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Terem Crossover de la concurrence, St-Pétersbourg - Russie
Organ Competition versus Accordéon, Khanty-Mansiysk - Russie
Musique rapports sur la concurrence á Lanciano, Lanciano - Italie
Reports for Concerts, Masterclasses, Competitions, Festivals, etc. |
RMAC Committee Meeting, Montana – USA‘ClubTango’ Quintet’s Recent Tour - RussiaCelebrity Interview of Steve Bach in Italian - MacauAir Raid Shelters 70th Anniversary, Stockport – UK
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NAO Southern Area Festival, Dorset – UK2010 National Accordion Convention, Texas – USACIA Winter Congress in Arrasate – SpainBarefoot Becky and the Ivanhoe Dutchmen, Nebraska – USABeltrami Accordion Festival 2009, Aberdeen – UKRafal Luc Concert, Bristol - UKJiddiesj Festival 2009, Tilburg – Netherlands
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Nouveau CD: «ecLIPSE», Moscou - Russieby Herbert Scheibenreif |
 La dernière version CD du virtuose russe Friedrich Lips, 'ecLIPSE', Catalogue CD021, est inhabituel en ce qu'il comprend des œuvres principalement pour bayan écrit principalement au 21e siècle, par quelques-uns des compositeurs les plus réputés de la Russie. L'exception est «Sonate n ° 1», par Bantshikov, qui date de 1977. Les pistes comprennent: Bantshikov G. (1943) - «Sonate N ° 1» pour accordéon en 3 mouvements (1977); A. Cholminov (1925) - 'Autumn Melody »(2005), R. Ledenjow (1930) -' Evening chansonnettes amour »(2003); E. Podgaits (1949) -" Sonate pour bayan en 3 mouvements »(2004), M. Bronner (1952) -« Eclipse »(2008) pour accordéon et électronique. Friedrich Lips (né en 1948) est un des professeurs de l'accordéon connu dans tout le monde et interprètes de concert. Basé à Moscou, Lips enseigne à de nombreuses académies en Russie et partout dans le monde. Ses séminaires internationaux, des master classes et des cours d'éducation sont très estimés. Il est aussi membre du jury au concours de musique internationaux les plus importants. En 1989, des lèvres Bayan fondé le festival international de musique et Bayanists »à Moscou, siégeant en tant que son directeur artistique à l'heure actuelle, et a lancé la fameuse musique de Moscou Prix de Bayan-Solistes Accordéon. Pour de plus amples informations email: herbert@accordion-cd.co.at Achat en ligne au catalogue CD021. |
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Terem Crossover de la concurrence, St-Pétersbourg - Russieby Alexander Shirunov |
 Il s'agit du dernier appel à candidature pour participer à la Compétition Internationale Ensemble Instrumental, Terem concurrence Crossover. Le concours, créé avec le soutien du Conseil de Saint-Pétersbourg et le ministère russe de la Culture, aura lieu le 22 Mars à 28th 2010 au State Academic Capella de Saint-Pétersbourg et le Grand Hall de Chostakovitch académique de Saint-Pétersbourg Philharmonic, et est ouvert à des ensembles comprenant entre 2 et 7 membres, et à jouer aucun instrument acoustique musicale. Le concours ne fixe aucune restriction sur l'âge des participants ou sur le style de la musique exécutée. Les gagnants du concours se partageront un montant de primes de plus de 1.000.000 roubles. Un ensemble aura la chance de visiter la Russie salles de concert les plus illustres, et tous les participants au concours gagneront l'occasion unique de montrer leur art aux joueurs de premier plan dans l'industrie musicale de la Russie, en Europe et en Asie. La date limite des candidatures est le Novembre 30 avril 2009. Pour de plus amples informations email: terem.competition@gmail.com |
Organ Competition versus Accordéon, Khanty-Mansiysk - Russieby Alexander Poeluev |
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| Le 25 Octobre à Khanty-Mansiysk, dans la salle de concert d'orgue-Theater Center, a eu lieu un des concerts les plus uniques / concours jamais. Competing Instruments: Accordéon versus organe. Concurrents étaient deux artistes superbes: Yuri Chichkine (Yuri Shishkin) (artiste émérite de Russie, lauréat des concours internationaux, soliste de l'Orchestre philharmonique d'Etat de Rostov) et Vladislav Murtazin (artiste émérite de la République du Bachkortostan, lauréat de concours internationaux, professeur de l'Institut national de Ufa Arts). Une fois déjà, un match similaire a été faite. Il a été en Hollande en 1995 dans une église à Alkmaar. Les initiateurs étaient un organiste néerlandais et Yuri Chichkine (Yuri Shishkin), qui jouait souvent en Hollande à cette époque. Selon Yuri Chichkine (Yuri