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China 2011 Coupe Mondiale Report to CIA Winter Congress - Finland
NZAA 40th Anniversary Celebration, Auckland – New Zealand
Peter Whiteley (1940-2011), Stockport - UK
II International Festival "Accordion Plus” in Rostov - Russia
Hohner – New Brand Presentation at Music Fair 2011, Frankfurt – Germany
Reports for Concerts, Masterclasses, Competitions, Festivals, etc. |
Palmarés Accordéon 2011, Montrond les Bains – France
‘14 Years Ago’ – Going back home…
Future events |
Camille Privat Concert, Brittany – France
Pearl Fawcett-Adriano Concert, Stockport – UK
Big Creek Country Cajun Festival, Texas – USA
ZUM Concert, London - UK
Astor Piazzolla 90th Birthday Celebration, Honolulu – Hawaii
Stolen Accordion, Islington, London - UK
Accordion Festival, Essen – Belgium
New and Updated Sites |
NZAA Website Updates for 2011 Championships & Festival and 40th Anniversary
Updated 2011 International Australian Accordion Championships - Australia
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Musikmesse 2011, Frankfurt - Germanyby Holda Paoletti-Kampl |
 The 2011 Frankfurt Musikmesse takes place from April 6th to 8th, with a day for the public on April 9th. The hours of opening are from 9am to 6pm.The fair has international exhibitors from 46 countries presenting musical instruments, music software and hardware, sheet music, accessories and services connected with music making. Public day has many accordion demonstrators at the displays of the accordion manufacturers. Advertisers displaying are: Baffetti Location 3.1 H20 Ballone Burini Lido & C. s.r.l., Location 3.1 G20 Beltuna Akkordeons und Harmonikas, Location 3.1 F12 Borsini-Accordions & Exp. srl, Location 3.1 G17 Bugari Armando srl Location 3.1 G23 Cagnoni S.p.A., Location, 3.1 G19 Delicia Akkordeon Service Location 3.1 H13 Excelsior Accordions, Location 3.1 F15 Galassi S.N.C. di Roberto e Renzo Galassi, Location 3.1 G51S Harmonikas_Titlbach Location 3.1 G16 Hohner Musikinstrumente GmbH & Co., Location 3.1 F60 International Music Company (IMC) Location 3.1 H21 Italcinte di Beniamino Bugiolacchi, Location 3.1 G51P Master MIDI Production http://www.master-production.com Location 3.1 G51Q Mengascini Nello S.r.l., Location 3.1 G51T MusicTech snc, Location 3.1 H24 ORLA S.r.l., Location 5.0 B23 Paolo Soprani, Suoni s.r.l., Location 3.1 F19 Pasco Italia snc di Breccia e Moreschi, Location 3.1 F21 Piermaria accordions, Location 3.1 H21 Pigini Srl, Location 3.1 F15 Roland Elektronische Musikinstrumente Handelsgesellschaft mbH, Location 3.1 F13 & Location 5.0 B38 Scandalli, Suoni s.r.l., Location 3.1 F19 Siwa & Figli Accordions http://www.siwafigli.com Location 3.1 G51R Soundwear Dimbath e.K. Location 3.1 G18 and Location 1.1 G10 Victoria Accordions Company s.r.l. Location 3.1 J23 Zero Sette Location 3.1 G23 |
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China 2011 Coupe Mondiale Report to CIA Winter Congress - Finlandby Prof. Li Cong, President, China Accordion Association |
 The China 2011 Report to Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes (CIA) Winter Congress (2011WinterReport) outlines many of the interesting and important activities happening in China before the 2011 Coupe Mondiale. The report also details some sensational plans for what promises to be an absolutely stunning 2011 Coupe Mondiale. Read the Report in English: 2011WinterReport For further information, view the Coupe Mondiale website. |
NZAA 40th Anniversary Celebration, Auckland – New Zealandby Heather Masefield |
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| The 2011 South Pacific International & New Zealand National Accordion Championships & Festival takes place over the weekend of June 4th and 5th in Auckland. The venue is the high quality Raye Freedman Arts Centre, Epsom Girls Grammar School, Silver Rd, Epsom, Auckland with excellent lighting and sound. The Prospectus is now online: 2011 NZ Prospectus. Also online is event Information: 2011NZ including special prices for early booking. This year promises to be a most exciting event with the NZAA 40th Anniversary Celebration, and plans are underway to invite our previous NZ Accordion Champions to attend. New Zealand’s World Champion