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Estreno Mundial de Accordion Concerto, por Peter Soave (USA)
Gran éxito del XIV Festival de Acordeón en Vilnius (Lituania)
Festival Gubaidulina en Moscú (Rusia)
Trofeo Mundial 2012 Spokane. Washington State - USA
Reports for Concerts, Masterclasses, Competitions, Festivals, etc. |
Nils Fläcke Appears at Nils Lundin’s 90th Birthday Party – USAInternational Masterclass by Antonio Spaccarotella Calabria – ItalyJacques Pellarin’s New CD ‘Sup Dude’, Savoie – France14 Years Ago’ – Caister Enters A New Era
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Nick Ariondo Film Release and PBS LA Opera with Placido Domingo – USARenato Borghetti and Arthur Bonilla - European TourAccordion Painting Exposition by Carlo Aguzzi, Stradella - Italia‘Arctic Accents’ to display Finnish Accordion Masters - BeneluxAccordion Orchestra Concert, Munich – GermanyTwellose Accordion Association Concert, Twello – NetherlandsVictor Prieto Concerts, New York – USAMiloš Milivojević Concert, Cornwall – UKAccordion Orchestra with Gospel Choir Concert, Wilp – NetherlandsMARIMBA Y ACORDEON EN GUATEMALA
Accordion Day at the Landesmusikakademie Hessen, Schlitz - Germany
New and Updated Sites |
New Book, ‘The Man The Accordion And The Legend’ Available from MusicForAccordion.comNew Book, ‘Vintage Accordions’ Available from MusicForAccordion.comJeff Lisenby - accordionist, composer, arranger, releases 7 new compositionZevy Zions - accordionist,arranger, solo musician, release 1 new music
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“El Hombre, el acordeón y la leyenda”, Jerusalén (Israel)by Rob Howard |
 Es éste un libro único y monumental, en su interior podemos encontrar 30 composiciones y 30 transcripciones de Yehuda Oppenheimer, el más destacado acordeonista de Israel. El libro también contiene una biografía además de numerosas fotografías, formato grande, tapas duras y 250 páginas. N º de Catálogo: precio oybook es de 30 € o el equivalente en dólares EE.UU. más gastos de envío, disponible en línea.Yehuda Oppenheimer (nacido en Alemania en 1925), saltó a la fama como concertista en los años de posguerra para convertirse en el acordeonista y compositor Israelí más reconocido en éste campo. Su historia puede compararse con la de Anna Frank (tuvo que pasar los años de la ocupación Nazi de Amsterdan escondido en un ático), pero con un final feliz. Desde los 6 años tocaba el acordeón de forma totalmente autodidacta, y cuando regresó a Palestina después de la guerra estudió violín en el Conservatorio de Jerusalén. Entonces se dedicó a tocar el acordeón en diferentes hoteles y hospitales y se ganó la vida igualmente tocando como músico callejero. Durante la Guerra de la Independencia el joven Yehuda estuvo alistado en el ejército, sirviendo su música como entretenimiento para las tropas. Más tarde Yehuda se convirtió en un respetado concertista, profesor y compositor, compaginando todas estas tareas con la enseñanza de su instrumento, el acordeón. Ha hecho numerosas grabaciones y su música está editada en partituras, las cuales aparecen recogidas en este libro. |
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Estreno Mundial de Accordion Concerto, por Peter Soave (USA)by Rob Howard |
 Peter Soave estrenó el Accordion Concerto del compositor Max Simoncic con la Stockton Symphony Orchestra dirigida por Peter Jaffe, el jueves 10 y el sábado 12 de noviembre en el Atherton Auditorium, San Joaquín Delta College, Stockton, California. La interpretación de ésta importante obra recién escrita tuvo una calurosa acogida entre el público. Nacido en Eslovenia y asentado en Stockton, el compositor Max Simoncic ha recibido encargos de diferentes orquestas e intérpretes de todo el mundo, los cuales han recogido en diferentes grabaciones la misma. En palabras de Glenn Pillsbury (recordnet.com) -el nuevo concierto para acordeón de Max Simoncic ha ocupado la parte central del concierto del jueves de la Stockton Symphony (…) el acordeonista Peter Soave supo transmitir el virtuosismo de la obra y la exploración que Simoncic hace de la capacidad expresiva del acordeón- El estadounidense Peter Soave es uno de los más prestigiosos concertistas de acordeón y bandoneón a nivel internacional. Para más información: info@petersoave.com |
Gran éxito del XIV Festival de Acordeón en Vilnius (Lituania)by Raimondas Sviackevičius |
