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ACTIVIDADES DEL DÚO “UNA SINISTRA” PARA INVIERNO/PRIMAVERA – RUSIA, ITALIA, CROACIA Y CHINA
CNIMA J. MORNET CURSOS CON FRANCK ANGÉLIS, CLAUDE THOMAIN Y LUDOVIC BEIER – FRANCIA.
18ª SEMANA INTERNACIONAL DEL ACORDEÓN. ALCOBAÇA- PORTUGAL
Reports for Concerts, Masterclasses, Competitions, Festivals, etc. |
Lucy Alves’ New Solo Album, Rio de Janeiro - BrazilVideo: Mika Väyrynen Performs Two World Premieres, Helsinki - FinlandPamela Zahra in the 5th Sanremo Junior Contest, Valletta – MaltaVideo: Viatcheslav Semionov Performs Caprice No. 3 With Roland - RussiaReview of Royal Academy of Music Concert, London – UKVideo: Mikhail Ovchinnikov Performs Chaconne by J S Bach - RussiaVideo: Server Abkerimov & Orchestra Performing "Gypsy Airs" - Russia‘14 Years Ago’: An ‘Accordion Gathering’ in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Future events |
Peter Soave Concert, Michigan - USAHelen Maher’s April Gigs, Liverpool – UKBeto Caetano Entertains, Rio Grande do Sul – Brazil2014 Big Squeeze Finalists, Texas - USAMurl Allen Sanders Concerts, Oregon – USAMika Väyrynen in Concert in Croatia and SpainJoâo Gentil Concert, Coimbra Da Foz - PortugalSyros Accordion Festival, Syros - Greece
New and Updated Sites |
Finland Recording Site Update adding sound samples - FinlandKaren Fremar New Site for CD 'Night at the Pla-Mor' - USAAustralian Accordion Teachers Assoc (AATA) Website Updated - AustraliaUpdated Site of Harley Jones Recording of the 1990's - New ZealandSite Updated: Gary Dahl eBooks Collections #1 to #6 Special Price - USA
CD Reviews |
Johann Sebastian Bach - Volume 2 - The French Suites 4 – 6 Prelude and Fugue in A minor AirHelp Desk, Information needed, Readers CommentsSubmit Your Question, CommentSUBMIT NOW |
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GALA DEL TANGO CON “GUARDIA NUEVA”, BERLÍN – ALEMANIAby Harley Jones |
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 La Orquesta de Tango Guardia Nueva, de Ostrobothnia, Finlandia, actuará el 6 de junio en el Chamber Music Hall, de la Filarmónica de Berlin, único concierto en Alemania.Como grupo consumado, y bajo la batuta de Raimo Vertainen (imagen izquierda) tiene un gran repertorio que incluye obras de Astor Piazzolla, Richard Galliano, Gotan Project y tangos fineses todos específicamente arreglados para esta formación. La Tango Gala será el primer evento de estas características que se realizará en la Berlin Philharmonic. Guardia Nueva ofrecerá a los asistentes la visión del estado de este género musical, que goza de una tradición de 80 años en Finlandia. Como agrupación han tocado por todo el mundo, en países tan distantes como Argentina o Turquía. |
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ACTIVIDADES DEL DÚO “UNA SINISTRA” PARA INVIERNO/PRIMAVERA – RUSIA, ITALIA, CROACIA Y CHINAby Harley Jones |
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 Vídeo: “Russian accordion day” concierto en la Academia Gnessin de Moscú. El famoso dúo de Moscú “Una Sinistra” formado por Yulia Amerikova y Alexander Selivanov, ha gozado de una vertiginosa actividad en invierno seguida de una primavera cargada de actividades y eventos. Actividades destacadas: Enero: -Concierto y master class en Croacia. -Concierto: “Russian Classical Music” en el Conservatorio de Musica G. Tartini, Trieste, Italia (artículo en el periódico arriba). Marzo: -1st International Accordion Competition “Bayan, accordion, harmonica”, como organizadores y miembros del jurado, Moscú, Rusia. - Concierto con Mirco Patarini, estrella invitada Cheboksari, región del Volga, Rusia (imágenes superiores). -Aniversario de E. Anichkin (colega profesor de Alexander Selivanov), con la participación de Mirco Patarini, y estudiantes de Alexander Selivanov, músicos locales y la Orquesta Sinfónica Yoshkar-Ola, región del Volga, Rusia. -Competición Regional “Jóvenes talentos de Kamchatka”, Yulia Amerikova concierto y master class (imagen de la izquierda). Abril: - Del 14 al 20 – master classes y concierto por Alexander Selivanov, Shanghai normal University y Conservatorio de Música, Shanghai, China. -Del 27 al 30 – All-Russia competición de acordeón “Vivat, Bayan!” Alexander Selivanov, jurado (presidente) y conciertos. -Del 30 de abreil al 6 de Mayo: Master classes de Alexander Selivanov en Nighnyaya Tura, región de los Urales, Russia. La trayectoria del dúo “Una sinistra” está plagada de reconocimientos y premios en competiciones internacionales y nacionales. Sus programas suelen incluir música contemporánea y distintas músicas populares, destacando la presencia de compositores como Buxtehude, Couperin, Barber, Shostakovich, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Sviridov, Piazzolla, Semionov, Gridin, Ganzer y Angelis, entre otros. Para toda la información que necesites: yulia.amerikova@gmail.com |
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CNIMA J. MORNET CURSOS CON FRANCK ANGÉLIS, CLAUDE THOMAIN Y LUDOVIC BEIER – FRANCIA.by Harley Jones |
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 Vídeo: Ludovic Beier en el reciente Frankfurt Messe haciendo una demostración de acordeón Roland.Próximamente podremos contar con tres cursos de acordeón en julio y agosto en CNIMA J. Mornet, Auvergne, situado al sur de Francia. CNIMA J. Mornet es una famosa escuela fundada y dirigida por el profesor Jacques Mornet y Nathalie Boucheix. Dos de los más famosos compositores para acordeón de Francia, Franck Angelis y Claude Thomain, estarán enseñando y explicando sus obras en este emplazamiento. Del 21 al 25 de julio Franck Angelis, uno de los compositores más interpretados en las competiciones internacionales de todo el mundo, estará explicando sus trabajos, lo cual te resultará muy útil si estás planeando tocar alguna de esas obras en una competición. Por su parte Claude Thomain, hará lo propio del 11 al 15 de agosto. Tras estos cursos, del 15 al 17 de agosto, patrocinado por Roland Education, Ludovic Beier, reconocido como uno de los acordeonistas-jazz más influyentes del momento impartirá una master class destinada a descubrir la musicalidad en el acordeón digital. Cada uno de los artistas invitados ofrecerá un concierto privado. CNIMA J: MORNET está ubicada en Les Ludines, 63950 Saint-Sauves d'Auvergne. Se accede fácilmente a la escuela por las autovías A71, A75 y A89, y la estación del tren local está a tu disposición igualmente. Para toda la información que necesites: cnima@wanadoo.fr |
18ª SEMANA INTERNACIONAL DEL ACORDEÓN. ALCOBAÇA- PORTUGALby Harley Jones |
 El evento tendrá lugar en Alcobaça, Portugal, del 2 al 11 de mayo. El Seminario incluye master class, conciertos públicos y una competición.El evento comienza con una master class los días 2 y 3 de mayo las 9:00, con el profesor Massimiliano Pitocco. Del 9 al 11 de mayo habrá una competición, para varias edades y categorías entre las que se incluyen sólo, dúo, trío, agrupación y orquesta. Para más información email: asacalcobaca@gmail.com |
Reports for Concerts, Masterclasses, Competitions, Festivals, etc. |
by Holda Paoletti-Kampl
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 Video above: Video 1: Lucy Alves and 'Clan Brazil' on the TV program Fátima BernadesVideo 2: Lucy Alves and family perform 'No Meu Chevette, Não!' Lucy Alves, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, finalist of the second edition of ‘The Voice’, signed a contract with Universal Records to release her first solo album. The album, named after the singer, hits the market with famous reinterpretations of Brazilian hits in collaboration with her father and with the precious contribution and influence of some of the most important artists in Brazil like Marisa Monte, Carlinhos Brown and Alceu Valença. Lucy Alves is not an “invention” by the reality show. She is a singer and multi-instrumentalist since childhood, and the artist has had an extensive career thanks to her family group 'Clan Brazil'. The solo CD of Lucy Alves confirms the Brazilian personality already presented in primetime. Among singers shaped for TV, Lucy Alves belongs to a small group that invested in showing the real way, with personality. These independent results already guarantee an assured success. Talented, beautiful and charismatic, Lucy Alves has a great future. |
by Harley Jones
