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Accordion Artisans First Webinar “How Reeds Work?”
Sibelius Academy Accordion Festival – Finland
VII National Accordion Competition Motion Music Festival - Poland
2022 Orkney Folk Festival, Scotland - UK
Leavenworth International Accordion Celebration - USA
Reports for Concerts, Masterclasses, Competitions, Festivals, etc. |
Winners of the 2022 Orpheus Award Announced – Italy
Accordionists Entertain at Savannah Music Festival - USA
Video: Liub Anya Performing Peer Gynt - Russia
Video: Global Accordion Music Festival Akkordeon Akut 2021, Landes-Akkordeon-Ensemble Sachsen-Anhalt (LAESA) "Klangwelten" - Germany
“Lemon Bucket Orkestra” Celebrates 32nd Anniversary of Opera House - Canada
Accordions Stolen from Ken Hopkins, Northern Ireland - UK
Video: Júlia Masnicová, accordionist and singer - Slovakia
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John Kirkpatrick Performs Shropshire Folk Music Concert - UK
TOEAC Duo Performs at Theatre Production - Netherlands
Online: "Around the World in 12 Folk Tunes" Concert – UK
“Mixed Doubles” Concerts in Paris - France
Concert L’ame Slave - France
Trio Hiltula Perform Tango Live Concert – Japan
Sharon Shannon Band "Unlocked" Tours – Germany and Ireland
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CNIMA April 2022 Accordion Courses – France
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2022 ATG International Festival - USAby Christine Johnstone |
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 The Accordionists & Teachers Guild, International (ATG) led by President Mary Ann Covone invites everyone to join in its 2022 Festival. Come and celebrate the accordion and ATG’s 80+ years as an important organization for accordion teachers, professional accordionists, and other accordionists and students.The Festival includes four separate concerts; a unique “Petting Zoo” open without charge to the general public, giving the curious and youngsters a hands on experience with an accordion; the opportunity to play in an 80 musician orchestra on a magnificent concert stage; Exhibitors; Competitions with prize money and trophies; proficiency examinations; Workshops; a Gala Banquet, and, most importantly, the renewed opportunity to meet with and enjoy the company of fellow accordionists from across the county. The Festival takes place from July 20th to 24th, 2022, in Lisle, Illinois at two locations: The Lisle Hyatt Regency and the Wheaton College campus’ Armerding Center for Music and Arts and Barrows Auditorium. Three evening concerts will be at the college campus. The evening concert at Barrows Auditorium features the UMKC Accordion Ensemble directed by Joan Cochran Sommers. The event competition will include a variety of age group categories for soloists, duos, ensembles, groups and orchestras. Closing date for entries is June 15th, 2022. Download competition rules here: 2022ATGRules.pdf Hotel information, registrations, schedule of events are all online at: https://www.atgaccordions.com/2022-festival-lisle |
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Accordion Artisans First Webinar “How Reeds Work?”by Kimmo Mattila |
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 The first Accordion Artisans Webinar will be held on March 22nd, 2022 at 3pm UTC. This webinar series is entitled: “How reeds work?”Accordion Artisans is a non-profit community which gives you the opportunity to learn the inner workings of the accordion. They are providing accordion online seminars for all free reed types of accordions with accordion specialists around the world. Speakers are: • James Cottingham - Acoustical research on the accordion reed: What can we learn and what we would like to know? • Lorenzo Antonelli - New paradigms of acoustic quality for reeds Lorenzo Antonelli, President and CEO of Voci Armoniche has been recently honored with the "24th Premio Nazionale Gentile da Fabriano" and is part of the family business that has been producing fine quality reeds for harmonicas and accordions since 1935. Lorenzo Antonelli is also the author of a very informative article about reed construction and the 7 key points explaining the elements of quality: - Quality in all the reeds of the range - Raw materials - 100% made in Italy and in-house production - Skill and method - Reliability and Durability - Functional quality - Acoustic quality The article finishes with: - How to enhance the acoustic potential of reeds. Read the article in English: https://www.vociarmoniche.it/en/concept-of-construction/ Italian: https://www.vociarmoniche.it/concetto-costruttivo/ The registration link for the First Accordion Artisans Webinar “How Reeds Work?” is: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEpfuisqDsqGtLmUxWgOx40lbsBZX_kwaLE |
