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Premio Bari Accordion Festival 2023 - Italia
Gira de conciertos Radu Ratoi 2023 - China
Accordionists Perform at Tribute Concert for Asmund Bjørken - NorwayAccordion Orchestras Perform at BeethovenFest Bonn - Germany1st Valcamonica International Accordion Competition – Italy
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Accordionists Perform at Helsinki Contemporary Opera Festival - FinlandAccordionists at 1st Annual “Play Music on the Porch” Day - WorldwideVideo: Weltmeister Wednesdays Features Accordionists from Italy, Ukraine and Iran
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Akkordeon Orchester Recklinghausen “La Danza” Live Dance Party - GermanyDuo Artina Performs at Centar Za Kulturu Korčula - CroatiaClassical Musicians Scotland Concert, Scotland - UK“Saso Avsenik & his Oberkrainer” Perform at Radgonska Noč 2023 - SloveniaRoyal Cajun Band Perform in Vancouver - CanadaCanterbury Accordion Association Variety Concert – New Zealand
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2023 Festival de Arte del Acordeón Xin Jiang Ta Cheng - Chinaby Harley Jones |
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| Récord Mundial Guinness conseguido en el Festival de Arte del Acordeón Xin Jiang Ta Cheng 2023. Video de arriba de los 2525 acordeonistas en vivo, además de 2003 verificado en línea para un total de 4528 acordeonistas. El informe completo de este gran acontecimiento en Ta Cheng, China, está disponible en línea en 2023Tacheng |
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Premio Bari Accordion Festival 2023 - Italiaby Christine Johnstone |
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| El Premio Bari Accordion Festival 2023 se celebrará en la Iglesia de San Gaetano en Bari Vecchia, Italia, los días 9 y 10 de septiembre de 2023, organizado por la Asociación Italiana de Acordeón AFI, con el patrocinio y la contribución del Ayuntamiento de Bari - Departamento de Cultura. El Concurso tiene como objetivo fomentar la competencia entre jóvenes talentos, contribuir al crecimiento de la cultura del acordeón clásico de concierto y promover el deseo de diálogo, la creatividad y la afirmación en el fascinante mundo de la música. El concurso se divide en dos secciones - sección de solistas de acordeón clásico - sección de música de cámara con acordeón El jurado internacional está compuesto por: Stefan Hussong (Presidente), Basha Savinska, Massimo Signorini, Marco Vanni y Tiziana Portoghese. La fecha límite para la presentación de candidaturas es el 31 de agosto de 2023. Descargue aquí el reglamento del concurso en italiano e inglés: 2023BariRules |
Gira de conciertos Radu Ratoi 2023 - Chinaby Christine Johnstone |
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| Radu Ratoi (Moldavia), ganador de muchos de los concursos internacionales de más alto nivel, incluida la Coupe Mondiale, comenzó su gira de conciertos por China con actuaciones en Qinhuangdao el 16 de agosto y en Xi'an el 17 de agosto. Durante su extensa gira, Radu dará 21 conciertos en 22 días, además de impartir clases magistrales. Otras fechas de la gira: 18 de agosto - Guiyang 19 de agosto - Changsha 20 de agosto - Wuhan 21 de agosto - Hangzhou 23 de agosto - Guangzhou 24 de agosto - Nanchang 25 de agosto - Zhanjiang 26 de agosto - Taiyuan 27 de Agosto - Shenzhen 28 de Agosto - Harbin 29 de Agosto - Changchun 30 de Agosto - Shenyang 31 de agosto - Dalian 1 de septiembre - Shanghai 2 de septiembre - Nanjing 3 de septiembre - Chongqing 4 de septiembre - Chengdu 5 de septiembre - Tianjin 6 de septiembre - Pekín |
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 Accordionists will perform at a Tribute Concert for Norwegian accordionist & saxophonist, Asmund Bjørken (19 August 1933 – 29 January 2018) at the Norwegian Radio and Television Museum (Norsk Radio-og Fjernsynsmuseum) in Selbu, Norway, on August 20th, 2023 from 4pm.Asmund (picture right) specialised in jazz and folk music. The event will mark his 90th birthday and feature 34 musicians on stage. Performers include P.A. Røstad Orchestra (picture below), Sigmund Sæther, Stian Carstensen and Tore Johansen. Viggo Valle is the presenter. |
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| The BeethovenFest Bonn will be held in Bonn, Germany on September 2nd, 2023. The event will include students from a wide variety of music schools in Bonn (and surrounding areas) plying music on several stages. "Set the stage for Beethoven" will take place from 12 pm on various stages in Marktplatz. Friedensplatz, Bonngasse, Opernfoyer and Remigiusplatz. The Akkordeon-Orchester Wesseling (conducted by Anita Brandtstäter) will perform their "Gemeinsam musizieren mit Quetsch" (Making squeeze music together) concert in the foyer of the Bonn Opera at 12 midday. They will present mainly modern original music for accordion orchestras such as: You Could Be the Best (Pop-Song), Dance With Me the Blues (Blues), Happy Waltz in Spring and many more. |
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| The 1st Valcamonica International Accordion Competition will be held in Valcamonica, Brescia, Italy on September 23rd and 24th, 2023, organised by the Mountain Community of Valle Camonica, the Union of Municipalities of Val Saviore, the Municipality of Cevo, the Pro Loco Valsaviore, the Promo Cevo and the Association "El Teler" of Berzo Demo. The competition aims to promote musical culture and enhance young musicians. The Artistic Director is Eugenia Marini. The event is open to accordionists of all nationalities. The jury will be made up of Vincenzo Abbracciante, Saria Convertino, Michele Fedrigotti, Marie-Andrée Jeorger and Eugenia Marini (Secretary of the Commission Francesco Zaccaria). Registrations close on August 31, 2023. Download competition rules here: 2023Valcamonica |
