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Fecha límite para reservar: Festival del 85º Aniversario de la AAA - EE.UU.
Romuald Lefebvre: Entrevista "Meet the Musician Behind the Sound" - Italia
Acordeonistas actúan en el Festival de Artes de Earagail - Irlanda
29ª Semana Anual de las Artes Irlandesas de Catskills - EE.UU.
Nuevo arreglo virtuoso de Renzo Ruggieri, Il Postino - Italia
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Paul Chamberlain Performs at St Giles Cathedral - ScotlandResults: II Open All-Russian Competition “Russian Cup” - RussiaRachel Bell: New Video Workshop - USAResults: I All-Russian competition "Yuri Vostrelov Cup", Omsk - Russia
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Orchestre Polyphonia Concert – Reunion IslandKelsey Lien Entertains at CTAA Meeting - USAKlangbrücken Akademie Concert Tour – Germany and Austria"Duo Eire" July Concerts in SpainJoint Accordion Orchestra Concert – EnglandFerran Martínez New CD Concert - Spain3rd Houtkerque Accordion Festival – FranceMartynas Levickis “Ghost Machine” Concerts in Italy, Romania and MoldovaOnline: Not Just Oom-Pah! Presents Workshop with Courtney Von Drehle - USA
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Harmonika Müller Exposición de agosto - Austriaby Christine Johnstone |
 Harmonika Müller celebrará una exposición interna en Bad St Leonhard, Carintia, Austria, del 25 al 27 de agosto de 2023 de 9 a 17 horas todos los días.El evento contará con ofertas especiales, así como "una visión de la producción de una armónica Müller". En 1976, la primera Styrian hecha a mano salió del taller maestro fundado por Peter y Edith Müller. Desde entonces, la empresa ha crecido hasta convertirse hoy en día en el mayor fabricante de armónicas de Austria, con más de 45 empleados, que fabrican, prueban y montan todos los componentes en departamentos internos con años de experiencia, pero también utilizando la tecnología más avanzada. Para más detalles, envíe un correo electrónico a: office@harmonika.at |
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Fecha límite para reservar: Festival del 85º Aniversario de la AAA - EE.UU.by Frank Busso Jnr. |
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| La Asociación American Accordionists' Association (AAA) espera que esté haciendo planes para asistir a su Festival del 85º Aniversario de la AAA. Será una fantástica celebración del acordeón con intérpretes de renombre mundial. Información en línea en: http://www.ameraccord.com/festival.php La fecha límite para reservar una habitación con descuento es el 26 de junio de 2023. Visite https://www.marriott.com/events/start.mi?id=1678315148565&key=GRP para reservar su habitación de hotel hoy mismo. Vea el artículo completo sobre el festival aquí: http://www.accordions.com/news.aspx?d=09-Jun-2023&lang=en#art20162 |
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Romuald Lefebvre: Entrevista "Meet the Musician Behind the Sound" - Italiaby Harley Jones |
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  "Meet the Musician Behind the Sound" es una nueva serie de entrevistas a jóvenes y prometedores acordeonistas para que puedas conocerlos mejor. Los colaboradores que conducen las entrevistas son Adele Pirozzolo y Andrea Di Giacomo.La entrevista a Romuald Lefebvre se publica ahora editada por Andrea Di Giacomo. Romuald Lefebvre actuó con la Orquesta Filarmónica de Radio Francia en 2017. También imparte clases en el Conservatorio de Calais y Boulogne-Sur-Mer. Preocupado por el desarrollo del acordeón, fue uno de los fundadores de l'Association des Professeurs de Haut de France. Grabó 2 álbumes en solitario, "Eclectique" en 2013 y "Toccata" en 2014. Lea la entrevista en: Inglés: http://www.accordions.com/interviews/Meet-Lefebvre.aspx Italiano: http://www.accordions.com/interviews/Meet-Lefebvre-it.aspx |
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Acordeonistas actúan en el Festival de Artes de Earagail - Irlandaby Christine Johnstone |
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 El Festival de las Artes de Earagail se celebrará en el condado irlandés de Donegal del 8 al 23 de julio de 2023 e incluirá diversos conciertos, talleres, exposiciones y clases magistrales.The Henry Girls (foto de la izquierda) celebrarán 20 años de música juntos como banda y el lanzamiento de su nuevo álbum "A Time to Grow" con un concierto el 21 de julio de 2023 a las 20:00 en The Colgan Hall, Carndonagh, como parte del festival. El trío también impartirá una Masterclass/taller en la Iglesia Presbiteriana de Malin, en Malin, del 17 al 21 de julio de 2023, que "explorará las herramientas y habilidades necesarias para inspirar y facilitar el oficio de escribir, arreglar e interpretar canciones. Todos los niveles de experiencia son bienvenidos". Flook & Fidil (foto de abajo) actuarán en el festival el 15 de julio a las 20.00 horas. Para más información: info@eaf.ie |
