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Dos celebraciones del Festival del Día Mundial del Acordeón, Superior - Estados Unidos
Día Mundial del Acordeón y Festival Internacional de Acordeón de la Primavera de Shanghai 2019 - China
Concurso Premio Carmen Carrozza Memorial 2019, Festival AAA - EE. UU.
XII Concurso Internacional de Composición de Acordeón "Francisco Escudero" - España
10 ° Waldbronner Musikpreis 2019 - Alemania
Reports for Concerts, Masterclasses, Competitions, Festivals, etc. |
Museum of Making Music TV News – USANational Accordion Day Concert - FinlandWOMAD World Festival – New ZealandWorld Premier Prelude and Fugue for Accordion - GermanyVideo: Cody McSherry St Patricks Day Performance with Rizzetta’s Tones - USA“Leahys Luck” at Milwaukee Accordion Club – USA
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Beltango Quinteto Concerts – GermanyCNIMA Training Workshops - FrancePerth Strathspey and Reel Society Ceilidh - Scotland“Manran” Scottish Band Tours AustraliaAll Ireland Accordion Festival – IrelandSell-Out Fundraising Ceilidh – ScotlandHelp Desk, Information needed, Readers CommentsSubmit Your Question, CommentSUBMIT NOW |
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Frankfurt Musikmesse 2019 - Alemaniaby Holda Paoletti-Kampl |
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| Musikmesse en Frankfurt es la feria internacional de instrumentos musicales, partituras, producción musical y marketing. El evento de este año se llevará a cabo del 2 al 5 de abril y estará abierto todos los días para visitantes comerciales y privados. Las fábricas de acordeón en exhibición incluyen: Beltuna Accordions S.r.l Bugari Armando y Bugari Evo Cagnoni S.r.l. Dino Baffetti de Baffetti G. & C. snc Visitando a dallape Excelsior Harmonikas sro Visitando italcinte Mengascini visita mengascini@tiscalinet.it MusicTech por Sabbatini Claudio & C. snc Orla S.r.l. Pasco Italia S.r.l. Pigini S.r.l. Scandalli Accordions S.r.l. Zero Sette |
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Dos celebraciones del Festival del Día Mundial del Acordeón, Superior - Estados Unidosby Christine Johnstone |
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 os eventos musicales importantes que atraen la atención nacional e internacional se llevan a cabo en Superior. El alcalde Jim Paine ha reconocido su importancia con proclamaciones dedicadas que leerá para abrir el primer festival. Ambos eventos se llevarán a cabo en el Harrington Arts Center organizado por el Museo A World of Accordions.Primero, el Museo celebrará el Día Mundial del Acordeón (WAD) el 4 de mayo con una serie de conciertos que se transmitirán internacionalmente bajo los auspicios de la Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes (CIA) Finlandia. El evento verá a Kevin Friedrich como embajador de la CIA y como MC. La atracción principal es el Conjunto de Cámara de Acordeón de la Comunidad (UMKC), bajo la dirección del Prof. Joan Cochran Sommers. El concierto será precedido por los conocidos acordeonistas Mary Tokarski, Murl Allen Sanders, Betty Jo Simon, Henry Doktorski y Joan Sommers en dúo con Stas Venglevski. El segundo evento es el séptimo festival anual del Dr. Willard Palmer que se realizará el 5 de mayo y honrará el genio de este líder preeminente en la práctica de la pedagogía y el teclado a través de sus casi 800 libros publicados. El trabajo de Palmer será presentado por su hijo Willard A Palmer III, seguido de las actuaciones de Dance Attic-Suzi y Jimi, Mike Middleton, Jane Christison, Stas Venglevski y Aydar Salahov. Electronic Accordion - Evolution and Future (discusión con demostraciones), Willard A. Palmer III (Master of Magic, Mirth and Music, Texas) y Accordion Concertina Music Orchestra: World Accordion Music (más de 30 instrumentistas dirigidos por Tracey Gibbens bajo la dirección por Helmi Strahl Harrington, de Minnesota). El concierto principal ofrecido por Stas Venglevski (foto superior derecha) concluirá el festival en un programa variado que seguramente complacerá a todos. Para boletos llame al: 218 393-0245 o correo electrónico: aworldofaccordions@gmail.com |
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Día Mundial del Acordeón y Festival Internacional de Acordeón de la Primavera de Shanghai 2019 - Chinaby Harley Jones |
