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7th Roland International V-Accordion Festival, Rome - ItalyVideo: Results Presentation and Winning Performances, 2013 Roland International Festival - ItalyVideo: 2nd and 3rd Places, 2013 Roland International V-Accordion Festival - ItalyNew Book - ‘Accordion: A Pictorial History’, Stockport – UKIs Music the Key to Success? New York Times Newspaper - USA
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Whitby Hospital Comes Alive with Music, Yorkshire – UKVideo Promotion of New CD, Mika Väyrynen and Angel Luis Castaño - FinlandBelfast Military Tattoo, Northern Ireland - UK‘The Best of Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham’ CD, Scotland – UKVideo: Lionel Reekie Stars at APRA Silver Scrolls - New ZealandVideo: Los Tigres del Norte at the Premios Billboard 2013 - MexicoVideo: Bester Quartet at Vilnius Accordion Festival 2013 - LithuaniaVideo: Vladimir Runchak Portraits of Composers Suite №1 for Accordion‘14 Years Ago’ – Jazz Accordion Course introduced at Pescara, Italy, in 1999
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Martynas Levickis’ Asia Tour – Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, South KoreaFamous Accordion Orchestra World Tour 2013 Finale, Brooklyn – USAJoe Natoli Concert, Virgina – USARomano Viazzani Gigs, London – UKMatthieu Chaussalet Demonstration, Bourg-En-Bresse – FranceNihad Hrustanbegovic Concert, Amsterdam – Netherlands2nd Festival D'Accordéon, Pondrome – BelgiumJugend Akkordeon-Orchester and Klaus Paier Concert, Lyss - SwitzerlandSergej Tchirkov Concert, Eupen – Belgium‘Accordions in the Hood’, Vancouver – CanadaMaria Kalaniemi and Karen Tweed Concert, London – UK
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by Holda Paoletti-Kampl
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 Daily Reports, Results and Video at: 2013 Rome FestivalOn Thursday evening, Luigi Bruti (picture left) of Roland Europe officially welcomed all the competitors, guests, teachers and jury members and opened the 7th Roland International V-Accordion Festival. Friday was the first round of the competition and you can see all the videos of this on our Daily Reports at: 2013 Rome Festival Round 2 of the competitions was on Saturday evening Rome time and the videos and the results are available just below. Download the program booklet: 2013RFBooklet Contestants for 2013 in country order are: Mahatma Costa (Brazil), Michael Bridge (Canada), Matthias Matzke (Germany), Simone Sciammarella (Italy), Kyoko Hayashibara (Japan), Stanislav Malyshev (Russia), Petar Maric (Serbia), Thomas Hardaker (UK), Sergei Teleshev (USA). Jury members in country order are: Walter Bigler (Austria), Kimmo Mattila (Finland), Frédéric Deschamps (France), Christos Kalaitzopoulos (Greece), Renzo Ruggieri (Italy), Viatcheslav Semionov (Russia), Zoran Zorko (Slovenia). Daily Reports, Results and Video at: 2013 Rome Festival |
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1st Place, Matthias Matzke (Germany) Round 1
1st Place, Matthias Matzke (Germany) Round 2
| Video of the Prize Presentation and Video of Matthias Matzke (Germany), the 1st place winner of the 7th Roland International V-Accordion Festival in Rome, 17th to 19th October. |
by Holda Paoletti-Kampl
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Video 2: 2nd Place, Petar Maric (Serbia), Round 2:
Video 3: 3rd Place, Stanislav Malyshev (Russia), Round 1
Video 4: 3rd Place, Stanislav Malyshev (Russia), Round 2
| Video 1: 2nd Place, Petar Maric (Serbia), Round 1 Video 2: 2nd Place, Petar Maric (Serbia), Round 2 Video 3: 3rd Place, Stanislav Malyshev (Russia), Round 1 Video 4: 3rd Place, Stanislav Malyshev (Russia), Round 2 Daily Reports, Results and Video at: 2013 Rome Festival |
by Harley Jones
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 ‘Accordion: A Pictorial History’, by Rob Howard, is a brand new book that tells the story of the accordion, from its origins in the early 1800s, all the way through the 19th and 20th centuries, and up to the present day. A4 sized and in hardback, ‘Accordion: A Pictorial History’ is a high quality production, and fully illustrated with over 300 colour pictures (each with information).The book also includes several articles, including ‘What’s in a name?’; ‘Busson – first of the great accordion builders’; ‘Significant developments in the 19th Century’; ‘Concertinas’; ‘Pietro Frosini, Guido and Pietro Deiro’; ‘The 1930s – The era of the accordion bands begins’; ‘The 1940s – Revisiting the Uniform keyboard’; ‘Italy, Hohner, and East Germany – the post-war era’; ‘Steve Roxton recalls Syd Lewis…and the end of an era’; ‘Recent Times’; ‘Helmi Harrington’s ‘A World of Accordions’ museum’. Researched and written by Accordions Worldwide news editor