Grayson Masefield will perform in concert on Saturday afternoon. All NZAA Life Members and past NZ Solo Accordion Champions and NZ Championship orchestra conductors are being invited to the festival to recognise their achievements. There will be a 40th Anniversary NZ Accordion Orchestra conducted by composer Gary Daverne. There will be a special dinner to honour John Statham who is retiring as the NZAA President after 27 years in the position. We have some great early bird pricing specials for those who pay before 15 April so please take advantage of these. Some great musical and social events are planned. Click here for the event website information: 2011NZ |
Peter Whiteley (1940-2011), Stockport - UKby Rob Howard |
 Peter Whiteley, Stockport Accordion Club Musical Director until recently, died on March 18th, less than a week after his 71st birthday. He played the accordion, organ, piano and bagpipes, and was well known and respected in the accordion scene in England due to leading orchestra and MIDI workshops, from the late 1980s, at accordion festivals held at Caister, Pakefield, Blackpool and Seacroft. Full Obituary Peter Whiteley. |
II International Festival "Accordion Plus” in Rostov - Russiaby Harley Jones |
 The opening concert of the II International Festival "Accordion Plus” takes place on the29th March 18.00 at the Great Hall, Rostov State Musical Theatre. Special guests for the event are famous artist and composer Viatcheslav Semionov (picture left) who is celebrating his 65th birthday and Roberto Ottavianelli (picture lower left) of the Bugari Accordion Factory. During the daytime will be accordion competitions for age groups up to 16 years. There are also masterclasses by festival participants on some afternoons. First half of the opening concert features Bugari player Alexander Poeluev and the 'New-Centropezn' Jazz Quartet. Second half features the world premiere of 'Jazz - a project of the Opera?' by famous accordionist and composer Renzo Ruggeri. Performing with Renzo Ruggieri will be the 'New-Centropezn' jazz quartet, a string band from the Symphony Orchestra of the Rostov Musical Theatre and actor Nikolay Hanzharov. On 30th March, 18.00 in the same Great Hall, first half, is Honoured Artist of Ukraine, professor of Odessa Music Academy Nezhdanova, Vladimir Murza. The second half of the concert features laureate of international competitions and festivals, the ensemble "Liritsa" from Gomel, Belarus. 31 March, Closing concert, 18.00 Great Hall, Rostov Academic Drama Theatre. Two hours before the final concert in the foyer will be an exhibition and sale of vintage and modern accordions. The first half of the Closing Concert will feature performances by the winners of the competition categories plus well known groups 'Doncy' and Irish music 'Foggy Dew'. The second half Parade of Artists will include the Verano quintet, 'Liritsa', Dmitry Zharikov, Ludmila Vereshchako, Aleksei Cernomordnik, Vladimir Murza, Yuri Shishkin, Renzo Ruggieri, 'New-Centropezn' jazz quartet. Event sponsors include the Bugari Accordion Factory and the Zero Sette Accordion Factory. |
Hohner – New Brand Presentation at Music Fair 2011, Frankfurt – Germanyby Holda Paoletti-Kampl |
 Hohner will attend again the world’s biggest Music Fair in Frankfurt, April 6th to 9th, with completely renewed brand presentation. It focuses on the joy of making music all across the globe. The brand new Hohner booth is located right in the centre of hall 3.1 (F60). Hohner will introduce a number of new instruments. Themed “Roots for the Fu-ture” some special highlights are: - The new guitar series Essential Roos - The groundbreaking Marine Band Thunderbird harmonica - The innovative Hohner Squeezebox App for iPad, that was recently release in the USA. More information at: http://www.accordions.com/news.aspx?d=04-Mar-2011#art4009 Further new products will be presented in areas like Melodicas, Classic Guitars and Lanikai Ukuleles. Another highlight is the Harmonica Vintage Exhibition in hall 4.1. For further information email: info@hohner.de |
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Joseph Petric’s Schubert Recital, Jerusalem - Israelby Yehuda Oppenheimer |