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 Dese el 9 al 12 de noviembre de 2011 Vilnius, la capital de Lituania, ha estado llena de contrastante música con el acordeón como protagonista con un gran número de diferentes artistas y géneros relacionados con el instrumento. El festival ha sido organizado por la Asociación Lituana de Acordeón, cuyo presidente, Raimondas Sviackevičius ha sido también el director artístico del mismo. Éste festival anual de acordeón ha comenzado con un inusual tipo de música. El grupo “Gurzuf” con el acordeonista Egor Zabelov y el percusionista Artem Zalessky, de Bielorusia ofrecieron un interesante concierto. La sala, llena de oyentes, quedó impresionada por la energía de la banda, y recibieron la nueva visión que ésta hace del rock, música experimental y fusión interpretada al acordeón. Pietro Adragna (Italia) es el ganador de la Copa Mundial 2011 celebrada en Shangai, China. En el festival ofreció la óptica varieté del acordeón. Su virtuosismo y musicalidad causaron furor entre los allí presentes. La banda lituana 4Tango interpretó un nuevo programa de Piazzolla, contando entre sus filas con el violinista Dzeraldas Bidva, con un notable éxito y calurosa acogida del público. Pero el clímax del festival llegó con la actuación de Frank Marocco (USA) con los músicos locales Arturas Chalikovas (guitarra), Eugenijus Kanevicius (bajo), y Darius Rudis (percusión). Franck Marocco no necesita presentación, dos enormes ovaciones dejaron muestra de las impresiones que causó su magnífica actuación, la cual supuso la clausura del XIV Festival Internacional de Acordeón de Vilnius en su edición 2011. Para ver un fragmento del concierto de Franck Marocco en Accordions TV sección BELLOWS: http://www.accordion-space4u.com/user.aspx?user=6&item=6&id=242 |
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Festival Gubaidulina en Moscú (Rusia)by Dr Herbert Scheibenreif Manager of Friedrich Lips Productions |
 Con motivo del 80 cumpleaños de Sofía Gubaidulina se celebró en Rusia el festival Para Sofía con amor para honrar su gran contribución a la música de nuestro tiempo. Se organizaron cuatro conciertos en el Big Hall del conservatorio para mostrar la enorme contribución de Gubaidulina a la música contemporánea. La derecha del cartel, gubaidulina2012 gran tamaño póster.Además del piano, cello, guitarra, instrumentos de viento, percusión… el acordeón ha estado muy presente en su obra y por tanto en la programación del festival. El 24 de noviembre Losif Puritz interpretó De profundis para bayan sólo. En los días siguientes Friedrich Lips interpretó dos conciertos: Under the Signo f Scorpio, para bayan y gran sinfónica; Fachwerk, para bayan, percusión y orquesta de cuerdas y Tatarian Dance para bayan y dos contrabajos. Para más información: herbert@accordion-cd.co.at |
Trofeo Mundial 2012 Spokane. Washington State - USAby |
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 La CMA (Confederación Mundial del Acordeón) constantemente intenta expandir y hacer un gran esfuerzo para tener una actividad a nivel global desde la reestructuración de su Junta Ejecutiva en 2005. Muchas nuevas delegaciones se han unido a la CMA como por ejemplo Lituania, Nueva Zelanda, Chile, China y entre ellos encontramos a USA, la cual se hará cargo de la organización del Trofeo Mundial 2012 que se celebrará en Spokane, Washington State del 23 al 27 de octubre. Será la primera vez que el torneo se celebre en Norte América gracias al esfuerzo de nuestra delegada Patricia Bartell y su entregado equipo. La página Web de la CMA ha sido actualizada para incluir la información relativa a la edición 2012, así como las reglas y reglamentos internos, procedimiento de inscripción, tablones de horarios, información referente al alojamiento, transporte y todo lo necesario para contactar con la Ejecutiva de la CMA. De todos modos usted puede ampliar su información en el sitio WEB de la CMA. |
Reports for Concerts, Masterclasses, Competitions, Festivals, etc. |
by Rob Howard
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 New Hampshire Accordion Association Life Member Nils Lundin was surprised by a celebratory concert organized to honor his 90th birthday, on October 30th 2011. Despite an impending freak blizzard, many intrepid audience members ventured to Accordion Connection LLC in Gilmanton, NH, on October 29th for a special concert, featuring a ‘mystery’ guest. The special ‘mystery’ guest was Nils Fläcke, who flew in specially from Sweden, and whose performance and personality proved to be a big hit with all present. Nils Fläcke’s program included stylized arrangements of Nils Lundin's ‘American Wooden Shoe Polka’ and ‘Lilla Carols Vals’, and his technical prowess, including a great left hand technique, was most impressive. All present were thoroughly entertained and hope to hear him again. |
