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2021 PIF Castelfidardo, Schedule, Rules and Entry Information Updated - ItalyMartynas Levickis August Concert Program - LithuaniaXII Inter-regional Competition "Terengul Spirits", Ulyanovsk Region - RussiaFriedrich Lips 2021 Interview by Herbert Scheibenreif, Moscow - Russia22nd Autumn Seminar at Bavarian Music Academy – Germany
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Achilleas Panagoulis Performs at Narkissos Music Hall - GreeceNew Governor General is an Accordionist - CanadaCancelled: 2021 Bretelles Festival - FranceOnline 2021 Australian International Accordion Championships – AustraliaBachtopus Releases Seventh Commission - USAZydeco Playboys Entertain in “Die Halle”, Reichenbach – GermanyVideo: Sergio Zampolli Entertains – South Africa
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Lemon Bucket Orkestra Live Shows – CanadaMario Tacca Entertains at Winery - USASummer Accordion Exhibition - SwedenFolk Trio Entertain in Molėtai - LithuaniaRenzo Ruggieri Group Perform at Filignano Festival - Italy“Poor Man’s Gambit” Performs at Musikfest 2021 - USATwo’s Company Duo Concerts - UKMarc Pircher Entertains at 2021 Donauinselfest, Vienna - Austria2021 Stowe Tango Music Festival - USA
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by Harley Jones
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 The 2021 PIF Castelfidardo dates are 28 September to 02 October. The major change for 2021 is that the results, prizegiving and Premio round III will be held on Saturday 02 October changing the tradition of Sunday 4 pm schedule. Artistic Director is Antonio Spaccarotella from Calabria.The revised schedule is online: 2021PIF-schedule The latest update of the rules and entry information is online at: 2021PIF-en and 2021PIF-it The closing date for entries is 31 August 2021. |
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by Christine Johnstone
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 Martynas Levickis and Mikroorkéstra will perform nine concerts in Lithuania during August 2021.Mikroorkéstra was founded in 2015 by Martynas Levickis and this unique chamber orchestra is comprised of outstanding musicians from Lithuania. All orchestra players are handpicked by Martynas. Concerts are: • August 1st: Blue Dinner, Theatre Square, Klaipeda. Concert with the Mikroorkéstra chamber ensemble. • August 5th: Palanga Kurhaus, Palanga. Solo concert • August 7th: Paliesius Manor, Ignalina District (sold out solo concert) • August 8th: Paliesius Manor, Ignalina District. Solo concert • August 13th: Church of Holy Trinity, Troskunai. Concert with Mikroorkéstra chamber ensemble, program includes Antonio Vivaldi “The Four Seasons” • August 15th: Taujenai Manor, Taujenai. Solo concert • August 25th: Siauliai Culture Centre, Siauliai. Solo concert • August 27th: Gelgaudiskis Manor, Gelgaudiskis. Solo concert • August 28th: Church of St Catherine, Vilnius. (Sold out solo concert) For details email: vadimas@accoakademija.lt |
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| The XII Inter-regional Competition "Terengul Spirits" for Harmonists, Bayanists and Accordionists named after Alexander Danilov will be held in the Concert Hall of the Cultural and Leisure Center of the village Terenga, Ulyanovsk Region, Russia on July 31st, 2021. The competition will be attended by talented musicians from the municipalities of the Ulyanovsk region, as well as guests from the regions of Russia: the Republics of Chuvashia, Mordovia, Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, Penza, Samara, Saratov regions, the city of Moscow and others. In addition the competition, guests and participants of the festive event will see exhibitions located adjacent to the District House of Culture which include: - an exhibition of masters of decorative and applied art "Russia is famous for its masters" - an exhibition of handicrafts of the studio of creative development and creative space "Third place", "Bereginya" - an exhibition - presentation of the tourist route "Under the shadow of centuries" - an exhibition of the regional museum of local lore, a bright photo zone "Matryoshka and accordions" - a children's entertainment area with attractions will also be organized. The event is dedicated to the work of A.S. Danilov, a native of the village of Goryushka, Sengileevsky District, Simbirsk Province, currently the village of Gavrilovka, Terengulsky District, Ulyanovsk Region. Download festival regulations here: 2021DanilovRules.pdf |
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by Harley Jones
