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2022 Landes Musik Festival, Göppingen - Deutschland
Chevigny Accordéon Festival 2022 - Frankreich
CNIMA USA Unterrichts-Tournee, Mai & Juni 2022 - USA
Interregionaler sibirischer Wettbewerb zum Gedenken an A. N. Romanov, Novosibirsk - Russland
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Sylvia Pagni Performs on "FOSCA Innocenti" Crime Drama Soundtrack – ItalyMarco Lo Russo, Made in Italy Tour in Mexico50th Kleine Tage der Harmonika – GermanyOnline Reunion to Remember Frank Marocco Ten Years After His Passing - USACastelfidardo 22 May 2022: Italy National Selection For (CIA) Coupe Mondiale - Italy2022 AAA Coupe Mondiale Qualification - USAVideo: New Accordion Orchestra in Lagos - NigeriaVideo: “War Rhapsody” by Semir Hasić - CroatiaAcademias Previale Accordion Courses - Uruguay
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Online: Scottish Sessions with Guest AccordionistsVojtech Szabó Performs at Teachers Concert - Czech RepublicFifi la Mer French Music Cabaret - England“Café Tango” Concert in Victoria – CanadaAlan Small Entertains on West Coast of ScotlandTrio Voronezh Performs in “Beauty and the Beast” Ballet, Oregon – USAInternational Klezmer Festival Fürth – GermanyAccordion and Dancing Festival – France“Cherish the Ladies” Irish Music Tour - USA
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Online_12. Orpheus Award 2022 - Italienby Christine Johnstone |
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  Online: Die Preisverleihung des 12. Orpheus Award 2022 (Kritikerpreis für Akkordeonproduktionen und die ganze Familie der Rohrblattinstrumente) für italienische Künstler wird am 13. März 2022 in Roseto degli Abruzzi stattfinden, organisiert von der Associazione Promozione Arte.Künstlerischer Leiter ist der bekannte Journalist und Musikkritiker Gerlando Gatto, Präsident ist Renzo Ruggieri (Bild links), Giuseppe di Falco (Sekretär) und Andrea di Giacomo (Sekretär). Die Veranstaltung ist in drei Sektionen unterteilt: - Italienische Produktionen für klassisches Akkordeon - Italienische Produktionen für Jazz-Akkordeon - Italienische Produktionen für World/Popular/Career-Akkordeon Sehen Sie sich die Liste der Produktionen (CD oder digitaler Vertrieb) von Akkordeonisten (oder Bandoneon, diatonisch, melodisch, harmonisch, usw.) für an: 2022Orpheus.pdf |
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2022 Landes Musik Festival, Göppingen - Deutschlandby Christine Johnstone |
 Das Landes-Musik-Festival 2022 wird am 2. Juli 2022 in der Hohenstaufenstadt Göppingen, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland, stattfinden.Das Landes-Musik-Festival ist ein Festival der anderen Art, denn unter dem Festivalmotto "Klingende Vielfalt" wird eine ganze Stadt zum Festspielort. Zum Festival werden bis zu 3.000 Mitwirkende aus Musikvereinen und Chören erwartet, die auf mehreren Open-Air-Bühnen und Spielflächen die ganze Vielfalt der Amateurmusik präsentieren. Die maximale Auftrittsdauer beträgt 45 Minuten für Orchester (inklusive Auf- und Abbau). Das Landes-Musik-Festival fand 1998 zum ersten Mal statt und hat sich seitdem zum größten Festival für Amateurmusik in Baden-Württemberg entwickelt. Chöre, Orchester und Ensembles aus Baden-Württemberg und darüber hinaus können sich für die Teilnahme anmelden. Die Organisatoren haben bereits zahlreiche Anmeldungen von Ensembles aller Genres erhalten und haben noch Platz für weitere. Anmeldeschluss ist der 31. März 2022. Weitere Informationen per E-Mail: info@landesmusikfestival.de |
Chevigny Accordéon Festival 2022 - Frankreichby Christine Johnstone |
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 Das Chevigny Accordéon Festival 2022 findet am 2. April von 14.30 bis 23.30 Uhr im Salle Polygone in Chevigny-Saint-Sauveur, Frankreich, statt.Das Festival bietet eine große Tanzgala mit den Akkordeon-Entertainern Olivier Boulard, Benjamin Durafour und Les Freres Blanchard Cyril & Cedric (Bild links) sowie Konzerte und Ausstellungen. Einzelheiten siehe Poster. |
CNIMA USA Unterrichts-Tournee, Mai & Juni 2022 - USAby Christine Johnstone |