by Holda Paoletti-Kampl
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| On the 18th and 19th of November 2011, Antonio Spaccarotella held a masterclass for 'Classical Accordion and Modern Art' at the Center for New Harmonies Musical Studies in Paola (CS). During the different classes, major themes were: the study of touch, preparation for international competitions, mnemonic studies, and how to customize your program, which was greatly appreciated by the students. One participant was Brazilian student Mahatma Cote who came to Calabria to participate in this international masterclass and take a new path of musical development. The Center of Musical Studies (New Harmonies), is currently one of the most accomplished and modern educational centers of Southern Italy for activities related to the accordion. The many students who daily attend the courses, enjoy a multitude of services, from the smallest with the first class of introductory diatonic accordion, the accordion class for digital Roland V-Accordion, the various facets of style with classical, modern and jazz accordion lessons. This year great results were achieved during the recent international competitions: Alessandro Guglielmi 1st Place Trophee Mondial (Junior Varietè Diatonic), Simon Sciammarella 1st Place International Competition of Spoleto (Junior Classic) and 1st Place Championship International UK (Blackpool-England ) 2011 (Int.Classical). For further information, email: antonio.accordion@alice.it |
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 The Jacques Pellarin Quartet’s innovative new CD ‘Sup Dude’, featuring Smooth Jazz, Funk, Reggae, Latin Jazz, Tango Nuevo. Jacques Pellarin, originally a classical musician, has embraced many styles and performed in many parts of the world. He has branched out to produce more jazz influenced music, linking up his accordion with guitar, saxophone, violins and other instruments. For further information email: jacques.pellarin@wanadoo.fr |
by Rob Howard
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 The annual Autumn Accordion Festival at Caister, Norfolk, was first held in 1986 by Malcolm Gee. In February 1997 Malcolm Gee died unexpectedly, and the festival’s future was suddenly thrown into doubt. Fortunately, Caister was rescued when Robert and Loreta Rolston took over as organizers, and the report below by Gary Blair appeared in the Accordions Worldwide news for November 28th 1997. The present day version of this festival took place last week at Seacroft, just two miles from its original home at Caister, organized by Heather Smith. CAISTER ACCORDION FESTIVAL - ENGLAND Contributed by Gary Blair The Caister Accordion Festival was held from November 13th to 16th and organised by the Accordion Times & News, England. The Opening Night concert (Thursday 13th) was an accordion club type night with the accordionists performing if they so wished. Pino di Modugno from Italy was asked to play as a taster for Saturday night. He was absolutely dynamite!!! His programme started off with ‘Dizzy Fingers’ (at a tempo I would have thought impossible!) followed by a couple of other well known tunes. Friday's concert started with The Weaver Valley Band, followed by a great duo called Amarylis and Gary Blair's band. After an Interval, we were privileged to hear Julie Best and Ron Hodgson, followed by Pat Gray from Aberdeen playing a variety of music. Then the Star of Friday's concert, Magnus Johnnsson (only 19 years old and won the Frosini Grand Prix which had 6,000 competitors!!) performed. His programme included a lot of Frosini's works, and he played brilliantly. Saturday's concert was also superb with the Ronmar Accordion Orchestra, Harry Hussey and his brilliant Jazz Band, and a solo spot from Julie Best. Then it was the star of the show again, Pino di Modugno who was now playing on MIDI accordion. He started off with a Strauss medley then played 'Uridium’,' by Astor Piazzola (this was unbelievable!). He then totally blew my mind by performing ‘Bumble Bee Boogie’ as good as anyone I have heard. My Band then finished off with a ceilidh and the highlight for me was playing 'The Flying Scotsman' with TWO drummers! |
