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Yuri Shishkin Guest Artist at Coupe Mondiale in Salzburg - Austria
2014 “Hohner Cup” National Championships, Guiness World Record Attempt - China
Celebration of the Life of Faithe Deffner, July 13, 2014 - USA
Video Teaser: In the Harmony of Time - Europe/South America
Entries Closing for 2014 Harbin Summer International Accordion Art Week - China
Gino Pigini Commemorative Stamp - Slovenia/Italy
Reports for Concerts, Masterclasses, Competitions, Festivals, etc. |
Tommy Newcomen Entertains, Scotland – UK
Anthony Galla Rini ‘Collectors' Edition’ CD – USA
Video: Rogerinho do Acordeo - Brazil
Video: Piotr Krzaczkowski - Poland
Los Tres Tristes Tigres - Mexico
Video: FLOREIO programa terra UCS TV - Brazil
Video: Sultanbeev Viktor - Ukraine
‘14 Years Ago’: ‘Accordion Crimes’ published in Japan in July 2000
Future events |
Tillingbourne Accordion Orchestra Outdoors Concert, Surrey – UK
19th Festival of the Accordion, Le Bourg – France
Alex Meixner Band Midwest Tour and New CD – USA
Ksenija Sidorova with French Chamber Orchestra, Salzburg – Austria
Walter Eriksson MusikFest, New Jersey – USA
New and Updated Sites |
Paul Chamberlain's new CD 'Accordion Sensations' and Tour – UK
Dan and Kim Christian Releases CD - USA
Dan and Kim Christian Releases CD - USA
Updated Site: Book, Paolo Gandolfi - Romanzo di una Fisarmonica - Italy
Donald E Grzanna Releases eTracks Album - USA
MusicForAccordion.com Site Updated
Donald E Grzanna Releases eTracks Album - USA
Donald E Grzanna Releases eTracks Album - USA
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BREAKING NEWS: World Record Smashed - 1,361 accordionists in Chinaby Prof. Li Cong, President, China Accordion Association |
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| BREAKING NEWS: World Record Smashed - 1,361 accordionists in China. This is a new Guinness World Record for Largest Accordion Ensemble. An official of Guinness Records, Mrs Lisa Hoffman attended and counted the people and made the official certificate. See the pictures at: 2014Guinness There was huge media coverage in China including many major newspapers, some front cover stories as well as national TV coverage. The previous Guiness World Record "largest accordion ensemble" consisted of 1,137 participants conducted by Martin Tezak at the 2011 Panonika Harmonika Festival in Cerklje ob Krki, in Slovenia on 8 August 2011. |
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Yuri Shishkin Guest Artist at Coupe Mondiale in Salzburg - Austriaby Dr Herbert Scheibenreif Manager of Friedrich Lips Productions |
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 Yuri Shishkin will appear as a guest artist at this year’s Coupe Mondiale in Salzburg as a further attraction for the event. Honored Artist of Russia and Soloist of Rostov State Philharmonic, Yuri Shishkin graduated from the Rostov Rachmaninov Conservatory in 1989 and accomplished his post-graduate studies at the Russian Gnesin Academy of Music in Moscow in 1992 (class of professor Viatcheslav Semionov). He is laureate of international competitions in Germany (Klingenthal, 1988), USA (Kansas City, 1990), Italy (Castelfidardo, 1991). Nowadays, Yuri Shishkin is one of the most sought-after musicians. His repertoire includes not only transcriptions by among others J. Brahms, A. Glazunov, S. Prokofiev, I. Stravinsky, M. Mussorgsky, P.I. Tchaikovsky, C. Saint-Saëns, G. Bizet, D. Shostakovich, J. Strauß, A. Copland but also original works by A. Kusiakov, Viatcheslav Semionov, V. Podgorny. He organizes festivals, concerts, widely promoting the bayan and the accordion by doing lectures and master classes in major cities around the world, performing in various regions of Russia and at international festivals and competitions. Besides G. Gershwin’s "Rhapsody in Blue“ Shishkin will perform Semionov's new Sonata No. 3 "Reminiscence of the Future” which is dedicated to him by the composer. Read Celebrity Interview: English: Semionov-EN Russian: Semionov-RU Further event information online at: Coupe Mondiale 6 eTracks albums and CD's available online at: Yuri Shishkin |
2014 “Hohner Cup” National Championships, Guiness World Record Attempt - Chinaby Prof. Li Cong, President, China Accordion Association |
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| Daily Reports of pictures, videos and competition results will be online at: 2014HohnerReport and 2014Guinness Some 1,500 young people have registered to participate in the China Accordion Association 2014 “Hohner Cup” National Championships taking place this weekend in Shen Zhen. Below: Picture of huge banner outside the main venue. These steps and in front of them is where the Guiness World Record Attempt with over 1,300 accordionists playing, will take place on Sunday morning. Daily Reports at: 2014HohnerReport |