 Video: Promotionsvideo der CNIMA AkkordeonschuleDas CNIMA (Centre National et International de Musique et d'Accordéon) ist eine in Frankreich ansässige Akkordeonschule, die von dem berühmten Akkordeonlehrer Jacques Mornet und der preisgekrönten Akkordeonistin Nathalie Boucheix (links im Bild) gegründet wurde, die im kommenden Frühjahr 2022 eine CNIMA-Lehrtournee in den USA durchführen werden. Die Tournee umfasst Meisterkurse, Workshops und Vorführungen und ist offen für alle Altersgruppen, alle Niveaus und alle Stilrichtungen und eignet sich für Klavier und Knopfakkordeon. Die Tourdaten lauten wie folgt: - 25. Mai von 14.00 bis 17.00 Uhr: Akkordeon-Meisterkurs am South Oxford Place (BK) in New York City - 30. Mai um 14 Uhr bis 3. Juni um 12.30 Uhr: Viertägiger Akkordeon-Workshop in der Alliance Française in New Orleans - 5. Juni von 14.00 bis 17.00 Uhr: Akkordeon-Meisterkurs im Petosa Accordion Shop in Seattle - 9. Juni um 19 Uhr: Akkordeon-Vorführung in der Alliance Française in Los Angeles Jacques Mornet hat weltweit unterrichtet und wurde mit dem Gus-Viseur-Preis und der Silbernen Scheibe der russischen Gnessin-Akademie ausgezeichnet. 2003 erhielt er den CIA Merit Award. Mornets Technik besteht darin, das Akkordeon als Blasinstrument und nicht als Tasteninstrument zu betrachten. Der richtige Einsatz des Blasebalgs in Verbindung mit dem richtigen Anschlag der Tasten führt zu herausragenden Ergebnissen, die das eigene Spiel verändern und die Musikalität befreien. Die CNIMA-Schüler haben zahlreiche Erfolge erzielt, darunter die Rekordzahl von 126 Preisen bei internationalen Wettbewerben. Die Schule hat mehrere Generationen der besten französischen Akkordeonisten ausgebildet, darunter Alain Musichini, Domi Emorine, Félicien Brut, Vincent LHermet und Christine Rossi, um nur einige zu nennen. Weitere Informationen unter: https://www.cnima.com/en/usa |
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Interregionaler sibirischer Wettbewerb zum Gedenken an A. N. Romanov, Novosibirsk - Russlandby Arseniy Strokovskiy |
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| Der Interregionale Sibirische Wettbewerb für junge Musiker auf Volksinstrumenten wird jährlich zum Gedenken an den angesehenen Lehrer und Musiker Andrey N. Romanov, Professor des Novosibirsker Staatlichen Konservatoriums, das nach M.I. Glinka benannt ist, veranstaltet. Die diesjährige Veranstaltung ehrt den 60. Geburtstag von Andrey Romanov, der einen bedeutenden Beitrag zur Entwicklung der sibirischen akademischen Bajanschule und des Ensemblespiels geleistet hat. Zur Teilnahme eingeladen sind Schüler von Kindermusikschulen und Kinderkunstschulen, Studenten von Musikhochschulen und Hochschulen für Kultur und Kunst, junge Lehrer von Kindermusikschulen und Kinderkunstschulen, Musikhochschulen (Schulen) und Hochschulen für Kultur und Kunst. Informationen zum Wettbewerb können Sie hier herunterladen: 2022Romanov.pdf |
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 Well-known Excelsior accordionist (from Abruzzo, Italy), Sylvia Pagni, is performing in the orchestra directed by Savio Riccardi for the soundtrack of the crime drama "FOSCA Innocenti". The four episode drama is being aired on Television Channel 5 from February 11th to March 4th, 2022 with main characters being actors Vanessa Incontrada and Francesco Arca. The television series is directed by Fabrizio Costa (from Trieste), while the music composer is Savio Riccardi. In the last two years Sylvia Pagni has been asked three times to perform accordion in the RTI-Mediaset TV series. |
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 Video: Marco Lo Russo interview on the Monitor program broadcast on LazioTV from Mexico on 30th December, 2021.Marco Lo Russo took part in a month long tour of Jalisco and Nayarit in Mexico recently, which included cultural exchange initiatives, events with other arts like painting and sculpture, as well as concerts and exhibitions. His concert program featured his Made in Italy project that for years, he has been promoting in order to enhance Italian culture and beyond. Performances were given at the prestigious Sanctuary of the Vidanta Resort in Nuevo Vallarta, in numerous art galleries and cultural centers, as well as meetings and television interviews. |
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| The 50th Kleine Tage der Harmonika young talent competition will take place in Klingenthal, Germany on March 5th and 6th, 2022. Young accordionists from the Free States of Saxony, Thuringia and Bavaria, the Czech Republic and various guest states meet in Klingenthal to demonstrate their skills in fair competition and to gain competition experience in addition to the coveted prizes. Like the International Accordion Competition, this regional competition for young accordionists has done much to maintain Klingenthal's reputation as a city of music. Attendees are requested to adhere to all Covid-19 regulations. Download regulations here: 2022KleineRules.pdf |