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Sibelius Academy Accordion Festival – Finlandby Veli Kujala, Head of the Classical Accordion Studies, Sibelius-Academy of the University of Arts Helsinki |
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  Picture left: Jin Yong Derek Oh - photo by Maimu JõgedaPicture right: Kimmo Hakola - photo by Saara Vuorjoki, source Music Finland Students and teachers of the Sibelius Academy will join forces this month to educate audiences on the 200-year history of the accordion and the wide range of accordion music, including everything from folk music to the latest chamber music. The four-day festival, held from March 23rd to 26th, 2022, showcases the endless possibilities the accordion presents in all genres of music. The opening concert on March 23rd features a premiere of a new work by Jin Oh (picture left) for accordion, guitar, kantele and piano and performances by Maria Kalaniemi-Eero Grundström Duo, Veli Kujala and duo Tommie Black-Roff-Erika Hammarberg. Thursday and Friday are a triumph of young artists with a student concert and two Master's concerts. On March 24th Minna Ristamäki performs her Master's concert featuring works by Rofelt, Lohse, Gubaidulina, Vuori, J.S. Bach and Korpijaakko. On Friday morning a student concert will take place and in the evening Sonja Vertainen performs her Master's concert including a premiere of a new work for guitar and accordion by the famous Finnish composer Kimmo Hakola (picture above right) and also works by J.S. Bach, Liszt, Kaipainen and Corrette. The festival culminates on its final day, Saturday, March 26th, in two concerts. The first concert celebrates Professor Matti Rantanen's 70th birthday with works premiered by him, now performed by the current students of the Sibelius Academy and Rantanen's former students. The second concert of the day, which concludes the festival, is performed by the guest artist and masterclass teacher Maciej Frackiewicz. The concert entitled "to be expanded..." includes Polish compositions by Penderecki, Wielecki, Krzanowski and more. Almost all of the concerts except the closing concert will be streamed live. You can find more information about the concerts and the streaming links on https://www.uniarts.fi/en/event-calendar/?start=23.3.2022&end=27.3.2022&search_term=accordion%20festival |
VII National Accordion Competition Motion Music Festival - Polandby Christine Johnstone |
 The VII National Accordion Competition Motion Music Festival will be held at the Music School Complex in Wieliczka, Poland from June 9th to 11th, 2022. The originators and organizers of the competition are Beata Mietka, Izabela Szota, Piotr Marczak, Oskar Gut.The competition aims to popularize accordion as an instrument of many faces and great sound possibilities as well as to cultivate Polish tradition through Polish folklore. Starting with the fourth edition, the requirements introduced the obligatory inclusion of compositions based on folk themes in arrangements for accordion and compositions by contemporary Polish composers. The Motion Trio ensemble may, regardless of the Jury, award the Grand Prix as part of the Motion Music Festival to an ensemble performing songs composed or developed by Motion Trio. Download Polish language competition rules here: 2022MotionRules.pdf |
2022 Orkney Folk Festival, Scotland - UKby Christine Johnstone |
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 The 39th Orkney Folk Festival will take place live in Stromness, Orkney, Scotland from May 26th to 29th, 2022.Entertainment will be provided by Skerryvore (accordionists Daniel & Martin Gillespie), The Chair (accordionist Bob Gibbon), Peter Wood Shetland Dance Band (accordionist Peter Wood), Talisk (concertina player Mohsen Amini), Tannara (picture left) and much more. For details email: info@orkneyfolkfestival.com |
Leavenworth International Accordion Celebration - USAby Christine Johnstone |
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| The Leavenworth International Accordion Celebration will be held in Leavenworth, Washington, USA from June 16th to 19th, 2022. The festival will include a variety of performances, workshops, lessons, jam sessions, n accordion parade, dancing with dance music provided by the Northwest Accordionaires as well as a celebration of the 100th year anniversary of Petosa accordions. Tickets will be available from April 2022. See poster for details. Download event schedule here: 2022Leavenworth.pdf |
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5th Styrian Harmonica Award 2022 in St. Peter-Freienstein, Upper Styria - Austriaby Dr Herbert Scheibenreif Manager of Friedrich Lips Productions |
