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Christmas Concerts Worldwide5th International Graz Accordion Festival – AustriaSharon Shannon “Celtic Christmas 2019” Tour - JapanRenzo Ruggieri lance les partitions de Il Tuo Sguardo - Italie
Reports for Concerts, Masterclasses, Competitions, Festivals, etc. |
Successful Auckland Accordion Symphonietta Concert - New ZealandSofia Ros to Second Round of BBC Young Musician of the Year 2020 - UKDanny Mesél Proposes Accordion-Shoes - Hungary
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The Klezmer Brothers @ Schauspielhaus Graz - AustriaDuo “Leinen Los” Pre-Christmas Concert – GermanyKosmos Ensemble December Concerts - UKYoung Accordion Players Competition - SiberiaVilda Duo Concert Tour - FinlandAccordionist Patricia Crolbois Entertains at Firefighters Ball – France“World Café Trio” Perform Vivaldi in Capetown – South AricaKsenija Sidorova Performs in Norway and Latvia“Lemon-Aid” Festival in Toronto - CanadaScottish Folk Rock Band “Manran” Concerts - Scotland
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by Christine Johnstone
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 Christmas is just around the corner and we only have three more news editions before Christmas. If you have a Christmas concert coming up in December please email the details to: cjmusic@outlook.co.nz and I will include an item in the Accordions Worldwide Weekly News. Look forward to hearing from you soon. Christine Johnstone Accordions Worldwide Weekly News Editor |
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by Dr Herbert Scheibenreif Manager of Friedrich Lips Productions
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  Picture top: Kiara Janko & Jana Palac (Croatia), winners of chamber music Class CPicture above left: Piet Daniels (Sweden), winner of virtuoso entertainment music Class III Picture above right: Mihajlo Petric (Bosnia and Herzegovina), winner of classical accordion Class V The 5th International Accordion Festival was held in Graz from November 23rd to 24th, organised by Slaviša Peric. It is the goal of the festival director to bring together artists, educators and candidates from different countries for a peaceful competition and extensive exchange of views every year. The positive development in recent years gives him justice in his work. This will encourage young players and make the accordion better known to a wider audience Participants at this year’s event were from a total of ten countries - Austria, Italy, Sweden, Slovakia, Croatia, Slovenia, Russia, Romania, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina. They showed their considerable skills in 13 categories (classical accordion, chamber music ensemble and virtuoso entertainment music). The jury comprised Mirco Patarini (Italy), Irina Krutkjova (Sweden), Maria Budzakova (Slovakia), Ana Štepin Zagoranski (Croatia), Mikela Uršic (Slovenia), Evgenja Khazova (Russia) and Slaviša Peric (Bosnia and Herzegovina). This year, Mirco Patarini, President of the International Accordion Association CIA (Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes), active concert accordionist and managing director of the acclaimed accordion company Scandalli in Castelfidardo, was the star guest. He was invited to show his skills during the award-winning concert. (see picture below) and visitors were also able to view Scandalli instruments at the exhibition. |
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by Rob Howard
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| Video: Sharon Shannon from the Irish Post Awards TG4 broadcast, 2019 Sharon Shannon will perform her “Celtic Christmas 2019” concerts in Japan from November 30th to December 7th, beginning in Fukui and finishing in Tokyo. She will play a mix of traditional Irish music with a Celtic Christmas theme. Tour schedule: November 30th: Harmony Hall Fukui in Fukui, phone: +353(0)776-38-8280 December 1st: Yokosuka Arts Theatre in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, phone: +353(0)46-828-1600 December 2nd: Aoyama CAY, Tokyo, Minato City, phone: +353(0)3-3498-5790 December 3rd: The Phoenix Hall, Osaka, phone: +353(0)6-6363-0311 December 5th: Bunshokan, Yamagata, phone: +353(0)23-635-5500 December 7th: Nagano City Museum of Art, Nagano, phone: +353(0)26-219-3100 December 8th: Sumida Triphony Hall, Sumida City, Tokyo, phone: +353(0)3-5608-12 12 |
Renzo Ruggieri lance les partitions de Il Tuo Sguardo - Italieby Harley Jones |
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  La composition Renzo Ruggieri ll Tuo Sguardo, Catalogue: rrenzo521, est une transcription pour accordéon basse standard de l'album "Valentino è Tango" Catalogue: rruggieri11 pour jazz tango / accordéon virtuose.La composition de Renzo Ruggieri ll Tuo Sguardo est maintenant disponible, Catalogue: rrenzo521 La partition (solo), format .pdf a des improvisations au niveau de l'arrangement de l'album. La musique est difficile à interpréter mais, grâce à une mélodie très efficace, se prête à la fois aux situations de concert et aux compétitions internationales. Catalogue: rrenzo518 Valentango (solo) partition .pdf format. "Valentango" est une composition tirée de l'émission "Valentino è Tango!" dédié au mythe de Rudolph Valentino et à l'histoire du tango. |
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by Heather Masefield Secretary, New Zealand Accordion Association