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 El Festival Internacional de Acordeón de la Primavera de Shanghai 2019 "Dedicado al Día Mundial del Acordeón" incluirá videos de conciertos de acordeonistas internacionales y chinos de alto perfil que se lanzarán el 6 de mayo en el Día Mundial del Acordeón.El video de los conciertos es adicional al informe que estará en línea después del Festival Internacional de Acordeón de Shanghai Spring 2019, que se celebrará del 13 al 14 de abril en Shanghai como parte del 36. Festival Internacional de Música de Shanghai Spring, conocido internacionalmente. Descargue el póster imprimible: 2019PosterShanghai.pdf Con el fin de promover el desarrollo nacional e internacional diversificado del arte del acordeón en la región del "Delta del río Yangtze", el Festival Internacional de Acordeón de Shanghai 2019 presenta los conciertos de acordeón "Cinturón y camino" que se celebrarán del 15 al 20. Abril en Changzhou, Ma'anshan y Ningbo. Información detallada en chino sobre los participantes y horarios a: 2019cnShanghai.pdf El primer Festival Internacional de Acordeón de la Primavera de Shanghai se celebró en 2006 y hubo una historia muy orgullosa de festivales de acordeón en la región de Shanghai. Puedes leer los eventos pasados a: 2006 Shanghai | 2008 Shanghai | 2009 Shanghai | Coupe Mondiale 2011 | 2017ShanghaiConcert | 2018Shanghai Fotos abajo de los grupos de performance chinos. |
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Concurso Premio Carmen Carrozza Memorial 2019, Festival AAA - EE. UU.by Harley Jones |
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 Premios de $ 5,250 financiados por la beca Carmen Carro.Descargue las reglas y el formulario de inscripción para el Carmen Carrozza Memorial 2019. 2019Carrozza.pdf Fecha límite de inscripción: debe enviarse a más tardar el 1 de junio de 2019. Las inscripciones en línea se aceptarán hasta esta fecha. Hora y lugar: La competencia se llevará a cabo durante el Festival AAA el jueves 18 de julio de 2019 en el Valley Forge Casino Resort en Valley Forge, (King of Prussia), Pennsylvania. Para popularizar aún más el repertorio comisionado por AAA, el Comité de Becas Carmen Carriage ofrece $ 5,250 en premios en efectivo a los ganadores de esta competencia para todos los acordeonistas acústicos en los Estados Unidos. Los ganadores de todas las categorías pueden ser invitados a participar en futuras competiciones de becas AAA / Carriage. Descargue las reglas y el formulario de inscripción para el Carmen Carriage Memorial. 2019Carrozza.pdf |
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XII Concurso Internacional de Composición de Acordeón "Francisco Escudero" - Españaby Christine Johnstone |
 Las inscripciones ya están abiertas para el XII Concurso Internacional de Composición de Acordeón "Francisco Escudero" organizado por Hauspoz Euskal Herriko Akordoei Elkartea.El objetivo del concurso es promover la creación de piezas para acordeón solo y para acordeón en música de cámara. Las obras de música de cámara deben estar compuestas por un máximo de cuatro músicos en los que haya al menos un acordeón. El concurso está abierto a compositores de cualquier edad y nacionalidad. La fecha límite para las entradas es el 5 de septiembre de 2019, y la ceremonia de entrega de premios tendrá lugar el 14 de septiembre. Haga clic aquí para obtener información y reglas de la competencia: 2019 Escudero.pdf |
10 ° Waldbronner Musikpreis 2019 - Alemaniaby Harley Jones |
 El 10 ° Waldbronner Musikpreis 2019 se celebrará los días 4 y 5 de mayo en Albert-Schweitzer-Schule, Zwerstraße 15, 76337 Waldbronn, organizado por AccoMusica e.V., Waldbronn.La competencia incluirá categorías para solistas y duetos de acordeón el 4 de mayo, seguido de una ceremonia de premiación. Los conjuntos y orquestas competirán el 5 de mayo y la ceremonia de entrega de premios se realizará a las 18:00 h. El concurso tiene como objetivo ofrecer a los acordeonistas que piensan de la misma manera en reunirse, competir entre ellos y crear una atmósfera amigable. Información publicada: 2019Waldbronner.pdf |
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by Dan Grauman