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  Video: Finnish accordionist Mika Väyrynen presented a concert, ‘Danse Macabre’, on March 31st at the Helsinki Music Center, Camerata Theater, at 7pm, where he performed the world premieres of two new solo works for accordion. The new works premiered were ‘Peer Gynt Fantasy’, by Paavo Korpijaakko, and ‘The Sound of Ice’, by Pasi Lyytikäinen. Video 1: The Sound of Ice (2013) by Pasi Lyytikäinen (b.1975 ) world premiere. Video 2: ‘Peer Gynt Fantasy’, by Paavo Korpijaakko world premiere. CD Recordings available at: Finnish Accordeon Institute |
by Rob Howard
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 Accordionist Pamela Zahra took part in the Sanremo Junior contest for young singers and musicians, held at the Mediterranean Conference Centre, Valletta, on April 5th, an event televised live on the Maltese channel TVM.There were six instrumentalists, selected from an original entry of 60, and the judges declared the six to be all of about equal ability and performance. Pamela acquitted herself very well, performing ‘Espana Cani’ (Spanish Gipsy Dance), by Pascual Marquina, transcribed for accordion by Gerald Crossman, but the winner was judged to be Laetitia Amodio, a pianist. A positive feature of Pamela’s participation is that she raised the profile of the accordion on national television to an audience of several millions in Malta, and many enquires were received afterwards about our favourite instrument. Pamela Zahra is taught by Marthese Busuttil Cassar L.B.C.A., and is a member of the Santa Maria Accordion Band. On May 7th Pamela will take the BCA Grade 7 practical examination. Laetitia Amodio and other winners of the Malta contest will take part in the Sanremo international finals, held at the Teatro Ariston, San Remo, Italy, from May 7th to 10th. |
by Harley Jones
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 National Artist of Russia Viatcheslav Semionov performs his own composition Caprice No. 3 on a Roland. The music is available online at: vsemionovbook1Video by ProtaVideo, Anatoly Morozov who has over 180 videos online. http://www.youtube.com/user/protaVideo 6 CD's available online at: Viatcheslav Semionov |
by Roland Williams
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| The Accordion Department of the Royal Academy of Music is a small one but its students never fail to come up with concert programmes of great interest and high quality of performance. 2014_03_25Review |
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| Performance by Mikhail Ovchinnikov of Chaconne by J S Bach, 23 March 2014 concert of A.V. Krupin students to celebrate the opening of the Interregional Accordion Competition. |
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| Video: Server Abkerimov & "Moscow Camerata" Orchestra Performing "Gypsy Airs". |
by Rob Howard
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| The Accordions Worldwide news for the week ending April 21st 2000 included an item about an ‘accordion gathering’ in Buenos Aires, featuring 20 accordionists performing. It is good to report examples of accordion players coming together to share the music and pleasure that our favourite instrument brings to people around the world. Accordion Gathering in Buenos Aires – Argentina Contributed by Emilio Bertrand An ‘Accordion Gathering’ was held on April 9th at the Villa Malcom Club, Buenos Aires, organized by the International Association of Accordionists President, Julio Erman. Over 20 accordionists performed. The aim of the meeting is to provide a place for accordionists, friends, relatives and fans to "get together" and enjoy accordion music. The next gathering will be held on May 14th and on the second Sunday of every following month. |
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by Rob Howard
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 Accordionist and bandoneonist Peter Soave performs in concert with Michele Ramo (8 string guitar/violin/mandolin) and Heidi Hepler (vocals) at the Kerry Town Concert House, Ann Arbor, Michigan, on Sunday April 27th, 4pm. This concert is organized by the Michigan Accordion SocietyPeter Soave is renowned worldwide as an accordion and bandoneon virtuoso through his numerous international appearances, both solo and with orchestras. He also has an outstanding record in international competitions, winning the Grand Prix in Neu Isenberg, West Germany, the International Competition in Klingenthal, East Germany, the CIA Coupe Mondiale in Folkstone, UK, and the CMA Trophee Mondiale in Arrezano, Italy. For further information email: peter@petersoave.com |
