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Coupe Mondiale 2011 Video Archive and Education Project – China
International Accordion Festival, Palanga – Lithuania
AATA Australian International Accordion Championships, Sydney - Australia
Reports for Concerts, Masterclasses, Competitions, Festivals, etc. |
New CD Presented at Festival, Skopje - Macedonia
‘14 Years Ago’ – ‘Viva Accordion’ festival in Japan in 1997…
Peter and Sarah (Fina) Piccini Celebrate 50th Anniversary - Australia
Future events |
Scottish Tango Ensemble Concerts, Glasgow - UK
Gaetano Di Leo and Maurizio Lardieri Perform, Campania - Italy
Brian Laurie Accordion Showband on Tour - USA
Klaus Paier Jazz Workshop, Klagenfurt-Viktring - Austria
Julia Kornig & Thom Hardaker in Concert, West Yorkshire – UK
Roberta Lena and Marco Lo Russo in Smoking Pessoa/Rome - Italy
‘Accordion Ventours to Italy’ – Mediterranean Cruise
Final Concert for Mirjana Petercol Accordion Class, Wiesbaden - Germany
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Friedrich Lips Releases Cocktail “Rio Rita” CD - Austriaby Dr Herbert Scheibenreif Manager of Friedrich Lips Productions |
 In a remarkable career as a teacher, performer and artist who has worked with many composers and performed many premieres of new works, Friedrich Lips has now released a new CD titled Cocktail “Rio Rita”. This new CD brings to a total of 23 CD's that are available by this great artist on the Friedrich Lips website. Cocktail “Rio Rita” features a diversity of performers (see performers list below the tracks information) plus many different styles of music to make a superb CD of over 58 minutes. Listen to the sound samples of each track on the Cocktail “Rio Rita” website. With music from Denisov, Piazzolla, Frosini, Podgaits to name only some, this CD presents a real “Cocktail” of fun and musical excellence. Cocktail “Rio Rita” |
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Coupe Mondiale 2011 Video Archive and Education Project – Chinaby Harley Jones |
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 The Coupe Mondiale Video Archive and Education Project was a new project in 2010 and will be repeated again for the 2011 Coupe Mondiale. The project was initiated by the Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes (CIA) with assistance from sponsor Pigini Accordions and Accordions Worldwide. The project includes: (i) A video of all the Coupe Mondiale categories and their contestants to be kept in the CIA archives in Finland, which over the coming years will become a wealth of historical recordings. (ii) Free downloads of the performances by the 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize winners of each Coupe Mondiale category. These will be placed online as free downloads for the educational benefit of accordion teachers and students. The purpose is to enable the free spread of knowledge and information and through that to raise the levels of accordion performance and musicianship internationally. The CIA thanks Accordions Worldwide and Pigini srl directors Massimo and Francesca Pigini (picture right) for their sponsorship of the Coupe Mondiale 2010 Video Archive and Education Project and for sponsoring the project again in 2011. |
International Accordion Festival, Palanga – Lithuaniaby Holda Paoletti-Kampl |
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 The Lithuanian Accordion Association (ALA) and the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre are jointly organizing the annual International Accordion Festival in Palanga, from June 29th to July 5th. This year's festival will be held at the ??S. Vainiunas School of Music Hall, 8 Maironis Street, Palanga and will feature jazz, original contemporary music, transcriptions of classical music and light-pop music. Guests appearing at the festival include the accordion duo Yava (Vladimir Popolzin and Yana Fedoruk - Russia), the ensemble Subito (Belarus), Vitali Dmitriev (Russia), and Kristaps Gintas (Latvia). Palanga also features seminars by professors: Vitali Dmitriev (Russia), Andrej Ledeniov (Russia), Owen Murray (Great Britain) and from Lithuania, Edward Gabnys, Raimondas Sviackevicius and Ricardas Sviackevicius. For further information email: raimondas@sviackevicius.com |