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 On March 21st a special concert was held in the concert hall of the Y.M.C.A. in Jerusalem. The famous baritone singer Christoher Prégardien was not accompanied on the piano as usual, but by a wind quintet (flute, clarinet, oboe and bassoon), but what was really special was the use of the accordion as accompaniment - the accordionist being Joseph Petric from Canada.This was marked by unusual delicacy and musicality with the audience both astonished and impressed. It took a while until the ears got accustomed to the sound between the wind instruments and the wonderful baritone, but the audience quickly appreciated this non-traditional accompaniment of Schubert's ‘Lieder’. The program lasted one and a half hours (without a break) and the audience was carried away...... The special arrangement of ‘Normand Forget’ was excellent and not only a success for the singer and Schubert, but for our beloved instrument the accordion. For further information email: adinaya@netvision.net.il |
Palmarés Accordéon 2011, Montrond les Bains – Franceby Holda Paoletti-Kampl |
 The 14th ‘Grand Prix International Accordion’ competition, intended for young players, took place at the Casino Montrond les Bains, Rhône-Alpes, on March 16th and 17th. The Paris Moscou Duo performed during a Dinner Concert on March 16th, and World Champion Grayson Masefield, from New Zealand, performed in concert on March 17th, which also featured the four candidates competing in the Variete section. The jury members (picture below) were Franck Angelis, Domi Emorine, Bernard Albaynac, Jérôme Chassagneux, Pascal Meurge, and Grayson Masefield. Full results with pictures: 2011 Montrond |
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‘14 Years Ago’ – Going back home…by Rob Howard |
 On March 21st Tania Lukic-Marx was reported as having visiting her home town in Yugoslavia in that week’s news on Accordions Worldwide. Tania, who had emigrated to Australia, is now a leading figure in the accordion movement ‘Down Under’, and well known to regular readers of the AWW news.YUGOSLAVIA TRIP Contributed by Tania Lukic-Marx After two and a half years I was glad to be back in my home town, Kragujevac and to see my family and friends. Many things have changed there since my last visit in 1994. One of the things that has changed for the better is the accordion in Kragujevac. While I was there, I visited the Music School (that I had attended from age 9 to 18), and had an opportunity to hear accordion students performing. I was very impressed with the playing standard. Radomir Tomic (my teacher from 1981) and other teachers have worked hard to create some very good Yugoslav accordion students that have competed successfully in competitions at Klingenthal and Castelfidardo, and the Coupe Mondiale. My very close friend Milan Tomic (Radomir's brother), is organising an annual event each July called Summer School for the Accordion. This event runs for 10 days, and is attended by 30 to 40 accordion students. This year Professor Semionov and Professor Hugo Noth have been invited to tutor. |
Future events |
Maciej Frąckiewicz Premieres New Concerto, Katowice – Polandby Rob Howard |
 On March 25th, during the 4th Festival of World Premieres of Polish Modern Music in Katowice, Maciej Frackiewicz will premiere a new concerto for accordion and symphony orchestra: ‘... denn ich steure mit meinen Genossen über das dunkle Meer zu unverständlichen Völkern...’, by Dariusz Przybylski. The concerto has been written in collaboration with Maciej Frackiewicz and the work is dedicated to him. Maciej Frackiewicz will perform with the National Polish Radio Orchestra, under Michal Klauza. For further information email: fracek88@wp.pl |
Camille Privat Concert, Brittany – Franceby Harley Jones |
 Accordionist and teacher Camille Privat performs music from her new CD on Sunday March 27th, 3.30pm, in the church of Baguer Pican, near Dol de Bretagne, Brittany. Also performing are accordionists Sébastien Taillard and Maryll Abbas, who came second in the Grand Prix International Jeunes Talents de Montrond competition. The concert is organized by L'association Atoût Vent. Admission is free. For further information email: atout.vent@yahoo.fr |