Shishkin), «Ce n'était pas une simple proposition". En concurrence avec le corps de l'organe du son est pratiquement impossible. Si l'église est de 30 mètres de hauteur, puis le son vient de là la hauteur du mur et en contraste, l'accordéoniste a pratiquement pas de hauteur, mais présente l'avantage des deux mains étant clairement visible, le déplacement et le soufflet d'action de l'organisme. Ce concours d'alors était le suivant: Yuri joué la première fois l'orgue 'Prélude et Fugue en si mineur »de JS Bach, et a ensuite invité l'organiste. Il a joué le même morceau. Cela fait une image comparative immédiatement claire des artistes interprètes ou exécutants et des instruments. Yuri Chichkine (Yuri Shishkin) interprété des œuvres de transcription de Liszt, Mendelssohn, et a ensuite invité l'organiste. L'organiste a joué des pièces de Mendelssohn et Reger. A ce concours, le verdict était en faveur de Yuri Chichkine (Yuri Shishkin), avec deux instruments beaucoup apprécié par l'auditoire. Aujourd'hui, après quelque 14 années, l'idée du concert / concours a été appuyée par les organisateurs de concerts dans X-Mansiysk. Le concert a été diffusé à la télévision et Internet. Pour Octobre 25, tout semblait comme certains le même scénario qu'en 1995, sauf en 2009, le concept était déjà plus le déplacement vers la fusion plutôt que la concurrence. Plusieurs morceaux ont été entendus dans le duo. Il y avait des fragments de la suite de 'Pictures at an Exhibition', de Moussorgski, et la finale du «Concerto in A Minor", Vivaldi-Bach. Duos sont devenus populaires numéros de concert brillant. Vladislav Murtazin, un excellent organiste, un interprète très expérimenté et brillant, avec beaucoup de concerts en Russie et à l'étranger, magistralement exécutée 'Toccata et Fugue en ré mineur Orgue Choral "et" Prélude en fa mineur »de JS Bach. Yuri Chichkine interprété des œuvres en solo par Rodrigo, Tchaïkovski, Rimski-Korsakov, Prokofiev, et Semionov. Pourtant, 70% du public ont donné leur voix à l'accordéon. Selon les commentaires, l'accordéon avait un plus grand contraste, plus émotionnel, capricieux avec plus d'âme. Gagnant Yuri Chichkine a été en mesure de transmettre une signification plus musical que l'organe de Murtazina. Un événement musical passionnant, et l'autre à retenir pour le public. |
Musique rapports sur la concurrence á Lanciano, Lanciano - Italieby Rob Howard |
 La «Città di Lanciano 'Concours International a eu lieu à Lanciano en Octobre, incorporant deux concours différents, le« XIX Concours International "Città di Lanciano" et la concurrence internationale tierce dédié à Astor Piazzolla "Libertango". Laura Piazzolla a été un invité spécial de l'honneur et membre du jury. Un rapport de ces concours est lié (Lanciano 2009). |
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by Davee Letford
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 The Rocky Mountain Acordion Celebration Committee met on October 20th. It was an enthusiastic and optimistic meeting. Many thoughts and ideas were “aired and shared”. The general feeling was that all of the feedback from attendees and participants of RMAC 2009 was informative and positive.We are planning our 2010 RMAC festival with the same format. The hub of the event will again be at the school gymnasium with vendors, workshops, open stage, and headline performances. Expanding our musical experience, we are hoping to include a Fiddler’s jamboree as part of the event. We are encouraging all musicians and groups to participate. The ‘Jammin and Dancin’ that has always been well attended and very much enjoyed, will again be held at the Sunshine Station. We are very happy to note that Jean Roberts and Don Filcher will head up this very popular portion of the weekend’s fun. Time constraints derailed our parade this year. We would like to give it a try again next year, with perhaps a procession from downtown up to the school just prior to the Saturday performance. Some of our downtown businesses are showing interest in encouraging music and dancing at their establishments, and we are hoping to expand this part of the event. We truly appreciate all those who have helped us sustain and build this festival. With the economic challenges that we all face, keeping the music and friendships alive can be a difficult task. We are hoping that by simplifying and keeping costs down, we can keep the music alive in Philipsburg. We need to have our program ready for the printers by January 15th 2010. For further information email: quigleybb@yahoo.com. |
