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La compétition NOVAM des accordéonistes solistes et de la musique de chambre – Pays-Bas
Présentation d’accordéonistes dans le “Global Music Match” - Mondial
40 années après la realization d’un rêve – La coupe Mondiale1980
La 18ième compétition international de bayan "Vivat Bayan!" à Samara - Russie
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Video: Aydar Gaynullin Performs at “Ingolstadt 2020 Live” - GermanyAdam Ørvad Performs at Classic Mini Festival! in Frederiksberg - Denmark30th Annual Cotati Virtual Accordion Festival, California - USA“Duo Vilda” Summer Music Event Concerts - FinlandClosing Date: PIF 2020, 45th International “Città di Castelfidardo” Accordion Prize & Festival - ItalyNew Product from AccordionGifts: SUNbuster Car Shade – USA"A La Carte" Program at CNIMA - FranceStockport Accordion Club Live Meetings Again – UKHave you Ever Tried Jumping out of an Aeroplane and Playing the Accordion?
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Stas Venglevski Performs at 2020 Summer Livestream Concert – USAGordon Shand Performs at Tartan Tunes Scottish Sessions - ScotlandGhenadie Rotarie Performs at French Premiere, Paris - FranceLandesJugendAkkordeonOrchester Town Hall Concert, Cologne – Germany2020 Carrefour Mondial de l'Accordéon Online, Quebec – CanadaOnline Music Tutorial with Hans-Günther Kölz – GermanyNew Date: Milonga De Cuatro Concert, Auckland – New Zealand
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Le musée de l’accordéon de Castelfidardo réouvre ses portes - Italieby Christine Johnstone |
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 Le musée d’accordéon de Castelfidardo Accordion Museum Castelfidardo qui a été nouvellement rénové (Museo della Fisarmonica) réouvre ses portes le 29 août 2020.La journée débutera par une cérémonie d’inauguration avec discours, coupure de ruban et déambulation à travers le musée. Du fait de la distanciation sociale en vigueur, il y’aura un nombre réduit de sièges, exclusivement réservés aux invités et aux autorités. Le musée a de nouvelles salles d’exposition notamment une reproduction d’un atelier d’artisan (1900-1970) avec le bloc en bois, des pieces détachées vintage d’accordéon et des outils uniques souvent inventés et fabriqués par les artisans eux-mêmes. (voir photo ci-dessus). Les visiteurs, pourront voir deux nouvelles salles notamment sur les créateurs et fondateurs du musée de l’accordéon Vincenzo Canali et Beniamino Bugiolacchi, le compositeur Astor Piazzolla, Mariano Dallapè (fondateur d’une usine d’accordéon en 1876 à Stradella), Paolo Soprani, Gervasio Marcosignori, Stan Laurel et Oliver Hardy (voir photo ci-dessous) et bien d’autres. |
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La compétition NOVAM des accordéonistes solistes et de la musique de chambre – Pays-Basby Christine Johnstone |
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| Le 16ième compétition des accordéonistes solistes et de musique de chambre NOVAM (Nederloadse Organisatie Voor Accordeon en Mondharmonica) se tiendra à l’école de musique et de danse d’Amstelveen à Amsterdam aux Pays Bas le 14 mars 2021. Les catégories pour la compétition incluent 4 groupes d’âge pour solistes de moins de 19 ans ainsi que des catégories de musique de chambre pour des groupes de moins de 12 musiciens, section jeunesse et groupes d’âge jusqu’à 16 ans. Il y’aura aussi un concert à l’heure du déjeuner, ce qui permettra de rencontrer d’autres accordéonistes et d’écouter une variété de musique jouée par des musiciens de tout âge. Formulaire d’inscription : 2020NOVAM.pdf La date limite d’inscription est le 8 février 2021. Pour plus de détails, emailez à : secretaris@novam.net |
Présentation d’accordéonistes dans le “Global Music Match” - Mondialby Christine Johnstone |
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  Des accordéonistes solistes ou en groupes ont été sélectionnés pour prendre part au “Global Music Match” qui se tiendra du 31 août au 11 octobre 2020. Global Music Match est une initiative pilote créé pour donner de la visibilité à l’international à des artistes locaux en temps de COVID-19. Cela a été créé grâce à une collaboration mondiale nouvelle entre les partenaires fondateurs : Sounds Australia, Showcase Scotland Expo et Canada’s East Coast Music Association (ECMA), et 11 autres organisations à l’export et foires à travers le monde. ` Le programme vise à développer une nouvelle audience pour les artistes à travers des lieux internationaux, en vue de tournées dans le futur. Le programme aidera aussi les artistes à développer leur visibilité dans les réseaux sociaux et à collaborer avec d’autres artistes à travers le monde. Parmi les accordéonistes qui y participent : Captain of the Lost Waves (l’aaccordioniste Murray Grainger, Angleterre – photo en haut à gauche), Skerryvore (qui inclut les frères Daniel à l’accordéon et Martin Gillespie on pipeaux, sifflets et accordéon - Ecosse), le Duo “Vilda” (qui inclut l’accordéoniste Viivi Maria Saarenkylä - Finlande, photo ci-dessous), Tuulikki Bartosik (Estonie) et Antti Paalanen (photo en haut à droite - Finlande). |
