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Akkordeonfestival,
Eastbourne - Großbritannien
 Das
Akkordeonfestival von Eastbourne findet vom 17. bis zum 20. Februar 2006
statt. Der Organisator, John Romeo, kommentiert: "Vier
Tage voller Musik, wie es nur Akkordeonisten machen können. Unser
Programm beinhaltet Konzerte von führenden Musikern wie zum Beispiel
Andy Anderson, Gary Blair, Paul
Chamberlain, Sue Coppard,
Gennaro Fiondella, Harry Hussey, Lisa Lee Leslie, John Romero, Romano
Viazzani und Charlie Watkins.
Natürlich werden wir unterstützende Displays mit Trevani Studios,
elektronischen Akkordeons Ltd und WEM haben. Zusätzlich wird Stan
Mayhew zur Beratung rund um das Thema Akkordeontuning anwesend sein. Über
sechs Stunden werden Klassen sein, die ebenfalls während des Wochenendes
ablaufen. Unsere Gäste sind herzlich eingeladen, ihre Instrumente
mitzubringen, zum einen für die Klassen und zum anderen um an unserem
Gastkonzert teilzunehmen". Das
Festival findet im "Cumberland Hotel", eines von Eastbournes
besten Hotels statt. Die Unterkunft ist begrenzt und das Reservieren bei
Zeiten ist ratsam.
Für weitere
Informationen emailen Sie an jr@carillonstudios.co.uk
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Neue Lehrpläne fürs Akkordeon am Trinity
College, London - Großbritannien
 Am
Trinity College in London (auch bekannt als Trinity Guildhall) wurde
ein Lehrplan für das Akkordeon eingeführt. Examen werden
von der Stufe 1 bis 8 angeboten, einschließlich dem ersten Konzert
mit Auftrittszertifikat. Der Lehrplan beinhaltet Veranlagungen am
freien Bass und Stradella Bass Akkordeon, mit unterschiedlicher Repertoireliste
für beide. Das
Trinity College hat ein weltweites Netzwerk an Managern und Beauftragten
und bietet seine Ausbildungen in über 60 Ländern an.
Für weitere Informationen emailen Sie bitte an Natalie.bleicher@trinitycollege.co.uk
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International
Montreux Accordion Camp, Les Avants - Switzerland
Contributed
by Holda
Paoletti-Kampl
The
6th International Montreux Accordion Camp took place in August against
the backdrop of the beautiful Swiss mountains. The 40 participants
came from Canada, USA, Germany, Swiss, Italy and France, enjoying
both the musical activities and the pleasant surroundings. The teachers
were Mady and Peter
Soave and Jean
Louis Noton.
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Carrefour
Mondial de l'Accordeon, Quebec - Canada
Contributed
by Rob
Howard
 Scottish
accordionist Gary Blair sent the following report on the recent
Carrefour Mondial de l'Accordeon, held in Canada:-
"Having lost my accordion on travelling, it was a relief when
it arrived a matter of hours before my first performance. For me,
the festival was an outstanding success. There were accordionists
from around the world. Scotland, England, France, Italy, South America
and, of course, Canada were represented.
Throughout Montmagny, there were different stages and most performers
played at least 4 or 5 times during the weekend. A huge crowd was
present at the Mayor's Park in the center of town. Some of the performers
present included Gary Blair, Frederic Baldo, Giancarlo Caporrilli,
Frederic Langlais, Sam Garcia, Mickaël Vigneau and Chris Parkinson".
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25th
Anniversary Accordion Festival, Geiranger - Norway
Contributed by Holda
Paoletti-Kampl
 Domi
Emorine and Roman Jbanov, known as the Paris-Moscow
Duo, performed at the recent Belgiaden I Geiranger Accordion Festival,
and have sent the following report:-
"The host Ørskog Accordion Club
celebrated 25 years with a festival in Geiranger this year. During
the weekend the audience could see and hear 6 concerts and dances.