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| Video from a March 22 performance at the NAMM Museum of Making Music. The accordionists are (l to r) Gabe Hall-Rodrigues, Jamie Maschler and Frank Petrilli. Carlsbad NEWS 8 sent news reporter Jeff Zevely (picture below right) to see NAMM’s Museum of Making Music exhibit called Accordions: Expanding Voices in the USA in Carlsbad, California on March 27th. The news report stated “It is an extremely exciting experience when we start to see the resurgence of an instrument that had once faded from the spotlight, and even more exciting to see all the creative ways that musicians reincorporate an instrument some traditional and some supremely innovative,” shared Carolyn Grant, MoMM’s Executive Director. Along with providing the musical history of the accordion, the exhibit offers a how-to-play-the-accordion video. Jeff and other museum visitors, mostly children, gave several accordions a squeeze and recorded some laughs of their own. The exhibition also features an expanded look at the insides of the accordion, and presents historical examples illustrating the development of the accordion from its early roots to its incredible popularity in school classrooms in the 1950s to the modern form of today. Accordions: Expanding Voices in the USA will run through to August 31st, 2019 and has been getting a lot of positive TV and media reporting. For details on the museum’s concerts, exhibits, workshops and outreach programs phone: 760 438-5996 |
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by Dr Herbert Scheibenreif Manager of Friedrich Lips Productions
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| Well-known Finnish accordionist and conductor Jukka-Pekka Kuusela and Ellen Leinonen organized and performed a National Accordion Day Concert in the Great Hall of the Kuhmo Arts Centre (also known as the main stage of the famous Kuhmo Festival) with their students from the Kuhmo Music Institute and Sotkamo Community College. The March 26th Finnish National Day of Accordion is also the birthday of Viljo Vesterinen, one of the most famous accordionists of the older generation. Their program included not only works by Rodion Shedrin, Igor Stravinsky, Heikki Valpola, Viktor Vlasov, Virve Jääskeläinen, Astor Piazzolla and Viljo Vesterinen, but even heavy metal music! All performers and performances were well acclaimed by the audience. |
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by Christine Johnstone
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  The WOMAD World Festival was held in New Plymouth, Taranaki New Zealand from March 15th to 17th. The three day event featured a variety of cultural performances from local and overseas artists including “Jamie Smith’s Mabon” (Wales - picture top) which features Jamie on accordion. The group play a mix of Welsh folk tunes and traditional sounds from all Celtic countries. Rebetien (Greece - picture above left) which features Avgerini Gatsi (accordion and vocals) performs songs mostly derived from the Rebetiko and the Greek traditional music repertoire, as well as compositions of their own. Their nostalgic sound is reminiscent of the gramophone era, often subtly combined with alternate, yet closely-related, musical styles of various Eastern Mediterranean and Balkan musical traditions. Sharon Shannon (Ireland - picture above right) is a genre-defying accordion player who is widely known for broadening the horizons of traditional music in the 1980s and '90s, Sharon is thoroughly versed in Irish music, and fearlessly mixes her accordion and fiddle playing with all manner of different styles - from reggae to country. |
by Christine Johnstone
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 On March 17th, Marie-Andrée Joerger performed the world premiere of "Prelude et Fugue" for accordion written by French composer, organist and pianist Thierry Escaich. The event took place at the Big Hall of the Berlin Philharmonie.Marie-Andrée describes the prelude as very rhythmical, sometimes in a jazz style, and is very intense. The fugue is written in a language inspired by Olivier Messiaen Modes and Bela Bartok, with some rhythmical sections from the prelude repeated in the fugue very quickly. There is a big intensive progression to the end. The concert also included Marie-Andrée performing in duo with Vincent Dubois , the organist from Notre Dame de Paris (Notre Dame Cathedral). Their program included works by Astor Piazzolla, Richard Galliano and Gabriel Faure. Marie-Andrée will record this "Prelude et Fugue" in August 2019 in France for her first solo album project. She will also perform this work as follows: 9th June in Montreal - Canada 25th June in Strasbourg - France 30th July in Bayreuth - Germany 13th October in Kaysersberg - France For future concert details email Marie-Andrée Joerger: marieandree84@live.fr |
