Sponsors
Books (Text)
eSheet (pdf file)
eTracks sound files
Sponsors
Free Services
Books (Text)
Statistics
Sponsors
Highlights |
Concert Dedicated to the Memory of Kazys Stonkus, Kaunas - Lithuania
NAA Convention 2022: "We Are Back and Revitalizing the Convention!" - USA
Free Postage, Super Value Books Until 7th February - France
Online: 59th International Accordion Competition Klingenthal - Germany
Sofia Ros in Finals of 2022 Edinburgh Music Competition Festival - Scotland
23rd Accordion Days Rheinsberg 2022 - Germany
Free: Accordion-YellowPages.com Listing of your 2022 Accordion Events - Cyberspace
Reports for Concerts, Masterclasses, Competitions, Festivals, etc. |
III All-Russian Festival of Contemporary Music "Purple Thrush", Moscow - Russia
Folefest Accordion Festival and Contest - Portugal
Online: 1st World Concertina Day Celebrations - Worldwide
VI National Competition "Schools in Music" - Italy
Future events |
Laimonas Salijus Performs BalsoDumplės.RU Concert - Lithuania
Maciej Frąckiewicz Accordion Masterclass – Poland
Karen Tweed "Music Immersion Series" in Orkney - Northern Isles of Scotland
Duo Paris Moscou Concert in Bergheim - Germany
Childrens Corner |
New and Updated Sites |
2022 CNIMA Workshops - France
CIA Winter Congress 2022 in February is Delayed - Sweden
2022 South Pacific Accordion Championships & Festival – New Zealand
Yuri Shishkin CD's Sold Out, eTracks Available - Russia
Help Desk, Information needed, Readers CommentsSubmit Your Question, CommentSUBMIT NOW |
Random video 4UWatch the video |
Highlights |
Video: Guardia Nueva The Seasons, Kokkola - Finlandby Harley Jones |
 |
 Video: Guardia Nueva 20th Jubilee series of concerts featured on the 11 December 2021, Antonio Vivaldi's The Seasons in Max Richter's version. Download the 12 page color program about the project: 2021GN Musical Director and conductor of Guardia Nueva since inception, Raimo Vertainen wrote: - "the project lasted 4 years from the idea in 2018 to hear it in Richters composition in a London West End store; - the first parts were arranged (by Raimo) in Shenzhen China during Coupe Mondiale while in the hotel; - the rest of the music was arranged during 2020-2021 years while in Kokkola; - the idea was to think of a human life of Four Seasons, the whole work presented as: Spring - born, Summer - growing up, adult, Autumn - the shadows of the life comes, Winter - dying, and the last of the winter - reborn and the new life. - The whole arrangement and the work represented this concept and added to the music was 4 dancers, vocals, animation, pictures, and the lights. Annika Sillander is a well known choreographer experienced with operas, and musicals. Nada Dumcheva as video artist, works for Alfa TV." This concert was the 3rd in the series of Guardia Nueva 20th anniversary concerts restricted to only a small audience because of Covid rules. Thank you very much to Raimo Vertainen for generously making the video available. |
 |
Share
Concert Dedicated to the Memory of Kazys Stonkus, Kaunas - Lithuaniaby Harley Jones |
 |
 A concert will be held, 30th January 2022 to honor the memory of Kazys Stonkus. Venue is the Kaunas State Philharmonic. On 10 December 2021 the world lost one of the most outstanding Lithuanian accordionists, professor of the Academy of Music of the VMU (Kaunas), head of the Accordion Department, president of the Lithuanian National Accordionists' Union, member of the Music Committee of the Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes (CIA). Further information at: http://www.accordions.com/news.aspx?d=10-Dec-2021&lang=en#art18361 Kazys Stonkus was a versatile musician, and so will be this concert, with music from classical, jazz to popular music. The concert will feature: Saxophonist Petras Vyšniauskas, opera soloist Asta Krikšciunaite, Ciurlionis Quartet, pianist Daumantas Slipkus, violinist Vytautas Mikeliunas, singers Rasa Rapalyte, Egidijus Sipavicius, Viktoras Malinauskas and guitarist Tadas Grajauskas, multi-instrumentalist Leonardas Bekša, former students Augustinas Rakauskas, Laimonas Salijus, Vytenis Danielius, Monika Ryškute, Audrius Daucianskas, Žygimantas Baltrunas, the ensemble Nostalgija, the instrumental group U'Elements. The concert will be hosted by musicologist Viktoras Gerulaitis. |
NAA Convention 2022: "We Are Back and Revitalizing the Convention!" - USAby Rita Davidson Barnea, Editor USA Accordion News |
 |