Pearl Fawcett-Adriano Concert, Stockport – UKby Rob Howard |
 Pearl Fawcett-Adriano is the guest artiste at Stockport Organ & Keyboard Club on Thursday March 31st, 8pm. The venue is The Guildhall (Masonic Hall), 169 Wellington Rd South (A6), Stockport SK1 3UA. For further information email: pearladriano@hotmail.com |
Big Creek Country Cajun Festival, Texas – USAby Rob Howard |
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 The Big Creek Country Cajun Festival takes place on March 25th and 26th at Lake Somerville, Somerville, Texas. The guests include many groups featuring accordion: Dr. Zog (picture left), Cody Hodges, Zydeco Stingrays B, Beau Hinze and the Backporch Shufflers, Bourbon Street Band, and The String Benders. For further information email: txevents@live.com |
ZUM Concert, London - UKby Rob Howard |
 Zum Gypsy Tango Inferno, featuring accordionist Eddie Hession, perform in concert at St Martin-in-the-Fields Church, Trafalgar Square, London, on April 1st, 7.30pmZUM's music encompasses folk music traditions from around the world, salsa, bluegrass, klezmer, calypso and bebop complementing Astor Piazzolla, music from the golden era of tango, addictive traditional gypsy melodies and dazzling virtuoso fiddling. The band's travels have taken them from Finland to Alaska, Saudi Arabia to Croatia, with audiences showing an insatiable appetite for ZUM's toe-tapping virtuosity. Eddie Hession in 1981 was 2nd place laureate at the Coupe Mondiale in Kansas City. For further information email: cmg@zum.org.uk |
Astor Piazzolla 90th Birthday Celebration, Honolulu – Hawaiiby Rob Howard |
 To celebrate the 90th birthday of the late Astor Piazzolla, violinist Iggy Jang is leading a band to perform in a ‘Tango Extravaganza!’ at the Doris Duke Theatre, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Hawaii, on April 2nd, 7.30pm. The band includes Grammy-Award winning bandoneon player Raul Jaurena, pianist Alfredo Minetti, and Tony-Award dancers Guillermo Merlo & Fernanda Ghi. The group is joined by guitarist Jeff Peterson and bassist John Gallagher. The players will give a pre-concert talk at 6.30pm. The show begins at 7.30pm. |
Stolen Accordion, Islington, London - UKby Harley Jones |
 Simon Storey reports that a friend has had her accordion stolen on 21 March at Islington, London from a canal boat. Picture right. It is a red Scandalli Maestrina with a black case with some white paint. It has some stuck keys so may need fixing soon so repairers please keep a watch out for it. Reward is possible too. For further information email: accordion@felidae.co.uk |
Accordion Festival, Essen – Belgiumby Rob Howard |
 An Accordion Festival, organized by the Koninklijke Accordeonvereniging ‘Hoger Streven’ vzw accordion club, takes place in Essen, Antwerp, Belgium, on May 7th and 8th.The guests include Renzo Ruggieri, Cliff, Ludo Marien, d'Accord (Mike and Ivan Smeulders plus combo), and several accordion bands from Flanders. Koninklijke Accordeonvereniging ‘Hoger Streven’ vzw, founded in 1945, is a very active club, with international connections, and seeks to promote the accordion in all its styles. |
New and Updated Sites |
Orquestra D'Accordions de Sabadell - Updated Websiteby Orquestra D'Accordions de Sabadell |
 The Orquestra D'Accordions de Sabadell has updated their website with new information and you can purchase their new CD titled "Monday 22:00" from the website. |
NZAA Website Updates for 2011 Championships & Festival and 40th Anniversaryby Heather Masefield |
 New Zealand Accordion Association (NZAA) Website Updates for 2011 Championships & Festival and NZAA 40th Anniversary Celebration Plans. Early specials online for those booking early. |
Updated 2011 International Australian Accordion Championships - Australiaby Tania Lukic-Marx |
 Updated site. A new international competition category for Ensemble Music for the 2011 International Accordion Championships, June 11th and 12th. Rules online at: www.aata.org.au |
CD Reviews |
Tango CD by “Lo Que Vendrà” Ensembleby Alessandro Mugnoz |
 CD Reviews Index for the Review of “Tango” CD, reviewed by Alessandro Mugnoz. Performers are “Lo Que Vendrà” with Simone Marini on bandoneon. |
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