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29ª Semana Anual de las Artes Irlandesas de Catskills - EE.UU.by Rob Howard |
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| La 29ª Semana Anual de las Artes Irlandesas de Catskills se celebrará en East Durham, Nueva York, EE.UU., del 16 al 22 de julio de 2023. El evento ofrece una "celebración de una semana de duración de la música, la canción, la danza, la cultura, el patrimonio y la lengua irlandeses". Patty Furlong, Diarmuid O Meachair, Danny O'Mahony, Loretta Egan Murphy y Billy McComiskey impartirán talleres de acordeón. Los talleres de concertina correrán a cargo de Brenda Castles, Mary MacNamara y Catriona Fee. Para más detalles, envíe un correo electrónico a: mjqirishcentre@yahoo.com |
Nuevo arreglo virtuoso de Renzo Ruggieri, Il Postino - Italiaby Harley Jones |
  Vídeo: Andrea Di Giacomo grabación de Il Postino arreglado por Renzo RuggieriCatálogo: rrenzo528 - Il Postino compuesto por Luis Bacalov, es un arreglo recién publicado por Renzo Ruggieri para acordeón virtuoso de entretenimiento. Renzo Ruggieri escribe: "Este es un arreglo muy EFICAZ de una famosa composición de la película Il Postino. La característica especial de este arreglo es que toda la MELODÍA es rica en contraste desde un estado de ánimo muy suave hasta una sección de interpretación muy rica pero difícil. Disponible en línea, sólo 10 € en rrenzo528 |
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| Video: Concert at St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland Paul Chamberlain gave a solo recital in St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland on Sunday 11th June. This was his first solo concert since his heart transplant in 2022 so was an important milestone in his return to the stage. His program included works by Rameau, Khachaturian, Zolotariev, Piazzolla and Rossini, as well as one of his own compositions “Orcadian Sunrise” Paul Chamberlain has recently also performed a series of concerts with duo partner Michael Haywood. Their next concert will be held at St Laurence Church in Thirsk, Yorkshire, England on June 29th, followed by an appearance at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival on August 11th, 2023. |
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| The II Open All-Russian competition of performers on bayan, accordion and accordion "Russian Cup" was held online on June 20th 2023. 116 soloists, 9 ensembles and two orchestras took part in this competition. The geography of the competition was extensive as participants from various regions of Russia were represented, including Vologda, Kemerovo, Novosibirsk, Tula, Irkutsk, Belgorod, Rostov, Saratov, Sverdlovsk, Tomsk, Astrakhan, Kirov, Pskov, Vladimir, Orenburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Tambov, Kostroma, Moscow , Leningrad, Lipetsk, Orel, Kaliningrad, Arkhangelsk, Yaroslavl regions, Primorsky, Trans-Baikal, Khabarovsk, Perm, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk Territories, Khanty-Mansiysk and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrugs, Karelia, Bashkortostan, Komi, Tatarstan, as well as the Republic of Belarus. Competition organisers thank all the participants and their teachers, as well as the respected jury represented by Chairman Viatcheslav Semionov, Maria Vlasova, Evgeny Derbenko and Sergey Ozerov. Ivan Bychkov (Orsk) was the absolute champion of the II Open All-Russian competition. Download full results here: 2023RussianCupResults.pdf |
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| Video: Eloise & Co., which features Rachel Bell (accordion), Becky Tracy (violin) and Bethany Waickman (guitar) performing “We're Not Broken” by Rachel Bell. Filmed at Jared Flynn's Moon Bridge on the grounds of Green Mountain Orchards, Putney, Vermont, USA, on September 24, 2022. Accordionist and teacher, Rachel Bell has released a new video workshop “Smooth, Beautiful Tunes for Piano Accordion”. This video mini-course includes 19 videos with a total of over an hour and 15 min of instruction. There are 5 pages of sheet music/notes to accompany the videos. The tunes are simple but there's a strong emphasis placed on expanding the tunes as much as possible with lots of chordal and rhythmic variety, harmonies, improvisations, and left hand grooves. Participants can work at their own pace, skip around, review the videos as many times as they want, and use the sheet music resource pages for reinforcement. |