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 The 5th Styrian Harmonica Award was presented in St. Peter-Freienstein on March 12th, 2022 in front of around 300 visitors as part of the 20th ORF program "Styrian Singers and Musicians Meeting".Gottfried Hubmann from St. Peter-Freienstein and Johann Murg from Fürstenfeld created a harmonica award for Styrian harmonica players in 2012. This award is given to honored harmonica soloists, folk music groups and to people who have worked for the instrument "Styrian harmonica" many times in their musical career. The award was divided into the categories "Youth Prize", "Folk Music Prize", "Innovative Folk Music" and "Lifetime Achievement". With this award, the two initiators want to motivate young people in particular to cultivate Styrian accordion music and to thank outstanding folk music groups for their many years of folk music on stage. The award was designed and created by the Weiz sculptor Albert Schmuck. With his prestigious sculptures, he is one of the most important sculptors in Styria. This award is given every two years by the Austrian Accordion Association HVÖ in cooperation with Volkskultur Steiermark GmbH. The jury that decides on the award recipients is made up of musicians and music teachers who have many years of experience with this instrument. Many of their players have been trained to become excellent soloists and have won many first prizes at national and international competitions. The expert committee consists of: Mag. Simon Koiner (Volkskultur Steiermark GmbH), Werner Weibert (President of the Accordion Association of Austria), HVÖ board member Prof. Gottfried Hubmann, Prof. Johann Murg, Prof. Dr. Helmut Koini and Prof. Siegfried Greimler. This year's award winners were: • Youth Prize: Elias Zeiler (Trieben) • Folk Music Prize: Hartl Musi (Eisenerz) • Innovative Folk Music: Christian Bakanic (Graz) • Lifetime Achievement: Prof. Mag. Johann Murg The ceremonial presentation was held by Gabriele and Gottfried Hubmann with musical performances by The Filzmooser Tanzlmusi, The Steirer Musi, The Voices from Carinthia, The Dillacher and the Leoben Hunting Choir. Karl Lenz from ORF-Steiermark led through the program in a very entertaining way. |
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Winners of the 2022 Orpheus Award Announced – Italyby Christine Johnstone |
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| Video: 2022 Orpheus Award Ceremony Winners of the 2022 Orpheus Award were announced at the online event on March 13th, 2022 in Italy. The event is a Critic’s Award organised by the Art Promotion Association – Gerlando Gatto (Art Director) and Renzo Ruggieri (President). Thirteen music critics/journalists chose from 47 productions - Gerlando Gatto, Adriano Ghirardo, Alessandro Mugnoz, Amedeo Furfaro, Daniela Floris, Flavio Caprera, Gianluca Bibiani, Giuseppe Attardi, Herbert Scheibenreif, Kimmo Mattila, Paolo Picchio, Stefano Dentice and Stefano Duranti Poccetti. Results as follows: • Production of the Year for Classical Accordion: Michele Bianco "Silhouetten" (Da Vinci Classic) • Production of the Year for Accordion Jazz: Vince Abbracciante, Javier Girotto "Santuario" (Dodicilune) • Production of the Year for Accordion World/Popular: Luca Zanetti, Paola Torsi "Danza nel Tempo" (Zanetti Records) • Orpheus Career: Antonella Ruggiero, Roberto Colombo |
Accordionists Entertain at Savannah Music Festival - USAby Christine Johnstone |
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  Video: Diana Burco performing her own composition “Contigo”.The Savannah Music Festival will be held from March 24th to April 9th, 2022 in Georgia, USA. Performances will be given by accordionist and singer/songwriter Diana Burco (Colombia - picture above left) and accordionist Sam Reider (USA - picture above right) with cuatro guitarist Jorge Glem (Venezuela), who will entertain at the Metal Building at Trustees' Garden in Savannah, Georgia on March 27th at 3pm. The Reider/Glem duo will perform a mix of Venezuelan and American traditional music, along with original compositions. For details email: tickets@savannahboxoffice.com |
Video: Liub Anya Performing Peer Gynt - Russiaby Christine Johnstone |
 Video: Popular Russian duo Liub Anya, accordionists Liubov Akhanova and Kristina Krahmal from Moscow, performing “In the Hall of the Mountain King” from Peer Gynt by Grieg. |
Video: Global Accordion Music Festival Akkordeon Akut 2021, Landes-Akkordeon-Ensemble Sachsen-Anhalt (LAESA) "Klangwelten" - Germanyby Holda Paoletti-Kampl |