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 Accordionist and vocalist Helen Maher’s gig list for the remainder of April includes:April 19th, 8.30pm – solo, Unison Sports and Social Club, Bishop Rd, St Helens, Lancashire April 23rd, 6/8.30pm – with Alla Misura, Vauxhall Vaults, Vauxhall Rd, Liverpool April 25th, 7.30pm – with Ian Prowse & Amsterdam, Slade Rooms, Wolverhampton April 26th, 7.30pm - private function with the Liverpool Country Dance Band April 28th, 6/8.30pm – with Alla Misura, Vauxhall Vaults, Vauxhall Rd, Liverpool For further information email: helen@helenmaher.com |
by Rob Howard
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 On Saturday April 19th, 10pm, Beto Caetano entertains at the restaurant Casarão Nativo, Alegrete, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. |
by Harley Jones
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  The organisers of the 2014 Big Squeeze Texas FolkLife have announced the finalists.For the category of Zydeco: -- Randall Jackson of Dallas -- Je'an-Trel Jolivette of Marvel -- DeJe'an Jolivette of Marvel For the category of Polka: -- Rebecca Huck of Harker Heights (picture right) -- Chris Trojacek of Ennis -- Garrett Neubauer of Altair For the category of Conjunto: -- Aaron Salinas of San Antonio -- Luis Gonzales of Grand Prairie -- Mariano Resendez of La Joya and because of the overwhelming amount of Conjunto entries we have awarded Honorable Mention to: -- Rito Peña of San Antonio -- Alan Guerra of Mission -- Nizhoni Begay of San Antonio The Big Squeeze Finals & Concert are on Saturday, 26th April, 2 - 6 pm at the Bullock Texas History Museum, Austin. Free Admission. There is an official after-party called the Big Squeeze Backyard Bash which is also a fundraiser for the Big Squeeze contest, to be held the evening of 26th April. Debra Peters and Mario Pedone have spent time preparing Rebecca Huck (a Polka Finalist) for this competition. Debra Peters comments, “Becca can play in every key with ease and recent favorite was key of B. One day I put on an old vinyl record and within only hearing the intro she told me...oh that's the key of E.... I asked her how she knew this so quick? She said... 'it's because you taught me" and I said... no... Becca... you can do this because God gave this talent to you. She has been given the gift of knowing music”. |
by Rob Howard
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 Murl Allen Sanders will be performing with his band on Saturday April 19th, 1.30pm, at the Tualatin Elks Club, a suburb of Portland, Oregon, for the Rose City Accordion Club. The concert will feature music from his most recent CD, ‘Stories of Lucile’.From June 8th to 12th Murl will return for the sixth consecutive year to the Rose City Accordion Club’s ‘Ac-cordion Camp’ at Silver Falls State Park in Oregon to conduct accordion orchestras, perform and teach. Murl will be joined by co-conductor Stas Venglevski, teachers Ron Borelli and Beverly Fess. Attendees play daily in the accordion orchestra, attend workshops, one-on-one lessons, jam sessions and enjoy performances by professionals and amateurs alike. On July 26th and 27th Murl will perform with renowned saxophonist Warren Rand and his group at the Inter-national Pinot Noir Festival in McMinnville, Oregon. For further information email: MurlSanders@cs.com |
by Kevin Friedrich