by Arseniy Strokovskiy
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 The I All-Russian competition of performers on folk instruments "Yuri Vostrelov Cup" was held in the Organ Hall of the Omsk Philharmonic in Omsk, Russia from June 1st to 4th, 2023.This unique project is inextricably linked with the name of an outstanding musician, Yuri Vostrelov, the first winner of the "World Cup" competition from the USSR, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation and Professor of the Gnessin Academy of Music. Every evening after the competitive auditions, the audience enjoyed amazing concerts including a performance by the Russian Chamber Orchestra "LAD" under the direction of artistic director S.E. Bezborodov. The orchestra accompanied the premiere of Alexander Tsygankov's work "The Siberian Ballad" with soloist Yuri Shishkin. The audience also enjoyed the ensemble "Russian Timbre", which was comprised of bayan and accordion players from the Gnessin Academy of Music under the direction of R.G. Kaneev, with soloist Maria Vlasova. Special thanks were expressed to the competition Chairman of the Jury, Alexander Andreevich Tsygankov. This outstanding musician is a national treasure of Russia and the domra. The absolute winner of the first All-Russian competition and the winner of the Grand Prix was Semen Molochkov (Omsk Regional College of Culture and Art, teacher Kononov Yu.M.). Full results: 2023YuriVostrelovResults.pdf |
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by Christine Johnstone
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| The Reunion Island Orchestre Polyphonia (conducted by Pierre Varo), will hold their final concert of the season at the Claude Mahoudeaux College, Saint-André, Reunion Island on June 24th, 2023 at 6.30pm. The group are preparing to represent their country on tour in the USA this year. They will be featured at the Accordionists & Teachers Guild, International (ATG) festival in concert on July 21st, 2023. The concert includes Stas Venglevski & Nathaniel Holman, Kevin Friedrich & Tony Payne, and the Polyphonia Orchestra. Further details and purchase tickets on the website: ATG |
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 Kelsey Lien (picture left) will entertain at the CTAA Meeting, held at Casa Chapala Mexican Cuisine in Austin, Texas, USA on June 26th, 2023 at 7pm.“Kelsey is an award-winning music educator in the New Braunfels schools, and has recently formed the band "Pivo & Polka." He can play a wide variety of instruments, and his talents are often showcased on Mancordion”. There will be plenty of "open mic" time after Kelsey gets us warmed up, so bring your instruments and tunes! For details email: austinaccordion@gmail.com |
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  Video: Information on the 2023 concert tour in German language.Klangbrücken Akademie, a young non-profit association, will tour Germany and Austria for three weeks, giving concerts from the end of June, 2023. Starting in Weimar, Germany, the non-profit concert tour will include social institutions such as hospices and retirement homes, with the aim of delighting audiences with music and culture. The tour will finish in Vienna, Austria in July. For further details email: klangbruecke@gmail.com |
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| “Duo Eire”, which features accordionists Marta Cubas and Elisa Ruiz, will perform July concerts in Spain as follows: • July 1st, 2023: Church of El Campo de La Pernía in Palencia, Spain. • July 2nd, 2023: The Cultural Thermal in Ponferrada, Spain. For details email: marta@cubashondal.com |
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| A Joint Accordion Orchestra concert will be held by the Dorset Accordion Orchestra and the Kennet Accordion Orchestra (directed by Nigel Pasby) at the St Andrew’s Church in Kinson, Bournemouth, Dorset, England on July 8th, 2023 from 3pm to 5pm. Entry is free of charge and there will be a collection in aid of the Julia's House Charity. For details email: kennetaccordionorchestra@outlook.com |
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| Ferran Martínez will perform a concert featuring his new CD Cara I Creu at the Garden of the Library of Santa Eulalia de Roncana in Catalonia, Spain on July 6th, 2023 at 8pm. His program will include works by Bach, Scarlatti, Beethoven, Strauss, Mozart, Vivaldi, Piazzolla, Tarrega, Gorka Hermosa, Piaf, Brahms, Rossini, Voytenko, Viatcheslav Semionov and Korsakov. For details email: ferranacordio@gmail.com |
