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Richard Galliano Konzert in St Petersburg – Russland
Milos Milivojevic Tour Zeitplan - England, Australien
Ehrung und Konzert für Faithe Deffner - USA
Reports for Concerts, Masterclasses, Competitions, Festivals, etc. |
The Occasionals ‘The Full Set’ CD and DVD, Scotland – UK
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David Yengibarjan at the MOL Jazz Festival, Budapest – HungaryRafael Luc Charity Concert, London – UKMika Väyrynen Master Class, Frosinone - ItalyLydie Auvray Tour Dates - GermanyEdmonton Accordion Extravaganza, Alberta – CanadaBernadette Conlon-Zabawa Concert, Milwaukee - USAWalter Perrie Concert, Ellesmere Port – UK‘Echoes of Erin’ Tour – CanadaPärnu Accordion Music Festival, Pärnu - Estonia
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1. Internationales ‘Akkordeons auf hoher See" Wettbewerb – Italienby Rob Howard |
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 Fotos: Frank Marocco, Romano Viazzani, Gennaro Ruffolo und Giancarlo Caporilli. Der erste internationale "Akkordeons auf hoher See“ Wettbewerb, ist ein internationaler Bewerb für Akkordeon Solisten, Kammermusikensembles, Orchester und Akkordeon. Es gibt zwei Solo-Altersgruppen für akustische Akkordeons und MIDI-Akkordeons, unter 17 und über 18 Jahren mit Anmeldung mittels Video und findet nur mit einem Minimum von 50 Kandidaten statt! Die Preisverleihung gibt es während des "Cruise Akkordeon Festivals", an Bord des Liners Costa Victoria, vom 17 bis 24. April 2010. Die Gewinner des Wettbewerbes, sofern present, können den Preis direkt auf dem Schiff entgegen nehmen. Das "Akkordeon Festival Cruise" geht los von aus Venedig (Italien) mit Halt in Ancona (Italien), Santorin (Griechenland), Mykonos (Griechenland), Athen / Pireo (Griechenland), Korfu (Griechenland), Dubrovnik (Kroatien) und retour nach Venedig. Der Veranstalter ist Donato Di Tullio. Zur Jury an Board gehören die Künstler Frank Marocco, Romano Viazzani, Giancarlo Caporilli, Heather Smith, Riccardo Taddei, Gianni Mirizzi und Gennaro Ruffolo. Das Floating-Festival bietet täglich Konzerte, Workshops, Meisterklassen, Ausstellungen mit Produkt-Präsentationen von MusicTech, Vignoni Akkordeons und Beltrami Akkordeons, etc. Für weitere Informationen: redazione@accordionplanet.net |
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Richard Galliano Konzert in St Petersburg – Russlandby Rob Howard |
 Richard Galliano (geboren 1950) ist einer der versiertesten Akkordeonisten mit internationalem Ruf und begeistert seine Zuhörer stets in vollen Konzerthallen in aller Welt. Ein innovativer Musiker, bekannt für sein vor einigen Jahren erfundenen "New Musette" Stil, von dem gesagt wird, er wäre gleichzusetzen mit dem "Tango Nuevo" von Astor Piazzolla. Auf dieser Bühne spielten bereits seit 1802 viele bekannten Musiker, darunter Franz Liszt, G. Berlioz, Richard Wagner, Gustav Mahler Arturo Rubinstein, P. Viardo, P. Sarasate und viele andere... Für weitere Information: info@BalletAndOpera.com |
Milos Milivojevic Tour Zeitplan - England, Australienby Rob Howard |
 Der Akkordeonist Milos Milivojevic ist in drei Konzerten auf Bühnen in und in der Nähe von London und gleich danach auf Tour durch Australien. Der Tour Zeitplan: 18. September - mit dem Kosmos Ensemble, 'Music in Quiet Places ", als Teil des Oundel Festival, Northamptonshire 19. September 18 Uhr - mit Paprika Balkanicus um die WOMAD Festival, Tower of London, London 23. September 19.30 Uhr - Konzert mit Taro Hakase (Violine) und Maciej Janas (Klavier) in der Cadogan Hall, London 28./29. September 19 Uhr - Spiegelzelt QUT, Brisbane Festival 1. Oktober, 19 Uhr - Spiegelzelt QUT, Brisbane Festival 2. Oktober, 18 Uhr - Coorabell Hall, Coorabell, NSW 3. Oktober, 18 Uhr - Global Karneval, Bellingen, NSW 4. Oktober, 17 Uhr - Global Carnival Bellingen, NSW 6. Oktober, 20.15 Uhr - The Clarendon Theater, Katoomba, Blue Mountains, NSW 2./8. Oktober, 20 Uhr - The Studio, Sydney Opera House 9. Oktober, 20 Uhr- Lizotte's Kings Theatre Newcastle, NSW 10. Oktober, 20 Uhr - Heritage Hotel, Bulli, NSW 11. Oktober, 18 Uhr - Die Street Theatre, Canberra 15. Oktober, 21 Uhr - Forum Theatre, Melbourne International Arts Festival Für weitere Information: milosmusic@hotmail.com |
Ehrung und Konzert für Faithe Deffner - USAby Rob Howard |
