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Festival de Acordeón ‘Leche y Miel’ 2011 – Israel
Russian TV Gubaidulina Documentary, Mika Väyrynen Performing - Sweden
Lanzamiento del Libro de Joe Burke, Escuela de verano Irlandesa Willie Clancy – Irlanda
Reports for Concerts, Masterclasses, Competitions, Festivals, etc. |
Henn Rebane’s Book of Dance Music, Tallinn – EstoniaSounds New 2011: Contemporary Music Festival, Canterbury - UKYvette Horner DVD ‘Reine de l'accordéon’, Paris – FranceTony Lovello (and I) Perform in Wilmington, Delaware - USA‘14 Years Ago’ – Alice Hall’s Birthday Celebrated…
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Romano Viazzani @ Mercian Accordion & Music Club, Warwickshire – UKCultures Equitables, Lille – FranceVictor Prieto Trio at Trumpets Jazz Club, New Jersey - USAAccordion Workshop Day, Staffordshire – UKAccordion Babes Concert, Chicago – USAIberya Özkan Akordeon Workshops, Istanbul - TurkeyThe Savoy Family Cajun Band Tour – UK
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Festival de acordeón Sata-Häme Soi, Ikaalinen - Finlandiaby Harley Jones |
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 La 39 edición del Festoval Internacional de acordeón Sata-Häme Soi tendrá lugar en Ikaalinen del 28 de junio al 3 de julio del 2011. Kevin Friedrich escribirá informes diarios que estarán disponibles online a partir del 28 de junio en Sata-Häme Soi.La competición incluye: - Finales de Acordeón de Oro (Finlandia) - Finales de Acordeón de Plata (Finlandia) - Finales Primus Ikaalinen (Internacionales) Todas se retransmitiran en directo por la YLE TV2 de Finlandia y por internet. Encontrarán información actualizada en los informes diarios. Los participantes de la Primus Ikaalinen 2011 son: Matthias Matzke (Alemania), Alexander Veretennikov (Rusia), Cory Pesaturo (EEUU), Danijel Stankovic (Austria), Julie Blocher (Francia), Giorgio Albanese (Italia), Natanael Teizeira (Portugal) plus the winner of The Golden Accordion 2011. La semana del Festival incluye 50 conciertos y eventos con aproximadamente 1.000 intérpretes finlandeses y unos 100 estrangeros. El festival espera 35.000 visitantes, con 15.000 tickets vendidos para el concierto. Aproximadamente la mitad de los conciertos y actos son gratuitos. Algunos de los conciertos de acordeón destacables son: - Budapest Klezmer Band - Duo Syrius (Francia) de Julien Gonzales (acordeón, ganador del Primus Ikaalinen 2007) y Cyril Carbonne (clarinete) - Peter Maric (Serbia) ganador de la Copa Mundial 2010 - Terem Quartet (Rusia) con el solista finlandés Jonna Pirttijoki - La Joven Orquesta Nacional de Acordeón Finlandesa, recién formada por jóvenes estudiantes de música avanzados. Los informes detallados de Kevin Friedrich estarán online a partir del 28 de junio en Sata-Häme Soi. |
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Festival de Acordeón ‘Leche y Miel’ 2011 – Israelby Harley Jones |
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 Cada año, alrededor de la Fiesta de Pentecostés (Shawuot en hebreo), se celebra un gran festival de acordeón llamado ‘Leche y Miel’. Este año se celebró en el gran amfiteatro del poblado agricultor más antiguo llamado Nahalal en el norte de Israel, que fue fundado en 1921. El festival se celebró por primera vez el año 2004, y en el 2008 el festival honró a Yehuda Oppenheimer.En 2011, el ‘padre’ del acordeón en Israel, Yehuda Oppenheimer dio la bienvenida a la audiencia y a los participantes. La noche se dividió en dos partes. Durante la primera parte actuaron acordeonistas israelianos muy conocidos, los cuales tocaron en diferentes grupos, la mayoría de música balcánica, que es muy popular entre el público. La segunda parte empezó alrededor de las 11pm cuando se juntaron varios grupos de acordeonistas para acompañar a la Comunidad de Canto tradicional que duró hasta las madrugada! Los organizadores del festival estuvieron muy contentos de ver que el interés por el acordeón crece de forma continuada, tal y como evidenciaron los miles de personas que atendieron a este evento popular. |
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Russian TV Gubaidulina Documentary, Mika Väyrynen Performing - Swedenby Kevin Friedrich |