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40 années après la realization d’un rêve – La coupe Mondiale1980by Kevin Friedrich, CIA Ambassador |
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 Reportage historique, photos et résultats à : 1980CoupeMondialeHistory"Pourrions nous organiser une Coupe Mondiale en Nouvelle Zélande? Est-ce que cela ne serait pas une bonne chose pour la Nouvelle Zélande et l’accordéon?" Ce furent les questions posées aux membres de la New Zealand Accordion Association (NZAA) à la fin des années 70, par le célèbre avocat d’Auckland, Gerald Ryan, qui fut un grand supporter du mouvement de l’accordéon, avec plusieurs de ses enfants apprenant à en jouer. Avec les encouragements supplémentaires de Harley Jones et son père Allan, qui tous deux avaient de nombreux contacts avec des organisations liées à l’accordéon à l’étranger, ce projet fut mis à l’étude puis réalisé. La proposition de la Nouvelle Zélande d’organiser une coupe mondiale à Auckland fut présentée à la Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes (CIA) en mars 1979 au congrès d’hiver et provisoirement acceptée. Il fut évident que les compétiteurs, notamment européens, auraient à voyager plus loin qu’ils n’en avaient l’habitude pour prendre part à la Coupe Mondiale en Nouvelle Zélande. Même à quelques occasions lorsque la Coupe Mondiale eut lieu aux Etats Unis, cela posa des problèmes financiers pour les compétiteurs européens. Le coût du voyage était un obstacle majeur pour prétendre organiser la Coupe Mondiale en Nouvelle Zélande. The acceptance was confirmed when at the "Summer Congress" of 1979 in Cannes, France, Harley Jones and David Lilico presented a promotional film of New Zealand, and gave assurance of an air fare subsidy of $1000 per competitor, with a similar amount offered to several executives of the CIA. This was actually increased to $1500 at the time of the Coupe Mondiale and a smaller subsidy of $600 was provided for all delegates attending. The 1980 event was the first time the Coupe Mondiale had been held in the South Pacific and was also the first international music competition ever held in New Zealand. Now, reflecting upon this milestone event in New Zealand and in CIA history, a review of the event has been published to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the staging of the Coupe Mondiale in New Zealand. Very few pictures and documents are available from this time, however all such materials have been correlated to make this souvenir review. Il est interessant de noter que la plupart des accordéonistes en compétition à l’époque ont continuer à avoir un rôle actif dans le monde de l’accordéon. Moi-même je n’aurais jamais pu imaginer qu’en serrant la main du président du CIA, le Dr. Karl Majer, en tant qu’accordéoniste détenteur de la 9ième place, je deviendrais moi même président du CIA. Mon concurrent néozélandais Marcel Riethmann est maintenant président des centres d’éducation musicale d’Auckland en Nouvelle Zélande. Dan Mastroianni a eu une belle carrière de musicien, compositeur, accordéoniste et pianiste. Les compétiteurs australiens Nerida Farmer et Catherine Day Jackett sont très actifs dans le monde de l’accordéon avec concert et enseignement. Alain Musichini (France) a gagné la Coupe Mondiale à deux reprises et est l’un des joueurs de bal les plus prisés en France. Peter Soave (USA) a aussi gagné la Coupe Mondiale et est devenu un des concertistes d’accordéon et de bandoneon les plus respectés. Krystof Olczek (Pologne) est maintenant un compositeur prolifique et accordéoniste et il a une classe d’accordéon, dirige des ensembles de musique de chambre, et donne un cours intitulé “L’interprétation de la musique du 20ième siècle” à l’académie de musique de Gdansk. Alfred Melichar est professeur d’accordéon à la Bruckner University à Linz, dans son Autriche natale. Christianne Bonnay (France) est professeur d’accordéon à l’académie de musique de Monaco et le gagnant, Werner Glutsch enseigne au conservatoire Hohner Conservatory à Trossingen. Reportage historique, photos et résultats à : 1980CoupeMondialeHistory |
