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Daily Reports Online 7-10 August for 2010 Harbin International - China70 Aniversario del ATG Festival, California-USA
Final Italiana del Roland V-Accordion Festival-Italia
All Ireland Fleadh Cheoil, Cavan – Irlanda
2010 Harbin Summer International Accordion Art Week - China
Nuevo CD de Jacques Pellarin, Paris-Francia
Reports for Concerts, Masterclasses, Competitions, Festivals, etc. |
Last Chance to View Primus Ikaalinen VI Accordion Competition Online‘Jump at the Sun’ - the John Kirkpatrick Tune Book, East Sussex – UKLorraine Parnell Accordion Academy Concert, Auckland - New ZealandNational competition "City of the Sun" - Siracusa/ItalyKyiv Duo at Stockport Accordion Club, Cheshire – UK
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João Gentil Concert, Figueira – PortugalJames Crabb at the Edinburgh Festival, Scotland – UKJana Bezpalcová Concert, Jaroměřice nad Rokytnou – Czech RepublicKnockagh Accordion Band Concert, Northern Ireland – UKGianni Mirizzi in Concert, Pescasseroli - ItalySummer Band Concert, Northern Ireland - UKAccordion Summer Course, La Roche – SwitzerlandKsenija Sidorova Recitals, Morcote, Wädenswil, Burgdorf - SwitzerlandElimo Calatafimi Segesta play in Castelfidardo - Italy
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August 2010 Diatonic News will be Online 1st AugustAugust Accordion USA News will be Online 1st AugustDonald E Grzanna releases new musicHerbert Scheibenreif Production releases new musicsDonald E Grzanna releases new music
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| Daily Reports of the Harbin 2010 China Summer International Accordion Art Week, August 7th to 10th, 2010, will be online on the Harbin 2010 website from tomorrow. This major international accordion festival including competitions has had enormous support from its sponsors and the organizing team headed by Professor Wang Hongyu who is the Head of Keyboard department, Music College, Harbin Normal University. Read the Daily Reports on the Harbin 2010 website from tomorrow. |
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70 Aniversario del ATG Festival, California-USAby Kevin Friedrich |
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 ATG President Dee Langley Austria, Canadá y Nueva Zelanda.Esta ha sido la primera vez que el Estado de California acoge este evento en honor del (ATG) gran acordeonista Anthoy Galla-Rini (Anthony Galla-Rini). El festival contó con gran número de conciertos, concursos nacionales e internacionales, feria de productos y jam sessions. Los diversos workshops organizados fueron los siguientes: “La vida de Galla-Rini” (Esther Lanting), “Programas de notación musical” (Liz Finch), “El mundo del musette francés” (Bernard Metais), presentación del libro “Que es un acordeón” (Mary Tokarski y Karen Malan-Uribe), “El músico profesional” (Gordon Kohl), proyección del documental “Behind the bellow” (Steve Mobia), “Entendiendo y tocando música balcánica” (Dee Langley), “Patrones de bajos” (Betty Jo Simon), “Música de los 50 y 60” (Bruce Gassman) y “Desarrollo técnico” (Alexander Sevastian) El acordeonista chino Gao Yi Cheng, fue el ganador de la tercera edición del concurso internacional de acordeón clásico “Anthony Galla-Rini” (Anthony Galla-Rini). El certamen se desarrolló en tres rondas y dado que el nivel de los concursantes fue muy alto y parejo, los (ATG) jueces decidieron premiar el cuarto puesto de esta competición. Estos son los resultados: 1: Gao Yi Cheng – China ($5,000) 2: Martynas Livickis – Lituania ($3,000) 3: Jelena Milojevic – Serbia/Canadá ($1500) 4: Michael Bridge – Canadá ($500) En el festival se pudo disfrutar con la participación del ganador del la CIA World Champion Alexander Sevastian (Coupe Mondiale) y de Cory Pesaturo (Competición internacional de acordeón digital). Alexander también obtuvo el primer premio en la primera edición del concurso “Galla-Rini” (Anthony Galla-Rini) para acordeón clásico celebrado en el 2001.Otros artistas invitados fueron “ Accordion Chamber Ensemble” (MD Joe Smiell, Jr.), The Great Morgani, Patricia Bartell, Ron Borelli, Steve Albini Duo, Stas Venglevski, Lionel Reekie (Nueva Zelanda), Peter Di Bono Trio, Bruce Gassman, William Cosby, Betty Jo Simon, AbsolutAccord y Amy Jo