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by Holda Paoletti-Kampl
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 Accordionist Nick Ariondo can be heard in the movie ‘Happy Feet Two’ (Warner Bros), which opened in cinemas on November 18th. The music was composed by John Powell. On Friday November 25th, 9pm, Nick Ariondo performs with opera legend Placido Domingo on PBS Telecast, ‘Great Performances’. Nick performs onstage in the wedding scene (end of Act 2) with opera legend Placido Domingo in the world premiere of L.A. Opera’s ‘IL Postino’, by Daniel Catan. For further information email: accomusic@nickariondo.com |
by Holda Paoletti-Kampl
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| The highly accomplished duo Renato Borghetti (diatonic accordion) and Arthur Bonilla (guitar), from Brazil, are presently on a tour of Europe. Their dates include: November 25th - Le Phénix, Valenciennes, France November 26 th – Bozar, Brussels, Belgium November 27 th - Amsterdam, Tropentheater, Netherlands November 28 th - Ferme du Biéreau, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium December 2nd – Klausenbauernhof, Wolfach, Germany December 3rd – Folk Club, Turin, Italy December 4th – Teatro Miotto, Spilimbergo, Italy For further information email: sabina@cultureworks.at |
by Holda Paoletti-Kampl
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| From the 27th of November until 11th of December, an exposition of the "painter of accordions" Carlo Aguzzi can be visited at the "Ugo Magnani Hall" of the Palazzo Isimbardi in the City Hall, Stradella. The opening will take place on Sunday 27th at 5 pm in presence of the well known art critic Siro Brondoni. For further information visit the Museum Stradella |
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  ‘Arctic Accents – Sounds of Finland 2011’ - is a season of music from Finland in the Benelux countries of Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg, in November and December. The Samuraï, Maria Kalaniemi, Värttinä and Kimmo Pohjonen, and Uniko are all featured in the Arctic Accents program.Accordionist Maria Kalaniemi is on tour with her trio, which includes Olli Varis and Eero Grundström. The Maria Kalaniemi Trio were on stage on November 17th at deSingel (Antwerp, BE), November 18th at Muziekpublique (Brussels, BE), and on November 19th at RASA (Utrecht, NL). Accordion super group The Samuraï has roots all around Europe. Besides Finland’s Markku Lepistö, the quintet features Bruno Le Tron (France), Didier Laloy (Belgium), Riccardo Tesi (Italy) and David Munnelly (Ireland). Samuraï will do an extensive tour of Belgium from November 17th to 26th. Accordionist Kimmo Pohjonen and sample wizard Samuli Kosminen join forces with the Proton String Quartet in the astonishing contemporary project Uniko, built around accordion and sampling. Uniko is on stage at Ancienne Belgique (Brussels) on December 5th. But it’s not only accordions: Värttinä take their new line-up of three singers and three acoustic musicians as well as their brisk tunes to Belgium just before the holidays. This vanguard of the Finnish folk music export takes the stage in Antwerp on December 15th and at AB in Brussels on December 17th. For further information email: henna.salo(at)fimic.fi |
by Rob Howard
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| The Akkordeonorchester Münchner Volksmusikverein e.V. perform an annual concert at the Herkulessaal der Residenz, Munich on Saturday November 26th, 3pm. For further information email: muenchner@volksmusikverein.de |
by Rob Howard
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| The Twellose Accordion Association (MD Henny Huigen-Davelaar) hold their annual concert on Saturday November 26th, 8pm, at the Sports Hall, Jachtlust, Jachtlustplein 7, Twello, Netherlands. Admission is free. For further information email: t_a_v29@hotmail.com |
by Rob Howard
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 On November 27th, 11am, the Victor Prieto Trio perform at City Winery, 155 Varick St, NY.Victor Prieto plays accordion with the Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra, November 22nd to 27th, 7.30pm, 9.30pm, and 11.30pm (26th/27th) at Jazz Standard, 116 East 27th St, NY. The Victor Prieto Trio continue their residency on the third Thursday of the month on December 15th at Terraza 7, 40-19 Gleane St, Elmhurst 11373, NY. For further information email: victorprieto2001@yahoo.com |