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 El acordeonista finlandés Mika Väyrynen participará en el Festival de Música de Cámara Båstad de Suecia, que este año propone como “compositor en residencia”, a la compositora mundialmente reconocida: Sofia Gubaidulina. La televisión rusa viajará al festival para hacer un documental sobre las interpretaciones de su música, así como realizar entrevistas con ella, con los intérpretes de sus piezas y con la audiencia.El 28 de junio, Mika interpretará ‘Seven Words’, de Gubaidulina, juntamente con Reinhard Latzko (cello) con la Jönköpings Sinfonietta, bajo la dirección de Hannu Koivula en la iglésia de Förslöv. El 30 de junio, Mika abrirá el concierto en el iglésia de Torekov interpretando la magnífica ‘Pasacalle y Fuga en Do menor’ de Bach, y seguidamente interpretará ‘In Croce’ de Gubaidulina con Alexander Suslin (contrabajo). Esta actuación presentará la versión más reciente de ‘In Croce’ para bayan y contrabajo. La Radio sueca P2 grabará los dos conciertos. Gubaidulina estará presente en los ensayos, ofreciendo a los intérpretes la grata y excepcional oportunidad de conocerla y de colaborar con ella, que es indudablemente, una de las compositoras más importantes y más respetadas de hoy en día. |
Lanzamiento del Libro de Joe Burke, Escuela de verano Irlandesa Willie Clancy – Irlandaby Rob Howard |
 La escuela de verano Willie Clancy, establecida el 1973 en memoria del gaitero irlandés Willie Clancy, tiene lugar en Milltown Malbay, County Clare, del 2 al 10 de julio. Casi 1.000 estudiantes de todo el mundo asisten a las clases impartidas por expertos en música y danza irlandesas, incluyendo la enseñanza del acordeón diatónico, el melodeón, la Anglo concertina y la harmónica.Entre los profesores de acordeón y melodeón se encuentran Joe Burke, Jackie Daly, Bobby Gardiner, P J Hernon, y Conor Keane. Entre los profesores de concertina: Noel Hill, Marty O'Keeffe, Lorraine O'Brien, Caitlín Nic Ghabhann, Cormac Begley, Timmy Collins, Edel Fox, Dympna O'Sullivan, Michelle Mulcahy, Hugh Healy, Claire Keville, Jack Talty, Jackie McCarthy, Katie O'Sullivan, y Aoife Kelly. Mick Kinsella y Rick Epping impartirán clases de harmónica. El acordeonista de botones Joe Burke, una de las leyendas de la música irlandesa, ha producido ‘El Libro de Joe Burke de Música Tradicional Irlandesa’, que incluye arreglos de 105 canciones tradicionales. El libro inclue 3 CDs con todas las canciones tocadas por Joe Burke, a diferentes velocidades y con ornamentaciones y variaciones, adecuados para todos los instrumentos. El lanzamiento del libro se hará el domingo 3 de julio, el segundo día de la Escuela de Verano. Para más información escriban a: angleann@oceanfree.net |
Reports for Concerts, Masterclasses, Competitions, Festivals, etc. |
by Kimmo Mattila
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 Henn Rebane, one of Estonia’s most accomplished accordionists, has produced a music book full of new melodies enriched with exciting and memorable harmonies and rhythms, suitable for performance or as teaching/learning material. The book is aimed at medium level players. The player will come across different techniques, including the ricochet tremolo of the bellows, and other interesting playing methods which enliven the music. Even the players of the free bass will find several pieces for them. The pieces are arranged in order of difficulty, and the album includes music for 24 dances and comes together with a CD. The price is 20 euros plus shipping costs. The album has already been well received in Estonia, Latvia and Finland. Henn Rebane, a versatile freelance musician, graduated from the Estonian Academy of Music. He played in the early music consort Hortus Musicus, and now plays in the Accordion Super Trio, with Allan Jakobi and Jaak Lutsoja. Since 1980 Henn has performed in Sweden, Finland, Hungary, Portugal, Japan and India. He has organized several accordion festivals in Estonia, and been a jury member at international competitions. In 1990-94 he taught accordion at Kokkola Conservatory, Finland. For further information email: hennreb@hotmail.com |
by Roland Williams
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 In an interesting approach to the vast array of contemporary music that is being produced, Canterbury Christ Church University devoted a week-long festival, May 20th to 28th, to a musical journey of discovery of the Baltic region. With a series of concerts every day for the week the organisers sought to show the influence of composers from the region, and to bring recent and rarely heard music to the attention of British audiences.On Sunday May 22nd Canterbury University in association with the Royal Academy of Music, London, staged a ‘Sounds New Accordion Day with Owen Murray’. The day was a very full one for Owen Murray and all the students of his department. The day started with Owen Murray giving a lecture and composers’ workshop on the classical accordion and problems of composition for it. Murray also gave an excellent evening concert of chamber works with his newly formed RAM string quartet, The Waves. The program included works by Sofia Gubaidulina, Poul Ruders and a splendid new work written for Murray and a string quartet by Patrick Nunn entitled ‘Escape Velocity’. This work proved an excellent match in the program with a rare performance of Ruders’ ‘Serenade on the Shores of the Cosmic Ocean’, inspired by the late Carl Sagan’s book ‘Cosmos’ (1980). The students gave an afternoon concert and followed it with the master class. To round off the day after Owen Murray’s concert the students performed another concert of lighter accordion works with some splendid demonstrations of nimble fingers and show stopping tunes. Altogether this was an excellent occasion bringing the accordion to the fore. |