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La 18ième compétition international de bayan "Vivat Bayan!" à Samara - Russieby Arseniy Strokovskiy |
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 La 18ième compétition internationale de bayan "Vivat, Bayan!" se tiendra à Samara en Russie, du 22 au 27 septembre 2020. Les bayanistes internationaux seront répartis en six categories, selon des groupes d’âge.Le directeur artistique de la compétition, Sergey Voytenko, est artiste d’honneur de la région de Samara. député de la douma du gouverneur de Samara et gagnant de compétitions internationales, (photo à gauche). Durant la compétition, il y’aura un concert tous les soirs au CPC "Diriger" à Samara. Le 27 septembre 2020, aura lieu un gala de clôture avec des joueurs bayanistes russes et internationaux à la philarmonie de Samara. Clôture des inscriptions le 7 septembre 2020. Download competition rules in Russian language here: 2020VivatRules.pdf |
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by Christine Johnstone
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 Aydar Gaynullin (picture left), accordionist, vocalist and composer performed with the Georgisches Kammerorchester Ingolstadt (Georgian Chamber Orchestra Ingolstadt) conducted by Ruben Gazarian, at the “Ingolstadt 2020 Live” event in Ingolstadt, Germany this month.The video above shows their performance of Miserlou (Pulp Fiction Theme). |
by Christine Johnstone
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 A Classic Mini Festival was held at the KU.BE Frederiksberg performance & event venue in Frederiksberg, Denmark on August 21st organised by Musikforum Frederiksberg and KU. BE.The event featured a series of 30 minute concerts focusing on classical music from Sweden, Austria, Italy and Russia. Accordionist Adam Ørvad (picture left) performed a program of Russian music by Kushakov, Semionov, Mussorgsky and Denisov’s “Des ténèbres a la lumière”. |
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| Video 1: Cotati Accordion Festival “Lady of Spain-A-Ring Video 2: Grand Finale online concert The 30th Annual Cotati Accordion Festival was held online in Cotati, California on August 22nd and 23rd, 2020. The fun “Lady of Spain-A-Ring" is usually invites everyone who has their accordion to come up onto the stage and play. As this year's event was online because of Covid-19, the event had to be held differently, so organisers put out the call for folks to send in videos of their playing the "Lady of Spain" so they could be presented as part of their live stream. Everyone looked like they had a great time. Did you see the young lady in pink dancing? The festival was a two-day, multi-cultural, non-profit, multi-generational accordion extravaganza and included a variety of performers. See list above. The event finished with a Grand Finale online rendition of the well known song "So Happy Together" by the Turtles (1969). Picture below: Lady of Spain participants. |
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| New video recorded during Covid-19 lockdown entitled "2 Kilo Ráhkisvuohta" (“2kg of Love”). Despite the cancellation of international concerts due to Covid-19, Duo Vilda have recorded a new video during lockdown and performed two concerts in Finland this month. The first concert was held at the Muhasaaren Theatre in Savonlinna, Finland on August 21st. The Duo, which includes accordionist Viivi Maria Saarenkylä and indigenous Samí singer Hildá Länsman (Finland) performed original music, composed and written by themselves and influenced by northern nature, traditional Samí joik & Finnish folk, and pop music! Their 2nd concert was at the Hetta Music Days, which runs from August 28th to 30th in Hetta. Music Days is one of the oldest in Northern Finland and the northernmost classical music event. For more than five decades, there have been some great music experiences in the stunning light of spring among the fells. Duo Vilda entertained on August 28th. |
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by Christine Johnstone