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| With a name as Irish as Cody McSherry, of course he had to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. What better way to celebrate than for the 15 year-old to share the stage with one of his favorite bands. The band, “Rizzetta’s Tones,” consisting of four multi-talented musicians and vocalists, had asked McSherry to join them in their annual St. Patrick’s Day concert at the Eicher Arts Center in Ephrata, Pennsylvania. The concert hall filled quickly leaving standing room only for late-comers. The band has a strong, well-deserved following. The band is known for its Celtic and folk sound played on a pair hammered dulcimers, flute, guitar, tin whistle, and a variety of other instruments, with haunting vocals and harmonies. Rizzetta’s Tones includes Bill Stine, Amanda Wells, Linda Lohr and Randy Kochel. In one of those cases where you never know what impact you may have others, the band members revealed that Stine, a former music teacher had taught both Lohr and Kochel in his eighth grade music class in years past. Bill met Amanda when she was performing as a background singer at his recording studio. All of the band members met Cody after one of the band’s performances where Cody and Randy had a long conversation about playing the hammered dulcimer. During the performance Cody, looking very Irish in his tweed vest and Irish flat cap, joined the band to perform for an appropriately-titled Irish medley entitled “McGillicuddy Rocks.” At the band’s request, he kicked off the band’s second set with a solo performance of “Ballad of Faithe,” the second piece in Guy Klucevsek’s “Three Tributes.” Also in the second set, Cody joined band member Randy Kochel in performing an accordion duet of “La Partida,” a Venezuelan waltz. Concert was the starting concert for Eicher Arts Center’s annual concert season. |
by Christine Johnstone
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| Popular band “Leahys Luck” performed at the Milwaukee Accordion Club on March 25th followed by 2 x concerts at the Regency Senior Community in Brookfield and New Berlin on March 26th and 28th. The band includes accordionist Stas Venglevski, past President of the International Accordionists and Teachers Guild (ATG), brothers Brian and Tom Leahy (guitars, bass and vocals), and Tom’s son (drummer). “Leahys Luck” performs a variety of Irish folk music and has five recordings to their credit and a Wisconsin Area Music Industry's World/Ethnic Group of the Year Award. |
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by Christine Johnstone
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| The Beltango Quinteto will perform concerts in Germany from until April 5th. The group which includes Aleksandar Nikolic (bandoneon and artistic director), Ivana Nikolic (piano & vocals), Antonija Barna (violin), Bogdan Pejic (guitar) and Petar Holik & Ljubinko Lazic (double bass), are believed to be the first authentic tango orchestra from the Balkans and one of the most well-known tango orchestras in Europe. They are passionate musicians and tango lovers who have been together for almost 20 years and love what they do together. Concert dates are: March 30th: Hannover March 31st: Aachen April 2nd: Darmstadt April 5th: Wuppertal For further concert information email: info@beltango.com |
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| CNIMA directed by Nathalie Boucheix, have a variety of upcoming workshops, training courses and concerts beginning in April. The training workshops are for all levels and styles and are open to all ages. In addition there will be exhibitions, demonstrations and instruments of major accordion brands available for participants to view. The workshops will be tutored by Christine Rossi (who will also give a mini concert), Matthieu Chaussalet (who will give a demonstration and concert), Louise Jallu (Tango Passion), Jacques Mornet (interpretation) and Alain Pennec (Breton and Celtic music). For further details email: cnima@wanadoo.fr |