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  The amazing stellar career of Prof. Friedrich Lips as a performer, professor, author, arranger is well known around the world. He was originally interviewed in 1999 and now 22 years later, on the occasion of the publication of Lips CD030 Double Mirror, Moderator: Dr Herbert Scheibenreif interviews him again. The co-operation between Prof. Friedrich Lips and Dr Herbert Scheibenreif has now produced an incredible 30 CD's for the accordion world. View the 2021 Interview at: Lips2021 Original 1999 Interview at: Lips1999 The 2021 first question was: Q. Prof. Lips! The 30th CD of your own CD series has just been released. What special meaning does this have for you in your life's work? Have you also received international awards for your CDs? Read the full interview at: Lips2021 |
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  Registrations are now open for the 22nd Autumn Seminar at the Bavarian Music Academy Schloss Alteglofsheim near Regensburg organised by the Bavarian Branch of the German Harmonica Association (DHV).The event will take place from October 29th to November 1st, 2021. The training offer includes courses on various topics and is aimed at amateur accordionists of all ages. Following the cancellation of the 2020 seminar due to the pandemic, hopes for a "restart" in October 2021 are very high that the 22nd autumn seminar can lead the accordion world back to a musical "normality". The following courses are offered: • Conducting course for beginners and advanced – "Everything allowed" (Stefan Hippe) • The Sound of Silence – Try out – Play – Interpret (Hans-Günther Kölz) • Styrian harmonica (Irmi Schuhbauer) • Opportunities for development (Sabine Kölz) • Accordion repair – know how (Oliver Baum) Registration deadline is September 15th, 2021. Download registration form here: 2021Herbstseminar.pdf For details email: karin.renner-kiese@gmx.de |
Reports for Concerts, Masterclasses, Competitions, Festivals, etc. |
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| Video: Accordionist Achilleas Panagoulis performed at the Narkissos Music Hall in Amaroúsion, Greece this month. His program also included songs with vocalist Pepi Theochari. |
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 Canadian Press reporters, Emma Tranter and Chris Reynolds presented a news item, recently on Mary Simon (picture left), the first Indigenous leader to be chosen as the new Governor General of Canada. “Guess what? She is an accordion player! So, not only is she the first Indigenous Governor-General, she is the first accordion player to become one! Not only an accordion player but a fun one!” According to the Winnipeg Free Press report, “Okalik Eegeesiak, Simon's friend and fellow Inuk leader, remembers once, at an event in Ottawa, Simon picked up her accordion and started to play for the crowd. ‘She’s just that type of person. She'll just get into it and play an accordion at some event,’ Eegeesiak said. |
by Christine Johnstone
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 Organisers of the 2021 Bretelles Festival, due to be held at the Château de Bertholène in Bertholène, France from August 3rd to 8th, regret to announce that the festival has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic."The recent worsening of the epidemiological situation and the alarming spread of the virus broadcast by the Public Authorities, the National Public Health Agency and the media unfortunately force us to cancel the third edition of the Bretelles Festival." People who have purchased one or more tickets for the festival will receive an email from the Festik platform within the next few days concerning the refund procedure. For details email: bretellesfestival@gmail.com |
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 Unfortunately, due to the current Covid-19 lockdowns in Sydney, the in-person section for Australian residents has been cancelled. Unaffected is the online competition and closing date for the video 2021 Australian Accordion Teachers Association (AATA) International Accordion Championships, President Tatjana Marx, is on August 13th, 2021. Results will be announced on August 30th, 2021. For further details see the AATA website or email: tats64@gmail.com |
by Christine Johnstone
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| Video: Bachtopus: Six of One (Half Dozen of the Other) by Bob Goldberg. Recorded at their respective homes during quarantine. Audio mixing and video editing by Rob Duncan. Bachtopus is excited to release the seventh commission from their 2020 Composers Commissioning Fund, which was written for them by composer and accordionist Bob Goldberg. This piece started as a modal improvisation that was performed at a community garden on June 1st, 2008. The title, referring to the date, was given by the composer rather spontaneously. Bachtopus includes accordionists Robert Duncan, Peter Flint, Mayumi Miyaoka, and Jeanne Velonis. The Bachtopus Accordion Ensemble’s 2020 Composer Commissioning Fund is sponsored, in part, by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC). |
