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2018 68th Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann Held an NE Küste - Irlandby Harley Jones |
Das 68. Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann wird zum ersten Mal in seiner Geschichte vom 12. bis 19. August 2018 an der nordöstlichen Küste Irlands stattfinden. Die Fleadh ist heute das größte und einzigartigste Kulturfestival der Welt mit einer riesigen diatonischen Konzertina und Akkordeon Teilnahme in den Musikgruppen und Wettbewerben. Drogheda, eine der ältesten Städte Irlands, kündigte eine Spende von 130.000 Euro an Drogheda, Bezirkswinzer und Hotels mit der Unterstützung aller Züchter in Drogheda und deren Lieferanten an. Mehr als 1.000 Freiwillige werden benötigt, um das diesjährige Fleadh zu inszenieren und sicherzustellen, dass Drogheda eine angenehme Erfahrung für die 400.000 Besucher bietet, die erwartet werden, im August in diesem Gebiet zu landen. Bild unten: Fleadh Licence Antrag an Louth County Council im "musikalischen Stil" eingereich |
Harmonika 2019 Weltmeisterschaft, St. Peter-Freienstein - Österreichby Werner Weibert |
Die Harmonika 2019 Weltmeisterschaften (einschließlich der Österreichischen Staatsmeisterschaften) für die Steirische Harmonika finden vom 30. Mai bis 2. Juni 2019 im wunderschönen malerischen St. Peter-Freienstein in der Steiermark statt. Die Veranstaltung wird alle zwei Jahre vom HVÖ Harmonikaverband Österreichs unter der Leitung des Präsidenten Werner Weibert (Bild links) und den 2019 Harmonika -Wettbewerbsleiter Gottfried Hubmann (rechts) ausgerichtet. Sehen Sie sich die Bilder und Videos der 2017 Veranstaltung an: 2017Harmonika Für weitere Informationen wenden Sie sich bitte an Gottfried Hubmann E-Mail: gottfried.hubmann@aon.at |
12. Akkordeon Art Festival, Roseto degli Abruzzi - Italienby Renzo Ruggieri |
Außergewöhnlicher Erfolg für Teilnehmer und Publikum beim Akkordeon Art Festival 2018, das am 16. und 17. Juni in Roseto degli Abruzzi stattfand. Das Akkordeon Art Festival bot in seiner 12. Ausgabe: - Italia Award 2018 Internationaler Wettbewerb; - Orpheus Award 2018 (nur Italiener); - Italienische Auswahl CMA 2018 und ist heute eines der wichtigsten Ereignisse im italienischen Akkordeonkalender. Präsident: Claudio Azzaro, Künstlerischer Leiter: Renzo Ruggieri, Orpheus Award Künstlerische Leitung: Gerlando Gatto. Am Samstagmorgen wählte eine renommierte Jury die Kandidaten für die CMA 2018 Trophee Mondial in Kanada aus. Ausgewählt waren: - Manuel Marchegiani (tugendhafter Junior) - Lorenzo Assogna (Juniorvirtuose) - Giuseppe Di Falco (elektronisches Akkordeon) Am Nachmittag begann der Italia Award (internationaler Wettbewerb), der den vielen verschiedenen Kategorien und insbesondere der neuen Sektion mit dem kleinen Orchester, die dem berühmten italienischen Komponisten Antonio Cericola gewidmet war, zuhörte. Die Gewinner sind: - Akkordeontrio Mktonovic-Treigys-Salvijus (Gruppensektion) - Lorenzo Scolletta (klassisches Akkordeon) - Manuel Marchegiani (virtuoses Akkordeon) - Leonardo Cappelli (diatonisches Akkordeon) In den Abendkonzerten traten junge Künstler wie "Virtuosity Duo" (Andrea Di Giacomo und Valerio Russo), Giuseppe di Falco mit dem neuen Projekt "Electro" und das "Trio Los Colores del Tanngo" mit Marco Gemelli (bandonoen), Paolo Angelucci ( Violine), Angelo Trabucco (Klavier). Letzte Abendveranstaltung war die Ankündigung des Orpheus Award. Dies ist ein Kritikerpreis, der den Orpheus den besten italienischen Jahresproduktionen zuordnet. Hier sind die Gewinner: - Cesare Chiacchiaretta (Klassik) - Giuliana Soscia (Jazz) - Riccardo Tesi (Welt) |
Erinnerung: Harbin Anmeldeschluss, Kostenlose Unterkunft und Essen für ausländische Kandidaten - Chinaby Harley Jones |
Erinnerung: Harbin Anmeldungen enden mit 30. Juni 2018 Regeln, Anmeldeformular in Chinesisch und Englisch und Poster-Download unter: 2018Harbin Das Harbin Organisationskomitee bietet volle Unterkunft und Verpflegung während des Wettbewerbs für ausländische Kandidaten an. |