Sawyer. Dos orquestas fueron presentadas en concierto en el festival. La primera es la Orquesta Galla-Rini, que fue dirigida por Esther Lanting y la segunda es la ATG Executive and Friends Orchestra, guiada por Joan Cochran Sommers. Durante el festival también fue anunciada la intención de organizar el próximo festival en Orlando (Florida) del 19 al 23 de Julio de 2011. Para más información: www.accordions.com/atg Dee Langley, presidenta del la ATG, dio la bienvenida a los miembros y socios de la asociación al aniversario de la misma en Santa Clara (California). Allí se congregaron entusiastas del acordeón provenientes de todos los Estados Unidos además de países como China, Lituania, Au |
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Final Italiana del Roland V-Accordion Festival-Italiaby Holda Paoletti-Kampl |
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 Más de 300 personas asistieron a la final italiana del V-Accordion celebrado in Soverato el pasado 17 de Julio. El ganador fue en esta ocasión George Albanese. George comenzó a estudiar acordeón a la edad de 8 años y ya cuenta en su palmarés con numerosas victorias en competiciones internacionales. Simone Mannarino y Gianluigi Cardelli alcanzaron el segundo y tercer puesto respectivamente.El festival fue celebrado en el anfiteatro del puerto de Soverato. En el jurado se pudo encontrar a importantes músicos como Renzo Ruggieri (presidente del jurado), Gianluca Bibiana, Antonio Spaccarotella, Piero Chianura, Danilo Paolonicola y Joseph Scigliano. La gala fue dirigida por Rino Rhodium. En esta edición, ha sido la primera vez que el festival ha contado con categoría junior. Alessio di Sante obtuvo el primer premio en esta categoría recibiendo un V-Accordeión (V-Accordion) FR-1 y George Albanese un FR-7X, el modelo más alto de la serie de V-Accordion. La final internacional dará lugar en Roma durante el 15 y 16 de Octubre en el Auditorio Parco della Musica donde los ganadores de la final italiana deberán competir con los concursaste del resto de países asistentes. |
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All Ireland Fleadh Cheoil, Cavan – Irlandaby Rob Howard |
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| El 2010 All Ireland Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann es un gran festival sobre la cultura irlandesa que dará lugar en Cavan Town del 15 al 22 de agosto. El festival está organizado por Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann (CCE). Este evento incluye cientos de actuaciones a solo, duos, grupos y bandas para su certamen de música, canción y baile irlandés. La competición se celebrará del 20 al 22 de agosto. El festival incluye conciertos, bailes, workshops y jam sessions que siempre atraen a un gran número de espectadores y participantes provenientes de todo el mundo. Uno de los conciertos destaca por ser un tributo al acordeonista Paddy O´Brien. Este evento se llevará acabo el 20 de agosto en el Cavan Crystal Hotel. Para más información sobre el festival y el concurso: eolas@comhaltas.ie |
2010 Harbin Summer International Accordion Art Week - Chinaby Harley Jones |
 El verano 2010 Harbin (Harbin 2010) China International Accordion Semana del Arte, 7 al 10 agosto 2010, ha anunciado el calendario para el evento en su página web.Este encuentro de acordeonistas fué celebrado del 7 al 19 de agosto. Este evento incluyó artistas de la categoría de Yuri Shishkin, Grayson Masefield y Duo French Bayan Accordion. Yuri Shishkin y Zubitsky Vladimir (Vladimir Zubitsky) presente también seminarios de acordeón. Durante los estos días, se celebraron diferentes competiciones internacionales de acordeón. El jurado estaba formado por: Raymond Bodell, Andrey Chugunov, Li Cong, Xu Dawei, Sun Delun, Frederic Deschamps, Kevin Friedrich, Zhang Guoping, Wang Hongyu, Harley Jones, Chen Jun, Jiang Jie, Alexander Kapitan, Andreas Nebl, Gennady Nizovskiy, Boris Pankov, Viatcheslav Semenenko, Viatcheslav Semionov, Yuri Shishkin, Wang Shusheng, Radomir Tomic, Li Wei Ming, Lui Wenlin, Cao Xiao-Qing, Chen Yiming, Wang Yuping, Vladimir Zubitsky. El organizador fue el profesor Wang Hongyu, jefe del departamento de tecla de la universidad de Harbin. |
Nuevo CD de Jacques Pellarin, Paris-Franciaby Rob Howard |