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Tango group Milonga del Angel by Astor Piazzolla
 On Sunday November 24th, the Auckland Accordion Symphonietta, conducted by Lionel Reekie (picture right) held a concert at St Georges Church, Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand.This hour long concert was made up of pieces that the players had chosen: Themes from Phantom of the Opera, Howls Moving Castle, I'll Make a Man out of You. Thanks to Joan Sommers (USA) for her arrangement of Shallow performed by vocalists Alanah Jones and Angela Chen. Thanks also to dancers Jazz Lopez and Elena Reekie for a superb "Santa Maria Tango" Dance - video above. Gary Daverne was in the audience to hear his arrangement of "Pirates of the Caribbean" performed to conclude the concert. Special Guests were a new Tango group formed by Grayson Masefield from Auckland University tutors, picture below: Barkin Sertkaya on guitar, Grayson Masefield, Sarah Watkins on piano, Gordon Hill on bass and Andrew Beer on violin. They performed works by Piazzolla. |
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 Video: D. Scarlatti - Sonata in F minor K 386 performed by Sofía Ros at the Arrasate Accordion Competition 2018.A young accordionist from St Mary’s Music School in Edinburgh has completed a performance in the second round of the BBC Young Musician of the Year 2020 in Cardiff. The event is a televised national music competition, broadcast biennially on BBC Television and BBC Radio 3. The competition is open to British percussion, keyboard, string, brass and woodwind players, who are eighteen years of age or under. Accordionist Sofia Ros studies the accordion with Professor Djordje Gajic and played Córdoba, by Isaac Albéniz and Ivanov's Paraphrase. Entries for this award are now closed and auditions will take place throughout the UK over the next few months. Accordions Worldwide wishes Sofia every success in the competition. |
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| Why wear normal shoes when you can wear accordion shoes? This Danny Mesél is asking as he is preparing for a new show with the Kaboca Puppet Theatre, in which he will be playing all kinds of homemade instruments. Danny is very hopeful, that he will be able to learn how to walk in time for the premiere on December 1st. We hope so too and that he might want to sell these new shoes to the diatonic accordion community after the show? |
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| The Klezmer Brothers @ Schauspielhaus Graz - Austria |
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| Duo “Leinen Los” will perform a Pre-Christmas concert at the Akkordeon-Café Dortmund in the Fritz Henßler Haus in Dortmund on December 2nd at 7pm. The duo, which comprises of Erwin Dahlmann (accordion) and Axel Ermisch (vocals) will entertain with a variety of traditional Christmas songs and popular melodies as well as poems and stories. For details email: akkordeoncafedortmund@gmail.com |
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 The Kosmos Ensemble, which includes Milos Milivojevic (accordion), Harriet MacKenzie (violin) and Meg Hamilton (viola) will perform at the Bideford Music Society, Methodist Church Hall, High Street Bideford in England on December 4th at 7.30pm.On December 7th, the trio will perform at the Ayr Music Club, Octagonal Hall Alloway Church in Ayr, Scotland. The Ayr Music club organises a series of classical music performances each year in Ayr where professional musicians give recitals, mainly of classical chamber music. The Kosmos Ensemble is re-defining the relationship between classical and world music. United by a shared passion for improvisation, music from around the globe as well as the rigours of classical training, each member brings an individual flavour to the group. Their program includes wild Gypsy fiddling, emotive Jewish and Greek music that glides seamlessly into hot-blooded tango, alongside interpretations of Japanese, Polish and Sephardic songs, new arrangements for and by the ensemble and with references to classical composers including Bach, Brahms and Sarasate. For further information email: kosmos@kosmosensemble.com |
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 The Young Accordion Players Competition will be held at the State Budgetary Professional Educational Institution of the Sverdlovsk region "College of Arts" in Nizhny Tagil from December 5th to 8th, 2019.The competition will include jury members from Perm, Yekaterinburg, Chelyabinsk, Moscow and Togliatti: R. Kozlovsky (accordion), E. Pirogov (accordion), E. Bykov (balalaika), R. Zorkin (guitar) and E. Scriabina (domra). Accordionist Sergey Osokin will perform a concert at the competition on December 6th. His program will include Fou Rire (R. Galliano), Whispering (P.Whiteman), Hijo De La Luna (Meccano), Requiem (S. Osokin), Pulse (S. Osokin), C'est si bon (H.Betti) plus others. For details email: sergei_osokin@mail.ru |