Rob Howard, the book presents much information about the history of the accordion that has never previously been published. A sequel to ‘Vintage Accordions’ (published in 2011), most of the pictures come from the huge Ken Hopkins collection in Northern Ireland, with others contributed by Helmi Harrington, Jean Hanger, Gary Blair, Ron Bennett, Heather Smith, Gordon Pattullo, Caroline Hunt, Bernard Wrigley, Colin Ensor, Gholamreza Seyed Hasani, and The Accordion Shop. ‘Accordion: A Pictorial History’ costs £10 plus £2 postage and packing for UK from Rob Howard, 42 Avondale Rd, Edgeley, Stockport, Cheshire SK3 9NY, UK. Overseas postage and packing is £4 to EU countries, and £7 postage and packing to all other parts of the world. Paypal accepted. For further information email: robaccord5@hotmail.com |
by Harley Jones
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 Excerpts from an article by Joanne Lipman, NY Times, 12th October 2013Condoleeza Rice trained to be a concert pianist. Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Federal Reserve, was a professional clarinet and saxophone player. The hedge fund billionaire Bruce Kovner is a pianist who took classes at Juilliard. Multiple studies link music study to academic achievement. But what is it about serious music training that seems to correlate with outsize success in other fields? The connection isn’t a coincidence. I know because I asked. I put the question to top-flight professionals in industries from tech to finance to media, all of whom had serious (if often little-known) past lives as musicians. Almost all made a connection between their music training and their professional achievements. The phenomenon extends beyond the math-music association. Strikingly, many high achievers told me music opened up the pathways to creative thinking. And their experiences suggest that music training sharpens other qualities: Collaboration. The ability to listen. A way of thinking that weaves together disparate ideas. The power to focus on the present and the future simultaneously. Will your school music program turn your kid into a Paul Allen, the billionaire co-founder of Microsoft (guitar)? Or a Woody Allen (clarinet)? Probably not. These are singular achievers. But the way these and other visionaries I spoke to process music is intriguing. As is the way many of them apply music’s lessons of focus and discipline into new ways of thinking and communicating — even problem solving. Look carefully and you’ll find musicians at the top of almost any industry. Woody Allen performs weekly with a jazz band. The television broadcaster Paula Zahn (cello) and the NBC chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd (French horn) attended college on music scholarships; NBC’s Andrea Mitchell trained to become a professional violinist. Both Microsoft’s Mr. Allen and the venture capitalist Roger McNamee have rock bands. Larry Page, a co-founder of Google, played saxophone in high school. Steven Spielberg is a clarinetist and son of a pianist. The former World Bank president James D. Wolfensohn has played cello at Carnegie Hall. “It’s not a coincidence,” says Mr. Greenspan, who gave up jazz clarinet but still dabbles at the baby grand in his living room. “I can tell you as a statistician, the probability that that is mere chance is extremely small.” The cautious former Fed chief adds, “That’s all that you can judge about the facts. The crucial question is: why does that connection exist?” Read the full article (English) at: 2013Success.pdf Joanne Lipman is a co-author, with Melanie Kupchynsky, of the book “Strings Attached: One Tough Teacher and the Gift of Great Expectations.” Harley Jones, CIA Public Relations, writes: I believe, that the accordion is probably the best instrument of all with the greatest benefits because: - the physical and mental activity of using the bellows in combination with: - the different treble and bass keyboards - accordionists are playing a melody plus accompaniment - accordion is an excellent group training instrument which means an enormous mental stimuli while enjoying yourself playing the accordion. This is an important study for parents of young children to know about, as music education today has many competitors and we need to make our voice heard to ensure an accordion education is fully appreciated and considered by all parents." |
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by Rob Howard