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 Accordionists Sonja Vertainen and Sini Ström (picture left wearing performance masks) will perform at the Helsinki Contemporary Opera Festival, held at the Alexander Theatre in Helsinki, Finland on August 18th and 19th, 2023.Together with Finnish-Swedish writer Heidi von Wright, Norwegian composer Tze Yeung Ho created the new chamber opera “Det här är ögönblicket” (This is the Moment) for two voices and two accordions in three short acts, reflecting on the concept of death on the opera stage. The event also includes a short intermezzo for an accordion duo written by the Finnish composer Dante Thelestami. |
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| Accordionists and other musicians around the world will be joining in the 1st Annual “Play Music on the Porch” Day on August 26th, 2023. So far events are happening in over 1800 locations in 47 countries around the world. For details email: info@playmusicontheporchday.com |
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 Video: Weltmeister Wednesdays on August 2nd, 2023 featured the following accordionists:• Concert performance by Diego Dessi (Italy) • S. Gholamreza Sayed Hassani (Iran) who performed and also showed the accordion collection at the "Tabriz Accordion Museum" in Iran • Denys Snihirov (Ukraine) |
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| The Akkordeon Orchester Recklinghausen (AO-Recklinghausen) will hold “La Danza” Live Dance Party at the Tanzhaus in Recklinghausen, Germany on August 19th, 2023 at 7pm. The orchestra will perform under the musical direction of Tobias Dalhof. See poster for details. |
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| Duo Artina, which features Martina Jembrišak (accordion) and Andrea Jelavic (flute) will perform in concert at the Centar Za Kulturu Korcula (Korcula Culture Center), Atrium of Korcula Town Hall in Korcula, Croatia on August 25th, 2023. The duo is a chamber ensemble that got its name from the uninhabited island of Artina, located in the Croatian part of the Adriatic Sea. The musicians promote contemporary classical music with their work and began their collaboration a few years ago with their first concert at the Summer Charms of Classical Music in Split, Croatia. Free entry. For details email: jembrisakmartina@gmail.com |
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 Classical Musicians Scotland will hold their next accordion concert as follows:• August 25th, 2023 from 7.30pm to 8.20pm - Paul Chamberlain (accordion - picture right) at the Trinity Church in Falkirk, Scotland for Classic Music Live! Classical Musicians Scotland supports emerging and established professional performers for events across the UK. All musicians are from or based in Scotland, and perform regularly on the classical music scene. For details phone: 0141 942 0023 |
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| “Saso Avsenik & his Oberkrainer” will perform at the Radgonska Noc 2023 festival at Trg svobode in Gornja Radgona, Slovenia on August 26th, 2023. Sašo's grandfather and uncle, brothers Slavko and Vilko Avsenik invented the legendary style of Oberkrainer music in 1953. The ensemble, which features Sašo Avsenik (accordion), Aleš Jurman (bass), Matic Plevel (guitar), Denis Daneu (trumpet), Tommy Budin (clarinet), and singers Luka Sešek and Lucija Selak, perform a variety of Slovenian folk music. For details email: matic@saso-avsenik.com |
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| The Royal Cajun Band perform at the Princeton Pub in Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada on August 30th, 2023. The seven piece band showcases four vocalists and presents a diverse variety of songs, sung in both French and English. This concert is “a Wednesday 'End of Summer' blow out.” See poster for details. |
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 The Canterbury Accordion Association will hold a Variety Concert at the Methodist Centre in Upper Riccarton, Christchurch, New Zealand on September 3rd, 2023 at 3pm.Performers include the Christchurch Accordion Orchestra conducted by David Thorne (picture left) and guests. All welcome. See poster for details. |
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2023 CIA Video Archive and Education Project, Bijeljina - Bosnia y Herzegovinaby Harley Jones |
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 Scandalli Accordion Factory es el patrocinador del Proyecto de Educación y Archivo de Video, 2023 Coupe Mondiale, 5-9 Septiembre, Bosnia y Herzegovina.El "Proyecto de educación de archivos de video" es un proyecto iniciado en 2010 por la Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes (CIA) con la ayuda de patrocinadores y Accordions Worldwide. Los videos deben estar en línea aproximadamente 1 hora después de la presentación en vivo o la competencia en vivo y los espectadores tendrán descargas gratuitas de las competencias de Coupe Mondiale con una amplia gama de diferentes tipos y estilos de música. El proyecto incluye un video de todas las categorías de Coupe Mondiale y sus concursantes que se guardará en los archivos de la CIA en Finlandia, que en los próximos años se convertirán en una gran cantidad de grabaciones históricas, incluido el estreno de muchas obras originales de acordeón y la aparición de próximas artistas en la Coupe Mondiale. Agradecemos a Scandalli Accordion Factory por su patrocinio, permitiendo este ambicioso proyecto gratuito para ayudar a los estudiantes y tutores de acordeón en todo el mundo. |
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Reportaje fotográfico del Accordionists & Teachers Guild International (ATG) Festival - EE.UU.by Harley Jones |
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| El reportaje fotográfico del 2023 Accordionists & Teachers Guild, International (ATG) Festival celebrado en Lisle, IL (Chicago) está en línea en: http://www.accordions.com/atg/2023report.php |
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