by Rob Howard
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 The legendary French accordionist Yvette Horner has released a DVD, ‘Reine de l'accordéon’, available via Amazon.The tracks include ‘New York, New York’, ‘Mon Tour de France’, ‘Marche des mineurs’, ‘Valse de l’amour’, ‘Euro-Accordeon’, ‘Monsiuer Strauss’, ‘Au coeur de la danse’, ‘Tea for two’, ‘Brise Napolitaine’, ‘Marche turque’, Carnaval de Venise’, ‘El caballero blanco’, ‘Reproche’, ‘Marina’, ‘Pour un brin de muguet’, ‘Marche des forgerons’. The DVD also includes an interview (in French) with Yvette Horner. Yvette Horner studied accordion, piano and music theory at the Conservatory of Tarbes and that of Toulouse, and later also in Paris. She was CIA World Champion in 1948, at the age of 14, and has been a star of the musette scene in France ever since, with an extensive recording career. She has also pursued a career as a concert pianist. |
by Gary Woodling
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 The AccordiCats hosted ‘The Liberace of the Accordion’, Tony Lovello, at an afternoon concert on June 18th in Wilmington, Delaware. I was very fortunate to begin the afternoon by providing music as attendees filed into the concert. I was also fortunate to have my Dad in the audience for this ‘Day before Father's Day’ concert!The crowd marveled as Tony took the spotlight and showed his exceptional musicianship, technique, and sense of humor! With perfection, he performed such classics as ‘In The Still of the Night’, ‘Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered’, and ‘Through the Eyes of Love’. During intermission the audience had the opportunity to meet Tony, purchase CDs and T-shirts, and get an autograph or picture taken. Intermission music was provided by Carmen Vitanza, a great jazz accordionist. For the second part of the show Tony filtered some accordion technique lessons into his entertaining, which was appealing to both accordionists and non-players in the audience. Always entertaining, always energetic, and always perfection. Tony Lovello left the audience in Wilmington amazed with an unforgettable experience! Nice seeing you again Tony and thank you for the opportunity to play before your concert! |
by Rob Howard
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| The Accordions Worldwide news for June 20th 1997 announced an event celebrating the birthday of the great jazz accordionist Alice Hall. Born in Belgium, Alice Hall (1917-99) was well known for her technique, improvisational skills and scatting while playing the accordion. She used to play pieces backwards just to amuse her audience. “Nobody can teach you how to play that kind of music you just have to feel it” says Louis Armstrong in her praise. JAZZ QUEEN ALICE HALL TO BE HONORED - CALIFORNIA, USA Contributed by Tom Collins Friends Of The Accordion, Los Angeles, California, will honor the Queen of Jazz Accordion, Alice Hall on the occasion of her 80th birthday, on June 29th. Special international guest artists will attend and perform including: Myron Floren, Nick Ariondo, Qin Hua of Beijing, China, Augustin Barchuk of Argentina, Tony Hartenstein on chromatic accordion, and FOTA's own Jonas Aras. The cost of US$25 per person includes dinner, wine, cake, and of course, a special concert tribute in honour of Alice Hall. She played with Nat King Cole, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Benny Carter, Lena Horne, Dizzie Gillespie, Peggy Lee and Victor Borge. 1n 1995 she was president of the FOTA (friend of the accordion) association. |
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by Rob Howard
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 Romano Viazzani is the guest at the recently formed Mercian Accordion & Music Club, Bulkington Village Centre, School Road, Bulkington, Nuneaton, Warwickshire CV12 9JB. Also appearing are This concert takes place on Saturday June 25th at 7.30pm. Three CD's by Romano Viazzani available online. For further information email: hilary.minns@o2.co.uk |
by Rob Howard
