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Vidéo: Jörgen Sundeqvist, succès pour the Accordion King au Norrlandsoperan - Suède
Vidéo: Viivi Maria Saarenkylä et le Savonlinna Orchestra - Finlande
Le Duo 'Nebl & Nebl' au Festival de Vienne et en tournée en Autriche
Reports for Concerts, Masterclasses, Competitions, Festivals, etc. |
Valentines Pictures Featuring AccordionVideo: Zoltán Orosz & Mihály Borbély - Libertango/Hungarian folk song/Balkan Boogie - HungaryJohn Torcello with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles - USAVideo: Having Fun with the Accordion - Peru14 Years Ago: Emily Smith Wins BBC Young Traditional Musician Award 2002Video: Natalie Emmons from EnterTalk Radio Interviewing at NAMM, Los Angeles - USA
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Tony Kearney Gigs, London, Warrington, Manchester – UKJane Christison Entertains, Kansas City – USARoberto Lucanero & Marco Meo Concert, Torreglia - ItalyClaudio Allodi @ Harlow Accordion Club, Essex - UKGuy Klucevsek Concerts, New York - USAVideo: Alan Kelly Gang’s American Tour Dates – USAVincent Lhermit’s Final Doctorate Recital, Paris – France2016 AAMS Festival, New Jersey – USA
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Historical Composition 'Loganola' Released - New ZealandCIA Winter Congress Site UpdatedSite Updated: American Accordionists' Association (AAA) Site Updated - USA
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Festival Strumenti & Musica 2016, Spoleto - Italieby Federica Celesti, President, Italian Accordion Culture (IAC) |
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 Du 18 au 22 mai, Spoleto, belle et célèbre ville de culture du centre de l’Italie accueillera le festival Strumenti & Musica 2016.Le programme inclut le prix Strumenti & Musica (concours national pour jeunes accordéonistes), qualificatif pour la 69ème Coupe Mondiale (CIA) qui se tiendra du 7 au 11 septembre à Rostov-sur-le-Don, Russie. Le prix Strumenti & Musica qui se déroulera au Teatro Nuovo Giancarlo Menotti est soutenu par l’Italian Accordion Culture (IAC), membre italien de la CIA, en collaboration avec Ars Spoletium Publishing and Recording. Téléchargez le règlement, modalités et formulaire d’inscription en italien et anglais : 2016Spoleto.pdf Les concours d’accordéon et piano (Premio Pianistico Internazionale “Città di Spoleto”) sont destinés à accueillir un nombre significatif de jeunes et talentueux musiciens. Les deux directeurs artistiques (photo de gauche) Mirco Patarini (accordéon) et Michele Rossetti (piano), ont affirmé une fois encore l’importance et le prestige du rôle joué par la région de Spoleto dans le monde de la musique et de la culture. Ils annonceront très bientôt les concerts et artistes du festival Strumenti & Musica 2016 Pour plus d’information : federica.celesti@arspoletium.com |
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Vidéo: Jörgen Sundeqvist, succès pour the Accordion King au Norrlandsoperan - Suèdeby Curt Ivan Ericsson |
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| Quelques extraits du magazine Accordéon "Dragspelsnytt" Nr. 2, 2016, traduits par Curt Ivan Ericsson : The Accordion King (composé par Fredrik Högberg) une œuvre multimedia innovante pour accordéon et orchestre symphonique a connu un grand succès devant un public nombreux au Norrland Opera d’Umeå, le 4 février. Le concert a été ouvert par le Norrland Opera Symphony Orchestra dirigé par Elim Chan, première lauréate féminine du concours de direction Donatella Flick du London Symphony Orchestra. Puis nous attendîmes notre virtuose de l’accordéon soliste dans The Accordion King. Il est à noter que le public relativement jeune de ce concert bondé semblait très intéressé par l’Accordion King de Fredrik Högberg. Le concert affichait presque complet, ce qui est assez inhabituel pour l’accordéon et donc très gratifiant. Le public dont nombre de musiciens venait aussi bien de près que de loin d’Umeå. The Accordion King est très animé et Fredrik Högberg a écrit une partie d’accordéon demandant une technique phénoménale que Jörgen Sundeqvist a exécuté avec une grande maîtrise. L’orchestre a joué superbement avec des sons surprenants à une grande vitesse d’exécution. Jörgen rendait tout cela élégant et mérita la standing ovation finale. La première mondiale de cette œuvre, avec Jörgen Sundeqvist également, a été donnée en 2015. Vous pouvez en savoir plus sur cette intéressante pièce ici : http://www.accordions.com/news.aspx?d=30-Jan-2015&lang=en#art9881 |
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Vidéo: Viivi Maria Saarenkylä et le Savonlinna Orchestra - Finlandeby Harley Jones |
