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2009 CMA Trophée Mondial Dates Announced - PortugalRenzo Ruggieri sur scène avec la célèbre actrice italienne Monica Guerritore - Italie
Celebrity Interview avec Hubert Gall - USA
NAO West Scotland Area Festival - UK
Reports for Concerts, Masterclasses, Competitions, Festivals, etc. |
Coupe Jeunesse Competition Report - CzechMore Extensive Report of Ksenija Sidorova Success - UKKoda "Keepin 'It Reel" CD, Ecosse - Royaume-Uni
Miran Vaupotic Promu Nouveau Bandonéon, Zagreb - Croatie
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‘17 Hippies’ on Tour – GermanyPearl Fawcett-Adriano Concert Dates, England - UKCafé Accordion Orchestra, Minneapolis – USAChico Chagas at 606 Club, London - UK
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Charnwood Publications New Accordion CompositionsLauro Valerio new CDYehuda Oppenheimer release 1 arrangement for AcccordionH S Production New Music ReleasesMusicForAccordion.com new eSheet PiecesCharnwood Publications New Accordion CompositionsBernard Marly new CD
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 The 2009 Trophée Mondial will be held this year in Albufeira, Portugal, 23 to 26 September, organized by the Confédération Mondiale des Accordéonistes (CMA) and Portuguese Delegate Anibal Freire. Portugal has strong historical links to the CMA. It will be the sixth time that Portugal has hosted the Trophée Mondial: Caldas da Rainha in 1974 & 1985, Setubal in 1993, Faro in 1996 and Alcobaçao in 2000. This September, the Trophée Mondial will be hosted in Albufeira, a beautiful city situated on the seafront of Southern Portugal. Organizer Anibal Freire was a former candidate having won the Junior classic in 1972 in San Sebastian (Spain) and the Senior Classic in 1974 in Caldas de Rainha (Portugal). All information relating to the categories (programs, time, number of works etc.) is online in French and English languages on the CMA website under "Rules". For further information, email CMA President Frédéric Deschamps: frederic.deschamps@wanadoo.fr |
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Renzo Ruggieri sur scène avec la célèbre actrice italienne Monica Guerritore - Italieby Holda Paoletti-Kampl |
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| Le 7 Février au Théâtre Lumière à Termoli, Renzo Ruggieri ira accompagner l'un des plus célèbres actrices italienne, Monica Guerritore. Le spectacle sur le thème “Conscious” avec lecture de poèmes, présentation d'un livre consacré aux personnes âgées, et un concert avec l'orchestre de S. Cecilia de Rome. Renzo a ouvert le concert avec un solo et accompagné de Monica Guerritore lors de la lecture, avec une grande satisfaction de l'auditoire. Le directeur artistique de l'événement a été Stefano Leone. |
Celebrity Interview avec Hubert Gall - USAby Holda Paoletti-Kampl |
 Online est un Celebrity Interview en Anglais, Francais et Allemand de Hubert Gall, accordéoniste, pour le "KA" show du Cirque du Soleil à Las Vegas. Cette Celebrity Interview couvre la carrière d’ accordéonist et ses performances actuelles avec le "KA" show du Cirque du Soleil à Las Vegas. Celebrity Interviews |
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 The NAO West Scotland Area Festival, a qualifying festival for the UK Championships 2009 in April, was held on Saturday 21st February. The NAO West Scotland Area Festival attracted over 200 entries from various parts of Scotland, with a predominant number from the Paisley Academy under the direction of festival Co–Organiser Brian Laurie.The festival came one day after the funeral of prolific accordion teacher of 50 years standing, Jean Brown. Her son and accordion teacher, Ronnie, presented a new Challenge Trophy in memory of his mother. This was awarded to Alistair Hewitt. During the day there was also a presentation made on behalf of the British College of Accordionists to Archie Main – recipient of the 2008 Sir James Anderton Award for Excellence. Pictured is the Jean Brown Trophy presentation, the BCA Presentation, and Alexander Bodell who demonstrated the new Roland FR-1 accordion. The results of the NAO West Scotland Area Festival and the NAO South East Thames Area Festival held the following day are available on the NAO website. |
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by Tibor Rácz