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AATA Australian International Accordion Championships, Sydney - Australiaby Harley Jones |
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 Australian International Championships Daily Reports including photographs, results and the program are online. The event was held on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12 June at the Club Marconi in Sydney. The top solo category Australian International Open Accordion Solo Championships results were: 1st. Piao Zhen (China), 2nd. Zhu Zheng (China), 3rd. Jia Ru (China). Piao Zhen is a student of Prof. Wang Hongyu (picture right), Head of Keyboard Department of Music College of Harbin Normal University. The Gala Concert featured the: - Sydney Balalaika Orchestra directed by Victor Serghie including accordionists Richard She, Lina Chegodaev and Nick Scherbakov - Roland demonstrator Ross Maio, - Duo Aleksey Peresidliy (accordion) and Dmitriy Zhdanov (saxaphone) from Russia, - "The Accordigles" conducted by Steve Marx and the competition winners. Full information about the guest artists and other accordion activities over the weekend are on the website. View the Australian International Championships Daily Reports. For further information email: info@aata.org.au |
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Gary Dahl Releases New Arrangements for Accordion - USAby Kevin Friedrich |
 Renowned arranger Gary Dahl has released a new book ‘A Christmas Tradition’ - A Celebration with the Accordion by Gary Dahl. Sure to be popular with accordionists the world over, this MelBay published book is a collection of original arrangements of the best-loved Christmas songs, spanning four centuries of musical development. From the traditional old English lyrics of God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen which dates back to the 15th Century, to the ever-beloved Jingle Bells of the 19th Century...everyone's traditional favorites are contained in this special volume for accordion. In addition, Gary Dahl has released new updates and arrangements of a variety of works on the MusicForAccordion website including pieces such as Clarinet Polka, The Godfather, Misty, Moon River, ‘The Music of the Night’ from ‘Phantom of the Opera’ and ‘I Left my Heart in San Francisco’. Gary’s publications and arrangements are available in Books and Sheet Music, and span many genres and instructional materials including Tango Styles, Zydeco, Blues, Cajun, Jazz, Italian, Instructional, Tex-Mex, Tejano, Christmas, Harmony/Chord Applications and more! For a complete information on available works, lessons and more, please visit www.accordions.com/garydahl |
New CD Presented at Festival, Skopje - Macedoniaby Rob Howard |
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| On June 7th vibes and bottlephone player Zoran Madjirov led his band, featuring accordionist Toni Pecanov, in a concert presentation of their new CD ‘Roots On A Roof: Balkano Nuevo’, at the last night of the festival OFFEST at the Macedonian National Opera, in capital of Skopje. Toni Pecanov studied accordion at St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia University, Bulgaria, graduating in 2002, and teaches at OU ‘Manus Turnovski’ in addition to performing. For further information email: tpecanov@yahoo.com |
‘14 Years Ago’ – ‘Viva Accordion’ festival in Japan in 1997…by Rob Howard |
| The Accordions Worldwide news published on June 13th 1997 included the first article from Japan, about the annual ‘Viva Accordion’ festival. Is this festival still being held? ACCORDION FESTIVAL IN JAPAN Contributed by Mika Takayama The accordion festival "Viva, Accordion", with performances by amateur and professional accordionists, was held on the 1st of June at the Matsubara City Culture Hall in Osaka. The Festival is organised by the Japan Accordion Association and takes place once a year in Osaka. Mr Shoji Mikami played the local folk song "The River Konogawa, Paper Artisar's Song". Miss Midon Wakinaka, the President of the Hiroshima Accordion Kyohshitsu, performed "Like the Wind", which was written in memory of the late Mrs Wataki, who was a member of the Japan Accordion Association. Mr Toru Katou, an accordion fan in Japan, played "18th Goldberg Variations", by Bach |