 El acordeonista francés Jacques Pellarin actuó recientemente en Estados Unidos donde grabó su nuevo disco “Sound of Philadelphia”. En el álbum cuenta con los músicos Diego Fano (saxofón alto, soprano, clarinete) y Yann Pajean (percusión). Pellarin es descrito por el crítico musical de jazz Raul d´Gam Rose como “un gran innovador bendecido con un ingenio peculiar. Su música está llena de emociones que alcanzan el alma, donde mucha música fracasa en el intento”El disco esta compuesto por: ‘Laguna de Perlas’, Blues Sur Nacre’, ‘The Groove Maker’, ‘Junior Valse’, ‘Free Tango’, ‘Jamais Dire Jamais’, ‘Patchinko’, ‘Koloriages’, ‘Accordeason’, ‘Recuerdos de La Macha’, ‘A Perdre Haleine’, ‘Sotaviento’ Para más información: jacques.pellarin@wanadoo.fr |
Reports for Concerts, Masterclasses, Competitions, Festivals, etc. |
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 The 6th staging of the popular Primus Ikaalinen (Finland) is available for viewing for one month after the competition, so this week is your last chance to view this magnificent International TV Show competition online.To see the show, simply visit: http://areena.yle.fi/video/1114364 and when the video loads, click the play arrow on the screen. For more information about this and the Sata-Häme Soi Accordion Festival, please visit the Sata-Häme Soi website. |
by Rob Howard
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 ‘Jump at the Sun’ - the long anticipated John Kirkpatrick Tune Book – has now been published by Quarry House Publishing, East Sussex TN5 7LJ. It is available from the publishers or through John K’s website.John Kirkpatrick has long been widely recognised as the British folk scene’s leading player of the 3-row British chromatic button accordion, 1 and 2 row melodeons, and Anglo concertina. He is also well known as a folk singer and composer, and has a particular interest in English folk songs and country dance music, and Morris dance music. Most of his compositions are based in the English folk dance or Morris genres, and all have been worked out on diatonic instruments, but are playable on almost any kind of instrument. With 138 titles, this superb book has all John Kirkpatrick’s tunes, with chords, notes, and discography. They range in difficulty from easy to ‘challenging’, and some have found their way into the folk tradition – especially the title tune, the bouncy and well known jig ‘Jump at the Sun’. The inside covers are full of photos from his career dating back to the late 1960s. The tunes rejoice under such colourful titles as ‘The Dance of the Demon Daffodils’, ‘The Three Piece Suite’, ‘Leaping Jack’, ‘Living in Sin’, March Hare Mazurka’, ‘Pepper in the Brandy’, ‘Puddleglum's Misery’, ‘Accordionism’, ‘Jump At The Sun’, ‘Unchristmas’, and ‘Fishing on a Bicycle’. There are also arrangements, with variations, of a few traditional tunes such as ‘Bobby Shafto Gone Bonkers’ and the ‘Devil Among the Tailors’. For further information email: john.kirkpatrick2@virgin.net |
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| On Sunday July 25th at the Hawkins Theatre in Papakura, Auckland, a concert titled ‘Accordiana’ was held by the Lorraine Parnell Accordion Academy. Following on from the 3rd placing of ‘Noteable Soundz’ in the Ensemble category at the 2009 Coupe Mondiale, the group had reformed with four players: Martin Meyer, Daniel Robinson, Bradley Williams and Tamba Young. They were also the basis for another group of nine players called ‘Noteable Soundz Plus’, led by teacher Lorraine Parnell. In support, with entertaining vaudeville acts, were soloists and duettists Cherise Barry, Amanda Aschebrock, James Curach, Ellie Archer, Chanelle Carron, Josh Helm, Daniel Klinac, Ella Klinac, Patrick Liu and the Cordaires Ensemble. |
by Holda Paoletti-Kampl
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 Sunday, July 25, 2010 the first edition of the National Competition "City of the Sun" was held in Portopalo of Capopassero (Syracuse) sponsored by the Cooperative System The sea-RAIS, the City of Portopalo Capo Passero, the Sicilian Cultural Association in collaboration with the Bel Canto.The competition was open to all instruments. The young accordionist Thomas Arena could convinced the jury with his performance and repertoire of original literature for accordion and was proclaimed winner of the event. |
