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Inscripción para el Festival AAA 2020, Virginia, EE. UU.
Acordeonista Coba Tour de Concierto Abril 2020 - Japón
Lanzamiento del álbum Romano Viazzani Ensemble, Londres - Inglaterra
Reports for Concerts, Masterclasses, Competitions, Festivals, etc. |
Accordionist in Final Three of "Prodigios" Competition - Spain“Saltire” February Concert Tour - New ZealandTwo New Instruments on Display at AWAM - USA
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“Flight out of Time” Concert in St. Petersburg - RussiaChaika Band Tour AustraliaJazz Trio Guests at Port Charlotte Accordion Club, Florida - USAStanislav Angelov Accordion Concert & Demonstration - South Africa"Duo Mares" St Georgs Church Concert - Germany2020 All-Russian Competition of Performers on Folk Instruments, Vologda – Russia“Milonga de Cuatro” Plays “Five Tango Sensations”, Auckland – New ZealandDiatonic & Chromatic Accordion Course, Hainaut - BelgiumHainaut Belles Bretelles Festival - France
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XXII Festival de Acordeón de Invierno de Kokkola celebra el 400 aniversario de Kokkola - Finlandiaby Raimo Vertainen |
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  El XXII Festival de Acordeón de Invierno de Kokkola se celebró junto con el 400 aniversario de la ciudad de Kokkola en una variedad de lugares en Kokkola, Finlandia, del 9 al 16 de febrero de 2020.El director artístico desde el inicio del festival es Raimo Vertainen (foto a la izquierda). Como parte de las celebraciones del 400 aniversario, hubo una actuación de Guardia Nueva (dirigida por Raimo Vertainen). Su actuación incluyó tangos, árboles de hoja perenne y música de compositores locales con solistas Virva Puumala, Matti Korkiala, Maria Autio y Jiri Tammilehto. Otros eventos incluyeron una gran variedad de conciertos, desfiles, eventos infantiles, eventos sorpresa para celebrar el 400 aniversario de la ciudad, presentaciones a la hora del almuerzo, eventos en trineo, canciones para personas mayores y música de jazz. Más de 5,000 personas disfrutaron asistiendo a estos eventos durante el festival de ocho días. Los aspectos más destacados del festival incluyeron el estreno mundial del nuevo concierto de uno de los compositores finlandeses más importantes, Aulis Sallinen titulado "Duo Concertante" para dos acordeones, cuerdas y percusión Op.115. El trabajo fue realizado por Sonja Vertainen y Janne Valkeajoki (imagen arriba a la derecha) con la Orquesta de Cámara Ostrobotnia dirigida por Anna-Maria Helsing. Helsing es ahora director principal de la Orquesta de Conciertos de la BBC de Londres. El Concierto fue transmitido por la Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE Radio1), que es un canal de radio principal en Finlandia. Las óperas, sinfonías y conciertos de Aulis Sallinen se han tocado en todo el mundo, en Nueva York metropolitana, Convent Garden, Londres, etc. Obtener un nuevo trabajo de él es un tesoro para el mundo de la música y para el acordeón. The Music Wizards - Veli Kujala y Jarkko Riihimäki: Este es un espectáculo con música y magia. El mago del acordeón Veli Kujala y el hombre mágico del piano Jarkko Riihimäki se entretuvieron con un espectáculo de música de estreno mundial de Pekka Pohjola, Pat Metheny, Gardel e invisiones. Este espectáculo seguramente fue algo especial. El dúo nórdico de sonidos de Estonia incluyó a Tiit Kalluste (acordeón) y Villu Veski (saxofón). La actuación del dúo incluyó imágenes y melodías de la costa. Jörgen Sundeqvist y Päivi Mettälä de Suecia interpretaron música de Höga Kusten (Suecia) y Julia Hansson (Kokkola). Raimo Vertainen también dirigió la Orquesta de Acordeón Activo con una actuación de música de ballet de Philip Glass y dirigió la Orquesta de Acordeón Joven y la Orquesta K-30. Descarga fotos y videos del festival aquí: 2020Kokkola.pdfEl XXII Festival de Acordeón de Invierno de Kokkola se celebró junto con el 400 aniversario de la ciudad de Kokkola en una variedad de lugares en Kokkola, Finlandia, del 9 al 16 de febrero de 2020. El director artístico desde el inicio del festival es Raimo Vertainen (foto a la izquierda). Como parte de las celebraciones del 400 aniversario, hubo una actuación de Guardia Nueva (dirigida por Raimo Vertainen). Su actuación incluyó tangos, árboles de hoja perenne y música de compositores locales con solistas Virva Puumala, Matti Korkiala, Maria Autio y Jiri Tammilehto. Otros eventos incluyeron una gran variedad de conciertos, desfiles, eventos infantiles, eventos sorpresa para celebrar el 400 aniversario de la ciudad, presentaciones a la hora del almuerzo, eventos en trineo, canciones para personas mayores y música de jazz. Más de 