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 (Article from Whitby Gazette) Each Tuesday and Friday, Whitby Hospital's patients are treated to a live musical performance as part of a new pilot scheme designed to make their stay at the hospital a little bit groovier. The scheme is run by the charity ‘Music in Hospitals’, which seeks to improve the quality of patients’ lives, using music as therapy. Jo Davis, Arts coordinator for Hospital Arts for North East Yorkshire, said: "For people recovering from illness, life on a hospital ward is filled with long days and this makes people feel cared for. If you're taking the time to bring in musicians and performers, it makes them feel they are not being ignored. Hospitals are here to care for people's physical wellbeing, but this stimulates the mind." The lottery-funded project is currently only taking place at Whitby Hospital and has seen professional musicians entertain patients in the stroke and elderly rehabilitation wards since July. A different singer or musician attends each week, making for an interesting and varied programme. Fred Melville (88), a retired fire officer, who is in Whitby Hospital after injuring himself during a fall, said: "Last week two lads came, one played the violin and the other played the accordion and they were marvellous. It takes away the monotony of the hospital, it's just a break, an hour or so makes a heck of a difference. It takes us from looking forward to the coffin, it makes us feel as though there's a bit of a future and we would like to live a little longer". Music is a useful tool in rehabilitation and therapy as not only does it restore hope, but it can also help stroke victims recover memories, while arthritis sufferers find the clapping can help soothe their joints. |
by Harley Jones
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| Promotional video by the Finnish Accordeon Institute of their latest CD available, 'For Duo Works For Two Accordion CD by Mika Väyrynen and Angel Luis Castaño'. Purchase CD online at: faicd25 |
by Rob Howard
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 The first ever Belfast Military Tattoo, held at the Odyssey Arena on September 27th and 28th, was a resounding success, with 11,000 sell out attendances on both nights. There were seven pipe bands, two flute bands, two brass bands, two teams of dancers, and two accordion bands – all from Northern Ireland - participating in this large scale spectacular event.The Dunloy and Vow accordion bands, both contest championship winners in recent years, joined forces to form a band of about 50 accordionists – featuring a mixture of piano accordions, chromatic accordions, British chromatic and diatonic accordions – plus a drums and percussion section, all resplendent in uniforms. All the playing was done standing up and on the march, creating a stirring sound and impression as they played. The Belfast Military Tattoo is set to become an annual event. For further information email: anita@wonderlandproductionsni.com |
by Rob Howard
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 ‘The Best of Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham’ is a compilation of tracks by accordionist Phil Cunningham and fiddler Aly Bain. This duo began working together in 1988 on a series of six TV shows for Channel Four, and quickly became one of Scotland’s favourite traditional music acts, with several popular recordings to their credit.Track listing: Donald MacLean’s Farewell to Oban/The Sands of Burness/Miller’s Reel; Sarah’s Song; Waltz of the little girls; The Jig Runrig/The Swedish Jig; Violet Tulloch, Queen of Lerwick; Humours of Tulla/Fox Hunter’s Reel/St Anne’s Reel; Sophie’s Lullaby; Michael Coleman’s Jig/The Gingerhog’s No 2/Give me a drink of water/Jiggy Jig; My Lily/The Sweetness of Mary/Hughie Jim Paul’s Reel; La Ronfleuse Gobels/La Grande Chaine/Galliope De Malbie; The Pearl; Megan’s Wedding/The Herra Boys/Barrowburn Reel; Spring the Summer Long; Waiting for the Federals; Charlie Hunter’s Jig/The Mouse in the Cupboard/Rosewood; Flett from Flotta/Sabhal Iain ic Uisdean/The Drainpipe; A Man’s A Man For A’ That; The Auld Fiddler/Earl Mitten’s Breakdown. |
by Harley Jones
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 New Zealands premiere popular music awards show, the APRA Silver Scrolls, showcased the accordion on the country’s biggest stage last Tuesday night. The Vector Arena was the venue for this prestigious ceremony, and popular international accordionist Lionel Reekie was asked to perform the No. 1 hit song, 'Royals' by Lorde. Together with Wellington-based soul singer, Bella Kalolo and beatbox artist, Phillip Fan, their unique rendition of the song that has topped the charts internationally (including the US Billboard Charts) stole the show. 