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Leavenworth International Accordion Celebration Results, Washington - USAby Rob Howard |
This year’s Leavenworth International Accordion Celebration took place from June 21st to 24th in the state of Washington, USA, attracted large numbers of players and enthusiasts, and was deemed a great success by all who were invited. Guest accordionists included Murl Allen Sanders, Cory Pesaturo, Michael Bridge, and Bruce Gassman. The various activities included a competition, with the results now published. Emmanuel Gasser, from Canada, won First Prize in all 5 categories that he competed in, at the recent Leavenworth event. Emmanuel Gasser is pictured below with Cory Pesaturo (left) and Michael Bridge (right). Full results at: 2018LeavenworthResults.pdf |
‘Scenes of Shetland’ DVD, Shetland – UKby Rob Howard |
‘Scenes of Shetland’ is a 30 minutes film giving a bird’s eye view of the rugged beauty of Shetland, covering the areas of Central Mainland, Scalloway, The North Isles, North Mainland, The Westside, and South Mainland. There is no commentary, and none is needed as the ever changing and often spectacular scenes speak for themselves. The views of the coastlines, cliffs and seas are especially striking. The aerial images are perfectly complemented by the lively music of the Peter Wood Shetland Dance Band, playing Scottish dance tunes plus a fabulous Swedish waltz composed by the great Carl Jularbo (Sweden’s answer to Jimmy Shand). Peter Wood is a fine accordionist and accordion teacher, who really knows what makes Scottish dance music tick, and ensemble playing is spot on. The picture quality and camera work are both excellent. The blurb on the cover says ‘The DVD Picture Postcard From Shetland’, which is a fair description, and the music soundtrack could stand alone as CD release. All in all, a first class production, and credit to all involved. The DVD is available via the Peter Wood Shetland Dance Band website. Music tracks: Jigs - The Weaver/Paddy MacDonald’s Breeks/Stoneypath Tower; Jigs – Mrs Macpherson of Cluny/Lizzie Duncan’s Fancy/Saddle the Pony/The Murray River; Reels – Roxburgh Castle/Calver Lodge/The New High Level; Swedish Waltz – Nya Varmlandvalsen (C. Jularbo); Waltzes (all composed by Peter Wood) – Hamish’s Boat/Da Sea Get Waltz/Emillie’s Waltz; Gay Gordons – The Auld Square (P.Wood); Hornpipes – The Ton/The Rose Tree/Bill Sutherland For further information email: peter@peterwoodmusic.co.uk |
Ronnie Ross CD ‘Scottish Accordion Gems’, Scotland – UKby Rob Howard |
Accordion entertainer Ronnie Ross has released a CD of Scottish accordion music, ‘Scottish Accordion Gems’. Tracks Include: Gay Gordons; Mary Hamilton of Achincruive; Gaelic Waltzes; Retreat Marches; Para Handy; Spring The Summer Long; Jigging; Only Our Rivers Run Free; 2-4 Marches; Aly & Eileen; Robbie Shepherd M.B.E.; Happy Hours; Only Flett; Waltz Selection; Coogie's Rally Reels; The Highest Apple; March Selection Ronnie Ross, from Inverness in the Scottish Highlands, comes from a musical family. A self-taught accordionist, he is a resident entertainer in several hotels, and also owns a recording studio. He has recorded several CDs and DVDs. For further information email: martinbutterworth73@gmail.com |
Rachael McShane & The Cartographers New CD and Gigs – UKby Rob Howard |
The singer and fiddle player Rachael McShane & The Cartographers (featuring guitarist and singer Matthew Ord and Julian Sutton on melodeon) release a new CD, ‘When All Is Still’ (Topic Records), a selection of folk songs and tunes, on August 10th. The track list includes: The Molecatcher; Lady Isabel; Cropper Lads; Ploughman Lads; Waltzing at Giggleswick/The Ginger Cat; Monster; Two Sisters; Barley and Rye; Road to Tarset/Lake of Swans; Sheath and Knife; Sylvie; Green Broom. Their gig list reads as follows: July 7th – Folk at the Hall Festival, North Wales August 10th – The Bridge Festival, Newcastle August 18th – Folk East Festival September 1st - London Folk Festival October 20th – Manchester Folk Festival October 21st – Riverhouse Barn (Brunch Concert), Walton-on-Thames October 24th – Norden Farm Arts Centre, Maidenhead October 25th – Ropetackle Arts Centre, Shoreham-By-Sea October 26th – The Lights, Andover October 27th – The Slaughtered Lamb, London October 28th – Quay Arts Centre, Isle of Wight November 1st – Alexander’s Live, Chester November 2nd – The Civic, Barnsley November 3rd – Kirkgate Arts, Cockermouth December 16th – The Froize, Woodbridge, Suffolk For further information email: keldamanley@live.co.uk |
Weird Science: Bond with your kids - and crank the musicby Harley Jones |
By: Jamie Morton Science Reporter, New Zealand Herald newspaper Sharing music with your kids while they're young can help your relationships later in life, researchers say. Most siblings have memories of - happily or unhappily - listening to whatever Mum or Dad had on the car radio on long trips away. In our unfortunate case, that was endless doses of Jim Reeves, Kenny Rogers and, if we were really unlucky, Engelbert Humperdinck. But now researchers say sharing music can do wonders for parents' future relationships with their sons and daughters. "If you have little kids, and you play music with them, that helps you be closer to them, and later in life will make you closer to them," said the University of Arizona's Professor Jake Harwood, co-author of a new study. "If you have teenagers and you can successfully listen to music together or share musical experiences with them, that has an even stronger effect on your future relationship and the child's perception of the relationship in emerging adulthood." Harwood and his colleagues surveyed a group of young adults, average age 21, about the frequency with which they engaged with their parents, as children, in activities such as listening to music together, attending concerts together or playing musical instruments together. Participants reported on their memories of experiences they had between ages 8 and 13 and age 14 and older. They also shared how they perceive their relationship with their parents now. Although shared musical experiences at all age levels were associated with better perceptions of parent-child relationship quality in young adulthood, the effect was most pronounced for shared musical experiences during adolescence. "With young kids, musical activity is fairly common - singing lullabies, doing nursery rhymes," Harwood said. "With teenagers, it's less common, and when things are less common you might find bigger effects, because when these things happen, they're super important." |
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Roman Jbanov and Anna Jbanova Recital, Tarn – Franceby Rob Howard |
On Saturday June 30th, 8.30pm-10pm, accordionist Roman Jbanov and his sister the pianist Anna Jbanova perform together in concert at La Grange de Mondelle, 596, route de Roqueserière, Saint-Sulpice-la-Pointe, Tarn 81370, southern France. Their programme will include classical music from Russia, Ukraine and France. Admission is 10 Euro. Ukrainian-born Roman Jbanov’s achievements include Grand Prize Beloborodov in Tula (Russia), Scholarship of the President of the Russian Republic, and in 1997 winning the CMA Trophée Mondiale. For further information email: lepindesarts@gmail.com |
Christine Schmid @ ‘Sommer in Wehr’, Kirchzarten - Germanyby Rob Howard |
On Saturday June 30th, 7pm, accordionist and vocalist Christine Schmid performs French songs in a ‘Vive la France’ set at this year’s ‘Sommer in Wehr’ festival at Talschulplatz stattfindet, Weher, Germany. Christine Schmid studied at the Hohner Conservatory Trossingen and at the Opera Workshop at Basel Conservatory. Later she attended the Jazz School Basel and Paris in music theory, accordion and vocals. After her studies she had various engagements such as the title role in ‘Marlene Dietrich’ at the Musical Theater in Basel and regular appearances as a guest soprano with the Spa Orchestra Badenweiler, followed by appearances on radio and television. Christine Schmid is also vocal and speech trainer and also as a successful model and mannequin. For further information email: christ.schmid@web.de |