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 Vidéo 1: première mondiale de la version symphonique d’‘Anantango’ composée par l’accordéoniste espagnol bien connu Gorka Hermosa interprété par Maria Saarenkylä et le Savonlinna Orchestra dirigé par Hannu Vesioja, dimanche 31 janvier, 15h00.Video 2: Tango Italiano composé par Renzo Ruggieri Extrait de l’article sur le concert dans le journal local Itä-Savo par Esko Alanen, traduit en anglais : Il semblerait qu’un dimanche après-midi de janvier soit le bon moment pour un concert du Savonlinna Orchestra avec l’accordéoniste virtuose Viivi Maria Saarenkylä puisque la salle était comble. Il ne fait aucun doute que le public était venu pour entendre la prestation de Saarenkylä, qui est originaire de Savonlinna et connait déjà un succès international. L’attente était grande et ne fut pas déçue. Saarenkylä joua avec grâce et expressivité. Les passages rapides et les phrasés furent sa marque de fabrique à chaque pièce. La virtuosité n’était toutefois pas l’objectif, Saarenkylä donnait la priorité à l’interprétation de chaque composition et le public put entendre le rythme latino au swing langoureux et aux riches nuances. L’union avec l’orchestre fut constante en dépit de quelques difficultés rythmiques. La taille de l’orchestre était parfaite pour accompagner l’accordéon et l’équilibre était idéal grâce à l’acoustique de la salle. La pièce de Renzo Ruggieri Tango Italiano fut particulièrement mémorable. Ce fut un bonheur d’entendre le classique Libertango (Piazzolla) et la dernière pièce Tico Tico (Z. Abreu) mit la salle dans une joyeuse ambiance de carnaval ! CD accordéon disponible en ligne à : Viivi Maria Saarenkylä |
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Le Duo 'Nebl & Nebl' au Festival de Vienne et en tournée en Autricheby Herbert Scheibenreif |
Video: Performance at the 2014 XXV International Moscow Festival, Russia
 Il y a très peu d’ensembles classiques professionnels avec accordéon qui se soient produits pendant très longtemps et Frank et Andreas Nebl connu comme le 'Duo Nebl & Nebl' constituent une exception.Pendant plusieurs années, Frank Nebl a été le clarinette solo du Baden State Opera de Karlsruhe et son frère Andreas Nebl professeur d’accordéon et de musique de chambre au Conservatoire Hohner de Trossingen. Leur longévité (Harmonica International) est certainement justifiée par leurs communes racines familiales. Après de nombreux concerts ces dernières années, leur prestation est même plus libre et plus swing. Les deux musiciens internationalement acclamés ont un répertoire de concert en classique et musique contemporaine, des compositions à eux, du tango et de la world music qui fascine leur auditoire. Les dates de leur tournée autrichienne sont les suivantes : 26 février, Neunkirchen, Sparkassensaal der Musikschule, 19.30 27 février, Rathaussaal der Marktgemeinde St. Paul/Lav., 19.30 28 février, Harmonikazentrum Graz, 17.00. 29 février, Wiener Akkordeonfestival, Ehrbar Saal, 18.00. |
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 Ding Peng, Manager, Hohner China published a very nice Valentines graphic above. The Great Morgani (USA), picture left, had made a wonderful costume for Valentines Day. Just amazing. Below left, the inscription reads: My heart is in "tune" with yours My Valentine. Below right is a very stylized accordion-heart. |
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| Video: Published on Feb 17, 2016, Libertango/Hungarian folk song/Balkan Boogie. These two internationally renowned performers, Zoltan Orosz & Mihály Borbély, have had a long friendship for decades and played together on many occasions in larger formations. Now they have formed a duo that retains all the flare, diversity and complexity that is so much a part of their individual musical skills. Accordion Orosz CD's available online at: Zoltan Orosz |
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 John Torcello, 1972 Coupe Mondiale Champion, performed the accordion role in 'Correspondances' by Henri Dutilleux (1916-2013) with the Los Angeles Philharmonic under the direction of Esa-Pekka Salonen from February 12-14th, at The Walt Disney Concert Hall, in Los Angeles. The 22 minute work ‘Correspondances’ is a song-cycle for soprano and orchestra written by the French composer Henri Dutilleux in 2002–2003. It consists of five episodes and an interlude. The work was premiered by Simon Rattle and Dawn Upshaw with the Berliner Philharmonic on September 5th 2003 and has since been performed all over the world.The five movements: I – ‘Gong I (Rilke)’, II – ‘Danse cosmique (Mukherjee)’, ‘Interlude’, III – ‘A Slava et Galina... (Soljenitsyne)’, IV – ‘Gong 2 (Rilke)’, and V – ‘De Vincent à Théo (Van Gogh)’ are based on various letters and poems on texts by Rainer Maria Rilke, Prithwindra Mukherjee, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, and Vincent van