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| Video: Concert recording at the Global Accordion Music Festival Akkordeon Akut 2021 on October 17th, 2021. The Landes-Akkordeon-Ensemble Sachsen-Anhalt (LAESA) "Klangwelten" conducted by Victor Bolgov, perform at the Freylinghausensaal, Halle. Program: 01:58 Feuerwerk (von Lutz Stark) Nordische Sonate (von Léon Boellmann) 08:42 (1) Allegro moderato 24:33 Suite Gothique op. 25 (1) Introduction-Choral (2) Menuet gothique (3) Priere à Notre Dame (4) Toccata 38:21 Oblivion (von Astor Piazzolla) Solist: Camillo Dobrovsky 44:27 Clowns (von Ian Watson) 51:18 Lambada concertante op. 210 (von Jonas Tamulionis) 01:04:12 Zugabe After a two-year break, the Global Accordion Music Festival Akkordeon Akut returned to Halle's stages from October 10 to 21, 2021. We would like to thank all partners who made this small but sustainable festival edition possible. The next festival awaits you in the fall of 2023. |
“Lemon Bucket Orkestra” Celebrates 32nd Anniversary of Opera House - Canadaby Christine Johnstone |
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| The “Lemon Bucket Orkestra”, which includes accordionist and vocalist Marichka Marczyk celebrated the 32nd Anniversary of the Opera House in Toronto, Canada at a special concert on March 18th. The concert included special guests Tara Moneka and Nizo Alimov. The Lemon Bucket Orkestra, Toronto’s only Balkan-Klezmer-Gypsy-Party-Punk Super-Band perform a mix of Balkan, Klezmer, Gypsy and “Party-Punk” music. |
Accordions Stolen from Ken Hopkins, Northern Ireland - UKby Rob Howard |
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  Picture top and above: Ken Hopkins with a few of his accordionsWell-known accordionist and collector Ken Hopkins, from Comber, County Down, Northern Ireland, was burgled on Sunday March 6th, between 5pm and 8pm, and 11 accordions were stolen from upstairs in his house. The accordions have a combined estimated value of £35,000. This is the second time Ken Hopkins has been targeted by thieves. In 2012 a total of 30 accordions were stolen, though some were later recovered. Ken Hopkins owns one of the world’s largest collections of accordions, featuring instruments of all makes and models, including many vintage accordions that date right back to the early years of the 19th Century. He has given many presentations at accordion festivals, demonstrating the different types of accordions from his huge collection. Many of his instruments are featured in the book ‘Accordion: A Pictorial History’, written by Rob Howard in collaboration with Ken Hopkins, Cat No: robaccord06 cost: €6 pdf file sent by email. For further information email: accordionken@hotmail.com |
Video: Júlia Masnicová, accordionist and singer - Slovakiaby Harley Jones |
| La vie en rose performed by Júlia Masnicová, a Slovak accordionist and singer. |
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Canterbury Accordion Association Jam Session – New Zealandby Jeanette Perry |
 The Canterbury Accordion Association will hold a Jam Session at St Stephen’s Church in Christchurch, New Zealand on March 20th at 3pm.Everyone welcome! Music will be provided and you can bring some of your own for others to play along with you if you wish. Come and have some fun and make music. Free entry. Please note: Vaccination Passes are required. For details email: jkperry@xtra.co.nz |
John Kirkpatrick Performs Shropshire Folk Music Concert - UKby Christine Johnstone |
 John Kirkpatrick MBE will perform a concert of Shropshire Folk Music at the Culmington Village Hall in Culmington, Near Ludlow, Shropshire, England on March 25th at 7.30pm.John enjoys playing the accordion, concertina and melodeon and was awarded an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2021 New Year’s Honours List (UK) for services to folk music. For concert details email: yhart71@gmail.com |
TOEAC Duo Performs at Theatre Production - Netherlandsby Christine Johnstone |
 The TOEAC Duo, which includes accordionists Renée Bekkers and Pieternel Berkers will perform at a theatre production in the Het National Theatre Spui in Den Haag, Netherlands on March 30th, 2022.The theatre production stars Dutch actor Jack Wouterse and is inspired by the age-old story of Orpheus and Euridice. For details email: info@toeac.nl |
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Online: "Around the World in 12 Folk Tunes" Concert – UKby Rob Howard |
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| Accordion duo, Aine Mcloughlin (picture above left) and Ilona Suomalainen (picture above right) will perform an hour of well-known and popular folk tunes from around the world and across the continents. The online concert entitled "Around the World in 12 Folk Tunes" will be livestreamed from St Cross College in Oxford, England on March 31st, 2022 at 7pm BST. Aine has performed in musical theatre and orchestras (RTE Concert Orchestra, Camden Symphony Orchestra, and London Accordion Orchestra), as well as recording in top studios and performing in a range of operas, chamber orchestras, both original and cover bands, and traditional folk groups. Ilona has played across the UK, working with orchestras including the Philharmonia, Aurora Orchestra, Opera Holland Park, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Welsh National Opera. A diverse performer, she recently played in the West End production of 'Fiddler on the Roof' and featured in a UK tour with pop singer 'Irit' supporting Lisa Stansfield. This is a free performance. For details email: events@stx.ox.ac.uk |