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| The closing date for entries into the PIF 2020 45th International “Città di Castelfidardo” Accordion Prize & Festival is August 31st, 2020. Artistic Director Renzo Ruggieri announced that this year the competition will be run differently due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In order to guarantee regularity and equality of conditions among the candidates, there will be a special edition in two phases: Selections (with online videos) Final (in live streaming or through a live audition in Castelfidardo). As soon as the jury have chosen their first selections, the organization will contact these candidates to arrange technical rehearsals for the live streaming. The event will be broadcast by the Astra Theater in Castelfidardo with professionals in the sector to guarantee the same conditions for all candidates. |
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| Dan Grauman of AccordionGifts announces the introduction of its newest product, the SUNbuster car shade. Keep your car cool in hot weather and show your pride in your instrument by placing the car shade behind your windshield. This corrugated cardboard sun shade prevents the sun from penetrating the windshield so the air is cooler and more bearable upon return. The sun shade efficiently folds up accordion-style to maximize vehicle interior space. www.accordiongifts.com |
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by Christine Johnstone
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| The CNIMA international accordion school based in the heart of France, has a special “A La Carte” studies program. This program gives you the opportunity to study for a short or longer period, organizing your studying time according to your own schedule and availability. Students can attend on location at the CNIMA Headquarters in France or study long distance, via Skype. The CNIMA is located in the Volcano area in Auvergne, an authentic, quiet, peaceful environment that helps focus on musical studies. You can live full board and enjoy great French cooking and a friendly family spirit, or you can rent accommodation outside the school (yet eat at school with a half board formula, if you wish). The school is renowned for its accordion teaching method of founder Jacques Mornet. This accordion technique has allowed Mornet's students to break a world record of 107 first prizes at international competitions. The CNIMA directed by Nathalie Boucheix, is open to players from all levels and all ages, from accordion beginners to potential world class players. For further details email: cnima@orange.fr |
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by Rob Howard
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 The Stockport Accordion Club is pleased to announce that after 7 months of closure due to the Covid-19 lockdowns, they are able to return to the Woodley Methodist Church (picture left) for their meetings from September 16th.During the lockdown club members met online to exchange news, chat and play some music. New members and visitors are welcome. For details email: robaccord5@hotmail.com |
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| Video: Check out this video. Have you ever tried playing the accordion while jumping out of an aeroplane? And singing too? |
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 Stas Venglevski will perform an online concert at the United Methodist Church of Whitefish Bay (UMCWFB) in Wisconsin, USA on August 30th, 2020.His program will include music by Sergey Rahmaninoff, Isaak Albeniz, Ernesto Lequona, Eugene Derbenko, Russian folk music, and his original compositions. This online concert will be brought to you by the Accordion Renaissance, a non profit institution based in Virginia and begins at 3pm (CDT) on social media. |
by Christine Johnstone
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  Gordon Shand is a guest performer at the new Tartan Tunes Scottish Sessions show this weekend. The show features musicians, stories, history, craic, interviews and musical performances from established and upcoming musicians.Gordon will speak about his latest publication of his compositions. “Journey” The Piper’s Collection, a collection of pipe tunes composed by an accordionist! |
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 Ghenadie Rotarie will perform a concert with the Ensemble MusikFabrik at the Pompidou Centre Grande Salle in Paris, France on August 31st, 2020.The concert is organised by IRCAM (Institut de recherche et coordination acoustique musique) in Paris and will feature the French premiere of "Nether" by Rebecca Saunders for soprano, 19 soloists and conductor. The piece was commissioned by Philharmonie Essen, Ensemble Musikfabrik and Kunststiftung NRW. For details email: g.rotari@yahoo.com |