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by Christine Johnstone
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| The Zydeco Playboys entertained a live concert in the beer garden at “Die Halle” e.V. in Reichenbach, Germany on July 24th, 2021. The band was excited to be back on stage performing live and enjoyed playing a Louisiana and Down South Party! Attendees were treated to a mix of “Zydeco, grooving Latin rhythm & blues, alligator-laden Cajun songs, rumbling Tex-Mex polkas and blues with a special feeling.” |
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by Christine Johnstone
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| Video: Sergio Zampolli (South Africa) entertains with Bumble Bee Boogie. Enjoy. |
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by Christine Johnstone
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 The Lemon Bucket Orkestra are pleased to be performing live shows again this weekend.The group, which includes accordionist and vocalist Marichka Marczyk (picture right) perform a mix of Balkan, Klezmer, Gypsy and “Party-Punk” music. Their program this weekend is: • July 30th - Ottawa Chamberfest concerts at 2pm & 7pm. If you can’t attend in person, there are Live Stream Passes available • July 31st - Westben Concert on Willow Hill at 7pm. For details email: ian@meta4world.com |
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 Accordionist Mario Tacca is the featured performer at the Magnanini Winery & Italian Restaurant in Wallkill, New York on August 1st, 2021 at 1pm.Attendees can spend “a glorious afternoon enjoying the mesmerizing playing of the maestro himself! Don't forget to bring your dancing shoes!” For details phone: 845-895-2767 |
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| A summer accordion event will be held at Gudmundrå Hembygdsgård in Kramford, Sweden on August 7th, 2021 from 11am to 6pm, organised by Sundeqvist Musik. The event will include a large accordion exhibition and lots of accordion music throughout the day. Organisers also promise “many big and exciting surprises!” See poster for details. |
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| The Folk Trio will entertain at a concert in Moletai, a town in north eastern Lithuania surrounded by lakes, on August 7th, 2021. Band Members include Nerijus Bakula (accordion), Ineta Meduneckyte (vocals) and Jan Maksimovic (saxophone). Their program will include meaningful traditional Lithuanian folk songs and delicate improvisations of saxophone and accordion masters. For details email: ethnoprojects@gmail.com |
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| The Renzo Ruggieri Group will perform at the Filignano Festival in Filignano, Isernia, Molise, Italy on August 12th. The festival, which celebrates the 100th anniversary of the birth of Mario Lanza (1921 to 2021) a tenor, actor, and Hollywood film star of the late 1940s and the 1950s, will include a week of celebrations from August 11th to 17th, with evening concerts beginning at 9.30pm. The Renzo Ruggieri Group includes lead Renzo (accordion), Roberto Desiderio (drums), Massimo Moriconi (double bass) and Toni Pancella (piano). For details email: info@renzoruggieri.it |
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| “Poor Man’s Gambit” will entertain at Musikfest 2021, held at the Americaplatz Stage, Levitt Pavillion Steel Stacks in Bethleham, PA on August 11th, 2021. The Traditional celtic band will play a free concert from 7pm to 8.30pm. The trio includes Corey Purcell (accordion, cittern, vocals & bodhran), Federico Betti (guitar & fiddle), and Deirdre Lockman (fiddle & vocals). Building on their roots as traditional Irish musicians, the trio's repertoire is also influenced by traditional music of other cultures including France, Scotland, England, and America. For details email: poormansgambit@gmail.com |
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| John Kirkpatrick (accordion) and Richard Tunnicliffe (cello & mandolin) will entertain with a free lunchtime concert at the Clun Methodist Church in Clun, Shropshire, England, UK on August 22nd, 2021. This concert is part of the lunchtime concert series organised by the Clun Valley Chamber Music Festival. For details email: lmtunnicliffe@gmail.com |
by Christine Johnstone