5,000 personas disfrutaron asistiendo a estos eventos durante el festival de ocho días. Los aspectos más destacados del festival incluyeron el estreno mundial del nuevo concierto de uno de los compositores finlandeses más importantes, Aulis Sallinen titulado "Duo Concertante" para dos acordeones, cuerdas y percusión Op.115. El trabajo fue realizado por Sonja Vertainen y Janne Valkeajoki (imagen arriba a la derecha) con la Orquesta de Cámara Ostrobotnia dirigida por Anna-Maria Helsing. Helsing es ahora director principal de la Orquesta de Conciertos de la BBC de Londres. El Concierto fue transmitido por la Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE Radio1), que es un canal de radio principal en Finlandia. Las óperas, sinfonías y conciertos de Aulis Sallinen se han tocado en todo el mundo, en Nueva York metropolitana, Convent Garden, Londres, etc. Obtener un nuevo trabajo de él es un tesoro para el mundo de la música y para el acordeón. The Music Wizards - Veli Kujala y Jarkko Riihimäki: Este es un espectáculo con música y magia. El mago del acordeón Veli Kujala y el hombre mágico del piano Jarkko Riihimäki se entretuvieron con un espectáculo de música de estreno mundial de Pekka Pohjola, Pat Metheny, Gardel e invisiones. Este espectáculo seguramente fue algo especial. El dúo nórdico de sonidos de Estonia incluyó a Tiit Kalluste (acordeón) y Villu Veski (saxofón). La actuación del dúo incluyó imágenes y melodías de la costa. Jörgen Sundeqvist y Päivi Mettälä de Suecia interpretaron música de Höga Kusten (Suecia) y Julia Hansson (Kokkola). Raimo Vertainen también dirigió la Orquesta de Acordeón Activo con una actuación de música de ballet de Philip Glass y dirigió la Orquesta de Acordeón Joven y la Orquesta K-30. Descarga fotos y videos del festival aquí: 2020Kokkola.pdf |
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Inscripción para el Festival AAA 2020, Virginia, EE. UU.by Harley Jones |
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 El Festival 2020 de la Asociación Americana de Acordeonistas (AAA) se llevará a cabo del 8 al 12 de julio de 2020 en el Holiday Inn & Suites en Alexandria, Virginia, que está a solo 15 minutos en coche de la Casa Blanca, Washington DC.Ahora puede registrarse en línea usando el carrito de compras de AAA o descargar e imprimir el formulario de registro: 2020AAARegistration.pdf y enviarlo por correo con cheque. La información completa para reservar su habitación de hotel y el enlace para recibir el descuento grupal de AAA también se encuentra en el sitio web de AAA: AAAFestival Para obtener información publicada hasta ahora sobre el evento y los artistas, descargue el folleto del Festival AAA 2020: 2020AAAFlier.pdf |
Acordeonista Coba Tour de Concierto Abril 2020 - Japónby Christine Johnstone |
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| Las entradas ya están disponibles para la gira de conciertos del acordeonista japonés Yasuhiro "Coba" Kobayashi por Japón en abril de 2020. Coba acaba de celebrar su 60 cumpleaños este mes y lanzará su nuevo álbum "The Accordion" el 4 de marzo, que incluirá 12 actuaciones en solitario. El álbum fue planeado alrededor de Cobá, volviendo a sus raíces musicales. Las nuevas obras incluyen "Vals para acordeón" y "Sara". Las fechas del concierto de abril de 2020 son las siguientes: 11 de abril: pequeño salón del Centro Cultural de Síntesis de Arao, Prefectura de Kumamoto Arao a las 5pm. 12 de abril: Hita City Centre Patria Hita Babbling Hall, Hita, Prefectura de Oita a las 4.30 p.m. 18 de abril: Sala de recitales del Centro de Artes de la ciudad de Nagano, Nagano, Prefectura de Nagano a las 5.30 p.m. 19 de abril: Teatro Pequeño de la Prefectura de Toyama Orbis, Toyama, Prefectura de Toyama a las 4pm 21 de abril: Harmony Hall Fukui Small Hall, ciudad de Fukui a las 6.30 p.m. 25 de abril: Niigata Prefectural Civic Center, Small Hall, Niigata, Prefectura de Niigata a las 5:30 p.m. 26 de abril: Kanazawa 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art Theatre 21, Kanazawa, Prefectura de Ishikawa a las 4pm 29 de abril: Takasaki Art Theatre Studio Theatre, Takasaki, Prefectura de Gunma a las 4.30 p.m. Para detalles llame al: 0570-02-9999 |
Lanzamiento del álbum Romano Viazzani Ensemble, Londres - Inglaterraby Christine Johnstone |
  Romano Viazzani Ensemble lanzará su nuevo álbum "London Tango" en un concierto especial a la hora del almuerzo en The Pheasantry en Chelsea, Londres, el 15 de marzo de 2020.Este concierto será el primero de una serie de conciertos que lanzarán el álbum. El álbum toma Tango argentino y agrega un toque londinense, presentando cinco piezas completamente nuevas de Viazzani, incluyendo 3 especialmente encargadas para el álbum, una colaboración, otras dos obras nuevas y algunos maravillosos tangos tradicionales argentinos y europeos con una saludable dosis de Piazzolla. El conjunto también acaba de lanzar Libertango como single en Spotify iTunes y otras plataformas para descargar antes del lanzamiento del álbum. Para detalles teléfono: 020 7439 4962 |