'Royals' written by lla Yelich-O’Conner (Lorde) and Joel Little was announced as this year’s top song, and in his acceptance speech, Joel Little started by saying “I just want to thank that guy on the accordion from before…that guy was the man!!!” Indeed Lionel’s accordion performance set the world of social media alight with tweets from many high profile entertainment professionals such as NZ Herald entertainment columnist Paul Little “@PCLittle Sending @iamjoelittle’s girls to bed now. Had to promise to buy them both accordions tomorrow.” The Silver Scrolls are an annual event, attended by the biggest names in the New Zealand music industry, each year attracting a lot of media publicity. As a result the accordion was seen on all the major New Zealand television networks’ news shows, mentioned on radio and posted on numerous internet sites, including live streams on all the major newspaper and television sites across New Zealand. Lionel recently performed for the 75th AAA Anniversary in New York and vocal solist with the World Accordion Orchestra at the recent Coupe Mondiale in Canada. |
by Harley Jones
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| Video of popular USA and South American group Los Tigres del Norte were featured at the recent Premios Billboard 2013. Video was released 10th October 2013. |
by Harley Jones
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| A promotional video of the Bester Quartet performance at the 2013 Vilnius Accordion Festival, Lithuania. Video release 17th October 2013. |
by Harley Jones
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| Movements II and IV of 'Portraits of Composers Suite ?1 for Accordion' by Vladimir Runchak, published 17th October 2013. |
by Rob Howard
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 The Accordions Worldwide news for the week ending October 15th 1999 included a report from Italy about the first time inclusion of jazz accordion, under the tutelage of Renzo Ruggieri, at the Pescara Music Academy. Since 1999 jazz accordion tuition at academy level in Italy has become accepted as part of the musical establishment. First Jazz Accordion Course – Italy After publishing the first "new-generation" jazz accordion method (Bèrben n.4190) and the first "total improvisation" CD ("Improvvisazioni Guidate" - Voglia d'Arte R1000-001), jazz musician Renzo Ruggieri was appointed lecturer of the first jazz accordion course (including modern/MIDI accordion) at the Pescara Music Academy. This is an important new project not only for the organizing institution, but also for its meticulous five-level structure (the course is open to absolute beginners) and the widely recognized diploma awarded to successful students. Ruggieri's students include Osvaldo Guarnieri, recent winner of the Castelfidardo competition both in the "Jazz: Soloists" and "Jazz - Groups" sections. |
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by Rob Howard
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 Lithuanian accordionist Martynas Levickis has embarked on a tour of countries in Asia, performing and giving media interviews. His dates include:October 18th, 7.30pm - CD release concert, Zouk Club Yellow Lounge, 17 Jiak Kim St, Singapore October 20th, 7.30pm - President’s Start Charity LIVE performances on Channel 5 TV October 25th, 7pm - Toppan Hall album release concert featuring Takumi Yamazaki, 1-3-3 Suido, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan October 28th, 5pm-8pm - Flash Mob performances in Hong Kong. October 31st, 8.30pm - CD release concert, Octagon Club Yellow lounge, Seoul, South Korea. For further information email: info@tmmp.co.uk |
by Harley Jones
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| The Famous Accordion Orchestra's annual World Tour of Brooklyn 2013 concludes this Saturday, October 19th, 2pm, at the 6-15 Green Garden Fall Festival, 6th Avenue and 15th Street, Park Slope. Who else would bring you Doors, Marley, Offenbach and Klucevsek, all in the same program? And the weather looks to be sunny and cool! How autumnal can it get? The Orchestra line-up this time is: Bob Goldberg, Genevieve Leloup, Mark Nathanson, Melissa Elledge – accordions. For further information email: banorchestra@earthlink.net |
by Rob Howard
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 The highly accomplished accordionist Joe Natoli, from Ohio, is in concert on Sunday October 20th, 4pm, at the Sleepy Hollow Methodist Church, 3435 Sleepy Hollow Rd, Falls Church, Virginia 2044. The concert is organized by the Washington Metropolitan Accordion Society. |
by Rob Howard
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 Romano Viazzani performs next week, as follows:Romano will be with singer-songwriter David Vaughan on piano and vocals and Daniel Broncano on clarinet at Oliver's Bar, Greenwich, London, on Friday October 25th, 9pm. On Sunday October 27th, 6.30pm, Romano Viazzani on accordion, along with Nick Pini on Bass and John Bailey on piano, accompany the singers Joanna Strand and Jacqueline Tate in cabaret at The Pheasantry, Kings Road, London. They will present some great new arrangements and some very funny new numbers. For further information email: romanoviazzani@hotmail.co.uk |