 The National Accordion Association (NAA) 2022 Convention will be held from March 16th to 19th, 2022 at the Hilton Hotel, Richardson, Texas, USA and includes 42 workshop sessions, 16 presenters, and 6 orchestra practices!"We are back!" we hope to see you all again in person. The focus for the 2022 National Accordion Convention will be on socializing activities, band practice, interactive sessions, the dance party, etc., as we have practiced social distancing for way too long! Planning for the 2022 National Accordion Convention is at full steam. We have already signed up a large list of presenters and performers, some of whom you may have seen in previous years, but some are also new to the convention. All are well seasoned accordionists and will conduct a large variety of interesting presentations and workshops. There will be something for every accordion enthusiast: from playing in two orchestras, presentations, interactive sessions and play-along, accordion techniques, digital and acoustic accordions. Here is a glimpse of the evening activities: • Wednesday evening: Welcome reception. Meet and mingle with music. • Thursday evening: Music around the world. We will dedicate rooms to different cities like Paris, Rome, Munich, and others. Each will have a main presenter, but everybody is welcome to play for open mike! Stroll around with a beverage for an entertaining trip. • Friday evening: Dance Party - dance until your shoes fall off! We will have performers on stage entertaining you with Folk, Polka and Ballroom dance. • Saturday evening: Gala dinner with final concert. Note: Covid-19 will most likely not be over, so we will follow all health guidelines of the State of Texas, the local authorities, and the Hotel to keep you safe. Booking information, Hotel registrations and Convention registrations are now available online at: NAA |
 |
Free Postage, Super Value Books Until 7th February - Franceby Harley Jones |
 |
| Free Postage Special Until 7th February: The Ins and Outs of the Accordion by Thierry Benetoux (catalog benetouxen00). A quality book about accordion repairs, tuning etc. that is very popular indeed. In English In French. Comprendre et Reparer Votre Accordeon (catalog benetouxfr00). Free Postage Special: Sounding Out The Accordion by Thierry Benetoux (catalog bthierryen). A very quality book that cares of the sounding and tuning up your accordion. In English. In French. L’Accordeon & SA Diversite Sonore (catalog bthierryfr). |
 |
Online: 59th International Accordion Competition Klingenthal - Germanyby Harley Jones |
 Due to the Corona situation in the future, which is difficult to assess, we as organizers have decided to hold the 59th International Accordion Competition Klingenthal from May 8th to 14th, 2022 again as a video competition. Online competition rules apply.The 59th International Accordion Competition Klingenthal 2022 is open to soloists, accordion duos, accordion trios and groups from any country. Please download the booklet with full rules and entry information. 2022KlingenthalRules.pdf Entries close 31 January 2022. |
Sofia Ros in Finals of 2022 Edinburgh Music Competition Festival - Scotlandby Rob Howard |
  Sofia Ros (Spain - currently in UK) is a finalist at the 2022 Edinburgh Music Competition Festival. After two full days of competitors in the Concerto Class round held on January 21st and 22nd, 2022 at St Cuthbert's Church in Edinburg, Scotland, adjudicators Liz Childs and Roy Howat chose four finalists: Sofia Ros (accordion - picture above right), Ethan Loch (piano), Shakira Segalla-Humbert (cello) and Chun-Yi Kang (violin).The main festival will be held from March 1st to 13th and include a programme of competitive and non-competitive classes to positively encourage musicians of all abilities to take part. The four winners of this first round will play again at the final which will be held at The Queen's Hall on March 13th, 2022 with the Friends of the Festival Orchestra. Sofia will perform Piazzolla's Aconcagua Concerto for Accordion. |
23rd Accordion Days Rheinsberg 2022 - Germanyby Georg Hettmann |
  The 23rd Accordion Days Rheinsberg 2022 will be held at the Musikadademie Kavalierhaus in Rheinsberg, Brandenburg, Germany from February 18th to 20th, 2022 organised by the Deutscher Harmonika-Verband e.V. (DHV).The event will include a seminar (fully booked) and workshops as follows: • Lars Holm - solo and chamber music course • Hans-Günther Kölz - orchestra course • Sabine Kölz - "Ran an Tasten & Knöpfe" (Buttons & Knobs) workshop Due to Covid-19 restrictions, organisers are not planning any concerts this year. For further details email: info@dhv-ev.de |
Free: Accordion-YellowPages.com Listing of your 2022 Accordion Events - Cyberspaceby Harley Jones |
 |