Peter and Sarah (Fina) Piccini Celebrate 50th Anniversary - Australiaby Harley Jones |
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| Popular accordion composer Peter Piccini and Sarah (Fina) Piccini enjoyed their 50th Wedding Anniversary on the 22nd April in Western Australia. The photo above just arrived at our office. Peter Piccini has some 84 accordion compositions available online as well as 5 accordion CD's. Email to send a goodwill message is: peter.piccini@bigpond.com |
Future events |
Joseph Natoli Performs at the Chicago Accordion Club, Illinois - USAby Rob Howard |
 On Monday June 20th, 8pm, Joseph Natoli will be performing for the first time at the famed Chicago Accordion Club, Elmhurst American Legion Hall (Normandy Room), 310 Butterfield Rd, Elmhurst, Illinois. The Chicago Accordion Club is one of the most well-known in the country and Joe is preceded at this monthly meeting by such great artists as Art Van Damme, Frank Marocco, Eddie Monteiro, and Stas Venglevski. Also, following Joe at the July meeting will be accordion icon, Dick Contino.Joe will be playing a variety of original compositions and arrangements all specifically created for the Roland FR7X V Accordion, and featuring the orchestral sounds of the instrument. He will be performing a very accurate recreation of Aaron Copland’s orchestral masterpiece ‘Fanfare For the Common Man’, as well as a program of classical, light classical, and jazz favorites. Joe will also be presenting his two CD's (“Waltz For Ron” and “Omaggio”) and the new ‘Adult Accordion Method (Vol 1). In addition, since Joe is a Roland V-Accordion dealer, he will be happy to answer any questions about the V-Accordion line. |
Scottish Tango Ensemble Concerts, Glasgow - UKby Rob Howard |
 Accordionist Paul Chamberlain, from Edinburgh, will be performing with The Scottish Tango Ensemble in two concerts in Glasgow.On June 20th they are playing in the West End Festival as part of the Cottiers Chamber Project. This concert is in Cottier Theatre, 93-95 Hyndland Road, Glasgow, G11 5PU, and begins at 6pm. The Scottish Tango Ensemble have also teamed up with the Glasgow Tango Studio to present at 8.30pm on Friday June 24th a concert followed by a milonga in the Centre for Contemporary Arts in Glasgow. The ensemble was formed in 2009 and is a collaboration of four dynamic musicians based in Edinburgh and Glasgow: Gemma O’Keeffe (violin), Paul Chamberlain (accordion), Tom Berry (double bass) and Fiona Macleod (piano). Their program will include some of Piazzolla’s most famous concert tangos as well as more traditional repertoire from the dance halls of Buenos Aires. For further information email: paul@theaccordionist.com |
Gaetano Di Leo and Maurizio Lardieri Perform, Campania - Italyby Rob Howard |
 Accordionist Gaetano Di Leo and keyboard player Maurizio Lardieri perform their ‘Fantasia Italiana’ show during the evening of Sunday July 12th in Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi, Avellino, Campania, in honour of the feast of St Anthony of Padua.For further information email: gaetanodileo@libero.it |
Brian Laurie Accordion Showband on Tour - USAby Anna Bodell of Charnwood Publications |
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 For the second time, The Brian Laurie Accordion Showband from Paisley, Scotland, under the baton of Brian Laurie (picture left), are jetting off to Florida, USA. They have been invited by the Accordionists & Teachers Guild, International (ATG) to their 71st Annual Competition and Festival in Orlando to perform in concerts and hold workshops on Scottish Music and dancing. While in Florida the band will also perform in Disneyland. The Brian Laurie Accordion Showband has a very high level of playing, with each of the single orchestras having achieved first place at UK Accordion Championships over the years. The showband have travelled the world, playing in America, Canada and most recently Germany. For further information email info@accordionshowband.com |
Klaus Paier Jazz Workshop, Klagenfurt-Viktring - Austriaby Holda Paoletti-Kampl |