The mood was great, and both professional and amateur performers were
on the stages.
Belgiaden I Geiranger has been a success from the first festival in
1980 when Ebbe Jularbo and Lennart Wärmell were performers. This
year the young recruits showed us that we will also be hearing great
accordion music in the future. Every year big names from all over
Scandinavia have visited the festival. This year the host had invited
the Paris-Moscow
Duo of Domi Emorine and Roman Jbanov.
They played both solo and duets and received massive applause. The
audience was thrilled listening to a mix of classical music, folk
tunes and French variety music. The artistes communicated in Russian,
French, English and Norwegian!
The hosts had also their own contributors in the program. The Junior
Orchestra and the Club Orchestra were both on the stage several times,
with Knut Ivar Bøe as conductor. Also performing were the youth
group 'Optirock', Ingrid G. Hellen, and Oda K. Stenberg, from Vestnes,
and Miquel and Daniel Falcón from Engesetdal. Another local
artiste was Kristina B. Farstad, who also played solo with the club's
own orchestra. Linda Gytri and Vidar Skrede played traditional folk
music. The concert opened with Carl Jularbo's 'Life in the Finland
Woods', in which almost every accordion player present participated.
From Sweden, the famous accordionist Alf Hågedal was successful
both as concert player and as a dance musician.
This festival was a great artistic and commercial success".
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Young
Accordionist's Success at International Eisteddfod, Wales - UK
Contributed by Rob
Howard
 Faye
Ventre, aged 12, from Sawbridgeworth in England, recently achieved
great success being placed 2nd in the Under 16 Instrumental Solo
section at the 59th Llangollen International Music Eisteddfod. Faye,
a pupil of accordion teacher Stella Hughes, played a Bayan button
accordion, and competed against instrumentalists from many other
countries to reach the final.
In the
final, which was televised by Sky Television and BBC Wales, Faye
played two contrasting pieces from the 'Children's Suite No 1',
by Valdislav Zolatariev.
Competing against players of the cello, violin, clarinet and piano,
the adjudicators praised Faye for the maturity, musicality and sensitivity
of her playing.
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Poozies
October Tour - UK
Contributed by Christine
Adams
 The
all-female folk band The Poozies, featuring Karen Tweed on accordion,
tour concert venues around the British Isles in October and November.
The dates and venues are;-
October
19th - Lakeside, Nottingham
20th - Courthouse, Otley, West Yorkshire
21st - Courtyard, Hereford
22nd - Village Hall, Llandinam, Wales
23rd - Musicport Festival, Whitby
24th - Rosehill Theatre, Whitehaven
25th - Tollbooth, Stirling
26th - Queen's Hall, Hexam
27th - Playhouse, Alnwick
28th - Arts Centre, Southport
29th - Centenary Hall, Peel, Isle of Man
30th - Norwegian Church, Cardiff, Wales
31st - Arts Center, Dartington
November
1st - 'Folk in the Fall', Purcell Room, London
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Douglas
Ward releases three compositions, 'Abacus',
'Coming
Home', and 'Serenity'.
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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Tex-
Mex Akkordeonist Flaco Jimenez wird an einem Benefizkonzert am 25.
September im Alamo Stadium in San Antonio auftreten. Das Konzert
wird auch Cajun, Blues, Rock, Country und Western sowie Mariarchi
Künstler, die alle ihre Zeit und ihr Talent für die Opfer
der kürzlichen Katastrophe spenden, umfassen. Flaco
Jimenes, der fünf Mal den Grammy Award gewonnen hat, ist einer
der Organisatoren des Konzerts.
Am
19. September wird der Professor 
The
annual Festivals Acadiens takes place from September 16th to 18th,
at Girard Park and Downtown in Lafayette. This large scale Cajun
festival involves such accordionists as Ray Abshire, Wayne Toups,
Jeffery Broussard and DL Menard, plus many other musicians and bands.
A
new