| All concert, competition and festival organizers are reminded to list their Future Events in our yellow pages website. Its free to list and you can do it yourself. Its free to list and you can also change and update your listing yourself as further information becomes available. The accordion yellow pages Future Events calendar displays at the top right hand side of this Weekly News of accordions.com in all 7 languages plus other popular sites such as the USA News and the Diatonic News. Huge numbers of readers every year view the accordion yellow pages Future Events, so all accordion event organizers are urged to take full advantage of this free service to keep the accordion community informed. Any internet challenged organizers may email their event details: harleyjones.nz@yahoo.com |
Reports for Concerts, Masterclasses, Competitions, Festivals, etc. |
2022 AAA Festival Postponed to 2023 - USAby Joseph Ciccone, AAA President |
 |
  Due to the American Accordionists' Association (AAA) commitment to the health and safety of our many loyal attendees and guest artists, and to help support our nation’s efforts to stem the spread of COVID-19, our AAA Governing Board had to make a difficult decision. The 2022 AAA Festival has been postponed and will be rescheduled, along with the AAA Lifetime Achievement Award Dinner in honor of Frank Busso Sr. (picture left) for the summer of 2023. Please visit our website: AAA often for updates and to view new articles and information that gets posted regularly. Stay tuned for information on upcoming virtual workshops, on the 2022 Virtual Competitions, the Elsie Bennett Composition Competition and the Carrozza Competition. More information will follow shortly. |
III All-Russian Festival of Contemporary Music "Purple Thrush", Moscow - Russiaby Ivan Dyma, SaxAkkord Duo |
 |
 The III All-Russian Festival of Contemporary Music "Purple Thrush", dedicated to the Moscow composer Grigory Samuilovich Frid (picture left) and the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Battle of Moscow, will be held at the "Children's Art School No. 14" in Moscow on March 12th and 13th, 2022.The festival competition will include "Bayan, accordion" classes for soloists and ensembles in the following age categories: Junior group: from 7 to 10 years Middle group: 11 to 12 years old Senior group: from 13 to 16 years old College: I-IV course Competitive requirements in the nomination include: Two diverse works of contemporary authors (second half of the 20th – 21st century). Performance timeline: maximum of 10 minutes for soloists and ensembles in the first and second age groups, and a maximum of 15 minutes for the senior age group and college. Programs must be performed be memory. Competitors are welcome (but not mandatory) to perform works by G.S. Frid. To participate in the competition, a video file with the competition program must be submitted. Entries open on February 1st, 2022. The application deadline is strictly March 1st, 2022. Documents submitted after this date will not be considered. For further details email: art-school14@yandex.ru |
Folefest Accordion Festival and Contest - Portugalby Christine Johnstone |
 |
 The 2022 Folefest Accordion Festival and Contest will be held in Castel Branco, Portugal from February 24th to March 1st, 2022 organised by Paulo Jorge, Ferreira Artistic Director.The festival includes a competition, masterclass and seminar. The competition events will take place on February 27th in the Auditorium of the Temple of Poetry in the Poets Park, in Oeiras (picture right). Organisers would like all accordionists, teachers and students to participate and feel involved in this project. Competition categories include Chamber Music medium level for soloists and Chamber Music higher level for soloists. The deadline for registrations is February 11th, 2022. For competition entry details email: info@folefest.com |
Online: 1st World Concertina Day Celebrations - Worldwideby Christine Johnstone |
 Video: Two beginner concertina players are inviting other concertina players to play this simple melody of a canon with them just for fun. This is a 19th century canon well known throughout Germany.The first-ever World Concertina Day will be held on February 6th, 2022, the 220th anniversary of the birth of Sir Charles Wheatstone, inventor of the English concertina. World Concertina Day is sponsored by the International Concertina Association, in celebration of the 70th anniversary of their founding in 1952. The ICA hope to bring together concertina players all over the world on February 6th, to “celebrate our wonderful musical instrument and to raise awareness of the concertina with the general public and media.” On February 6th, they will have an all-star video concert with performances from John Kirkpatrick, Rob Harbron, Jody Kruskal, Alistair