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 Accordionist Marc Pircher (picture left) and his band will perform on September 19th, 5pm at the 2021 Donauinselfest held at the Donauinsel, open air area in Vienna. The festival, claimed to be the biggest open-air festival in Europe, will run from August 2nd to September 19th, 2021.The 2021 event takes place under the motto “Wienievorvor”, out of respect for all the Viennese who have shown once again over the past year (of Covid-19) what it means to stand together in a crisis! The summer tour part of the festival will take place from August 2nd to September 16th in all 23 districts of Vienna. This will be followed by the Dif21 festival weekend from September 17th to 19th, with four stages of music on the Danube Island! Performers are 100% from Austria and from all music genres and for the first time, classical acts are also included! In addition, families and children can look forward to a comprehensive program with their own Dif21 kids tour, the Dif21 tour bike and a special festival on Sunday 19th! The whole event will include 40 days of events, 80 acts and around 120 pop-up concerts, as well as the Dif21 tour bus, which will again be driving through the whole city with a varied program of performers. For details email: kontakt@spw.at |
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  The 2021 Stowe Tango Music Festival will be held in Stowe, Vermont, USA from August 19th to 22nd, organised by Artistic Director, Hector Del Curto (picture right).This year’s event will feature live in-person events at Palais de Glace on August 21st, as well as online events including the premieres of tango documentaries produced by The Argentine Tango Society on August 19th, 20th and 22nd. Schedule for August 21st live events as follows: 1:30 to 2:30pm: “Why Does It Sound So Good?" Musicality Workshop by Hector Del Curto 2:30 to 3:30pm: “Sequence in Milonguero style and salon style” Dance Workshop by Aldo & Paula 3:30 to 4:30pm: “Structure of Milonga Traspie Sequences” Dance Workshop by Aldo & Paula 7:30 to 8:15pm Festival Concert by Hector Del Curto Tango Quintet – Hector Del Curto, Gustavo Casenave, Sami Merdinian, Jisoo Ok, Pedro Giraudo, Santiago Del Curto & special guest clarinettist Eric Abramovitz 8:15pm to 12am Festival Milonga with Live Music by the Quintet and guests including the musicians of the Bandoneon Workshop and DJ by John Coppens For details email: stowetangomusicfestival@gmail.com |
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| Video: This young beginner player and singer, Célio entertains you from Portugal. |
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Site mis à jour : Julia Gordon Scottish Music Arrangements - Ecosseby Harley Jones |
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 Julia Gordon, animatrice, enseignante et arrangeuse, possède un livre de tutorat et un large catalogue d'arrangements écossais qui ont reçu des critiques très élogieuses. La musique est au format pdf pouvant vous être envoyée par email.20 autres titres, dont beaucoup d'œuvres traditionnelles écossaises célèbres arrangées par Julia Gordon, sont maintenant en ligne. Cliquez sur le lien ci-dessous pour afficher un échantillon de chaque pièce, qualité et autres informations. N° de catalogue - Nom de la musique jgordon102 - The Boatman, The (Fear a' Bhàta) jgordon107 - South Uist Whaling Song jgordon108 - Cailin Mo Ruin-Sa jgordon111 - Griogal Cridhe jgordon115 - Kirkconnel Lea jgordon117 - Sound The Pibroch jgordon124 - The Loch Tay Boat Song jgordon131 - My Love Is Like A Red Red Rose jgordon132 - Wild Mountain Thyme jgordon133 - The Rowan Tree jgordon139 - Tha Mo Ghaol Air Àird A’ Chuain (My Love Is On The High Seas) jgordon142 - Sine Bhan jgordon156 - Neil Gow's Lament For His Second Wife jgordon160 - The Iona Boat Song, The (Caol Muile) jgordon175 - Westering Home jgordon177 - Dark Lochnagar jgordon180 - Morag of Dunvegan jgordon182 - The Skye Boat Song jgordon194 - Dream Angus jgordon197 - Row Me Home To Islay jgordon209 - Haste Ye Back jgordon211 - The Mist-Covered Mountains Of Home (Chì Mi Na Mòrbheanna) jgordon213 - Mingulay Boat Song jgordon217 - The Massacre Of Gencoe jgordon224 - Bonnie Galloway jgordon230 - Mo Ghile Mear jgordon239 - Loch Lomond jgordon244 - Hector The Hero jgordon325 - Mairi's Wedding jgordon327 - Scotland The Brave |
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Critique du CD : Double Mirror CD de Friedrich Lipsby Joan C. Sommers |
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| CD Reviews Index de CD pour la critique du CD Double Mirror de Friedrich Lips. Revue par Joan Cochran Sommers en anglais et en allemand. |
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