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 Duo “Vilda” which includes accordionist Viivi Saarenkylä and indigenous Samí singer Hildá Länsman (Finland) will perform at the Sundsvalls Museum in Sundsvall, Sweden on December 6th at 5.30pm before embarking on their concert tour of Finland.The Finland Tour, from December 9th to 15th, is part of the Finnish Folk Music Association’s annual concert tour program. The duo play original music, composed and written by themselves, influenced by the northern nature, traditional Samí joik and Finnish folk, and pop music! Their program will include original music from their latest album Vildaluodda - Wildprint. Tour schedule: December 9th: Kulttuurikellari, Savonlinna at 7pm December 10th: Mäntyharjun kulttuurisali, Kompantie 22, Mäntyharju at 6pm December 11th: Kulttuuritila Nuijamies, Valtakatu 39, Lappeenranta at 7pm December 12th: Rahvaanmusiikin kerho, Kulttuuritalo Telakka, Tullikamarin aukio 3, Tampere at 9pm December 15th: Lavka, Mannerheiminkatu 14, Loviisa (acoustic concert) at 6pm For further details email: viivi@saarenkyla.fi |
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  Accordionist Patricia Crolbois will entertain at the Firefighters Ball in Lorraine, France on December 7th, beginning at 7.30pm.Patricia is a regular entertainer at many functions around France including playing at retirement homes, balls, dancing events etc. For details email: contact@ponette.fr |
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| The World Café Trio will perform Vivaldi’s Four Seasons at the Welgemeend Function Centre in Cape Town on December 11th at 7pm. The trio, which includes Stanislav Angelov (accordion), Petrus de Beer (violin) and Schalk Joubert (bass guitar) aim to give their audience a unique experience, telling the story behind the compositions and the sonnets to make you understand and experience Vivaldi on a whole new level. For details email: music@goodmusic.co.za |
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| Ksenija Sidorova and group perform the V. Monti Czárdás (ZDF Klassik live in Club, April 2017) Ksenija Sidorova (picture below) is looking forward to performing two December concerts leading up to Christmas with Avi Avitals (mandolin). The first will be a Christmas concert at the Furnes Church in Furnes, Norway on December 13th. For details phone: +47 62 33 07 70 The following evening (December 14th) they will perform at the Vidzemes Koncertzale Cesis in Cesis, Latvia at 7pm. For details email: alice.o'reilly@harrisonparrott.co.uk |
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 The Lemon Bucket Orkestra (picture above) will perform at the “Lemon-Aid” festival held at The Opera House in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from December 27th to 29th, 2019.This event is held to celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Opera House and will include performances by Toronto bands that will each donate half of their fees to a charity of their choice. The Lemon Bucket Orkestra, which includes accordionist and vocalist Marichka Marczyk will perform a mix of Balkan, Klezmer, Gypsy and “Party-Punk” music. For further information email: ian@meta4world.com |
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| Well known Scottish folk rock band “Manran” (which features accordionist Gary Innes) will return to the Strathpeffer Pavilion, The Square, Ross and Cromarty, Highland, for a concert on December 28th at 7.30pm. Their special guests will be the multi award-wining band RURA, who are also one of Scotland’s most sought-after folk-based bands. The following evening (December 29th) Skerryvore (which includes brothers Daniel on accordion and Martin Gillespie on pipes, whistles and accordion) and Manran will entertain at The Albert Halls in Stirling at 7.30pm. Skerryvore are a multi-award winning Scottish band creating a ‘trad-rock’ fusion that has seen them perform in over 25 countries worldwide. For concert information phone: +44 1786 473544 or email: alberthalls@stirling.gov.uk |
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William Schimmel au master classes et série de concerts AAA 2020 à New York - - USAby Harley Jones |
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| La American Accordionists' Association (AAA) présente les master classes et concerts 2020 avec le Dr William Schimmel, modérateur et programmateur, du 31 juillet au 2 août 2020. Celà se déroulera à l’institut culturel Tenri, à New York. Intitulé "Voyage dans le temps", le festival comprendra quotidiennement à 15h une masterclass et à 19 h un concert. Télécharger le dépliant des masterclasses AAA avec la liste complète des participants: 2020AAAMasterClass.pdf Pour réserver en ligne à: http://www.ameraccord.com/annualmasterclass.php |
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 Gary Daverne ONZM has composed a new version of his popular Margarita duet, this time for accordion and piano. Catalog ED0050 - Margarita - accordion and pianoGary Daverne after several requests, has also composed the accordion solo with piano accompaniment for his 2nd Rhapsody for Accordion and Orchestra. Catalog ED0082d The 2nd Rhapsody for Accordion and Orchestra is composed for accordion solo with accordion orchestra or accordion solo with symphony orchestra. Full details at: Gary Daverne These new works can also be used for the "Teachers - Win a trip to New Zealand" competition. Full information at: http://www.accordion.co.nz/2020/VideoDaverneCompetition.htm Other Margarita duets are: ED0051 - Margarita - accordion duet ED0052 - Margarita - accordion & flute ED0053 - Margarita Revisited - accordion solo & piano accompaniment ED0054 - Margarita - accordion & soprano saxophone Bb ED0055 - Margarita - accordion & viola ED0056 - Margarita - accordion & violin |
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