by Rob Howard
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 Stockport Accordion Club’s ‘Club Night’ concert on July 14th starred the Kyiv Duo, Igor Sayenko and Oleksiy Kolomoiets, on tour from Kiev, in the Ukraine. These visiting players gave an amazing performance, displaying a level of musicality and understanding that few accordion duos could match, earning a well deserved standing ovation. Their programme included ‘Morning Mood’, ‘Anitra’s Dance’, ‘In the Hall of the Mountain King’ (from ‘Peer Gynt’, E. Grieg); ‘Summer’ (from the ‘Four Seasons’, A. Vivaldi), ‘Adagio’ (Albinoni), ‘Carmen-Fantasy’ (G. Bizet/arr. F. Waksman), ‘Kozachok’ (Ukrainian traditional dance), ‘Czardas’ (V. Monti), ‘Dancing Violinist’ (D. Kramer), ‘Ave Maria’ (A. Piazzolla), ‘Bossa-Nova’ (V. Vlasov), ‘Flight of the Bumblebee’ (N. Rimsky-Korsakov), ‘Romanian Spring Hora’ (Traditional), and ‘Rassipuha’ (V. Gridin). The concert opened with sets from the Stockport AC Band (MD Derek Stubbs) and Orchestra (MD Brian Jenkins), followed by John Trigg, Chris Green and Derek Pritchard playing as a trio. |
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by Rob Howard
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| João Gentil performs with guitarist Ni Ferreirinha at the Casino Figueira, in the district of Coimbra, on August 1st, 9pm until 11.30pm. Their program includes music by Charles Aznavour, Edith Piaf, Astor Piazzolla, Richard Galliano, Carlos Gardel, and others. |
by Rob Howard
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 Accordionist James Crabb and classical guitarist George Vassilev peform at The Hub, a restaurant on the Royal Mile, Edinburgh, August 29th, 9.30pm. The program includes music by US composers John Zorn and Aaron Copland, Argentina’s Astor Piazzolla and Tomas Gubitsch, and Brazilian Sergio Assad. This concert is an Edinburgh Festival event.Born in Dundee, Scotland, in 1967, James Crabb has been Professor of Classical Accordion at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen since 1995, and held a guest professorship at the University of Music and Dramatic Arts in Graz, Austria, from 1995-2002. He has also given master-classes at music institutions including the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Rotterdam Conservatorium and Toronto University. For further information email: info@jamescrabb.com |
by Rob Howard
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 ‘Paris, Paris...’ is the title of a concert for the lovers of French chanson and the accordion, taking place at the Castle Park, Jaromerice nad Rokytnou, on Saturday August 14th, 8.30pm. This event is part of the 12th ‘Peter Dvorský International Music Festival’.Accompanied by the Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra Olomouc, conducted by Leoš Svárovský, vocalist Radka Fišarová will perform her favourite compositions, mostly chansons from the repertoire of Édith Piaf, Charles Aznavour and Mireille Mathieu. The orchestra will be augmented by Jana Bezpalcová – accordion, and Vlastimil Bicík – piano. Jana Bezpalcová, born 1979, studied at Hude Conservatory and VŠMU (College of Musical Arts) Bratislava with professors Lubomír Žovic and Rajmund Kákoni. She competed successfully in many national and international contests, and regularly performs concerts in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Germany. For further information email: janabezpalcova@janabezpalcova.com |
by Rob Howard
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| The Knockagh Accordion Band perform in concert at Jordanstown Loughshore Park, Newtownabbey, Antrim BT37 0PY, Northern Ireland, on August 1st, 3pm until 4pm. |
by Rob Howard
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 Leading accordionist Gianni Mirizzi performs in ‘Fisarmoniche nel parco’, Pescasseroli, on August 3rd, 9pm until 11.30pm.Gianni Mirizzi was many years ago inspired by Pino do Modugno to take the accordion seriously, and studied in Rome with Giancarlo Caporilli, entering many contests and winning numerous prizes. His international appearances include performing at ‘Accordions International 2009’ at Seacroft, UK, and for MusicTech at the Musikmesse Frankfurt, Germany. |