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  Video: Frank Marocco and Eddie Monteiro jam at the Frank Marocco Accordion Event, 15 Jan 2011 evening celebrating Frank Marocco's 80th birthday. Thanks to Mike Roche for the video and Bruce Lawrie for the pictures.A virtual reunion over Zoom to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Frank’s passing has been scheduled for this month. The reunion will bring together over 60 accordion camp attendees from the US, Canada and Europe, as well as some special guests. Participants will have an opportunity to reminisce, as well as view some previously unseen videos. A "virtual orchestra" has been formed, which will perform one of Frank's arrangements that was featured at the 2011 camp. Following the formal portion of the online reunion, participants, who wish to perform for up to five minutes, will have an opportunity to do so, either live or by submitting a video. Internationally famous accordionist, Frank Marocco, passed away on March 3, 2012 at the age of 81. He had a career spanning nearly 60 years and was one of the most recorded accordionists in the world. He also conducted accordion orchestras and worked with many well-known artists and conductors. Other credits include hundreds of movie tracks, TV series, shows, specials, and commercials. Frank was a prolific composer and arranger of classical, jazz, and other genres of music for accordion solo, duet, various size ensemble, and orchestra. He received numerous awards throughout his career. In 2006 Frank asked Joan Grauman and me to run an accordion orchestra camp for him. We agreed, even though we had never done anything like that previously. What followed, beginning in 2007, was eight wonderful camps in Mesa, Arizona known initially as the Frank Marocco Accordion Event. The four-day camps brought together as many as 60 accordionists from the US, Canada, and Europe, who participated in daily rehearsals, workshops, as well as individual and group performances. The last evening of the camp featured a concert by the accordion orchestra, conducted by Frank, as well as individual and duet performances. These public concerts were extremely popular and well attended each year. Sadly, Frank was only alive for the first five camps. The last camp he attended was highlighted by his 80th birthday party in January 2011, that lasted almost five hours. The video above was part of that memorable party. In 2012, following Frank’s passing, the camp was renamed the Mesa Accordion Event. Stas Venglevski, appointed by Frank as Assistant Music Director in 2009, directed the musical portion of the remaining three camps and conducted the orchestra. This reunion will remember Frank Marocco as a great musician and personality who is sadly missed by all his accordion friends. |
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| Sunday 22nd May 2022, 9 am, Italy National Selection for the CIA 2022 Coupe Mondiale. At the Salone degli Stemmi, the Italian National Selections of accordionists who aspire to participate in the 75th Coupe Mondiale (CIA) will be held. The 2022 Coupe Mondiale will take place in Zofingen, Switzerland, from 4th to 9th October 2022. Italian Accordion Culture is the Premier Voting Member of the CIA IMC-UNESCO and promoter of the Italian National Selection event. They will sponsor two of the musicians chosen by the international jury to the amount of € 750 to represent Italy. The jury will also grant eligibility to participate in the 2022 Coupe Mondiale to all candidates deemed to be of suitable standard to represent Italy in the various competition categories. View categories and rules at: Coupe Mondiale This selection is organized with the patronage of the Municipality of Castelfidardo and the International Accordion Museum of Castelfidardo. |
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 Each year, the AAA holds a Qualification round where young accordionists have the opportunity to represent their country at the Coupe Mondiale.If you wish to participate in the 2022 qualifying round, please contact AAA First Vice President, Mary J. Tokarski (picture right) with questions and the category you wish to enter, no later than June 30, 2022. Email: mary.tokarski@comcast.net Further information at: http://www.ameraccord.com/coupe.php |
by Christine Johnstone