‘Scandinavian Special’ Day, Manchester – UKby Rob Howard |
On Saturday June 30th Manchester EuroDance present a Scandinavian Special led by Daniel Reid - accordion, piano, saxophones, vocals, and Emma Reid - fiddle, Hardanger fiddle, viola, and vocals. The venue is St Werburgh’s Church Hall, 386 Wilbraham Rd, Chorlton, Manchester M21 0UH, and the organiser is Rosie Bryce. There will be music and dance workshops, a concert and a bal. Workshops 1 2.30 - 3.45pm Tunes with Emma and Daniel DIY Swedish dance with Rosie Workshops 2 4 - 5.15pm Musician's session Beginner's Swedish Dance basics 5.30pm Food (pre order only) 7pm Concert & Bal Daniel & Emma Reid are two of the busiest musicians in Sweden and have toured as theatre musicians and in folk and world music bands for the last 20 years. The duo-couple perform self-penned tunes, traditional material and songs from both Scandinavia and the British Isles, all with a remarkably close and spontaneous interaction. The eclectic mix of instruments and vocals combined with sheer musical brilliance makes for incredibly varied, evocative performances. For further information email: info@mysite.com |
Roberto Milesi ‘Tea Dance’, Paris – Franceby Rob Howard |
Musette accordionist Roberto Milesi and his orchestra plays for a tea dance on Saturday June 30th, 2.30 to 7.30pm, at the Salle des Fetes, d’ Enhien les Bains, a commune in the northern suburbs of Paris, France. |
Accordion Café Holiday Special, Dortmund – Germanyby Rob Howard |
The Akkordeon-Café-Dortmund is an Open Stage Event taking place every first Monday of the month at 7pm at the ‘Fritz Henßler Haus’ Cultural Center, Geschwister-Scholl-Str 33, 44135 Dortmund, Germany. On July 2nd the meeting will be titled a ‘Holiday Special’. Since 2008 the Akkordeon Café has presented all kinds of accordion and harmonica music, such as Cajun and Zydeco, French musette, German folk music, sea shanties, Tango, Country, Pop, Irish traditional, Forro, Cumbia, traditional Balkan tunes, up to contemporary classical music. Accordionists, harmonica players - soloists, duos and trios, band with accordion, orchestras and music students - perform on our stage. Supported by our professional PA and light show or as an acoustic show they meet and enjoy an accordion enthusiastic audience. Free admission. |
Giorgio Albanese Concert @ Brooklyn Accordion Club, New York – USAby Rob Howard |
On Sunday July 1st, 2pm until 3.45pm, Brooklyn Accordion Club presents Giorgio Albanese in concert. Admission is $5. Giorgio Albanese was born in Ostuni, Italy. He has represented Italy three times at the World Accordion Championships with successes at 30 national and international competitions. In 2009 he gained a degree in ‘Jazz Music’ at the ‘Niccolò Piccinni’ Conservatory, Bari, and in 2012 specialized in ‘New Language Composition and Interpretation’ at the ‘Nino Rota’ Conservatory, Monopoli, achieving distinction both times. He is currently in the USA studying at Berklee College of Music. Giorgio Albanese has worked with many leading musicians, and has also been actively involved in a wide variety of musical projects that span traditional as well as more contemporary jazz, working across multidiscipline arts such as theatre, dance and cinema. His music is influenced by world sounds and sound experimentation, producing a more profound, intrinsic language of music. After his academic studies he focused on developing his own approach to music completely independent from the predominant aesthetic standards. This approach has enabled him to conceive the accordion as a ‘modern’ sound and language, a synthesis of a rich artistic journey which finds its origins in the language of contemporary jazz. His original, musical works were used in