by Yuri Boldin
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 Alexander Mitenev and his ‘ClubTango’ Quintet have just returned from a concert tour. Concerts in Kiev, Vilnius, St. Petersburg and Kaliningrad were dedicated to Astor Piazzolla and called ‘Tracing Astor’, covering not only Astor's compositions, but also music by modern and old masters, musicians who worked with Piazzolla and influenced him. Musicians perform popular and chamber tango music, covering all epochs of tango history - from Guardia Vieja till Avant-Garde.It seems that public interest for Astor Piazzolla's heritage is booming on the east of Europe. It can be explained with the fact that his music became widely known there quite recently. Full concert halls and all tickets sold out - is the evidence of this idea. During their tour ClubTango visited two competitions for accordion and bandoneon - "Citta di Castelfidardo" and the ‘Libertango’ Competition in Lanciano (Italy), winning first prizes. It's also worth to mention a brand new music festival in Kiev, which has been held for the first time in October. It's called ‘AstorFest’, and dedicated to the music of Astor Piazzolla, organized by enthusiasts from the ‘Caprice Classic’ Quartet. In Kaliningrad and Vilnius ‘ClubTango’ featured Miroslav Lelukh (accordion) and played together a few tango compositions by Richard Galliano. The winner of the ‘Musica Legera’ competition in Castelfidardo (2005), Miroslav has just acquired his new Borsini accordion, which sounds great. For further information email: johnathan@mail.ru |
by Marco Cinaglia
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 The Celebrity Interviews of Steve Bach by Marco Cinaglia, product manager of Roland Europe, is now published in Italian. English and French is already online. |
by Rob Howard
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 The 70th anniversary of the official opening of the Stockport Air Raid Shelters took place on October 24th. Accordionists Rob Howard and John Jones entertained large numbers of visitors throughout the afternoon, leading sing along sessions of war songs such as ‘Run Rabbit Run’, ‘Lili Marlene’, Wish Me Luck, Lambeth Walk’, and many others. BBC radio and television news and the local press covered the event, which was opened by the Mayor of Stockport, Councillor Colin MacAlister.The Air Raid Shelters opened in 1939, and during the Blitz in 1940 and 1941 provided cover for thousands each night. Accordionists were welcome entertainers to provide relief from the nightly tedium and tension. In recent years the Shelters were re-opened as a tourist attraction and educational resource. Accordion music forms part of occasional special tours, the next ones taking place on December 7th, 10th and 14th. For further information email: robaccord5@hotmail.com |
Future events |
by Rob Howard
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 The NAO 2009 Southern Area Festival takes place at the Allendale Centre, Wimborne, Dorset, on Saturday October 31st, from 9.30am. The organizer is Bob Downer, and the adjudicators are Douglas Ward and Colin Whitfield. |
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| Planning for the 2010 National Accordion Convention in Dallas, Texas, is already underway, and the organizers are looking for ideas and suggestions from ‘conventioneers’. The event takes place from March 10th to 14th, and the venue will be Westin Park Central Hotel, 12720 Merit Drive, LBJ 635 @ Highway 1-75 Dallas, TX 75251. For further information email: natlaccordion@sbcglobal.net |
by Kevin Friedrich
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 New CIA President Raymond Bodell, is inviting CIA members to the 123rd Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes (CIA) General Assembly of Delegates that will be held in Arrasate, Spain from 5 - 6 of December, 2009.The Winter Congress will coincide with the annual "Arrasateko Akordeoi Lehiaketak" International Accordion Competition being held from the 4 - 8 December, 2009 hosted by our CIA member "Hauspoz" Euskal Herriko Akordeoi Elkartea. Everyone is invited to register online http://www.accordions.com/cia/winter_09_register_spain.htm and on the same page is the meeting schedule and travel information. |
by Rob Howard