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| Video: This is a group of young and new accordion players called the “Accordion Orchestra from My Church in Nigeria - Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries, Lagos, Nigeria”. Each and every accordion was bought by Dr Daniel Olukoya, the General Overseer of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries, Worldwide, who is a great supporter of music. The orchestra are playing a medley of pieces assisted by Stephen Olaniyi. |
by Christine Johnstone
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 Video: “War Rhapsody” composed and performed by accordionist Semir Sammy Hasic (Croatia) is from his CD “No More War It's Time for Love". The piece “shines a spotlight on the 1991 Battle of Vukovar, which plunged eastern Croatia into turmoil”.The "War Rhapsody" begins with the chirping of birds and the sounds of helicopters, in the middle there are machine gun salvos. All the works on the CD were composed, arranged and performed on the accordion by Semir Sammy Hasic. |
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| The Academias Previale are now offering Accordion Courses at their Cultural Centre in Salto, Uruguay. See poster for details. |
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| Online: Scottish Sessions Tartan Tunes will go live on February 20th at 8pm. The event will include “a great night of craic (entertainment) & tunes” with guests popular accordion duo Robin & Deryn Waitt "The Bon Accords", who will perform during the first half, and Alan Reid (ex "Battlefield Band" longstanding member now working with his own duo) in the second half. |
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 Vojtech Szabó (picture left) will perform at a Teachers Concert at the Zlín Congress Center in Zlin, Czech Republic on February 22nd, 2022.Vojtech will perform Piazzolla’s Primavera Portena (Spring) with a quintet, a Zagorova chanson and “Mercy, Mercy Me”. For details email: office@pavelsporcl.com |
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 Video: Fifi la Mer & Oliver WilbyFifi la Mer & Oliver Wilby will present “A journey into French music from Offenbach to Gainsbourg” at The Crazy Coqs, Piccadilly Circus, London, England on February 23rd, 2022 at 7pm. The show “will take you on a journey through 100 years of French music, from Offenbach to Gainsbourg, featuring the dulcet tones of Fifi on accordion and vocals and the talents of Oliver on clarinet, tenor saxophone and accordion.” |
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| “Café Tango” will perform at the Victoria Tango Nights event held at the First Metropolitan Church in Victoria, BC, Canada on February 25th at 7.30pm. “Café Tango” (formerly known as Tango Paradiso), consists of Canadian musicians who share a passion for traditional tango music, while also pushing the boundaries into new and unexplored genres. Members include Douglas Schmidt (bandoneon), Amanda Chan (piano), Domagoj Ivanovic (violin) and Michael Vaughn (contrabass). Space is limited. For details email: victoriatangonights@gmail.com |
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 Accordionist Alan Small (from the Lomond Ceilidh Band) will entertain with two concerts on the West Coast of Scotland this month.Firstly he will play at Aulay’s Bar in Oban on February 25th from 9pm to 12 midnight. The following evening (February 26th) he will perform at the Park Lodge Hotel in Tobermory from 8pm to 12 midnight. From there, Alan will travel back to the East Coast to perform as a guest at the Forfar Accordion & Fiddle club in duo with Kyle Innes at the British Legion in Forfar on February 27th, 2022 at 7.30pm. |
by Rita Davidson Barnea, Editor USA Accordion News
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 Video: Trio Voronezh performing Astor Piazzolla's "Libertango" "Undertango" "Oblivion" and "Michelangelo-70".Trio Voronezh will perform live on stage in the “Beauty and the Beast” Ballet at the Soreng Theater, Hult Center in Eugene, Oregon from March 4th to 6th, 2022. The event is sponsored by Alpha IT Project support: Nils and Jewel Hult Endowment, Arts Foundation of Western Oregon Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation. Every live theater ticket receives a complimentary livestream/on demand virtual viewing link giving you full flexibility in how you enjoy the show. Trio Voronezh (USA) which includes Sergei Teleshev (accordion), Val Petrukhin (balalaika) and Vladimir Volokhin (domra) won the 3rd Prize at the World Accordion Competition PIF Castelfidardo 2020 (Astor Piazzolla Award)! For further information: steleshev@yahoo.com |