Anderson, Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne, Caitlín Nic Gabhann, Paul McCann and many others. Locally organized events on or near that day have been confirmed for Berkeley, California and the Puget Sound area in the USA, for Hampshire, Lewes, Sussex and Bedford in England, as well as a museum display in Somerset, England. Players in the eastern half of the USA and Canada are putting together a compilation of video performances. Two US players are planning their own concert performances: a recorded concert by Randy Stein on English and a Zoom concert by Janet Dows on Anglo. The Cafe Orchestra, based in Holmfirth, England, is planning a new video featuring five concertinas as well as other instruments. For further information email: wcd@concertina.org |
VI National Competition "Schools in Music" - Italyby Holda Paoletti-Kampl |
 |
| The 6th National Competition "Scuole in Musica" 2022 (Schools in Music) will be held from May 22nd to 27th, 2022 at the Palazzo della Gran Guardia in Verona, Italy. The event includes a live in-person edition as well as an online edition and aims to promote and encourage youth musical activity. Organisers are the Cultural Association Talent Music School with the patronage of the Department of Youth Policies of the Municipality of Verona. Competition categories includes classes for a variety of instruments and age groups for soloists, chamber groups, orchestras and choirs. A final Award Gala will be held on May 27th at 8pm. Registrations close on April 15th, 2022. For details email: info@concorsoscuoleinmusica.it |
Future events |
Ksenija Sidorova Concert Tour – USAby Christine Johnstone |
 Ksenija Sidorova will perform concerts in the USA during February 2022 as follows:• February 3rd & 5th: Concert with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra conducted by Carlos Kalmar at the Atlanta Symphony Hall, Atlanta, GA. Their program will include works by Strauss & Schubert. • February 12th & 13th: Concert with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Storgards at the Cincinnati Music Hall, Cincinnati, OH. Their program will include works by Glass, Piazzolla and Adams. |
Laimonas Salijus Performs BalsoDumplės.RU Concert - Lithuaniaby Christine Johnstone |
 |
| Accordionist Laimonas Salijus will perform in one of the BalsoDumples.ru concert series with Giedrius Prunskus (baritone). The venue is the Kaunas State Philharmonic Little Hall in Kaunas, Lithuania on February 6th, 2022 at 5pm. The concert is part of a series that started a few years ago, this time presenting the music of Russian composers to the audience. Their program will provide a wide history of music from “Songs from the vocal cycle "Children's Room” (Mussorgsky), Songs from the vocal cycle "Songs from Shakespeare" (Sviridov) to Songs from the vocal cycle "Satire” (Shostakovich) and much more. |
Maciej Frąckiewicz Accordion Masterclass – Polandby Christine Johnstone |
 |
 Video: Maciej Frackiewicz performing “Accordion Concerto” by Krzysztof Penderecki at a live concert from the National Ukrainian Philharmonic Hall in Kiev, Ukraine.Dr Maciej Frackiewicz will hold an Accordion Masterclass at Dom Pracy Tworczej (Palace) in Radziejowice near Warsaw, Poland from February 13th to 19th, 2022. Maciej Frackiewicz has premiered over 90 new pieces for accordion, the majority of which were dedicated to him. In November 2016 he recorded Gubaidulina’s “Under the Sign of Scorpio”, in January 2018 he premiered Penderecki’s “Accordion Concerto”, which was recorded in December 2018 under the baton of the composer with Polish Orchestra Sinfonia Iuventus. This recording was honored with the Fryderyk Polish music industry prize for the Best Concerto Album. To date Frackiewicz has recorded 6 albums and appeared as a guest on over 10 albums. He has also recorded for Polish radio and Polish TV, LR3 Latvijas Radio, Radio de Portugal, WDR3 and Deutschlandfunk Kultur. The masterclass will include 5 lessons and full board. A final concert will be held by participants at the venue pictured above left. For further information email: fundacjaarmoniadellarte@gmail.com Picture below: Students from 2021 masterclass with Maciej Frackiewicz (left). |
 |
Karen Tweed "Music Immersion Series" in Orkney - Northern Isles of Scotlandby Rob Howard |
 |
| Accordionist Karen Tweed will run three music weekends during 2022 entitled “Music Immersion Series” at the Linklater Voice Centre in Quoyloo, Orkney beginning on February 13th, 2022. Karen will be joined by accordionist Karen Street and others for these fun events. See poster for further details. |
 |
Duo Paris Moscou Concert in Bergheim - Germanyby Rob Howard |