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Celebration of the Life of Faithe Deffner, July 13, 2014 - USAby Kevin Friedrich |
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 American Accordionists' Association (AAA) President Emerita, Faithe Deffner passed away in Florida on June 3rd. A Celebration of the Life of Faithe Deffner hosted by Angelica Bargou was held on Sunday, July 13 at the Double Tree by Hilton, Tarrytown, New York, immediately following the AAA Open Meeting and Breakfast. Video: Slide show prepared by Joan and Dan Grauman was shown at this important memorial event. Messages of condolensce to: carmela.busso@gmail.com Official Obituary by Helmi Harrington at Faithe Deffner Obituary To further honor the life of Faithe Deffner, the recordings used on the slide show are available as mp3 downloads free of charge for the next 7 days to anyone emailing "Celebration of Faithe Deffner" to: musicforaccordion@yahoo.com |
Video Teaser: In the Harmony of Time - Europe/South Americaby Rob Howard |
 "In the Harmony of Time" is a documentary directed by Nicola Nannavecchia about the love of music that tells the experiences of Richard Galliano, perhaps the most famous in the world in the history of accordion, and the story of Paolo Gandolfi, a young man from an Italian rural family who in the fifties was winning international accordion competitions at the age of 21. The documentary is due for release in September.Travelling through Italy, France, Canada and Brazil, we will discover the history of two great persons, in a film that talks about passion for music, about teaching young people, about determination in achieving goals, about the importance of human relationships. Richard Galliano, began playing the accordion at the age of four and plays today in theatres all around the world, holding about 100 concerts a year. He has the privilege to become the first accordionist-composer to record on the legendary German label Deutsche Grammophon. In his career Paolo Gandolfi has played at the Olympia Theatre in Paris and the Carnegie Hall in New York, he has played for Pope John XXIII and for Robert Kennedy, and shared the stage with Edith Piaf, Charles Trenet and Luciano Pavarotti. It is a film about the importance of human relationships: amongst his great friends, Gervasio Marcosignori, the accordion poet, Frank Marocco, the great American jazz accordionist, Armando Gentilucci, composer and musicologist, one of the founders of the Music/Reality experience in the Seventies. It is a film about travelling: from the land of the medieval castles of Matilde of Canossa, where Gandolfi comes from, to Aude and Provence regions in France, Canada, Brazil, seeking new frontiers for teaching music to young people, in Conservatoires and elsewhere. Director: Nicola Nannavecchia. |
Entries Closing for 2014 Harbin Summer International Accordion Art Week - Chinaby Harley Jones |
  Entries for the Harbin 2014 China Summer International Accordion Art Week close 25th July 2014.The Harbin 2014 China Summer International Accordion Art Week is organized by the Peoples Republic of China Ministry of Culture and the Harbin Municipal People's Government, undertaken by Harbin Normal College, Harbin, China. Art Director is Prof. Wang Hongyu (picture right) and the event is part of the 32nd China Harbin Summer Music Festival. Harbin was named a UNESCO City of Music in 2010. Full information about the event, rules and the competition entry form in Chinese and English are at: 2014Harbin |
Gino Pigini Commemorative Stamp - Slovenia/Italyby Beniamino Bugiolacchi |
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| On the occasion of the centenary of the birth of Gino Pigini (founder of the company Pigini srl) the Post Office of the Republic of Slovenia, at the suggestion of Philatelic Club of Castelfidardo, have issued a commemorative stamp which depicts this well-known craftsman of the accordion. The limited edition souvenir card can be obtained from: Cultural Club Filatelico, c/o Pro-Loco, Piazza della Repubblica, 60022 Castelfidardo, Italy. The stamp citation read: Gino Pigini was born in Castelfidardo on March 24, 1914. When he was just 12 years old, he began to work as an apprentice, he cycled 10k o Sirolo every day so as to learn the "art" of reeds for accordions made by hand. By the