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  The International Klezmer Festival Fürth will be held in Fürth, Nürnberg, Germany from March 4th to 13th, 2022 organised by Stadtverwaltung Fürth.The event will include a variety of concerts by accordionists and groups such as Klezmerata Hamburg (accordionist Valentin Butt – picture above left), Louisa Lyne & di Yiddishe Kapelye (accordionist Edin Bahtijaragic), Moritz Weiss Klezmer Trio & Styrian Klezmore Orchestra (accordionist Ivan Trenev) and Narinkka (accordionist Markku Lepistö – picture above right). For further details email: klezmer-festival@fuerth.de |
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| An Accordion and Dancing Festival will be held at Salle Edith Piaff in Friville-Escarbotin in Northern France on March 20th, 2022 at 2.30pm. Entertainers include Michel Pruvot, Andre Loppe, David Frevier, Florine Malherbe and Tony Bruzeau. See poster for details. |
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| Video: Cherish the Ladies performing "Farewell to the Catskills", a waltz composed by Joanie Madden that she was inspired to write after leaving the Catskills Irish Arts Week in East Durham, New York and her drive took her through the majestic Catskill Mountains and this melody came to her. “Cherish the Ladies” will perform their Irish Music Tour of USA next month from March 1st to 25th, 2022. The group play Irish traditional music and travel with Irish dancers including World Champions, National Champions along with Riverdance and Lord of the dance alumni. The song and dance ensemble includes accordionist Mirella Murray and Kathleen Boyle (accordion and piano). For details email: contact@cherishtheladies.com |
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| Young accordionist Enzo Emanuel Castro performing on Got Talent Uruguay 2021. He wows the judges with his playing and gets the golden buzzer! |
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 Site Update for Catalog: faukstad203eT mp3 Album Norske Drag by Jon Faukstad. This mp3 album (also available as a CD) is a selection of the wide variety of Norwegian folk music that Jon Faukstad has played and presented over the years. Hear music samples and purchase at: faukstad203eT Other mp3 albums and CDs by Jon Faukstad are: Çatalog: faukstad201 Çatalog: faukstad202 |
Nachgedruckt: Friedrich Lips Buch Die Kunst des Akkordeonspiels - Deutschlandby Harley Jones |
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 Katalog: kslips00 Dieses hochwertige Reprint-Buch, das jeder Lehrer, Enthusiast und Schüler zu schätzen weiß, ist jetzt erschienen. Die Kunst des Akkordeonspiels von Prof. Friedrich Lips ist eines der beliebtesten Lehrbücher für Akkordeon mit den Schwerpunkten: Technik, Interpretation und Vortrag des künstlerischen Akkordeonspiels. Dem hochwertigen Inhalt entspricht nun auch das äußere Erscheinungsbild des Buches: Vierfarbdruck auf hochwertigem Hardcover in exklusiver Ausführung mit Kaschierung und Papiereinband mit langlebiger Fadenheftung. Gedruckt auf chlorfreiem, gebleichtem, säurefreiem, stabilem und alterungsbeständigem, hochwertigem, mattem, nicht reflektierendem Papier für ermüdungsfreies Lesen wird ein hochwertiges Papier made in Germany verwendet. Der größte technische Unterschied der neuen Auflage im Vergleich zur alten ist der Einband, die Papierqualität und die Bindung: Hochwertiger Hardcover-Einband mit Kaschierung statt bisher Softcover und Fadenheftung statt einfacher Klebung. Das Buch ist mit 29 Euro sehr günstig, der Katalog kslips00 kostet genauso viel wie die ältere, minderwertige Druckversion. |
Informationen zum Elsie M. Bennett Kompositionswettbewerb 2022 - USAby Mary Tokarski |
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 Informationen zum Wettbewerb 2022, Preise, Regeln und Anmeldeformular unter: 2022Bennett.pdfElsie Bennett rief 1954 das AAA Composers' Commissioning Committee ins Leben, dessen Vorsitz sie innehatte. Elsie hatte dieses Amt 51 Jahre lang inne und vollbrachte die erstaunliche Leistung, 33 Komponisten mit insgesamt 55 Werken beauftragt zu haben. Erst kurz vor ihrem Tod im Jahr 2005 zog sich Elsie als Vorsitzende zurück. Gedenkstätte für Elsie M. Bennett. Einsendungen sind aus allen Ländern willkommen. Einsendeschluss ist der 01. Juni 2022 an Mary Tokarski, Vorsitzende des Wettbewerbs. Die Gewinner werden am oder um den 01. Juli 2022 per E-Mail benachrichtigt. |
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