Gogh. Although they come from disparate sources, they are unified by their mystical inspiration and especially their concern about the place of humanity in the Cosmos. Each episode highlights a particular family of instruments. For instance, woodwinds and brass are prominent in ‘De Vincent à Théo’, echoing the painter's use of color while the accordion and strings dominate in ‘A Slava et Galina’ (that letter was addressed to legendary cellist Rostropovich and his wife, soprano Galina Vishnevskaya). ‘Danse Cosmique’ opens with timpani and pizzicato strings before the whole orchestra surrounds the singer. During an interview with famed Soprano Barbara Hannigan for whom Dutilleux worked closely with on the piece, Dutilleux explained that the use of the accordion to him provided an important bridge between the Far East and the West. Dutilleux composed slowly and meticulously: he was undisturbed if a score took twenty years to complete, it being said that he valued perfection over facility. ‘Correspondances’ was commissioned by the Berliner Philharmoniker in 1983 and premiered in its final form on September 5th 2003, some twenty years later. Beginning to play the accordion at age 7, John Torcello was a student of Al Cirrillo at Roxy's Music Store in Batavia, NY. His subsequent studies were with the great accordionist and an early proponent of the chromatic free bass instrument, Joseph Robusto, who subsequently introduced John to the late, great jazz accordionist Russ Messina in Buffalo, NY. It was under Messina's tutelage that John Torcello became the USA - ATG Champion in 1971 and 1972. John travelled to compete in the CIA Coupe Mondiale in Bruges, Belgium, where he attained 3rd place, and then one year later, went on to win the coveted Coupe Mondiale World Accordion Championships held in Caracas, Venezeula. John later completed his undergraduate Music Composition degree at the University of Toronto where he studied accordion with Joseph Macerollo. John has enjoyed an accomplished career playing with orchestras including the Los Angeles Philharmonic as well as for other important musical events. Career highlights for John include appearances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group, Pasadena Pops/Symphony, Pacific Symphony, Long Beach Opera, Jacaranda Music and Idyllwild Arts Orchestra under conductors including Michael Tilson Thomas, Simon Rattle, Zubin Mehta, Andreas Mitisek, Rachel Worby, Carl St. Clair, John Williams, Esa-Pekka Salonen and Gustavo Dudamel in works by composers including DelTredici, Berg, Ades, Weill, Piaf, Kagel, Ortiz, Golijov, Bernstein, Piazzolla, Shostakovitch, Dean, Eo¨tvo¨s, Romer and Zappa. Several of John Torcello's recordings have been re-released including: ‘TORCELLO Music of the Baroque’, ‘TORCELLO State of the Art Accordion’, and ‘Pastiche - John Torcello and Anthony Brazier (Flute)’, all of which are available on Amazon. |
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| This happened on the flight from Lima to Iquitos, Peru. The Patch Adams team from all over the world booked seats on this flight for the 2015 Clown Festival and we found ourselves sitting right in the middle of them. One of the medical professionals dressed as a clown grabbed her accordion and soon the entire group was singing and clapping and having fun. I'll never forget it! The clowns were part of the Belen Project which is a charity that aims to provide health care to South America’s poorest people. |
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 The Accordions Worldwide News for February 15th 2002 reported that Emily Smith had won the prestigious BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award. Since 2002 singer and accordionist Emily Smith, who has a degree in Scottish Music from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, has enjoyed a very successful career in the folk world, performing around the world and with several albums to her credit. Accordionist Wins Young Traditional Musician Award 2002 – Scotland The finals of the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award 2002 were held on January 27th at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. A capacity audience were treated to some amazing performances from seven finalists playing the accordion, violin, pipes, guitar and clarsach. Accordionist and vocalist Emily Smith won the award and was presented with a record deal with Footstompin' Records plus invitations to various festivals including Tonder in Denmark, and next year’s Celtic Connection's BBC Radio Broadcast. Concertina player Simon Thoumire is the organizer of this annual event. |
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| Natalie Emmons from EnterTalk Radio and Pitbull Audio met with Alicia Baker, Roland at NAMM in Los Angeles last month. An impressed Natalie Emmons made this interview and wrote online "and I got an incredible demo of the FR8X V Accordion." |