Reports for Concerts, Masterclasses, Competitions, Festivals, etc. |
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 Accordions Worldwide reported last month that accordionist Marta Cubas Hondal (student of Gorka Hermosa) had been selected to play in the next round of "Prodigios" (Spanish National TV`s version of "Got Talent") from 200 applicants. At that stage, nine students were chosen to perform with a symphony orchestra in the next rounds. Gorka Hermosa had prepared the orchestral arrangements for her.Now we are pleased to report that Marta is now in the final three of this competition! Prodigios is a musical talent show produced by Shine Iberia for broadcast on 1 Spanish TV on Saturdays at 22:05h. Held at the Miguel Delibes Auditorium in Valladolid, it seeks the greatest Spanish talent between the ages of 7 and 17 for students of lyrical singing, classical dance and orchestral instruments. The professional jury includes Ainhoa Arteta, Nacho Duato and Andrés Salado. The winner will receive 20,000 euros as "Prodigy of the Year", and an intensive course of improvement in the center of high performance Musical of the Alfonso X El Sabio University. Marta Cubas Hondal qualified for the semi-final playing “Tango pour Claude” (R. Galliano) and “Amélie” (Yann Tiersen). On March 7th she will play “Libertango” (Piazzolla) and if she qualifies she will play “Oblivion” (Piazzolla) on March 14th at the finals. Accordions Worldwide wishes Marta all the best for this competition. |
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 Video: The Jacqueline Waltz performed in Te Awamutu, New Zealand.The “Saltire” duo which includes accordionist David Vernon and Alex Hodgson (guitar) have just completed a tour of New Zealand playing at shows, concerts & ceilidhs. The duo from Edinburgh, Scotland entertained at the 27th Paeroa Highland Games & Tattoo in Paeroa, as well as in Huntly, Te Awamutu, Wellington and Stratford (in the North Island) and in Hororata, Dunedin & Christchurch (in the South Island). David is the resident accordionist in the “Spirit of Scotland” show, which performs 250 evenings per year in Edinburgh, Scotland. The show is a rip roaring evening of traditional Scottish song and dance accompanied by a great selection of quality Scottish food to delight your pallet. |
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  A two-row button diatonic accordion (picture left) from Germany has recently been donated to A World of Accordions Museum (AWAM). The instrument had been in the family for five generations, had been restored some years ago and came with a specially made glass case for the instrument’s protection.It had no brand name but did have a prominent crown logo, decorative rose-motif decals enhancing the bellows frames, a central reinforcing frame in the bellows, and deep, stiff bellows folds with leather edge-bindings. This instrument is now on display at AWAM. The second new display is an Öllerer “Oberkrainer” accordion (picture above right), made in 1985 by the Georg Oellerer company in Germany. This is the only example of its brand and specific type at AWAM. In addition to its beauty, it is one of the last piano accordions made by this manufacturer that subsequently focused on producing a type of diatonic called Steirische and it is tuned to sound like a button diatonic accordion of regional Oberkrainer preferences that are most noted for Slavko Avsenik’s and Upper Carniolan folk music. This instrument, called a “folk accordion,” incorporates hand-made reeds, a tone chamber, and condenser microphones in the bass section. It was custom-made in 1985 by the Oellerer group for Pat “Patsy” Woods of Arlington, Texas, who donated it to AWAM in December 2019 after performing with it for over 50 years. Accordions Worldwide encourages all accordionists to consider giving important historical accordions to their favorite museum. |