time he was 18 years, he had become known as a highly skilled "vociarolo" and was one of the most sought-after workers in the accordion industry. Together with his brothers he started to build accordions and in 1946 they founded the "Filli Pigini" whose product was immediately esteemed by the market for its excellent sound quality. After assuming the role of sole owner of the company, he, with the help of his wife Albertina and valuable colleagues began to create the Pigini of today. He would work for 14 hours non-stop without holidays as both production and sales manager and managed to reach an export of 98% of production, all this without knowing foreign languages and therefore not taking part in trade fairs or exhibitions. In midst of this hectic activity, his family remained his true point of reference, giving him his strenth and beliefs. His marriage with Albertina brought four children: Alberto, Agnese, Massimo and Francesca. He firmly believed in his youngsters who were creative, innovative and hard workers. The company "Pigini" is today renowned for high-quality accordions and is led by Massimo, Francesca and Federico Pigini, who work in close collaboration with fifty master craftsmen. Pigini s.r.l. recently celebrated 100 Years since the birth of Gino Pigini. Picture below of all the Pigini s.r.l. accordion staff. Photo report: www.accordions.com/pigini100 |
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Jelena Milojevic Looks to Victoria’s Youth - Canadaby Rob Howard |
 Jelena Milojevic, 32, was appointed Artistic Director of the Victoria International Accordion Festival, and hopes the city’s youth can bring Canada to the accordion world stage. Raised in Croatia, Milojevic began playing accordion at nine while enrolled in Ivan Matetic-Ronjgov Music School, after she was told that she was too old to start learning piano. In 2003, she won the CMA Trophee Mondiale. Now settled in Victoria, Jelena Milojevic spends her time between teaching Camosun College’s two-year accordion program and guiding a handful of younger students. “There’s a strong history of accordion in Croatia, in Europe, that Canada doesn’t have,” Milojevic said. “I’m relying on these kids to make the art strong in Canada”. This year, Milojevic is joining her husband Aleksander as Artistic Director of the Victoria International Accordion Festival, which he founded in 2007. Milojevic will be holding a workshop alongside Tian Jianan, a young Chinese player who won 2nd place, Coupe Mondiale Virtuoso Entertainment category last year, when the international accordion competition was hosted in Victoria. Milojevic’s younger students will also be playing as the Victoria Accordion Kids Band. Tian Jianan and Russian-American player Stas Venglevski will be headlining the festival, which runs from July 18th to 20th. |
Tommy Newcomen Entertains, Scotland – UKby Rob Howard |
 Scottish accordion entertainer Tommy Newcomen writes, “A brilliant night at the Invercauld Arms in Braemar last night. Great crowd and loads of requests ranging from the ‘Jacqueline Waltz’ to Robbie Williams and ‘The Bluebell Polka’ to the Mavericks. Glad to say I managed them all. Luckily nobody's asked for the ‘Birdie Dance’ or ‘Agadoo’ for ages!" |
Anthony Galla Rini ‘Collectors' Edition’ CD – USAby Rob Howard |
 The Anthony Galla Rini ‘Collectors' Edition’ CD includes such numbers as Begin the Beguine, Yesterday, Italian Medley, Speak Softly, Torna A Surriento, That Old Black Magic, Rhapsody in Blue, Accordion Concerto in G Minor, The Lord’s Prayer, Lara’s Theme, Fascination, Thoroughly Modern Millie, and more. This release includes tracks from Galla Rini’s last studio session, with half the tracks being solo recordings whilst the other half are from Galla-Rini's 1967 Accordion Symphonette Orchestra album. The CD normally costs $15, and is special offer for $10. Anthony Galla-Rini (1904-2006) had an extraordinarily long and successful career as a professional accordionist, composer and teacher. He was one of the first in the USA to pioneer the accordion as a concert instrument performing classical music. Galla-Rini arranged literally hundreds of transcriptions for accordion ensembles, orchestras and soloists, and also played a major part in pioneering the development of the modern accordion, developing the treble and bass registers, as well as standardizing the stradella bass system on the accordion. For further information email: petosa@petosa.com |
Video: Rogerinho do Acordeo - Brazilby Harley Jones |
| Rogerinho do Acordeon - Pisoteou (composer Neldon Farias) Published on Jun 27, 2013 Performed at Gravado no Peppers Hall - Natal - RN - Brazil. |