by Rob Howard
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 Accordionist Miloš Milivojevic plays classical works for accordion, music of the Balkans and tango in the charming atmosphere of Tate St Ives' sea-facing gallery. This concert, already a sell-out, takes place on December 3rd, 6.30pm until 9pm.The Tate St Ives is at Porthmeor Beach, St Ives, Cornwall TR26 1TG. For further information email: jan.evans@tate.org.uk |
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 On Sunday November 27th, 2pm, the accordion orchestra Accordeonvereniging Advendo-Wilp o.l.v. (MD Jeroen Gulikers) share a concert with the gospel choir ‘Con Amore’, from Deventer, at the Reformed Church in Wilp, Netherlands.For further information email: info:bettydooper@kpnplanet.nl |
MARIMBA Y ACORDEON EN GUATEMALAby Rob Howard |
 El próximo 30 de Noviembre a las 6.30 pm en la Ciudad Antigua Guatemala dentro de la programación del XVII Seminario Latinoamericano de Educación Musical (FLADEM)se ofrecerá un Concierto de Marimba y Acordeón con obras Latinoamericanas con la Orquesta MARIMBA NACIONAL DE CONCIERTO dirigida por el Maestro Guatemalteco Lester Godinez y el Acordeonista Colombiano Lácides Romero. CONCIERTO DE MARIMBA Y ACORDEÓN MARIMBA NACIONAL DE CONCIERTO – DIRECTOR: LESTER GODINEZ ACORDEÓN: LÁCIDES ROMERO CIUDAD ANTIGUA GUATEMALA Noviembre 30 de 2011 PROGRAMA ACORDEÓN SOLO 1. Malvaloca (Habanera)- Colombia Luis A. Calvo 2. Chatica Linda (Bambuco) -. Colombia Jorge Camargo Spolidore 3. Contrastes (Tango) - Argentina Astor Piazzola 4. Escorregando (Tango Brasilero) Ernesto Nazareth 5. Canadian Capers (Ragtime) - USA Henry Cohen MARIMBA Y ACORDEÓN 6. Tres Contradanzas Cubanas: a) El Grato Momento Nicolás Muñoz Zayas b) Ave María Gallo José Fernández de Coca c) La Kalunga Enrique Guerrero 7. Brejeiro (Maxixe) – Brasil Ernesto Nazareth 8. Catalina (Habanera) – Colombia Lácides Romero Meza c) La Kalunga Enrique Guerrero 7. Brejeiro (Maxixe) – Brasil Ernesto Nazareth 8. Catalina (Habanera) – Colombia Lácides Romero Meza |
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 Mirjana Petercol (picture rght) has been invited by the Hessian State Academy of Music to organize and lead an Accordion Day, open to all accordionists, at the beautiful Schloss in Schlitz, Germany. This takes place on Saturday December 10th, 10am, followed by a concert at 5pm, featuring accordion students from the Music Academy at Wiesbaden. For further information email: info@Imah.de |
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by Yehuda Oppenheimer
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 Available online with secure server credit card purchase in Euro or US$ Catalog No: oybook ‘The Man The Accordion And The Legend’ |
by Rob Howard
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 Available online with secure server credit card purchase in Euro or US$ Catalog No: robaccord05 ‘Vintage Accordions’ The new book, ‘Vintage Accordions’ is an all-colour pictorial history of the accordion, in its various forms, from the early 19th Century onwards up to the present time. There are 300 pictures plus information and some interesting historical articles. This book is a limited edition, A4 sized, 60 pages, and in hardback. |
by Jeff Lisenby
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 Jeff Lisenby - accordionist, composer, arranger, releases 7 new composition for accordion available for purchase online. 'Caruban Knights', catalog:jlisenby001, 'Ease On Down The Road', catalog:jlisenby002, 'Yesterdays', catalog:jlisenby003, 'Soliña', catalog:jlisenby004, 'Ring Of Fire', catalog:jlisenby005, 'Out Of Nowhere', catalog:jlisenby006 and 'A Spy In Tortuga', catalog:jlisenby007. The music is in eSheet format, able to be emailed to your computer. Purchase with credit card. |
by Zevy Zions
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 Zevy Zions - accordionist,arranger, solo musician, release 1 new music for accordion available for purchase online. 'Haydn's Serenade', catalog:zzions016. The music is in eSheet format, able to be emailed to your computer. Purchase with credit card. |
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 CD Reviews Index for the Review of ““Russian Favourites" CD, reviewed by Joan Cochran Sommers. Artist is Alexander Sevastian. |
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