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| The New Stage of the Alexandrinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg will host a concert entitled "Flight out of Time” - concert music for bayan and accordion Petri Makkonen on March 1st at 2pm. The program will include works by contemporary Finnish composer Petri Makkonen, which will be performed by the composer and St. Petersburg musicians Vladimir Rozanov and the trio "Charm", which includes Artur Adrshin, Vladimir Stupnikov and Arkady Skryv. The concert is organised by the Institute of Finland in St. Petersburg as part of the Northern Counterpoint project. "Northern Counterpoint" is a joint music project of the Consulates General of Norway and Sweden, the Danish Institute of Culture and the Institute of Finland in St. Petersburg, aimed at strengthening cooperation between musicians and composers of North Europe and Russia. The Northern Counterpoint project is supported by the Northern Cultural Foundation. For tickets phone: +7 (812) 312-15-45 |
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 Video: Chaika performs Swedish folk song "I riden så " filmed for The Cobargo Sessions 2019 by Joshua Levi Collings and the team at PegLeg Productions. Video recorded at the Cobargo Folk Festival, New South Wales, Australia, in March 2019.Chaika Band” (which includes accordionist Emily-Rose Šárkova - picture right) are excited to announce their 2020 Australia tour dates for March and April. The band will tour Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. They have performed at festivals and concert venues around Australia and play a mix of folk, jazz and classical music. Tour dates as follows: March 1st: The Monastery, Geelong (VIC) March 4th: Two Oaks Cafe Somerset (TAS) March 5th: Dreamfarm (TAS) March 7th: Body Percussion Masterclass @ Kickstart Arts (TAS) March 7th: Kunanyi Folk Club (TAS) March 8th: MONA (TAS) March 8th: Arranging workshop, Kingston Beach (TAS) March 12th: Royal Oak Launceston (TAS) March 13th to 15th: River Folk Festival (VIC) March 17th: Le Penelope's Kirwans Bridge (VIC) March 18th: Melbourne Recital Centre (VIC) March 19th: Arc Switchroom Yinnar (VIC) March 20th to 22nd: Yackandandah Folk Festival (VIC) April 2nd: Camelot with Curtis Eller's American Circus (NSW) April 9th to 13th: National Folk Festival (ACT) April 17th: Murrah Hall (NSW) For details email: info@chaikaband.com |
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 The Port Charlotte Accordion Club in Port Charlotte, Florida invite accordionists and accordion lovers to a performance by a Jazz Trio which includes accordionists Joe Cerrito & Dick Smolens (picture left) and their percussionist next month. The concert will be held on March 1st at the American Legion Post 110 in Harbour Blvd at 1pm.Attendees are invited to bring their accordions and sign up to play. A door charge of $2 will go to the American Legion Post 110 for their services to veterans and the community. For details and bookings phone: (410) 591 5045 |
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| Accordionist Stanislav Angelov will give a concert and demonstration at the Musikhaus W.Heuer in Stellenbosch on March 5th at 7pm. Stanislav will demonstrate and explain several different models of new accordions produced in Germany and Italy and available for purchase. He will also run a Q & A session with information on our fantastic musical instrument. Stanislav Angelov (originally from Shumen, Bulgaria) now lives in Cape Town where he performs, teaches and records as a soloist or guest artiste for other local productions. He has appeared many times as a soloist with Symphonic Orchestras in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Port Elizabeth. For details phone: 021 8872938 |
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| Duo Mares, which includes Marko Kassl (accordion) and Esra Pehlivanli (viola) will give a concert at St Georgs Church in Hattingen, Germany on March 14th, 2020 at 7.15pm. The duo are working with today’s composers to present a new repertoire for their 2020/2021 season which will include over 40 compositions that have been dedicated to the duo by composers such as Ivo Petric (SL), Roderik De Man (NL), Chiel Meijering (NL), Anne La Berge (USA-NL), Nico Huijbregts (NL), Gerard Beljon (NL), Sinta Wullur (NL), Bruno Strobl (A), Matthias Grimminger (D), Gerhard Stäbler (D), Frank Zabel (D), Wilfried M. Danner (D), Selim Dogru (TR), Yigit Kolat (TR), Gokce Altay (TR) among many others. For concert details email: stgeorg@kirche-hawi.de |
by Ivan Dyma, SaxAkkord Duo
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| The 2020 All-Russian Competition of Performers on Folk Instruments will be held from April 1st to 4th, 2020 in Vologda, Russia. The competition will be held in three stages: 1st (qualifying) stage: takes place in the regions of the Russian Federation. 2nd stage: Winners of the first stage will take part in this stage. 3rd stage: Final to determine the Grand Prize winner. Categories include soloists, ensembles and orchestras for a variety of instruments including accordion and bayan. Their programs are expected to include works of different styles and genres. Download competition rules (in Russian language): 2020VologdaRules.pdf |
