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Deux festivals pour la Journée de l’accordéon, Superior – Etats Unis
La journée de l’accordéon et le festival international d’accordéon du printemps de Shanghai 2019 - Chine
2019 La compétition en mémoire de Carmen Carrozza, Festival AAA - USA
La XII ième competition internationale de composition pour l’accordéon “Francisco Escudero” - Espagne
Le 10 ième prix de musique Waldbronner 2019 - Allemagne
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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Le salon de la musique de Francfort 2019- Allemagneby Holda Paoletti-Kampl |
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| Le salon de la musique à Francfort (Musikmesse) est un salon international pour les instruments de musique, partitions, productions musicales et marketing. Cette année elle aura lieu du 2 au 5 avril et sera ouverte aussi bien aux professionnels qu’aux visiteurs du dimanche. Parmi les manufactures d’accordéon présentes : Beltuna Accordions S.r.l. Bugari Armando and Bugari Evo Cagnoni Srl Dino Baffetti di Baffetti G. & C. snc Dallape en visite Excelsior Fismen Harmonikas s.r.o. Italcinte en vsite Mengascini en visite mengascini@tiscalinet.it MusicTech di Sabbatini Claudio & C. snc Orla Srl Pasco Italia Srl Pigini Srl Scandalli Accordions Srl Zero Sette De plus, le salon de la musique s’est associée avec Prolight & Sound pour vous proposer deux salons en même temps. A noter parmi les évènements prévus : un grand bœuf, un coin pour des extraits musicaux du festival avec des marques importantes, ateliers et démonstrations, plus de concerts, et une nouvelle compétition intitulée « Compétition des nouveaux instruments thérapeutiques » (avec un jury de 6 personnes), un lieu de rencontre, un concert « audio vintage », des stands et bien plus encore. Un reportage complet du salon de la musique de Francfort 2019 avec photos etc … sera disponible sur : Frankfurt2019 |
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Deux festivals pour la Journée de l’accordéon, Superior – Etats Unisby Christine Johnstone |
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 Deux évènements d’envergure nationale et internationale se tiendront à Superior. Le maire, Jim Paine, soulignera leur importance à travers deux allocutions qu’il fera pour le lancement du premier festival.Ces deux évènements se tiendront au Harrington Arts Center sous l’égide du Word of Accordions museum. En premier chef, le musée célèbrera la Journée de l’accordéon (World Accordion Day – WAD), le 4 mai, avec une série de concerts qui seront retransmis en vidéo à un niveau international avec la collaboration de la Confédération internationale des accordéonistes (CIA) de Finlande. L’évènement présentera Kevin Friedrich comme ambassadeur du CIA et comme maître de cérémonie. Le groupe le “Community Accordion Chamber Ensemble” (photo ci dessous) sera en tête d’affiche sous la direction du professeur Joan Cochran Sommers. Le concert sera précédé par les fameux accordéonistes Mary Tokarski, Murl Allen Sanders, Betty Jo Simon, Henry Doktorski et Joan Sommers en duo avec Stas Venglevski. Le 2ième évènement est le 7ième festival annuel du Dr Willard Palmer qui se tiendra le 5 mai et qui rendra hommage au génie d’une grande pointure de la pédagogie et du clavier, avec 800 livres à son actif. Le travail de Palmer sera présenté par son fils, Willard A. Palmer, III, et sera suivi par des prestations de Dance Attic – Suzi et Jimi, Mike Middleton, Jane Christison, Stas Venglevski et Aydar Salahov. Les accordéons électroniques – Evolution et futur (panel de discussions avec présentations), Willard A. Palmer, III (Maitre de magie, joie et musique du Texas), et l’orchestre d’accordéon concertina, musique du monde à l’accordéon (Plus de 30 instrumentistes dirigés par Tracey Gibbens sous la supervision de Helmi Strahi Harrington, Professeur du Minnesota). Le concert clou sera avec Stas Venglevski (photo en haut à droite), ce qui concluera un festival divers et varié où il y’en aura pour tous les goûts. Pour les billets, appeler : 218 393 0245 ou emailer aworldofaccordions@gmail.com |
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La journée de l’accordéon et le festival international d’accordéon du printemps de Shanghai 2019 - Chineby Harley Jones |