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 At the CIA-IMC UNESCO Nijmegen Congress in 1991, the Marta Szokeová Methodical Centre of Czech expressed its wish for the Slovak selector competition to be called the Coupe Jeunesse. Surrounding countries that are not members of the CIA were invited to compete and also qualify.In this way, the philosophy of the Methodical Centre – to help young talent on their professional path, to help start their international careers and to help their media reputation – has realized a concrete form in the last years within the framework of this International Accordion Festival. Since the beginning of this event, hundreds of guests, soloists, chamber groups, orchestras, conductors, composers, such as Frank Marocco, Mika Väyrynen, Viatcheslav Semionov, Jonas Tamulionis have attended. Many of the winners of the world biggest accordion competitions have visited Bratislava or Dunajská Streda where the Coupe Jeunesse Festival has been held. The Government Office, national and international cultural institutions, ministries, a number of radio stations and TV channels, gazettes and magazines also report the festival, competition and the workshops, showing great international support for the Coupe Jeunesse. This year’s Festival, February 5th-8th, 2009, gathered 128 participants. At the Coupe Jeunesse there were 27 competitors from 6 different countries. Winners were: Category A (up to 14 years), Petra Antlová (Czech); Category B (up to 17 years), Michal Ochodnický (Slovak); Category C (up to 25 years) Lydia Skatchko (Belarus). The Slovak TV channels 1 and 2, Slovak radio, and Slovak and Hungarian media regularly reported the competition and the concerts. The participants of this Festival were real young stars of Europe and the world, winners of many international competitions. They were: the winners of the Czech and Slovak national competitions Petr Vacek and Dominik Frcka; and international winners Vladislav Pligovka (Belarus), Julien ‘Speedy’ Gonzales (France), Grayson Masefield (New Zealand) and Petar Maric (Serbia). The standing ovations of the audience, the artists themselves could probably report in greater detail – we only seldom see such success. |
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  Last week we reported the success of Royal Academy of Music (RAM) student Ksenija Sidorova winning the Wigmore Award. Professional accordionist Romano Viazzani has written a more extensive report of this success by Ksenija Sidorova and its importance for the accordion in the UK. 2009 Wigmore Award Report. |
Koda "Keepin 'It Reel" CD, Ecosse - Royaume-Uniby Rob Howard |
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 Koda, dirigée par Keith Dickson, sont bien connus pour leur style cabaret performances lors de l'assemblée annuelle NAO UK Championships, où leur accordéon dirigée arrangements de la musique écossaise est toujours passionnant et rivetage. La section accordéon est soutenu par une section rythmique, le violon, la cornemuse et occasionnels et le chant. "Keepin 'It Reel" démontre que l'essentiel «en direct» la qualité de leur musique est certainement pas perdu dans un studio d'enregistrement, et cette dernière fournit des CD compulsif écoute du début à la fin. Les 12 Tracks include 'The Bee dans le Knickers »,« L'Adieu Set »,« Suivez le Heron', 'Le Haut Drive', '-Calédonie »,« le capitaine Campbell "," Keepin' It Reel »,« Hélène », «Les sommets de Cassino», «The Anniversary Waltz", "Flower of Scotland» et «The Beaumont Rag". Pour plus d'informations email: info@kodamusic.com |
Miran Vaupotic Promu Nouveau Bandonéon, Zagreb - Croatieby Rob Howard |
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| L’ accordéoniste croate Miran Vaupotic joue fréquemment avec des orchestres symphoniques et de chambre et collabore avec des compositeurs contemporains. Il a enregistré 2 CDs pour Aulos Classic Concert Records. Récemment, il a été déclaré comme «Artiste de l'Année 2008» par la Société d'Art. Lors de ces concerts il a promu un nouveau modèle de bandonéon de la Concertina & Bandoneon Factory Klingenthal comme leur AA artiste. La Concertina & Bandoneon Klingenthal Factory est une société nouvellement créée, où bandonéons et concertinas sont produits de manière traditionnelle, en tenant compte les dernières connaissances du monde de la science et de la technologie. L'année dernière, l'accordéonniste et bandonéonniste croate, l’ artiste Miran Vaupotic a effectué beaucoup de succès dans les concerts qui se vendent aux Musée Pouchkine à Moscou, avec l'Orchestre de chambre du Kremlin, sous la direction du Maestro Misha Rachlevsky. Pour de plus amples informations email: artagent.vjeran @ hi.t-com.hr |