 |
 Video: Duo Paris Moscou performing Impasse 2nd movement by Angelis.Duo Paris Moscou, which includes accordionists Domi Emorine and Roman Jbanov will perform a concert at the Centre Sportif & Culturel (Sports & Cultural Centre - picture right) in Bergheim, Germany on February 26th, 2022 at 8pm. See poster for details. |
Childrens Corner |
Video: 8 Year Old Performer from Russiaby Christine Johnstone |
| Video: Enjoy this performance by an 8 year old girl from Russia who enjoys playing her red accordion. |
New and Updated Sites |
2022 Coupe Mondiale Rules and Regulations Released, Zofingen - Switzerlandby Kevin Friedrich, CIA Ambassador |
 |
  The 75th Coupe Mondiale will be held from 04 - 09 October 2022 in Zofingen, Switzerland, hosted by the CIA member accordeon.ch led by President: Yvonne Glur (President) and Switzerland CIA delegate Ruedi Marty.CIA President Mirco Patarini and CIA Secretary General Kimmo Mattila warmly invite accordion competitors, teachers and supporters to attend the 2022 Coupe Mondiale which will feature concerts and competitions as follows: • 75th Coupe Mondiale • Masters Coupe Mondiale • Junior Coupe Mondiale • International Competition for Virtuoso Entertainment Music • Junior International Competition for Virtuoso Entertainment Music • Chamber Music - Classical • Chamber Music - World Music 2022 rules and regulations at: Coupe Mondiale View hotel information and pictures of the concert venues at: Coupe Mondiale Download printable event poster at: 2022CM-poster.pdf The on-line entry system will open in Spring and the entry closing date is 31 August 2022. You will find a complete Report of the 2021 Coupe Mondiale at: 2021 Video Homepage & Video Timetable at: 2021CM-Video 2021 Daily Reports, pictures, results at: 2021CM-Report |
 |
2022 CNIMA Workshops - Franceby Christine Johnstone |
 |
 The CNIMA directed by Nathalie Boucheix will run accordion workshops for all ages, levels and styles during January and February 2022. The workshops will cover developing accordion technique, the hold of the instrument, balancing of the bellows, sound support, various touches and musicality etc.Dates as follows: • February 14th to 19th: workshop for all ages and levels with Nathalie Boucheix and Jacques Mornet (picture left). • February 21st to 26th: workshop for all ages and levels with Nathalie Boucheix and Jacques Mornet. For further details email: cnima@orange.fr |
CIA Winter Congress 2022 in February is Delayed - Swedenby Kimmo Mattila Secretary General, Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes (CIA) |
 Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes (CIA) Winter Congress 2022 planned to be held in Kungsbacka, Sweden from February 25th to 27th is delayed and will now be held online at a later date.Due to Covid restrictions it is not possible to organise a public event with live music in February in Sweden. The date of the online Winter Congress will be announced soon. |
2022 South Pacific Accordion Championships & Festival – New Zealandby Heather Masefield Secretary, New Zealand Accordion Association |
 |
| The 2022 NZAA South Pacific Accordion Championships & Festival will be held at a venue to be selected June 4th and 5th, 2022. The event, due to current Covid travel restrictions, will be open to only New Zealand residents or NZ passport holders. A variety of age group classes for soloists, duos, trios, ensembles and orchestras will be available. Covid restrictions mean that currently, non NZ residents and non NZ passport holders are not allowed to come to New Zealand. Entries close on April 14th, 2022. Download the rules and competition prospectus at: 2022nz_prospectus.pdf For further details email NZAA Competitions Secretary Renee Jeffries at: nzaacompsec@gmail.com |
Yuri Shishkin CD's Sold Out, eTracks Available - Russiaby Harley Jones |
 |
| Yuri Shishkin writes that a number of his CD's have sold out, mp3 eTracks remain available. Three CD's remain. At the excellent price of Euro 13.50 plus post, CD fans should purchase now to avoid disappointment. yshishkin07 Appliques CD - available yshishkin04 Shishkin Plays Semionov CD - available yshishkin06 Libretto (Bajan on the Russian Opera Stage) CD - available yshishkin01eT Towards The Sun CD has just sold out, eTracks mp3 album available yshishkin02eT Images Of The Passing Time - CD sold out, eTracks mp3 album available yshishkin03eT Favourites - CD sold out, eTracks mp3 album available yshishkin05eT Pictures at an Exhibition - CD sold out, eTracks mp3 album available |
 |
Help Desk, Information needed, Readers CommentsSubmit Your Question, CommentSUBMIT NOW |
Generated in 5.5830888 / 0.0010018 / 0