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| Four accordionists will entertain at the 3rd Houtkerque Accordion Festival, held at the Gérard Vandaele Salle in Houtkerque, France on July 16th, 2023, organised by the Houtkerque Festival Committee. Yves Leynaert, Rudi Beauprez, Sylviane Mercier and Seppe Vande Walle will share the stage for four hours from 3pm. |
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 Martynas Levickis will perform in a series of Daniel Nelson’s “Ghost Machine” (commissioned composition for accordion and orchestra) concerts in Italy, Romania and Moldova during July 2023. Martynas will perform with the Bundesjugendorchester conducted by Clemens Schuldt.The first concert in the series will be held on July 23rd, 2023 as part of the Gustav Mahler Music Week festival at the Grand Hotel Cultural Centre in Toblach, Italy. Further concerts as follows: • July 25th, 2023: National Theater "Radu Stanca" in Sibiu, Romania • July 27th, 2023: Vasile Alecsandri National Theatre in Balti, Moldova • July 28th, 2023: Maria Biesu National Opera and Ballet Theatre in Chisinau, Moldova • July 29th, 2023: Filarmonica Banatul in Timisoara, Romania • July 30th, 2023: Filarmonica Arad, Palatul Cultural in Arad, Romania For details email: info@martynasmusic.com |
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 Not Just Oompah! will present a new online accordion workshop entitled "Have Accordion, Will Travel!", featuring Courtney von Drehle (picture above).This workshop will be held via Zoom on July 25th, 26th, and 27th, 2023 from 7:00 to 9:30pm Central time each night. (8:00 to 10:30pm Eastern, 6:00 to 8:30pm Mountain, 5:00 to 7:30pm Pacific). Courtney von Drehle is an Emmy Nominated composer and master accordionist. This workshop will expand your repertoire and skills with a variety program that covers three continents in three days while you learn the elements that make each style and of course learn some great songs on the journey. Concepts to discuss: * Teaching skills, such as chords and chord progressions that participants can use. * Embellishments, where needed. * Songs taught will vary in genres, tempos, styles and are FUN for the accordionist and the audience. * July 25 will start with a short “Meet and Greet” to talk about the Workshop Agenda. Von Drehle has a B.A. in music from Marylhurst University and has studied North Indian classical singing. He teaches private accordion lessons and is on faculty at the Rose City Accordion Club's annual Silver Falls Accordion Camp. For more information email: LauraJNiland@outlook.com |
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2023 South Pacific Informes diarios del Campeonato y Festival de Acordeón - Nueva Zelandaby Heather Masefield Secretary, New Zealand Accordion Association |
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 La Asociación de Acordeón de Nueva Zelanda (New Zealand Accordion Association - NZAA) celebró el Campeonato y Festival de Acordeón del Pacífico Sur (South Pacific Accordion Championships) el sábado 3 de junio en el Raye Freedman Arts Centre, Epsom, Auckland.El domingo 4 de junio se celebró el concierto "Finale" en la iglesia de St Georges, Takapuna. Intérpretes del concierto final: Kevin Friedrich y el organista Michael Bell, la Massed Orchestra y la NSAO también interpretaron obras con órgano. Otros intérpretes fueron Grayson Masefield, el FunKordeon de Australia y los ganadores de los premios del concurso 2023. La cena de despedida del domingo, en el restaurante Aubergine de Takapuna, contó con música en directo y mucho baile. Fotos de los informes diarios y resultados en: 2023SouthPac |
CNIMA Julio 2023 Talleres de acordeón - Franciaby Christine Johnstone |
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| El CNIMA dirigido por Nathalie Boucheix celebrará el próximo mes dos talleres de acordeón de la siguiente manera: Del 10 al 15 de julio de 2023 Del 17 al 22 de julio de 2023 Los talleres son para todas las edades, niveles y estilos. Los tutores Jacques Mornet y Nathalie Boucheix (foto abajo) abordarán el trabajo instrumental basado en el método Jacques Mornet, el enfoque del acordeón como instrumento de viento, el manejo de la columna de aire y del fuelle, la búsqueda de un equilibrio entre el cuerpo y el instrumento, el trabajo del tacto y de las articulaciones, la búsqueda de la musicalidad. 2023-06Schedule.jpg Para más detalles, envíe un correo electrónico a: cnima@orange.fr |
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