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 Finnish accordionist Mika Väyrynen will be appearing in concert and conducting seminars on his upcoming tour to Croatia and Spain.Mika will appear as the featured International guest artist as well as serve as a member of the International Jury at the 39th Pula Accordion Competition and Festival in Croatia from April 22nd to 25th. Mika's concert will be given in the Great Hall on April 24th at 9pm. From Croatia, he will travel to Guadarrama, (Madrid) Spain where he will perform a concert on April 26th. Additional solo concerts will be presented in Spain on April 29th in Jaen, and on April 30th in the Teatro Jovellanos in Gijon. In addition to his concerts, Mika Väyrynen will conduct a seminar on May 1st in Oviedo, Spain, at the Superior Conservatory Eduardo Martinez Torner, and on May 3rd at the Superrios Conservatory ESMuC in Barcelona. Mika's concert will feature original works as well as those by J. S. Bach, Edvard Grieg, Paavo Korpijaakko, Herman Galinin, Pasi Lyytikäinen, Sergey Rachmaninov, and C. Saint-Saens/V. Horowitz, arr. M. Väyrynen. For more information on Mika, please visit Mika Väyrynen CD Recordings available at: Finnish Accordeon Institute |
by Rob Howard
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 Accordionist Joâo Gentil and pianist Francisco Fernandes perform in concert at aCapella, Rua Corpo de Deus, Coimbra, Portugal, on Saturday April 26th, 11pm. Their program of Portuguese, French and Argentine music includes Astor Piazzolla, Richard Galliano, Amalia Rodrigues, and Edith Piaf. For further information email: joaogentil1@gmail.com |
by Rob Howard
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| The 3rd Syros Accordion Festival takes place from April 24th to 29th at four venues on the Greek island of Syros. The theme of this year’s festival is ‘music and dance’. The festival includes seminars by Claudio Jacomucci, Kathleen Delanay (dancer), K. Raptis, S. Katsatsidis, and S. Pasopoulos. There will be a repair and maintenance workshop by P. Zafiriou (‘Panaccordion’). In the morning children will have the opportunity to engage in educational activities and games exploring the world of accordion with Elpida Rigoutsou. There will be 5 seminars of accordion and 2 seminars of contemporary dance for all, group and individual class, Alexander Technique, Thrace and Macedonia music. There is a special price on seminars for registration until June 15th 2014. Artists performing include Alexander Tchuev, Bandoneando, Gadjo Dilo, Claudio Jacomucci, Kathleen Delanay, Konstanio. Raptis, Stelios Katsatsidis, Stamatis Pasopoulos, the children from the Ptolemaidas Conservatory and of the music school at Elpida, Syros. The festival is organized by the Syros Accordion Group and the non-profit organisation Ourios Anemos. For further information email: accordion.syros@gmail.com |
New and Updated Sites |
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 Finland Recording site updated For Duo Works For Two Accordion catalog: faicd25 with sound samples added. Music performed by Mika Väyrynen and Angel Luis Castaño. Purchase online. |
by Karen Fremar
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 Karen Fremar New Site for CD titled 'Night at the Pla-Mor', catalog: kfremarCD01 with sound samples and eTracks MP3 downloadable files. Purchase online. |
by Tania Lukic-Marx
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| Australian Accordion Teachers Assoc (AATA) website has ben updated with a schedule of events for their international competitions being held 7th and 8th June 2014. This will be the 20th Anniversary of the AATA. |
by Harley Jones
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 A updated site of Harley Jones Recording of the 1990's is now online at: Harley Jones CollectionThe recordings are available online as eTracks mp3 files, album € 6.00 |
by Gary Dahl
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| Gary Dahl - Author, composer, arranger, recording artist and music educator announces that the Gary Dahl eBooks collections (numbers 1 -6) are now being sold as a complete set for a special price of only US$185 or the € equivalent. Cat No: DH01-06eB |
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CD Reviews |
by Joan C. Sommers
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 CD Reviews Index for the Review of Johann Sebastian Bach - Volume 2 - The French Suites 4 – 6 Prelude and Fugue in A minor Air CD by Mika Väyrynen, Accordion, in English language, reviewed by Joan C. Sommers. |
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