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 Barefoot Becky and the Ivanhoe Dutchmen, from Mount Vernon, Iowa, perform at the Starlite Ballroom, Wahoo, Nebraska, on November 1st, 2pm. Their music is a mix of German and Czech-style polka, country, big band, and party favorites. The band, featuring Becky Livermore on accordion and vocals, has been performing throughout the USA since 1988. People remember the band best by two things: Becky's bare feet! She started playing barefoot simply because it was more comfortable than playing with shoes on. On November 17th Becky and her band will perform at the Ponderosa Ballroom, Walford, Iowa. |
by Rob Howard
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 The Beltrami Accordion Festival 2009, organised by Norman English from Bruce Millers Music Store, Aberdeen, takes place at the Aberdeen Arts Centre Theatre on Sunday November 1st at 7.30pm. This event is a concert featuring a wealth of local and international musicians.Teenage star Craig Paton, winner of many competitions in Scotland and at the NAO UK Accordion Championships, will perform. He will also be presented with a beautiful hand made Beltrami accordion, custom crafted and featuring a most unusual design depicting the Scottish Satire and a thistle. Also appearing are the tenor Salvatori Vaccarino, well known in Aberdeenshire for his rendition of Pavarotti favourites, and young local accordionist Gregor Allan. Brazilian accordionist Chico Chagas will perform with Jonathan Preiss – guitar, and Adriano Adewale - percussion. The trio, which plays Chico’s own compositions, won the “Best Show” award at the 2009 Kaunas Jazz Festival in Lithuania. Romano Viazzani, who last year enthralled his audience with his performance, again tops the bill. This year Romano will incorporate his talents with those of singer, Melody Castellari and pianist, Simon Mulligan. As on previous occasions the Beltrami Accordion Festival 2009 will be compered, by Norman English, who will also perform. For further information email: normanenglish@fastmail.net |
by Rob Howard
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 Rafal Luc – accordion, and Jessica Hayes – cello, are in concert together at the Colston Hall, Colston Road, Harbourside, Bristol BS1 5AR, on Tuesday November 3rd, 1pm.Rafal Luc, from Poland, is a student at the Royal Academy of Music in London. For further information email: o.murray@ram.ac.uk |
by Rob Howard
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 The Jiddiesj Festival 2009 takes place in Tilburg, Netherlands, from November 27th to 29th. This klezmer event involves several artistes using accordions, amongst whom are: November 27th, 8.30pm - David Krakauer & Kezmer Madness in concert at Muziekpodium Paradox. Their line up is David Krakauer – clarinet, William Holshouser – accordion, Sheryl Bailey – guitar, Michael Sarin – drums, and Jerome Harris - bass November 28th, 8pm - the Geoff Berner Trio, from Canada, perform at Paradox November 29th, 3pm - Kasha Nasha, featuring accordionist Michiel Ockeloen perform at Paradox. Kasha Nasha plays balkan, gipsy and klezmer music with strong pop and jazz influences. |
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| The November Diatonic News will be online on the 1st November. |
by Rita Davidson Barnea
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 The USA News for November will be online on the 1st November. |
by Marco Cinaglia
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 The Celebrity Interviews of Steve Bach by Marco Cinaglia, product manager of Roland Europe, is now published in Italian. English and French is already online. |
by Harley Jones
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 2009 Coupe Mondiale World Accordion Champion Grayson Masefield has had his website updated with lots of photos of the 2009 Coupe Mondiale and also photos from the 5th Primus Ikaalinen International TV Accordion Competition, part of the 2009 Sata-Häme Soi Accordion Festival. |
by Kevin Friedrich
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 The Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes (CIA) Website has been updated with Winter Congress Information including a submit form for attendance. |
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 The Coupe Mondiale website has the 7 categories of the 2009 Coupe Mondiale available for video download. The price of 55 Euro includes every performance of every competitor. You download to your computer and you can watch it at your leisure as often as you like. |
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 CD Reviews Index for the Review of “Musica Ricercata” by Alessandro Mugnoz. Performer is Luca Piovesan. |
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