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| The East Antrim Seniors Accordion Orchestra perform in concert on August 15th, 4pm, at Dixon Park, Larne, Northern Ireland. Formed in 2006 the East Antrim Seniors Accordion Orchestra consists mainly of adult and former adult students of East Antrim Accordion School. They play for fun with the music consisting of light entertaining pieces. At the All Ireland Accordion Championships held in Virginia, Co Cavan, on March 27th 2010 the EASO were placed first in the Late Starters Orchestral Section and the Orchestral Entertainment Section. For further information email: asrz33@dsl.pipex.com |
by Holda Paoletti-Kampl
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| After the success of the 2009 Accordion summer course in France, a new course is proposed to all ages, all levels (from beginner to advanced) and for all accordion styles, August 16th to 20th, in La Raoche, Switzerland. The applications deadline is May 30th 2010. The course teachers include Fanny Vicens, Marie-Andrée Joerger, Vincent Lhermet, and Sylvain Tissot. Course content: Individual tuition, approach to chamber music in small groups focusing on one specific theme (the fugue, contemporary music, tango, folk music…), accordion ensemble. The course is also suitable for English, German, Italian and Finnish speakers. For further information email: sylvain77@bluewin.ch |
by Rob Howard
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  Accordionist Ksenija Sidorova performs in Switzerland during late August. Two of the recitals are with the guitarist Milos Karadaglic, and the third is a solo concert dates.August 26th - with Milos Karadaglic (guitar) in Chiesa Santa Maria del Sasso, Morcote 29th, 11am - with Milos Karadaglic (guitar) in Wädenswil 30th, 7.30pm - solo recital in Burgdorf Ksenija Sidorova, born in Latvia, is now London-based, having studied at the Royal Academy of Music, with Professor Owen Murray. She has won international competitions in Latvia, Lithuania, Russia and Italy, and has performed with the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, and UK recitals in the Colston Hall (Bristol), the Spitalfields Festival, and at London’s Wigmore Hall. For further information email: ksenijasidorova@yahoo.co.uk |
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 On August the 4th the group-folk Elimo Calatafimi Segesta will perform at 9 pm on the Piazza della Repubblica in the centre of Castelfidaro.Don't miss this event! |
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| August 2010 Diatonic News will be Online 1st August |
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 August Accordion USA News will be Online 1st August |
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 Donald E. Grzanna releases 6 new pieces, 'Waltz In D', catalog:grza140, 'Italian Waltz', catalog:grza141, 'Ladybird Waltz', catalog:grza142, 'Hog Polka', catalog:grza143, 'Happy Time Polka' catalog:grza144 and 'Hotel De Ville Waltz', catalog:grza137. Samples of the music are available online. The music are in eSheet format, able to be emailed to your computer. Purchase with credit card. |
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 Herbert Scheibenreif Production releases 6 new music of 'By The Gateway, By Our Gate', catalog:hs401, 'The Wind May Not Bend The Branch', catalog:hs402, 'Ducky-Duck From The Grassland', catalog:hs403, 'Barynya', catalog:hs404, 'In The Field A Birch Stood In Beauty', catalog:hs405 and 'In The Coppice', catalog:hs406. Samples of the music are available online. The music is in eSheet format, able to be emailed to your computer. Purchase with credit card. |
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 Donald E. Grzanna releases 6 new pieces, 'Swiss Waltz', catalog:grza133, 'Paris Lives', catalog:grza134, 'Princess Waltz', catalog:grza135, 'Moonlight Tango', catalog:grza136, 'Bastille Waltz' catalog:grza138 and 'Waltz In C', catalog:grza139. Samples of the music are available online. The music are in eSheet format, able to be emailed to your computer. Purchase with credit card. |
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 CD Reviews Index for the Review of "Musical Safari" by Joan Cochran Sommers. Performer is Emil Johansen, Soloist. |
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