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| The LandesJugendAkkordeonOrchester (LJAO) from Nordrhein-Westfalen, conducted by Gerhard Koschel will perform a concert at the Rathaussaal Porz (Porz Town Hall) in Cologne on September 5th, 2020 at 6pm. Their program will include pieces arranged for small ensembles including works by Tchaikovsky and Beethoven. All Covid-19 regulations will be followed. For details email: rathaussaal-porz@stadt-koeln.de |
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| The 2020 Carrefour Mondial de l'Accordéon Festival organisers will hold a virtual opening concert to be broadcast online on September 4th. Artistic Director Raynald Ouellet has researched several years of archives to create this event which highlights diverse music from around the world. See poster below. As the 2020 event is unable to be held in its usual form, President, Christiane Bouillé has asked accordionists to visit restaurants in the area on September 5th, to perform and highlight the talent of Quebec musicians and encourage people to visit the restaurants in this challenging time of Covid-19. See poster above for details. Christiane thanks the City of Montmagny, the Ministries of Culture and Tourism, Heritage Canada, Hydro-Québec and the SOCAN Foundation for their support. The 2021 event is scheduled for September 2nd to 6th, 2021 in Montmagny, Quebec, Canada. For details email: accordeon@montmagny.com |
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 Hans-Günther Kölz (picture left) will run an online tutorial from September to November 2020, which is aimed at people who would like to arrange for accordion or mixed harmonica ensembles or who want to set up existing music.It introduces the basics of arranging and music editing. The topics will be adapted together with the participants according to the level of knowledge and prerequisites. Registrations are accepted until the end of September. For details phone: +49 7425 3270 17 |
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 The quartet "Milonga De Cuatro" (which includes accordionist Lian Jones) concert due to be held on August 30th at the Nathan Homestead in Manurewa, Auckland has been postponed due to Covid-19 restrictions.The new date is: November 15th at 5pm. The concert is entitled "Five Tango Sensations" by Astor Piazzolla and will feature this suite of works written in Tango Nuevo style and is a "work of tragic beauty". This is the last piece that the composer wrote and recorded in his life. The concert will also include other works by Piazzolla as well as music of Eduardo Rovira (Argentina). Tickets are transferable to the new concert date. If you require a refund please email: nataliameyta@yahoo.com |
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 Video: Tango Project "Milonga De Cuatro", Astor Piazzolla "Triunfal" & "Libertango"Astor, performers: violin Irina Lgotkina, accordion Lian Jones, contrabass Marija Durdevic, piano Natalia Meyta.Lian Jones AIRMT, Dip MusEd, is proud of to announce the launch of her new website https://lianjonesmusician.wixsite.com/lian designed by her daughter Alanah. Lian is a performer and teacher of both the piano and accordion, based on the North Shore of Auckland, New Zealand. Born and raised in the Fujian Province of China, Lian (Huang Lingling) started playing the piano accordion at age 5, and began to learn piano and keyboard soon after. At 15, she began her studies at Fujian Normal University, majoring in Music Education under Prof. Li Weiming. Lian has won awards and placed at multiple piano and accordion competitions both in China and internationally. Lian has been teaching piano and accordion in Auckland for over 20 years, and has taught many accordion students who have gained success nationally at the NZ and South Pacific Accordion Championships and also represented New Zealand internationally at the Coupe Mondiale and other competitions. Her students in both accordion and piano also excel in examinations. Alongside her teaching, Lian is an avid performer as a member of the Auckland Accordion Symphonietta, conducted by Lionel Reekie, and the Tango Project, Milonga de Cuatro. Picture below: Lian Jones playing the solo for the Auckland Accordion Symphonietta's world premiere of Gary Daverne's 'Song of the Far North' |
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