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2022 Landes Musik Festival, Göppingen – Allemagne
Festival d'Accordéon de Chevigny 2022 - France
CNIMA USA Teaching Tour, Mai & Juin 2022 - USA
Concours interrégional de Sibérie organisé à la mémoire de A. N. Romanov, Novossibirsk - Russie
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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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En ligne : 12ème Orpheus Award 2022 - Italieby Christine Johnstone |
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  En ligne : La cérémonie des lauréats du 12e Orpheus Award 2022 (Prix de la critique pour les productions d'accordéon et toute la famille des anches) à Roseto degli Abruzzi pour les artistes italiens sera diffusée le 13 mars 2022, organisée par l'Associazione Promozione Arte.Le directeur artistique est le célèbre journaliste et critique musical Gerlando Gatto et le président est Renzo Ruggieri (photo de gauche), Giuseppe di Falco (secrétaire) et Andrea di Giacomo (secrétaire). L'événement sera divisé en trois sections : • Productions italiennes pour accordéon classique • Productions italiennes pour accordéon jazz • Productions italiennes pour accordéon mondial/populaire/de carrière Consultez la liste des productions (CD ou distribution numérique) des accordéonistes (ou bandonéon, diatonique, mélodique, harmonique, etc.) pour : 2022Orpheus.pdf |
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2022 Landes Musik Festival, Göppingen – Allemagneby Christine Johnstone |
 Le Landes Musik Festival 2022 (State Music Festival) se tiendra au Hohenstaufenstadt Göppingen, Bade-Wurtemberg, Allemagne le 2 juillet 2022.Le Landes-Musik-Festival est un festival d'un autre genre puisque toute une ville se transforme en lieu de festival avec pour devise "Sounding Diversity". Jusqu'à 3 000 participants des clubs de musique et des chorales sont attendus au festival, présentant toute la diversité de la musique amateur sur plusieurs scènes et aires de jeux en plein air. La durée maximale de la représentation est de 45 minutes pour les orchestres (y compris montage/démontage). Le Landes-Musik-Festival a eu lieu pour la première fois en 1998 et est depuis devenu le plus grand festival de musique amateur du Bade-Wurtemberg. Les chœurs, orchestres et ensembles du Bade-Wurtemberg et d'ailleurs sont invités à s'inscrire pour participer. Les organisateurs ont déjà reçu de nombreuses candidatures d'ensembles de tous genres et ont encore de la place pour d'autres. Les inscriptions se clôturent le 31 mars 2022. Pour plus d'informations, e-mail : info@landesmusikfestival.de |
Festival d'Accordéon de Chevigny 2022 - Franceby Christine Johnstone |
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 Le Chevigny Accordéon Festival 2022 se tiendra à la Salle Polygone de Chevigny-Saint-Sauveur, France le 2 avril de 14h30 à 23h30.Le festival proposera un grand gala dansant avec les accordéonistes Olivier Boulard, Benjamin Durafour et Les Frères Blanchard Cyril & Cedric (photo de gauche) ainsi que des concerts et des expositions. Voir l'affiche pour les détails. |
CNIMA USA Teaching Tour, Mai & Juin 2022 - USAby Christine Johnstone |
 Vidéo : Vidéo promotionnelle de l'Ecole d'Accordéon CNIMALe CNIMA (Centre National et International de Musique et d'Accordéon) est une école d'accordéon basée en France fondée par le célèbre professeur d'accordéon Jacques Mornet et l'accordéoniste vainqueur aux grands concours internationaux, Nathalie Boucheix (photo de gauche). Jacques Mornet et Nathalie Boucheix feront une série de masterclasses CNIMA aux États-Unis , ce prochain printemps 2022. Cet enseignement est ouvert aux accordéonistes de tout âge, tout niveau, tout style qu’ils jouent de l’accordéon piano ou à boutons. Les dates sont les suivantes : • 25 mai de 14h à 17h : Masterclass d'accordéon à South Oxford Place (BK) à New York • Du 30 mai à 14h00 au 3 juin à 12h30 : Stage d'accordéon de quatre jours à l'Alliance Française de la Nouvelle-Orléans • 5 juin de 14h à 17h : Masterclass d'accordéon au Petosa Accordion Shop à Seattle • 9 juin à 19h : Démonstration d'accordéon à l'Alliance Française de Los Angeles Jacques Mornet a enseigné à travers le monde et est détenteur du prix Gus Viseur et le disque d'argent de l'Académie russe Gnessin. En 2003, il a reçu le prix du mérite de la CIA. La méthode Mornet consiste à aborder l'accordéon comme un instrument à vent plutôt qu'un instrument clavier. Une bonne gestion du soufflet combinée à un toucher crée des résultats exceptionnels qui transforment le jeu et libèrent la musicalité. Les étudiants du CNIMA ont le meilleur palmarès au monde avec 126 premier prix aux concours internationaux. L'école a formé les meilleurs accordéonistes français dont Alain Musichini, Domi Emorine, Félicien Brut, Vincent LHermet et Christine Rossi pour n'en nommer que quelques-uns. Plus d'informations sur : https://www.cnima.com/en/usa |