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| Video: Tango Project "Milonga De Cuatro", Astor Piazzolla Four seasons of Buenos Aires (III part) For the first time in Auckland, Astor Piazzolla’s masterpiece “Five Tango Sensations” will be played by the unique collaboration of “Milonga de Cuatro” musical instruments. The quartet includes Lian Jones (accordion), Celina Reyes Badger (viola), Natalia Meyta (piano) and Marija Dimitrijevic (double bass). Their concert of Argentinian tango music will take place at the Mt Eden Village Centre, Mt Eden Rd, Mt Eden, Auckland, on April 8th at 7pm and will also include works by Argentinian composer Eduardo Rovira. For information email: nataliameyta@yahoo.com |
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| An accordion course for diatonic and chromatic accordionists will be held in Aubechies, Hainau, Belgium on May 21st and 22nd, 2020. The course is organised by tutors Diou Flo - Florence Pinvidic and Florence Glorion. The course will begin with evaluations of levels of attendees, followed by training camps. For details email: florence.glorion@gmail.com |
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| The Hainaut Belles Bretelles Festival will be held in Hergnies, France from May 30th to June 1st, 2020. Registrations are now being accepted in you would like to join the team for this 2020 edition. Organized by the Léo Lagrange d'Hergnies Club, the Hainaut Belles Bretelles Festival is three days of music, celebration and conviviality to the sound of all accordion styles, in the shade of the tall trees of the grassed square of the village of Hergnies. From musette to rock'n'roll through klezmer, Cajun, classical, folk, the accordion is a friendly, festive instrument. What an atmosphere! For details email: contact@bellesbretelles.com |
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Sitio de NZAA actualizado para la recaudación de fondos del Día Mundial del Acordeón para competidores de NZ Coupe Mondiale - Nueva Zelandaby Heather Masefield Secretary, New Zealand Accordion Association |
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 Sitio actualizado de NZAA: La Asociación de Acordeón de Nueva Zelanda (NZAA) patrocina el Día Mundial del Acordeón con un concierto de apoyo a los competidores de Nueva Zelanda para el Coupe Mondiale 2020, Jessie Chen, Catrina Lin y Angela Chen.El concierto, el Día Mundial del Acordeón, miércoles 6 de mayo, comenzará a las 7pm en el Rose Theatre, 4 School Road, Belmont. Descarga del póster: 2020nz-wad.pdf Los grupos de apoyo incluyen la Sinfonietta de Acordeón de Auckland dirigida por Lionel Reekie, la Orquesta de Acordeón de North Shore Music Makers dirigida por Christine Johnstone y la Orquesta de Acordeón de North Shore Musicale dirigida por Megan Jennings. El final del concierto será el invitado especial Grayson Masefield. El concierto será filmado para el sitio web del Día Mundial del Acordeón y será parte de muchos otros eventos que suceden en todo el mundo para celebrar el 6 de mayo de 1829, fecha en que el acordeón fue patentado por primera vez, en Viena, Austria, por Cyrillius Demien. |
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  Kateryna Pylypenko, accordionist, poet, artist and composer of Ukraine has released her first publications. Catalog: pylypenko101 Rainbow Animals for accordion composed by Kateryna Pylypenko. Rainbow Animals is an album of modern compositions for accordion designed for elementary school students. The album includes 7 different shaped compositions. 29 pages of music and artwork. Hear the sound samples online. If you order the Rainbow Animals pdf book, you will also receive free of charge the sound files of the 7 complete pieces as performed by the composer. Catalog: pylypenko102 Le Onde for accordion composed by Ludovico Einaudi, transcribed by Kateryna Pylypenko. |
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 The home page of Gary Dahl (1937 to 2017) has been updated and for the first time, a special price is offered for the complete collection of Gary Dahl eBooks #1 to #10. The 10 eBooks worth USD $335 with 156 titles is emailed to you for the special price of USD$220, catalog DH01-10eB.DH01-eB Latin Spectacular! DH02-eB Favorite French Standards DH03-eB The American Songbook DH04-eB Favorite Waltzes & Polkas DH05-eB Easy Listening Variety DH06-eB Easy Listening Variety DH07-eB Traditional Polish Carols DH08-eB Italian Collection DH09-eB Traditional Christmas Carols DH10-eB Polka! Click DH01-10eB to purchase the 10 Gary Dahl eBooks for US$220 |
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