 Am Sonntag,den 20. September, zelebriert der Verband der amerikanischen Akkordeonisten um 12.30 Uhr, in der Tavern on the Green, Central Park West und 67th Street, New York City, "die Ehrung für ihr langjähriges Mitglied und ehemalige (American Accordionists' Association) AAA Präsidentin, Faithe Deffner für ihre außergewöhnlichen Beiträge in der Akkordeon-Welt mit dem „Lifetime Achievement Award“. Verantwortlich für diesen Event zeichnen: Dr. Salvatore Febbraio, Frank Busso, Sr., Dr. Joseph Ciccone, Kevin Friedrich, Joan Grauman, Marilyn O'Neil, Dr. William Schimmel und AAA-Präsidentin Linda Soley Reed. Auf das Mittagessen folgt ein hochkarätig besetztes Konzert mit dem Busso Trio, Beverly Roberts Curnow, Karen Fremar, Guy Klucevsek, Dee Langley, Alexander Poeluev - 2004 World Champion aus Russland, Dr. William Schimmel, Mary Tokarski, the Strolling Trio aus Washington, DC mit Frank Busso, Jr . am Akkordeon, sowie anderen Gästen... Faithe Deffner AAA diente als Präsident von 1985 bis 1986 und erneut von 1995 bis 2000. Zuletzt koordinierte sie 2007 den Coupe Mondiale, in Alexandria, Virginia. Dieses Jahr feierte man auch den 75. Geburtstag von Ernest Deffner Inc, Hersteller von Titano und Pancordion und Nordamerika-Vertreter für Pigini Akkordeons. Darüber hinaus unterhält das Unternehmen einen Katalog von Akkordeon-Teile, Zubehör und Akkordeon-Musik. Ein vollständiger Bericht über diese Veranstaltung mit Fotos gibt es in unseren News der nächsten Woche. |
Reports for Concerts, Masterclasses, Competitions, Festivals, etc. |
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 The Occasionals, led by accordionist Freeland Barbour, are one of Scotland’s most admired ceilidh bands. ‘The Full Set’ is a combined CD and DVD package, featuring Scottish dance music plus a booklet providing complete dance instructions. Included on the CD/booklet: 12 Dance Sets & 4 Bonus Tracks (CD of the music features ‘Alec & Hazel Barbour’, ‘Tinker's House’, ‘Nineteenth Century Set’, ‘American Set’, ‘Old Victoria’, ‘Dashing White Sergeant’, ‘Soor Milk Cairt’, ‘Wild Colonial Boy’, ‘Lake Louise’, ‘Soldier's Dance’, ‘John MacDonald & Old Favourites’; bonus tracks include ‘The Friendly Waltz’, ‘The Russian Ballet’, ‘The Full Set Polka’, and ‘The Orkney Eva Three Step’. The DVD includes demonstrated instructions for 12 of the dances Set plus a one hour documentary of The Occasionals on tour. For further information email: info@concordemusic.com |
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by Rob Howard
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 The 6th MOL Jazz Festival takes place from September 17th to 21st. The Big Tent and the jazz-boat, anchored at the Nehru Embankment, are the main venues, although the opening and the final concerts will be staged at Budapest’s state-of-the-art Palace of Arts (MÜPA). Other performances will take place in the Ráday Street cafés and the Pinceszínház (Cellar Theatre), the Sanyi és Aranka Theatre and at the Hotel Ibis.Amongst the many guest artistes will be the virtuoso Armenian-Hungarian accordionist David Yengibarjan. David Yengibarjan (born 1976) moved from Armenia to Hungary in 1995, and is one of the most well-known and sought-after accordionists. He has participated in a great number of theatrical and film productions both as a performer (Bertold Brecht: ‘Jungle of the Cities’, Andor Lukáts: ‘Portugal’, Joye Sergent: ‘Crime and Punishment’) and as a composer (Ferenc Molnár: ‘Liliom, András Szoke’: ‘Three’, György Farkas: ‘Blood Line’, András Fésos: ‘Street Heart Beat’, Zoltán Egressy: ‘Blue, Blue, Blue’, Tamás Sas: ‘Struck by Love’, Kinga Rófusz: ‘Harlequin’, Andor Szilágyi: ‘Letters Unsent’). He has played in Paris, London, Amsterdam, Vienna, and Edinburgh. He founded his own group, the Trio Yengibarjan, in 1999, after recording the film music of ‘Holstein Lovers’ (which has a tango theme). His aspiration is to create a fusion of the Argentinean tango, the ‘New Tango’ of Astor Piazzolla, and various types of folk music. On his CD, ‘Tango Passion’, he plays with József Horváth Barcza (bass) and Gábor Juhász (guitar. |
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 Polish accordionist Rafael Luc, a student at London’s Royal Academy of Music, and the Brooks Quartet, a string quartet (also students at the RAM), are in concert at Lauderdale House, Highgate Hill, London, on September 20th, 11.30am. Rafael, aged 22, from Wroclaw, Poland, began performing concerts when he was 10, and had given over 200 recitals by the time he was 13. He has since performed in recitals and with orchestras in Poland, the Czech and Slovak Republics, Hungary, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and England. The concert is to raise funds for the Elias Fawcett Trust. The trust was set up by the family of Elias Fawcett, a promising guitarist, after his death at the age of 18. The trust uses its funds to create concert opportunities for promising young musicians. |
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 Finnish accordionist Mika Väyrynen will conduct a Master Class at the “L. Refice Conservatory of Music” in Frosinone, Italy from September 21st – 24th. The Master Class is in conjunction with the accordion program at the Conservatory under the direction of Adriano Ranieri. In recent months, Mika has conducted Master Class sessions in Spain, Serbia and France, in addition to his regular teaching position at the Sibelius Academy of Music in Helsinki. For more information, please visit the Mika Väyrynen website. |