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Concours interrégional de Sibérie organisé à la mémoire de A. N. Romanov, Novossibirsk - Russieby Arseniy Strokovskiy |
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| Le concours interrégional sibérien de jeunes interprètes d'instruments folkloriques est organisé chaque année à la mémoire de l'anniversaire d'un professeur et musicien réputé, Andrey N. Romanov, professeur au Conservatoire d'État de Novossibirsk M.I. Glinka. L'événement de cette année honore le 60e anniversaire de la naissance d'Andrey Romanov, qui a apporté une contribution significative au développement de l'école de bayan de Sibérie et de son orchestre. Les étudiants des écoles primaires et collèges de musique et d'art et leurs professeurs sont invités à participer. |
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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. |
by Christine Johnstone
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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. |
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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 |
by Christine Johnstone
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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 |
by Christine Johnstone
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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 |
Réimpression : Livre de Friedrich Lips The Art of Accordion Playing - Allemagneby Harley Jones |
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 Catalogue : kslips00 Cette réimpression de haute qualité d'un livre indispensable que chaque professeur, enthousiaste et étudiant chérira est maintenant disponible. L'Art de l'Accordéon du Prof. Friedrich Lips est l'un des livres éducatifs les plus populaires pour l'accordéon, avec pour thème principal : Technique, interprétation et performance pour jouer de l'accordéon de manière artistique. Le contenu de haute qualité correspond maintenant à l'aspect extérieur du livre : impression en quatre couleurs sur une couverture rigide de haute qualité au design exclusif avec pelliculage et reliure en papier avec couture en fil de fer durable. L'impression sur papier sans chlore, blanchi, sans acide, stable et résistant au vieillissement, de haute qualité, mat et non réfléchissant pour une lecture sans fatigue, utilise un papier de haute qualité fabriqué en Allemagne. La principale différence technique du nouveau tirage par rapport à l'ancien est la couverture, la qualité du papier et la reliure : couverture rigide de haute qualité avec pelliculage au lieu d'une couverture souple simple auparavant et couture au fil au lieu d'un simple collage. Le livre est d'un excellent rapport qualité-prix : 29 euros, soit le même prix que l'ancienne version imprimée de qualité inférieure. |
Informations sur le concours de composition 2022 Elsie M. Bennett - USAby Mary Tokarski |
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 Informations sur le concours 2022, prix, règlements et formulaire d'inscription à l'adresse : 2022Bennett.pdfElsie Bennett a créé le Comité de commande des compositeurs de l'AAA en 1954, Elsie en étant la présidente. Elsie a occupé ce poste pendant 51 ans, réalisant l'incroyable exploit d'avoir commandé 33 compositeurs qui ont composé collectivement 55 œuvres. Elise n'a quitté la présidence que peu de temps avant son décès en 2005. Mémorial pour Elsie M. Bennett. Les candidatures de tous les pays sont les bienvenues. La date limite de dépôt des candidatures est le 1er juin 2022 auprès de Mary Tokarski, présidente du concours. Les gagnants seront informés par e-mail le ou vers le 1er juillet 2022. |
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