Video: Piotr Krzaczkowski - Polandby Harley Jones |
| Piotr Krzaczkowski performs "Spinning Song" by F. Mendellssohn Published on Jun 29, 2014 |
Los Tres Tristes Tigres - Mexicoby Harley Jones |
| Los Tres Tristes Tigres consists of three young Mexican men, Pedro Palacios (bass guitar), Jesus Gallardo (accordion) and Erick Ibarra (composer, guitar). They have managed millions of views of their videos. |
Video: FLOREIO programa terra UCS TV - Brazilby Harley Jones |
| FLOREIO Do Jeito que Eu Gosto FLOREIO programa terra UCS TV |
Video: Sultanbeev Viktor - Ukraineby Harley Jones |
| Viktor Sultanbeev - Nur Dautov - Bashkir elegy Recorded: 25 March 2014 at the Kharkiv National Kotlyarevsky University of Arts |
‘14 Years Ago’: ‘Accordion Crimes’ published in Japan in July 2000by Rob Howard |
 The Accordions Worldwide news for the week ending July 14th 2000 reported that the popular novel ‘Accordion Crimes’, written by E. Annie Proulx, had been published in Japanese. Written in 1996, the story begins in 1890, when a Sicilian accordion-maker moves to the USA in search of better opportunities. He is shot by an anti-Italian lynch mob, and his accordion then has various other owners across the USA, many of whom meet painful ends themselves. Accordion Crimes now Available in Japan Contributed by Toru Katou The book ‘Accordion Crimes’ (by E. Annie Proulx) has been translated into Japanese by Professor Nobuo Kamioka (Meiji University). Published by Shueisha Company the book will be available from July 26th. Popular Japanese accordionist Yasuhiro Kobayashi (Coba) has written a personal recommendation of the book. |
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Classic Buskers Tour – China, Hong Kongby Rob Howard |
 The UK-based Classic Buskers (formerly The Cambridge Buskers) Michael Copley (recorders, flutes, panpipes, crumhorns and ocarinas) and accordionist Ian Moore - communicate their passion for classical music in two of the best ways possible – virtuosity and laughter. The audience comes away from a Buskers’ concert on a high, having been both entertained and educated. Their repertoire ranges from Mendelssohn’s ‘Violin Concerto’ and Haydn’s ‘Trumpet Concerto’ (with a tiny ocarina taking up the challenge of the solo part) to Beethoven’s ‘9th’ (the Choral), Bizet’s ‘Carmen’, Mozart’s ‘Queen of the Night’, and Wagner’s ‘Ride of the Valkyries’. The Classic Buskers have performed in many countries, and at present are in China. Their tour dates include: July 19th, 7.30pm - Dezhou Grand Theatre, Dezhou, Shandong, China July 20th, 8pm – Shenzhen Longgang Cultural Center, Guangdong, China July 25th, 7.30pm - City Hall Theatre, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, Hong Kong July 26th, 3pm and 7pm - Tai Po Civic Centre Auditorium, 12 On Pong Road, Hong Kong July 27th, 3pm - North District Town Hall Auditorium, 2 Lung Ean Street, Hong Kong For further information email: info@lomonaco-artists.com |
Tillingbourne Accordion Orchestra Outdoors Concert, Surrey – UKby Rob Howard |
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| On Saturday July 19th, 3.30 until 5pm, the Tillingbourne Accordion Orchestra perform outdoors on Ripley Village Green, Woking, Surrey GU23 6AN. This is an annual event - an afternoon for the family, with stalls, food, children’s entertainer, bouncy castle, pony rides, tractors, steam engines, and ample free parking. |
19th Festival of the Accordion, Le Bourg – Franceby Rob Howard |
| The 19th Festival of the Accordion takes place in Le Bourg, France, on Sunday July 20th, from 10am onwards. The festival includes music in the streets at 10am, an outdoor Mass inside the rectory at 11am, meals served in the esplanade of the festival at 12.30pm, music on stage with a dozen accordionists from 2pm until 8pm, the orchestra of Roberto Milesi from 9pm until 2am, with a fireworks display at 11am. Entrance to the festival: 13 € for the whole day. |
Alex Meixner Band Midwest Tour and New CD – USAby Rob Howard |
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| Accordionist Alex Meixner and his band are now on a Midwest tour, dates as follows: July 18th to 20th – Bavarian Blast, New Ulm, Minnesota July 23rd, 7-10pm – Glendora House, Chicago, Illinois July 24th – Estabrook Biergarten, Milwaukee July 25th to 27th – German Fest, Milwaukee August 8th - official release of new CD, ‘Happiness is a Choice!’, at the Evergreen Club in Fleetwood, Philadelphia. Guest musicians on the CD include Canadian accordionist Michael Bridge, reggae singer (and son of country legend Charley Pride) - Carlton Pride, and Tex-Mex rock icon Hector Saldana (of the Krayolas). For further information email: alex@alexmeixner.com |