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 La dédicace du festival international d’accordéon du printemps de Shanghai 2019 à la journée de l’accordéon inclura une vidéo des concerts par les fameux accordéonistes internationaux et chinois qui se produiront pendant la journée de l’accordéon, le 6 mai.La vidéo des concerts complètera un reportage sur le net qui sera publié à la fin du festival, qui se tiendra du 13 au 14 avril à Shanghai, comme partie prenante du festival de musique international “Le printemps de Shanghai”. ` Afin de promouvoir l’art de l’accordéon dans sa diversité, à un niveau national et international dans la région du delta de la rivière Yangtze, le festival international d’accordéon du printemps de Shanghai 2019 présentera une série de concerts du 15 au 20 avril, dans les régions de Changzhou, Ma'anshan et Ningbo, sous l’intitulé « Belt and Road » (« ceinture et route »). Information détaillée en chinois sur les participants et horaires à : 2019cnShanghai.pdf Le premier festival international d’accordéon du printemps de Shanghai s’est tenue n 2006 et a depuis généré une belle série de festivals d’accordéon dans la région de Shanghai. 2006 Shanghai | 2008 Shanghai | 2009 Shanghai | 2011 Coupe Mondiale | 2017ShanghaiConcert | 2018Shanghai Photos ci dessous de groupes de musiciens chinois. |
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2019 La compétition en mémoire de Carmen Carrozza, Festival AAA - USAby Harley Jones |
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 $5250 de prix financés par la fondation des bourses Carmen CarrozzaTélécharger le règlement et les fiches d’inscriptions de la compétition en mémoire de Carmen Carrozza, ici : 2019Carrozza.pdf Date limite d’inscription : Les inscriptions doivent être envoyées avant le 1er juin 2019, le timbre faisant foi. Les inscriptions en ligne sont possibles jusqu’à cette date. Date et lieu: La compétition se tiendra durant le festival AAA, le jeudi 18 juilet 2019 au Valley Forge Casino Resort de Valley Forge, (King of Prussia), en Pennsylvanie. Pour donner plus de visibilité au repertoire commissioné par le AAA, le comité des bourses de Carmen Carrozza offer $5250 de prix en cash aux gagnants de la compétitition pour tous les accordéonistes accoustiques américains. Les gagnants de chaque catégorie, seront peut être sollicités pour jouer à de futures occasions pour les bourses AAA/Carrozza. Télécharger le réglèment et fiches d’inscription pour la compétition en mémoire de Carmen Carrozza : 2019Carrozza.pdf |
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La XII ième competition internationale de composition pour l’accordéon “Francisco Escudero” - Espagneby Christine Johnstone |
 Les inscriptions sont ouvertes pour La XII ième competition internationale de composition pour l’accordéon« Fransisco Escudero » organisée par Hauspoz Euskal Herriko Akordoei Elkartea. L’objectif de cette compétition est de promouvoir la création de piéces pour accordéon solo ou pour l’accordéon en musique de chambre. Les œuvres pour musique de chambre doivent être composés pour un maximum de quatre instrumentistes, dont au moins un accordéoniste. La compétition est ouverte à des compositeurs de tout âge et nationalité. La date limite d’inscription est le 5 septembre 2019 et la cérémonie de remise des prix se tiendra le 14 septembre. Cliquer ici pour infos et réglèment pour la competition: 2019Escudero.pdf |
Le 10 ième prix de musique Waldbronner 2019 - Allemagneby Harley Jones |
 Le 10 ième prix de musique Waldbronner 2019 se tiendra les 4 et 5 mai à l’école Albert Schweitzer, au 15 de la Zwerstraße, à 76337 Waldbronn, sous l’égide de AccoMusica e. V., Waldbronn.La compétition inclura des catégories pour accordéon solo et duos le 4 mai et sera suivie par une cérémonie de remise des prix. La compétition pour les ensembles et orchestres se tiendra le 5 mai et sera suivie par une cérémonie de remise des prix à 18h. La compétition a pour but donnent l’opportunité à des accordéonistes qui ont des affinités entre eux de se retrouver et d’entrer en compétition, dans un esprit bon enfant. Plus d’infos : 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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