 Accordionist and bandoneon player Klaus Paier leads a Jazz Workshop from July 18th to 23rd at the Musikforum, Klagenfurt-Viktring, Austria.Klaus Paier studied accordion, jazz and composition at Klagenfurt Conservatory, experimenting during this time in various styles (classical, jazz, contemporary music) and, since 1993, consistently carrying out his own projects. Whenever asked which form of music has influenced him most strongly, Klaus Paier replies: “Jazz and tango gave me the freedom to develop my own language of music”. For further information about the Jazz Workshop, email: klaus.paier@aon.at |
Julia Kornig & Thom Hardaker in Concert, West Yorkshire – UKby Rob Howard |
 Julia Kornig and Thom Hardaker perform in concert at Wainsgate Chapel, Wainsgate Lane, Old Town, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, on Sunday July 10th at 3pm. This concert is part of the Hebden Bridge Arts Festival.French viola virtuoso Julia Kornig and Keighley-born accordionist Thom Hardaker offer a unique performance of traditional folk music from Scotland to Russia as well as a wide repertoire of classical music from Bach to Piazzolla. With influences from many cultures, this duo will take you on an extraordinary and inspiring musical journey around the world. |
Roberta Lena and Marco Lo Russo in Smoking Pessoa/Rome - Italyby Holda Paoletti-Kampl |
  23 June 2011 – 9 pm FontanonEstate/RomaWie Roberta Lena, music and live accordion by Marco Lo Russo, artists Benedetta Jacovoni e Roberto Perini,costums Katherine Krog. La Tabaccheria, an actress, an accordion, a window towards the world – Lisabon – New York…. (Fernando Pessoa) FontanonEstate - Giardino della Fontana dell'Acqua Paola al Gianicolo via Garibaldi, 30 ROMA info and reservation +39.06.58.83.226 +39.348.82.51.256 - mail: info@fontanonestate.it |
‘Accordion Ventours to Italy’ – Mediterranean Cruiseby Rob Howard |
 ‘Accordion Ventours to Italy’ is a Mediterranean cruise, October 13th to 27th, on the Italian MSC Sinfonia, visiting numerous places of interest. The organizer is accordionist Mel Cohen, of Cut Throat Travel in Napa, California, USA. During the cruise there will be time for various accordion workshops and seminars. The itinerary includes: October 13th – cruise departs from Naples October 14th – visits to Lovorno, Villefranche sur Mer near Nice, Valencia, Ibiza, La Goulette in Tunisia and Catania. October 21st - another night in Naples with time for sightseeing, including Sorrento, the Isle of Capri, the Amalfi Drive October 22nd – visit to the Roland World V-Accordion Championships in Rome October 23rd/24th – visit to Castelfiardo, including the Accordion Museum and accordion factories October 25th - spend a day at the Roland Europe Factory and the evening in San Benedetto del Tronto. October 26th - return to Rome for the night. For further information email: cuthroat@live.com |
Final Concert for Mirjana Petercol Accordion Class, Wiesbaden - Germanyby Holda Paoletti-Kampl |
| The final concert of the accordion class of Mirjana Petercol will be at the "Day of Music" on Sunday, 19 June, Matinee Musicale at 11:30 am in the Wiesbaden Church of Peace, Schwalbach with accordion performances as "solo, duo, trio and more! Accordion sounds pure" presented by my students. This time a program exclusively with accordion music - in different formations. With sound of Abbott, Albenis, Bach, Londonov, Jacobi and Erdmann and more. |
CD Reviews |
Norwegian Safari CD by Øivind Farmenby Joan C. Sommers |
 CD Reviews Index for the Review of “Norwegian Safari" CD, reviewed by Joan Cochran Sommers. Øivind Farmen. |
New and Updated Sites |
Charnwood Publications releases 4 new musicby Charnwood Publishing |
 Charnwood Publications releases 4 new pieces by composer Coppard Sue titled, 'Piccolo Mio', catalog:M674, 'Scots Porridge Oats', catalog:M675 and 'The House of Fun', catalog:M676. Samples of the music are available online. Purchase with credit card. |
Gary Dahl update one of his musicby Gary Dahl |
 Gary Dahl - Author, composer, arranger, recording artist and music educator announces the following updated music titles for purchase on-line. 'Golden Earrings', catalog:DH0232. Samples for this music is now available at the Music For Accordion web site. The music is in eSheet format e-mailed directly to your computer. Easy purchase with credit card. |
Peter Piccini updates all his pages.by Peter Piccini |
 Peter Piccini updates all his pages. |
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