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| The 17 Hippies aren’t really hippies. In fact, there aren’t even 17 of them (13 at last count). But that hasn’t stopped Berlin’s unique and eccentric band called 17 Hippies from performing in various genres — Eastern European folk, French chanson, Cajun/zydeco, and more — developing a unique pop style all their own. Lyrics sung in German, French, and English are accompanied by accordion, ukulele, banjo, clarinet, bouzouki, and trombone. When the band first started, members intentionally chose instruments they had never touched; twelve years and 1200 concerts later, they’re still playing traditional tunes and instruments in an entirely untraditional way. Future concert dates for the 17 Hippies include: February 28th – Sudhaus, Tübingen, Germany March 1st – Jazzhaus, Freiburg March 3rd – Muffathalle, Munich March 4th - E-Werk Erlangen, Erlangen March 5th - Colos-Saal, Aschaffenburg March 6th - Gloria-Theater, Cologne March 7th - Kulturfabrik Krefeld, Krefeld March 8th - Kulturzentrum Kreuz, Fulda For further for information email: 17hippies@17hippies.com |
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 Popular accordion virtuoso Pearl Fawcett-Adriano’s forthcoming concert dates include:February 28th, 7.30 pm - Middlesbrough Accordion Workshop, Stainton Memorial Hall, Meldyke Lane, Stainton, Middlesbrough; email Tom Baines - thomasbaines@tiscali.co.uk March 31st, 7.30 pm - Chester Accordion Club, Castrol Sports & Social Club, Chester Road (A5032), Whitby, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire CH66 2NX; email Lyn - lynmccallum@lineone.net April 27th, 7.30 pm - Black Country Accordion & Music Club, Rowley Regis Disability Centre, Rowley Regis B65 9AT; email Barry Smith - bsentmusic@gmx.com June 25th, 7.30 pm - Harlow Accordion Club, The Links Social Club, Parsloe Road, Harlow, Essex CM19 4RT; email Jean Hanger - jeanhanger@aol.com |
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 The Café Accordion Orchestra performs at the Loring Pasta Bar, 327 14th Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN, on March 3rd, 6pm.Café Accordion Orchestra, led by accordionist Dan Newton, performs an eclectic mix of vintage Swing, Latin, American, and French Café Music. Their music evokes the repertoire of the Bal Musette orchestras, the bands that were popular in Parisian cafés and bistros in the 1920s to the 1950s. |
by Romano Viazzani
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 Brazilian accordionist Chico Chagas performs at the 606 Club, 90 Lots Road, Chelsea, London SW10 0QD, with Jazz exponents John Paricelli (guitar), and Dave O'Higgins (saxophone) on March 12th. Chico plays some really entertaining Brazilian Jazz very skilfully. You will also love of his own compositions too. Don't miss him if you can be in London on March 12th. |
New and Updated Sites |
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| Charnwood Publications releases 6 new pieces by composer Gina Brannelli titled, 'Ding Dang Dong, catalog:M619', 'Strand Mussette, catalog:M620', 'The Shooting Star, catalog:M621', 'Roseanna's Musette, catalog:M622', 'Chit Chat, catalog:M623' and 'The Penguin, catalog:M624'. Purchase with credit card. |
by Lauro Valerio
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| A new site selling a CD titled "Pura Arte" with sound samples. Music performed by Lauro Valerio. Purchase online. |
by Yehuda Oppenheimer
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| Yehuda Oppenheimer releases 1 arrangement for acccordion - 'B A D I N E R I E, catalog:OY589'. Samples of the music is available online. The music is in eSheet format, able to be emailed to your computer. Purchase with credit card. |
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| H S Production release 1 new piece, 'Shall I Teach Ye, Dear Vanyusha, catalog:hs398'. Samples of the music are available online. The music is in eSheet format, able to be emailed to your computer. Purchase with credit card. |
by MusicForAccordion.com
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| MusicForAccordion.com site release 1 new piece - 'Tales From The Vienna Woods, catalog:mfa6015'. Samples of the music are available online. The music are in eSheet format, able to be emailed to your computer. Purchase with credit card. |
by Charnwood Publishing
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| Charnwood Publications releases 6 new pieces by composer Douglas Ward titled, 'Hymn for Her Too, catalog:DW902D', 'Early Morning Rising, catalog:DW903', 'Clouds Passing, catalog:DW905', 'Crackpot, catalog:DW906', 'Four Candles, catalog:DW907' and 'Applecore, catalog:DW910'. Purchase with credit card. |
by Bernard Marly
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| A new site selling a CD titled "Bernard Marly - Fait Son Cinema" with sound samples. Music performed by Bernard Marly. Purchase online. |
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by Alessandro Mugnoz
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 CD Reviews Index for the Review of “Classical Accordion” by Salvatore Crisafulli |
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