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| The 7th Cultures Equitables festival takes place on June 25th and 26th at the Parc Jean-Baptiste Lebas in Lille, northern France. The acts appearing include Da Cruz, from Brazil, and local bands The Head Shakers, and Le Global. Le Global, featuring accordionist David Laisné, play for dancing on Sunday June 26th, 8pm. For further information email: association@vailloline.com |
by Rob Howard
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 The Victor Prieto Trio perform at Trumpets Jazz Club, 6 Depot Square, Montclair, New Jersey 07042-4018, on Thursday June 30th, 7.30pm.? The line up is Victor Prieto – accordion, Edward Perez – bass, and Eric Doob – drums.The ever busy Victor comments, “I am just coming back to NY from California after doing a few performances with the Maria Schneider Orchestra. The concerts were really intense”. For further information email: victorprieto2001@yahoo.com |
by Rob Howard
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 Accordion and piano teacher Pauline Hardwick leads an Accordion Workshop Day on Saturday July 9th, 9.30 - 4pm, at Barlaston Methodist Church, Park Drive, Barlaston, near Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire ST12 9DP. The day includes groups and individual tuition with Pauline Hardwick L.T.C.L. (TD) A.L.C.M., and is intended for those looking to improve their accordion playing standard. The fee is £15 per person (limited places); tea/coffee provided (bring packed lunch). Interested persons should bring their own music stand and any specific music they would like to study. For further information email: granet@btinternet.com |
by Rob Howard
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 The Accordion Babes perform at the Abbey Pub, 3420 W. Grace St. 60618 Chicago, Illinois, on Tuesday July 5th. |
by Rob Howard
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| Iberya Özkan Akordeon of Istanbul, Turkey, offers workshops for all ages and ability levels to develop accordion techniques in playing Balkan folk, classical, Caucasian folk, tango, folk styles, etc. For further information email: ibeka@mynet.com |
by Rob Howard
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 The Savoy Family Cajun Band, from Louisiana, USA, play Cajun music. Their leader Marc Savoy is one of the Cajun tradition’s best known accordionists, and also well known as an accordion manufacturer. Marc and Ann Savoy (fiddle) and their sons Joel (fiddle) and Wilson (accordion and piano) create a tight, intense sound. The repertoire is chosen carefully: popular dancehall tunes interspersed with soulful ballads, fiddle and vocal duets, and blues. The band brings the raw energy of the dancehalls of southwest Louisiana to the stage, peppered with humorous and informative anecdotes about life in the Cajun heartland. July 22nd - Cecil Sharp House, London July 23rd - Perth Concert Hall, Southern Fried Festival, Perth, Scotland July 24th, 5pm - Summertyne Americana Festival, The Sage, Gateshead July 25th - The Band Room, Farndale, North Yorkshire July 26th, 8pm - Norwich Arts Centre July 27th, 8pm - The Courtyard, Edgar St, Hereford HR4 9JR July 28th – Royal Oak Folk Club, The Royal Oak, Lewes, near Brighton July 29th - Mick Jagger Centre, Dartford, Kent July 30th - mac, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham B12 9QH July 31st – WOMAD, Charlton Park, For further information email: info@accessallareas.info |
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 Friedrich Lips selling his new CD titled Cocktail "Rio Rita", catalog CD023 with sound samples. Music performed by Friedrich Lips. Purchase online. |
by Zevy Zions
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 Zevy Zions releases 1 new arrangement, 'The Swan', catalog:zzions014. Samples of the music are available online. The music are in eSheet format, able to be emailed to your computer. Purchase with credit card. |
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 Evelyn Tiffany-Castiglioni releases 4 arrangements. 'The Duke of Kent Waltz', catalog:ec211, 'Corellian Gigue', catalog:ec212, 'After the Battle of Aughrim', catalog:ec213 and 'Waltz from Norway', catalog:ec214. Samples of the music are available online. The music are in eSheet format, able to be emailed to your computer. Purchase with credit card. |
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 Charnwood Publishing releases 4 new pieces by composer Coppard Sue titled, 'Piccolo Mio', catalog:M674, 'Scots Porridge Oats', catalog:M675 and 'The House of Fun', catalog:M676. Samples of the music are available online. Purchase with credit card. |
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 CD Reviews Index for the Review of “Winter Sketches" CD, reviewed by Alessandro Mugnoz. Bjarke Mogensen. |
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