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by Rob Howard
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 London-based Irish button accordionist Tony Kearney performs this weekend, as follows;Friday February 19th – Wimbledon Irish Centre, London Saturday February 20th – Warrington Irish Centre, Cheshire Sunday February 21st – St Ann’s Parish Centre, Stretford, Manchester Tuesday February 23rd – English Martyrs Club, Elephant and Castle, London |
by Rob Howard
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 On Saturday February 20th, 2.30-3.15pm, accordionist Jane Christison will be performing her ‘Janie Next Door’ routine at the Mid-Continent Public Library, North Oak Branch, 8700 N. Oak Trfwy, Kansas City, Missouri.Jane Christison is well-known for her ‘Janie Next Door’ show that offers playful original songs that engage children with a tuneful bounce and irresistible rhythms performed on accordion. The easy rhymes in songs like ‘I’ve Got a Loose Tooth in My Head’ will have kids singing along in no time. |
by Rob Howard
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 Italian diatonic accordionist Roberto Lucanero and singer/percussionist Marco Meo perform in concert on Saturday February 20th, 3pm, and on Sunday February 21st, 1.30pm, at Cantina Bernardi Giovanni sas, via Castelletto, Torreglia, Italy. These performances are part of the Festa Continua event.For further information email: info@festacontinua.it info@festacontinua.it info@festacontinua.it |
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 Accordion entertainer Claudio Allodi is the guest at Harlow Accordion Club on Thursday February 25th, 7.30pm. Admission is £7 in advance, £7.50p at the door. The club organiser is Jean Hanger. In support will be a spot from the Harlow Accordion Band (MD Jean Hanger).Harlow Accordion Club meets at the Links Social Club, Parsloe Rd, Harlow, Essex CM19 4RT. For further information email: jeanhanger@icloud.com |
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 Guy Klucevsek performs as follows in the next few weeks: February 20th, 6pm - with Charles Busch, ‘The Lady at the Mic’, Bridge Street Theatre, Catskill, New York February 21st, 7pm - with Charles Busch, ‘The Lady at the Mic’,Club Helsinki, Hudson, NY February 26th, 8.30pm - American Songbook Series, Lincoln Center, Appel Room, NY March 7th, 7pm - excerpts from Jason Robert Brown’s musical, ‘Parade’, Museum of Jewish Heritage, NYC March 10th, 8pm - duo with Phillip Johnston, Barbes, Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY Accordionist and composer Guy Klucevsek (born 1947) is a versatile musician, and frequently active in new music, jazz and free improvisation. He has released 20+ albums, and has recorded or performed with Kepa Junkera, Dave Douglas, John Zorn, Bill Frisell, Laurie Anderson, and many others. He is also a founding member of the international group Accordion Tribe. In 2010 Klucevsek won a United States Artists Fellow award. |
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 Video above: Filmed for BBC Radio Scotland's Travelling Folk at the Celtic Connections in Glasgow, January 2015. The Snow Reels.The Alan Kelly Gang will be on a US tour in early March, and details are below: March 4th, 8pm – The Celtic Junction, Prior Ave, St Paul, Minnesota March 5th, 8pm – Thrasher Opera House, 506 Mill St, Green Lake, Wisconsin March 6th, 5pm – The Old Town School of Folk Music, N. Lincoln Ave, Chicago March 7th, 8pm – The Ark, 316 Main St, Ann Arbor, Michigan March 8th, 7.30pm – Duncan Hall, 619 Ferry St, Lafayette, Indiana March 9th, 7.30pm – The Burren, Davis Square, Somerville, Massachusetts March 11th, 5pm – Hibernian Center, 19 Temple St, Worcester, Massachusetts March 12th, 7.30pm – Lily Pads, 27 North Rd, Peace Dale, South Kingston, Rhode Island March 13th, 3pm – Adelphi University Performing Arts, 1 South Ave, Garden City, New York March 17th, 5pm – Wolf Trap, The Barns, 1635 Trap Rd, Vienna, Virginia The Alan Kelly Gang is a powerful, emotive and critically acclaimed traditional Irish music band from the west of Ireland and Scotland. Fronted by Irish accordionist Alan Kelly, the band have firmly established themselves as one of Ireland's leading contemporary traditional music groups. Their strong dynamics, driving rhythms and buoyant harmonies will draw even the most fainthearted listener into the passion that they put into the music they play. For further information email: mattg@folkloreproductions.com |