Ksenija Sidorova with French Chamber Orchestra, Salzburg – Austriaby Rob Howard |
 Accordionist Ksenija Sidorova, from Latvia, performs pieces from ‘Between Worlds’ as a soloist with the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris on July 19th at Republic, Anton Neumayr Platz 2, Salzburg, Austria. Mandolin virtuoso Avi Avital, from Israel, is also a soloist. This concert is an event of the annual Salzburg Festival.The concert will be repeated on July 26th in Solonghello, Italy. |
Walter Eriksson MusikFest, New Jersey – USAby Rob Howard |
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| The 20th Walter Eriksson MusikFest, aka SkandJam, takes place on Saturday July 26th, 5pm until midnight, at Vasa Park, 1 Vasa Drive, Hackettstown, Budd Lake, New Jersey. The chief guests for the evening concert are Angelo di Pippo, Frank Toscano and Manny Corallo – ‘The Amazing Accordion Kings’. Also performing are SmorgasBandet, the Swedish Meatballs, and there is a reunion of members of the Scandinavian Accordion Club of New York. |
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Dan and Kim Christian Releases CD - USAby Dan and Kim Christian |
 Dan and Kim Christian has released this CD.'World Tour', catalog: dkchristian01 with sound samples. Music performed by Dan and Kim Christian. |
Paul Chamberlain's new CD 'Accordion Sensations' and Tour – UKby Paul Chamberlain |
 Paul Chamberlain has released this CD with eTracks (MP3) format download.'Accordion Sensations', catalog: cpaulCD202 with sound samples. Music performed by Paul Chamberlain. |
Dan and Kim Christian Releases CD - USAby Dan and Kim Christian |
 Dan and Kim Christian has released this CD.'Polka Power', catalog: dkchristian02 with sound samples. Music performed by Dan and Kim Christian. |
Dan and Kim Christian Releases CD - USAby Dan and Kim Christian |
 Dan and Kim Christian has released this CD.'Squeeze Play', catalog: dkchristian03 with sound samples. Music performed by Dan and Kim Christian. |
Updated Site: Book, Paolo Gandolfi - Romanzo di una Fisarmonica - Italyby Harley Jones |
 This video above in Italian language and is about the book, Romanzo di una Fisarmonica, La Vita di Paolo Gandolfi written by Armido Malvolti. For non Italian speakers, Paolo Gandolfi is performing at: 8:20 and 18:58 and 34:30 and 50:11 and 1:07:06 The book covers the story of Paolo Gandolfi, a young man from an Italian rural family who in the fifties was winning international accordion competitions at the age of 21. In his career Paolo Gandolfi has played at the Olympia Theatre in Paris and the Carnegie Hall in New York, he has played for Pope John XXIII and for Robert Kennedy, and shared the stage with Edith Piaf, Charles Trenet and Luciano Pavarotti. The book notes his great friends, Gervasio Marcosignori the accordion poet and Frank Marocco, the great American jazz accordionist, and covers his very interesting life of accordion and travels with the accordion to so many countries. The book (in Italian language) is available online, €16,50 or US$ equivalent at: gandolfibook101 |
Donald E Grzanna Releases eTracks Album - USAby Donald E Grzanna |
 Donald E Grzanna has released this album in eTracks (MP3) format download.'Accordion Music', catalog: dgrzanna201 with sound samples. Music performed by Donald E Grzanna. |
MusicForAccordion.com Site Updatedby Harley Jones |
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| The MusicForAccordion.com Site has been updated so that eSheet music (over 2,300 titles) and also printed music (about 1,000 titles) can be searched by any grade from a drop down box. |
Donald E Grzanna Releases eTracks Album - USAby Donald E Grzanna |
 Donald E Grzanna has released this album in eTracks (MP3) format download.'Plays Around The World', catalog: dgrzanna203 with sound samples. Music performed by Donald E Grzanna. |
Donald E Grzanna Releases eTracks Album - USAby Donald E Grzanna |
 Donald E Grzanna has released this album in eTracks (MP3) format download.'Holiday For Accordion', catalog: dgrzanna204 with sound samples. Music performed by Donald E Grzanna. |
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“3 Couleurs” CD by Lydie Auvray e AUVRETTESby Alessandro Mugnoz |
 CD Reviews Index for the Review of “3 Couleurs” CD by Lydie Auvray e AUVRETTES, Accordion, in Italian language, reviewed by Alessandro Mugnoz. |
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