“Mixed Doubles” Concerts in Paris - Franceby Christine Johnstone |
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| Two “Mixed Doubles” concerts will take place at Studio L’Accord Parfait, a place dedicated to acoustic music in The Perfect Match studio, Paris, France next month. The first duo concert will be held on April 1st with Frédéric Daverio (accordion) and Madoka Ochi (piano). Their program will include Paintings from an Exhibition - transcription for piano and accordion (Mussorgsky) and Andante, 2nd mv of concerto no.2 for piano and orchestra - transcription for piano and accordion (Shostakovich). The 2nd duo of Marie Christine Marella (piano) and Christophe Oudin (cello) will perform on April 8th. Each concert will conclude with the four musicians performing Shostakovich's 8th String Quartet - transcription for accordion, cello and piano for 4 hands. For details email: fdaverio@hotmail.fr |
Concert L’ame Slave - Franceby Rob Howard |
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| Duo Roman Jbanov (accordion) and Alexei Birioukov (balalaika) will perform in concert on April 3rd, 2022 at the Bourg-Lastic Church, Bourg-Lastic, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. See poster for details. |
Trio Hiltula Perform Tango Live Concert – Japanby Christine Johnstone |
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| Trio Hiltula will perform a Tango Live concert at the Classic Saon Amadeus in Chuo-ku, Kobe, Japan on April 16th, 2022 at 2pm. The trio, which includes Ville Hiltula (bandoneon), Ranna Sakimoto (cello) and Naoko Aoki (piano) will perform a program from classic tango to modern tango, including pieces by Piazzolla. For details email: villehiltula@gmail.com |
Sharon Shannon Band "Unlocked" Tours – Germany and Irelandby Christine Johnstone |
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 Video: The Sharon Shannon Band Live “Rusheen Bay” at WOMAD in New Zealand in 2019The Sharon Shannon Band is currently touring Ireland until April 30th. This will be followed by a tour of Germany from May 11th to 22nd, 2022. See poster above for German tour dates and venues. In February, Sharon released her new EP “Unlocked Series 1 – Inspiration” which was recorded during lockdown 2021. The series acknowledges that the world is about to come out of lockdown from COVID-19. |
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Three Expanded Historical and Analytical Articles by Dr Robert Young McMahan - USAby Harley Jones |
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 Dr Robert Young McMahan, Chair of the AAA Composers’ Commission Committee, has written historical and analytical articles about AAA commissioned works from 1997 to 2019. The original version of each article published annually in the AAA Journal is listed in pdf format for historical purposes at: http://www.ameraccord.com/aaacommissions2.php Dr McMahan is pleased to announce that three of the twenty-two articles he wrote have been updated and expanded by the author to include additional information, commentary, and musical examples. These are: - AAFJ1998 Prelude and Dance, by Paul Creston; - AAFJ2010 Sonata-Fantasia, by Normand Lockwood; - AAFJ2011 Introduction and Scherzo, by Nicholas Flagello. Future revisions of the remaining articles will be announced as they are completed. |
CNIMA April 2022 Accordion Courses – Franceby Christine Johnstone |
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  The CNIMA directed by Nathalie Boucheix are offering a variety of accordion courses in April as follows:• April 11th to 15th, 2022: Accordion Accompaniment Course with Aurélien Noël (picture above left). Aurélien has accompanied variety artists such as Eddy Mitchel, Céline Dion and Roberto Alagan and will teach you how to accompany soloists on the accordion. • April 18th to 22nd, 2022: Diatonic Accordion Course with Alain Pennec (picture above right). A key figure in Celtic music, Alain Pennec offers you technical (fingering & ornamentation), harmonic and rhythmic work. • April 18th to 22nd, 2022: Musette & Swing Accordion Course with Eric Bouvelle. International competition winner, Eric Bouvelle offers an immersion in the musette and swing with work on the repertoire, arrangements and composition. • April 25th to 29th, 2022: Accordion Course with Franck Angelis, composer of today's accordion, Franck leads a workshop around his works. For further details email: cnima@orange.fr |
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