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 Vincent Lhermit’s final recital for his CNSMDP doctorate takes place on Tuesday March 8th, 6.30pm, at the salle Maurice Fleuret, Sorbonne University, Paris. All are welcome.French accordionist Vincent Lhermet (born 1987) graduated from the Sibelius Academy of Helsinki, Finland, with the highest honors in the class of Matti Rantanen. He is the first ever accordionist to be admitted to the Doctorate of Music Performance (PhD) at the Paris Conservatoire/Paris-Sorbonne University, where he has been studying with Laurent Cugny and composer Bruno Mantovani. He has distinguished himself several times internationally by winning the first prize in the Arrasate-Hiria International Competition in Spain (2006) and by being ranked finalist in the ‘Gaudeamus Interpreters’ International Competition of Amsterdam (2011). He regularly performs as a soloist with orchestras, and is very active in promoting the accordion’s contemporary repertoire. He is currently teaching accordion at the Boulogne-Billancourt Conservatoire and the Lille (ApPSEA) and Paris-Boulogne-Billancourt (PSPBB) Higher Arts Educations Centers. |
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 The American Accordion Musicological Society announces that the 2016 AAMS Festival takes place from April 1st to 3rd at The Hanover Marriott Hotel, 1401 Route 10 East, Whippany, NJ 07981.AAMS has released its festival itinerary, including workshops, concerts, an honoree banquet, festival orchestra, and more. Do not miss the exciting Friday Night Irish Experience Concert featuring the Irish accordion and guitar duo of John McGillian and Darin Kelly. Also appearing are Bob & Anita Siarkowski, Dee Langley, Irish Madrigals, Westmont Accordion Club, and the WPAO, all with totally Irish programs. Lou Persic will provide pre-concert music beginning at 7.30pm for the non-Irish. On Saturday evening we will present the AAMS Guest of Honor, Linda Soley Reed, who will conduct the Festival Orchestra 2016. Everyone is invited to participate in the orchestra. Contact Linda (lsoleyreed@gmail.com) or Joanna Arnold Darrow (acmeaccordion@comcast.net) for music. Pre-Dinner music will be provided by Don Gerunda, Dinner Music by Lou Coppola and the Strolling Strings. Joe Natoli, Mary Tokarski, and Eddie Montiero, and the WPAO will captivate your attention with exciting performances throughout the evening. Workshops will begin Friday evening with ‘Jigs, Reels, Politics & Religion!’ presented by Bob Lijana and Dean Ratzin. Saturday workshops include Paul Ramunni with ‘Secrets of the Accordion - What Makes the Instrument so Special’, followed by Dallas Vietty ‘Playing Off the Page’, Joe Natoli with ‘Inexpensive Studio Quality Recording at Home’, Music Educator Anthony Mazzocchi, Grammy nominated music educator, and Linda Soley Reed leading a 2 hour long Festival Orchestra rehearsal. Sunday workshops include Paul Ramunni's ‘Secrets of the Accordion - Part 2’, Dee Langley, Part One: ‘Using Your Ear to Memorize Melody’, and Part Two ‘Using your Ear to Memorize Harmony’, and Anthony Mazzocchi, Part Two: ‘The Music Parents’ Guide: Survival Kit for the New Music Parent’.’ All attendees of the AAMS are invited to attend an Open Meeting of the AAA held at 3pm. For further information email Joanna Arnold Darrow Email: acmeaccordion@comcast.net |
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 The New Zealand Accordion Assocation Inc. to preserve original New Zealand accordion music has typeset and released Loganola composed by Clarrie Bruce. Purchase online and view sample page at Catalog: mfa8050This is the first accordion music to be published and printed in New Zealand and was published by Arthur Eady, Auckland, New Zealand during the 1930's (exact date unknown). The original copy of this music was donated to the Dargaville Museum Accordion Gems display, curator Kevin Friedrich, by Titano Accordions (NZ) Ltd Director Maurice Jones. |
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| CIA Winter Congress Site Updated with the latest information and details and registration forms. The 2016 CIA Winter Congress and 135th General Assembly of Delegates will be held in Cetraro (Italy) from 18th - 20th March 2016 hosted by SIAC (South-Italian Accordion Culture) partner of the Italian Accordion Culture (IAC), the Italian member of the Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes (CIA). http://www.accordions.com/cia/winter_16.html |
by Mary Tokarski
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| Site Updated: American Accordionists' Association (AAA) have updated their site to have more information about their annual July festival including the forms for the festival. |
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 CD Reviews Index for the Review of Fachwerk | Kapote CD by Friedrich Lips. Review by Joan Cochran Sommers. |
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