by Rob Howard
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 Leading German accordionist Lydie Auvray performs as follows:September 30th - Rex-Theater, Wuppertal, Germany October 1st – Weberei, Gütersloh 2nd - KuZ Eichberg, Eltville (am Rhein) 3rd – Kaue, Gelsenkirchen 29th – Kammgarn, Kaiserslautern 30th – Museum, Helmbrechts For further information email: Scala.Weissenberger@t-online.de |
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| The 14th Accordion Extravaganza Festival runs from September 25th to 27th in Edmonton, Alberta, organised jointly by Enes Upright and Gloria Grainger. The main venues are the Central Lions Seniors Recreation Centre and the South East Edmonton Seniors Centre (SEESA). The festival includes competitions, and musical styles range from polkas to classical. "Our youngest person competing is six years old," Upright says. "Our oldest is in their 80s." Aside from the competitions, the Accordion Extravaganza Festival also features a trade show, open stage, a workshop, Saturday dance with The Cimarrons and a concert by the acclaimed Ulster Accordion Band (which has played at the Disney World Christmas Parade, Branson Missouri Veterans Concert and Juno Beach ceremonies, France). For further information email: accordion@gerl.ca |
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 Bernadette Conlon-Zabawa, originally from Australia, now living in Illinois, is the guest at the Milwaukee Accordion Club on September 28th, 8pm. She was born with an eye disease and has achieved the status of a world class accordionist in spite of her visual handicap. She will be performing a Las Vegas style program with her husband, Ed Zabawa, at the September 28th meeting of the Milwaukee Accordion Club.For further information email: gsmeiska@wi.rr.com |
by Rob Howard
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 Ex-All Scotland Champion Walter Perrie is in concert at Chester Accordion Club on September 29th, 8pm. The venue is the Castro Sports & Social, Chester Road, Whitby, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire.For further information email: limccallum@dsl.pipex.com |
by Rob Howard
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| The ‘Echoes of Erin’ tour of Canada takes place from the end of September, through October. Organised by the Irish based Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann, the tour party includes players of the accordion, concertina, fiddle, banjo, flute and harp, plus singers and dancers. The accordionist is Darren Breslin, 2008 All Ireland Senior Button Accordion Champion. The concertina player, Aisling McMahon, is also one of the dancers. The tour dates are: September 30th, 7.30pm - Community Centre, Shannon, Quebec October 1st, 7.45pm - Centre for Performing Arts, Montreal 2nd, 8pm - National Library and Archives, Ottawa, Ontario 3rd, 7.30pm - Navy League Hall, Sudbury, Ontario 4th, 2pm - West Ferris High School, North Bay, Ontario 5th, 7.30pm - Bear Creek Sec. School, Barrie, Ontario 7th, 7.30pm - Holy Cross High School, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 8th, 7.30pm - Canadian Christian College, Regina, Saskatchewan 9th, 8pm - Manitou Opera House, Manitou, Manitoba 10th, 8pm - West End Cultural Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba For further information email: enquiries@comhaltas.com |
by Rob Howard
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 The 27th Pärnu Accordion Music Festival, originally a one day event, has over the years grown into an international festival held over several days. During the festival a competition for bands and orchestras takes place, and the number of contestants has grown to over 200.For further information email: onnelateearu@hot.ee |
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| The Coupe Mondiale website has been updated to include full reports and results of the 2009 Coupe Mondiale event. The reports include extensive photos and information. |
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 The Coupe Mondiale website has the 7 categories of the 2009 Coupe Mondiale available for video download. Every performance of every competitor. You download to your computer and you can watch it at your leisure as often as you like. |
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| The 2009 Coupe Mondiale site has all the results of the 2009 Coupe Mondiale online. The marks of every adjudicator for every candidate are listed online. |
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 Available for free download is the Souvenir Coupe Mondiale program. This full color high quality 60 page publication is available in two formats.Lower resolution (lo-res - 15MB) for viewing on your computer and high resolution (hi-res - 88 MB) for printing. Free from the Coupe Mondiale website. |
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