by Rob Howard
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 On Friday October 25th, 5pm, accordionist Matthieu Chaussalet will demonstrate new models at Ecochard Musique, 17 Avenue Alsace Lorraine, Bourg-En-Bresse, eastern France. |
by Rob Howard
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 Dutch-based Bosnian accordionist Nihad Hrustanbegovic presents music from his two new CDs ‘Sevdah for Petronella’ and ‘Black Orpheus’ in a concert on Sunday October 27th, 3.30pm, at De Buiksloterkerk, Karveelstraat 10, Amsterdam. |
by Rob Howard
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 The 2nd Festival D'Accordéon takes place on Sunday October 27th, 2pm, at the Salle l’Esperance, Beauraing, Pondrome, Belgium, featuring the ‘Princesse de l'accordéon’ Erika with her orchestra, Olivier Verdi, Alexis Labarrière, and Dany Daniel. |
by Rob Howard
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 The Jugend Akkordeon-Orchester (MD Susanne App), from Switzerland, with special guest Austrian jazz accordionist Klaus Paier Sunday October 27th, 5pm, at Aula Grentschel, Lyss (Hardernstrasse 4), Switzerland. Coffee, cake and beverage sales are available from 4pm in the foyer. Admission is free, with a collection. |
by Rob Howard
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 Accordionist Sergej Tchirkov will perform at BRF Funkhaus, Eupen, Belgium, on Tuesday October 29th, 8pm. The concert is in collaboration with Chudoscnik Sunergia VoG and BRF Belgian Broadcasting. The program will include works by Martin Schlumpf, Wolfgang Delnui, Sehyung Kim, Sofia Gubaidulina, and Igor Stravinsky, as well as early music works by Orlando Gibbons, Johann Pachelbel and Johann Jacob Froberger.Sergej Tchirkov, born in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1980, graduated from the State St. Petersburg Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatoire in 2003 (class of Professor Alexander Dmitriev). He has been awarded prizes at many international competitions, which include the Coupe Mondiale (UK and Slovakia) and the “Citta di Castelfidardo” (Italy), has performed as soloist and as member of several orchestras, and collaborates with composers such as Pierluigi Billone, Ivan Fedele, John Palmer, Dieter Schnebel, Martin Schlumpf, Matthias Müller, Dmitri Kourliandski, Alexander Radvilovich, Sergej Newski, Boris Filanovski, premiering numerous works featuring the accordion. For further information email: info@tchirkov.eu |
by Rob Howard
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| A Heart of the City Festival performance, ‘Accordions in the Hood’, takes place on Tuesday October 29th, 7.30pm, at Hogan's Alley Café, Vancouver, BC, given by members of the Vancouver Squeezebox Circle. |
by Rob Howard
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  Finnish accordionist Maria Kalaniemi and pianist Timo Alakotila make their UK duo premiere on October 31st, 8pm, at Hall One, Kings Place, London, as part of ‘LIFEM: London International Festival of Exploratory Music’. English accordionist Karen Tweed performs a supporting spot.'Two of Finland's most outstanding musicians... Kalaniemi is the queen of Finnish accordion… When Alakotila sits at the piano something simply magical happens… the finest of ambassadors for Finnish music.' - Songlines Magazine. Also on October 31st, 8.15pm, in the St Pancras Room at Kings Place, is a screening of the documentary film ‘Kimmo Pohjonen: Soundbreaker’. These events are part of ‘The Finnish Line’, celebrating the music of Finland, which runs from October 30th until November 2nd. |
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by Donald E Grzanna
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 Don Grzanna - accordionist, composer, performer, releases 4 new composition for accordion available for purchase online.'Argentine Tango For Accordion', catalog: grza180, 'Argentine Tango Advanced Accordion', catalog: grza181, 'French Tango Advanced Accordion Solo', catalog: grza182 The music is in eSheet format, able to be emailed to your computer. Purchase with credit card. |
by Klaus Paier
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 Klaus Paier has just released ‘Das Akkordeon Buch’ / ‘The Accordion Book’, a 3 volume set of accordion technique books. The text is in both German and English, and published by jova-music of Munich, Germany.Purchase with credit card. |
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 CD Reviews Index for the Review of Logos Futura CD by N. Antonio Peruch, in English language, reviewed by Joan C. Sommers. |
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