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by Christine Johnstone
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| Accordionists are invited to attend the Perth Strathspey and Reel Society Ceilidh, which will be held at the Perth & District Ex Serviceman’s Club, 20 Milne Street, Perth, Scotland on April 5th from 7pm to 10pm. The Perth Strathspey & Reel Society was formed in 1989 with the aim of promoting Scottish music in the community. This Annual Concert is the highlight of their year when they invite well known guest musicians and singers from all over Scotland to the stage. All are welcome to this event. For further details email Shane Brogan: accordion2u@outlook.com |
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by Christine Johnstone
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| Well known Scottish folk rock band “Manran” will tour Australia from April 10th to May 3rd, 2019. The band, which features accordionist Gary Innes launched their debut single "Latha Math" in 2011 which saw them rise to the top of the Scottish music world leading to performances at many European festivals. They have now released three studio albums. Variously tagged as "folk-rock", "trad-rock", "Celtic-rock" and even "grown-up folk-rock", Mànran's music is an eclectic mix of tunes built around the band's traditional Celtic roots, with fiddle, accordion, flute, uillean and Highland bagpipes binding together powerfully with elements of funk, jazz and rock to create some of the most innovative and uplifting instrumental music around. Their Australian tour will include performances in Queensland, New South Wales, ACT and Western Australia taking in a number of festivals. Tour dates are: April 10th: The Shed Nanango April 11th: Bloodhound Corner Bar & Kitchen, Brisbane April 12th: The Upper Lansdowne Memorial Hall, Upper Lansdowne April 13th: Blue Mountains Theatre and Community Hub, Springwood April 14th: The Dungeon, Newcastle April 17th: Jack Duggans Irish Pub, Bathurst April 18th to 22nd: National Folk Festival in Canberra April 24th: Paddo RSL, Paddington April 25th: Fairbridge Festival Opening Concert in Fairbridge April 26th to 28th: Fairbridge Festival, Fairbridge May 1st: Old Gazette Theatre, Dorrigo May 2nd and 3rd: Australian Celtic Festival, Glen Innes For further tour details email: valmcgarry@optusnet.com.au |
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by Christine Johnstone
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| The Irish Accordion Association will hold their 48th annual All Ireland Accordion Festival on April 13th and 14th at Tracey’s Hotel, Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan. The Festival hosts the Irish Accordion Championships for Solo, Duet, Ensemble and Orchestra. It promises to be an excellent event and the organisers are delighted with the high number of entries this year. Competitions will commence at 9.30am on the Saturday and conclude at 6pm. On Sunday competition commences at 10am and will conclude at 3.30pm. A prize-winners concert will then be held on Sunday afternoon which will feature prize-winners selected by the adjudicator. It will also feature Evin Kelly who has recently returned from the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland and Noelle McCarthy, our adjudicator for the Festival this year. Entry to the Concert is Free. The Royal Meath Accordion Orchestra (pictured) will take part in this event. They recently won the North of Ireland Championship in Carrickfergus, Co. Antrin in February 2019 and will also compete in the NAO UK Championships in Liverpool at the end of April 2019. For further details email Gerry Kelly: royalmeathao16@gmail.com |
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by Christine Johnstone
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| The Jimmy Blair Accordion Orchestra conducted by Gary Blair will hold their fundraising ceilidh at the Masonic Hall, Queen Street, Renfrew, Glasgow, Scotland on April 19th. The last 2 ceilidhs were a sell-out and a fantastic night. Bring the whole family - children welcome. For ticket details phone: 07 813 712594 |
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