the short film ‘L’ultima partenza’. He has composed music for theatre and has experimented with the interaction between sound and video, and more generally between visual arts and music, always looking for the most innovative ways of making art. He leads workshops and master classes on jazz accordion, including musical improvisation workshops inspired by both the Afro-American jazz tradition and European contemporary music. He works on different projects and has performed in Italy, France, Argentina, UK, USA, Australia, China, South Korea, Holland, Portugal, Spain, Egypt, Morocco, Croatia, and Finland. Brooklyn Accordion Club meets at the Great Room at the LuEsther T. Mertz South Oxford Space/A.R.T., 138 South Oxford Street (between Atlantic Avenue and Fulton Street), Brooklyn, NY 11 217. For further information email: brooklynaccordionclub@gmail.com |
Duo NeSte Concert, Vienna – Austriaby Rob Howard |
The Duo NeSte – accordionist Nemanja Potparic (Montenegro) and pianist Stevan Savic (Serbia) – perform in concert on Monday July 2nd, 7.30pm, at Bank Austria Salon Im Alten Rathaus, Wipplinger Straße 8, Vienna 1010, Austria. Nemanja Potparic, from Pijevija, Montenegro, studies the accordion at the Muzicka Akademika, Zagreb, Croatia. |
Roger Dobson Band @ Rothbury Accordion & Fiddle Club, Northumberland – UKby Rob Howard |
On Thursday July 5th, 7.30pm, the Roger Dobson Band performs as guests at the Rothbury Accordion & Fiddle Club. The venue is the Queen’s Head Hotel, Townsfoot, Rothbury, Northumberland NE65 7SR. Roger Dobson, from Langholm, Dumfries and Galloway in southern Scotland, has a long experience of playing Scottish dance music and plays the Shand Morino 3-row button accordion. |
Fiemme e Fassa Accordion Festival, Trentino - Italyby Rob Howard |
The ‘Pentagramma’ music school of Tesero, the pro loco of Castello-Molina under the patronage of the A.P.T of Fiemme and Fassa, organizes the third Fiemme and Fassa Accordion Festival, Trentino, which runs from July 5th to 15th. Concerts, cultural meetings and above all a very special event dedicated to accordion lovers, professionals and amateurs are all are invited to play in the beautiful scenery in Piazzol di Molina di Fiemme. This year’s guests include Giancarlo Campi, Emanuele Rastelli, Pierpaolo Petta, Ermes Costa, Tiziano Chiappelli, Paul and Anna Schulen. For further information email: info@fisafestival.com |
The Kennedy Center Millenium Stage, 9th July - USAby Harley Jones |
Multi World Champion winner Grayson Masefield is sponsored by the American Accordionists' Association (AAA) to perform at the Kennedy Center Millenium Stage, 9th July and promote the 80th Anniversary of the AAA which starts on the Wednesday after this concert. Grayson Masefield will perform on the AAA Friday night Gala Concert and the AAA 80th Anniversary schedule is the website at: AAA |
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Updated Site: Donald E. Grzanna New music - USAby Harley Jones |
Donald E. Grzanna new duet composition. Italian Tarantella solo has now had a duet part added, 1st accordion, 2nd accordion & score. eSheet (pdf format) sheet music able to be emailed to you. View sample and purchase at Catalog: grza152D |
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Book Review: The Art of Arranging Classical Music for Accordion by Friedrich Lipsby Joan C. Sommers |
CD Reviews Index for the review of the Book titled "The Art of Arranging Classical Music for Accordion" written by Friedrich Lips, reviewed by Prof. Joan Sommers. Read the review at CD Reviews Index. Books available online by Friedrich Lips: Catalog: kslips00 The Art of Bayan Playing and Playing the Accordion Artistically Catalog: kslips01 Die Kunst des Bajanspiels, Methodik und Didaktik des künstlerischen Akkordeonspiels Catalog: kslips02 Die Kunst der Bearbeitung klassischer Musik für Akkordeon Catalog: kslips03 The Art of Arranging Classical Music for Accordion |
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