shannon’ is the best-selling album of traditional Irish music ever released in Ireland. In addition to Irish folk music, her work demonstrates a wide-ranging number of musical influences, including reggae, cajun, Portuguese music, and French Canadian music. She won a lifetime achievement award at the 2009 Meteor Awards. |
by Rob Howard
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 The Yegor Zabelov Trio, from Belarussia, perform at the ‘United Islands of Prague’ festival in Prague, Czech Republic, on Sunday June 26th.The Yegor Zabelov Trio are Yegor Zabelov – accordion, Alexander Efimov – bass, and Vladimir Beger – drums. They perform equally well on the stages of classical, jazz, rock, and avant-garde festivals, and know how to keep the attention of the audience with their creativity, thoughtfulness and unpredictability. For further information email: yegorzabelovtrio@gmail.com |
by Rob Howard
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| London-based Russian accordionist and vocalist Igor Outkine performs ‘I Love Paris - Paris, je t'aime’ on Saturday July 9th, 7pm until 11.30pm, at the Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL. This will be an evening of Parisian chic! Igor Outkine is putting on a programme that suits his instrument like no other - the accordion is the sound of Paris. ‘I Love Paris - Paris, je t'aime’ is a music and social dance event with live music by Igor Outkine's Mazaika band. This Parisian-themed romp is sure to delight. The music will take us from the beautiful ballrooms of and the sound of Bizet and Offenbach, to the romantic tunes of Edith Piaf, Charles Aznavour, Michel Legrand as well as gypsy jazz of the Hot Club de France and others. Dance the cheeky Can-Can holding hands with fellow guests, pour wine by the goblet, waltz to 'Under the Bridges of Paris', or simply sit back, close your eyes and hold the hand of someone special, reminiscing of a night-time walk by the Seine. And listen to the accordionist on the pavement... Tickets: £25 before June 24th and £35 after. For further information email: info@mazaika-music.com |
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 The accordion will featured at the Dartington International Summer School this year. Martynas Levickis, from Lithuania, will be teaching accordion classes, and Amy Thatcher, accordionist and clog dancer, will be teaching a folk course with Kathryn Tickell (Northumbrian piper, fiddler and singer). The Summer School takes place on the Dartington Estate near Totnes in Devon, with its mediaeval courtyard and glorious gardens. It runs for 4 weeks from July 30th to August 26th and attracts an amazing variety for music-lovers of all ages and abilities. The first session of the morning gives the choice of singing in the big choir or playing in the orchestra of the week, and the rest of the morning and afternoon are filled with classes and informal music-making, then at 5.15pm the concerts start, finishing with a late night one at 10pm or thereabouts. Booking is for one or more weeks. The principle is that, if you pay to attend the week, you can participate in any of the courses, attend all the concerts, and sit in and watch any of the workshops and masterclasses. You will probably know immediately what your first interest is, but then you can join in anything else you can fit into your timetable! A Dartington visit is never quite what you expect, and you always have to make some difficult choices! Week 2 is the folk week (with quite a bit of baroque music going on as well). Amy and Kathryn will have the whole of each afternoon for their course. They will also be giving the main evening concert on the Sunday, and the class will give an afternoon concert later in the week. There will be a folk choir in the morning, led by Sally Davies and the week will end with a Ceilidh on the Friday night. Martynas is coming in week 3, which will have a more classical and Latin American flavour. Each afternoon, he will run an accordion workshop and be one of the tutors in a Bossa Nova and Tango workshop looking at the works of Jobim and Piazzolla. He will also be giving a solo recital and a Tango Nuevo concert with the other tutors. The big choir that week will be singing Haydn’s Nelson Mass, and the week will end with a Tango Ball. The courses offer great opportunities to develop one’s own playing and to make music with other instruments. The cost depends on the accommodation you choose - from camping to a high-quality room in the mediaeval courtyard. The prospectus is available on request. For further information email: summerschool@dartington.org |
by Rob Howard
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 An accordion master class led by Stéphane Chapuis takes place from July 14th to 18th, 10am until 8pm, at Académie de musique Tibor Varga, Case postale 2001, Sion 2, Valais, Switzerland.Stéphane Chapuis, born in 1967, is a virtuoso of the accordion and bandoneon. From 1983 to 1992 he was several times the winner of international competitions. He currently teaches at the l’ HEMU - Lausanne (Haute Ecole de Musique), the Conservatoire cantonal de musique de Sion, and at l’EJMA - VS (Ecole de Jazz et Musique Actuelle). He is a member of Tango Sensations, has performed at festivals such as the Montreux Jazz Festival, and he has worked with many orchestras. For further information email: info@amsion.ch |
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 Franco Cambareri has released two new compositions:cfranco203 - Danza Carnavalesca cfranco204 - Simplicity as an eSheet, able to be purchased online with credit card and sent to you by email. |
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 Now available again is the Frank Marocco 3 CD set and a beautifully presented book titled "Jazz On The Road, Volume 1-3" Catalog: ks550The book describes Frank Marocco's musical life in extensive texts enriched with many never-before published photos and significant interviews. The author is accordionist, conductor and music historian Thomas Eickhoff. |
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 Auckland March for Accordion Orchestra is now available online. Score only - Catalog ED0043A_D Set of Parts only - Catalog ED0043B_D Parts available are: 1st Accordion, 2nd Accordion, 3rd Accordion, 4th Accordion, 5th Accordion, 6th Accordion, Bass Accordion, Bass Drum, Kit drum, Percussion (glockenspeil), Snare & Cymbal, Timpani. Auckland March for accordion orchestra had its world premiere performance at the 2009 Coupe Mondiale in Auckland City. The work was performed by the World Accordion Orchestra III conducted by Gary Daverne for two works and Joan Sommers for two works. Pictures and report: http://www.coupemondiale.org/2009/nz_report_orchestra.htm Recording with sound samples at: coupe2009 Auckland March is available as an accordion solo - Catalog ED0275_D and an accordion duet - Catalog ED0059 |
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| Accordion Yellow Pages Future Events update: 2017 Frankfurt Musikmesse will open its doors from Wednesday 5th to Saturday 8th April. The hours of opening will also be slightly modified for 2017 to be open from 10.00 am to 6.00 pm on all days of the fairs. |
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