Charles
Magnante (1905-86) war und wird von vielen als einer der weltbesten
Akkordeonisten betrachtet und seine Arrangements sowie seine Kompositionen
werden auch in hoher Anzahl betrachtet. Eine lang überfällige
Studie über das Leben und die Arbeiten von Charles Magnante
ist jetzt zur Verfügung gestellt worden. Zusammengefasst, überarbeitet
und veröffentlicht wurde es von Dr. Helmi Harrington, Akkordeonist
und Museumsdirektor von "A World of Accordions Museum"
in Superior, Wisconsin.
"The
Charles Magnante Story" ist ein 150-seitiges, Spiral gebundenes
Buch welches eine kurze Autobiographie, verschiedene Illustrationen,
mehrere Zusammenfassungen des Lebens und der Arbeit von Magnante
enthält. Außerdem ist im Buch eine detaillierte Liste
mit allen Aufnahmen, Kompositionen, Arrangements und Lehrbücher
von Magnante verzeichnet. Das Buch liefert folglich ein umfassendes
Selbstporträt und einen kompletten Überblick über
die Leistungen dieses hervorragenden Akkordeonisten.
Das Buch
enthält eine CD mit 21 Titeln von einigen klassischen Aufnahmen
von Magnante: 'Accordiana', 'Accordion Boogie', 'Dizzy Fingers',
'Flying Saucers', 'Green Light', 'Minuet in Jazz', 'Dance of the
Comedians', 'Concertstueck', 'Flight of the Bumblebee', 'Holiday
for Chord', 'Holiday for Bass', 'Hora Staccato', 'Malaguena', 'Perpetual
Motion', 'Magnante Boogie', 'Gitanerias', 'Rhapsody in Blue', 'Andalucia',
'Espana Cani', 'Czardas' (V. Monti) und 'Carnival of Venice'.
Radioübertragung
von Salomon Canelo, Santiago de Querétaro - Mexiko
Am
03. Februar um 19.00 Uhr gab Salomon Canelo eine Live-Übertragung
auf Radio Queretaro. Dort performte er Musik von seiner neuen CD
"Vanguardia". Die Stücke, alle von Salomon selbst
komponiert, waren: 'Fenomeno de la Moncada'; 'Fiesta en la Moncada';
'Sol de la Moncada'; 'San Miguel Arcángel'; 'El Balcón
de San Miguel';'El Jardin de San Migue'l; 'Tarde Queretana'; 'Bonito
Queretaro'; 'Adriana', und 'Dios con Nosotros'.
Die Übertragung
fand vor einem großen Studiopublikum statt und wurde in ganz
Mexiko, und sogar über das Internet weltweit, gehört.
Das Instrument von Salomon ist ein Venuti Universal Akkordeon, welches
in Italien im Jahre 1931 gebaut wurde. Es wurde aber es wurde von
Canelo persönlich restauriert und rekonstruiert.
Als Sohn
von Red Salomon, dem bekannten diatonischen Akkordeonisten, war
er Direktor an der Musikschule der "Union of Musicians"
in Celaya, akademischer Direktor der "Union of Musicians"
im Staat Guanajuato, und gegenwärtig ist er Direktor der Musikschule
in Vidargas. Salamon machte bereits viele Aufnahmen mit dem Pianoakkordeon,
aber auch als Pianist, Organist, Sänger und Percussionist.
Der
3. internationele Wettbewerb für junge Akkordeonisten findet
in Kragujevac, Serbien, vom 27. bis zum 31. März statt. Dieser
Wettbewerb wird vom Konzertbüro AD LIBITUM und der Musikschule
von Kragujevac organisiert. Der Direktor dieses Wettbewerbs, an welchem
sowohl Tastenakkordeons als auch Knopfgriffakkordeons zugelassen sind,
ist Professor Radomir Tomic.
Ferran
Martinez, Professor für Akkordeon am Konservatorium in Barcelona,
hat eine neue CD mit bekannten Evergreen Akkordeonklassikern mit dem
Titel "La Magia Del Acordeon" veröffentlicht. Die Tracks
beinhalten Stücke wie zum Beispiel 'Adios Muchachos', 'Bamboleo',
'Begin the Beguine', 'Jealousy', 'La Paloma', 'Dark Eyes' und 'Tico
Tico'.
Music
and Philosophy by Plato, Athen - Griechenland
Der alte griechische
Philosoph Plato hat einen andauernden Ruf für sein begründetes
Denken. Er beobachtete die Auswirkung, die Musik auf die Gesellschaft
hat und machte eine nachdenkliche Aussage: "In order to take
the spiritual temperature of an individual or society, one must
mark the music."
Ebenso schrieb er folgende allgemeingültige Wahrheit:
Music is a moral law.
It gives a soul to the universe,
wings to the mind
flight to the imagination,
a charm to sadness,
gaiety and life to everything.
It is the essence of order,
and leads to all that is good, just and beautiful,
of which it is the invisible,
but nevertheless dazzling,
passionate, and eternal form
Plato (c. 428 - c. 348 BC)
Mauro
Carra's UK Tour 2006
Contributed by Romano Viazzani
Mauro
Carra's recent first concert tour of the UK was a great success. Anyone
who attended any of the concerts, nine in total, can testify to the
astonished reaction of the audience to this young man's virtuosity
and musicality. The venues were packed out with keen accordion-lovers,
many of whom were surprised that Carra is a relatively young man with
his career still ahead of him. For his concert programme Carra performed
a good selection of music ranging from musette, jazz, accordion showpieces
and some contemporary variety pieces.
His pieces included Carlo Venturi's waltz 'Menestrello', the Art Van
Damme arrangement of 'Deep Purple', the contemporary piece 'Itto',
and Carra's own compositions 'Boulevarde Periferique' and 'Acrobatic
Mazurka'. His program also featured compositions by Frank Marocco,
namely 'Cynthia' and 'Ballade for Anne', and old favourites such as
Monti's 'Czardas' and 'Migliavacca'. Two rarely heard compositions:
Russ Messina's 1940's bop 'Breezin' Along' and Jerome
Richard's 'Casse Gueule' made a big impact. 'Armonica Indiavolata'
(G. Stok), 'Retour des Hirondelles' (Pagano/Trognée), 'Shopping
Valse' (C. Thomain), 'Puzzle Polka' (A.Musichini), 'La Tempète'
and 'Florette' (A.Astier), 'I need you' (M.Carra), 'Adrenaline Polka'
(M.Carra/I.Comandini), 'Accordion Rag' (J.Rossi/A.Astier) - were all
superbly interpreted to the delight of the audiences. As much of the
mainland was covered by the concert tour as was possible in the given
time. The venues included Uxbridge AC, Harlow AC, Guildford AC, White
Horse AC, Club Accord, Soar Valley AC, North Staffs AC, Stockport
AC, and Bruce Miller's music shop (Aberdeen) in Scotland.
At the end of each concert Mauro Carra was joined by his great friend
Romano Viazzani for some cracking duets, which included 'Elettrico'
(G. Stok), 'Tarantella Boogie' (Kramer/Wolmer), 'Indifference' (Colombo/Murena),
'La Cumparsita' (Rodriguez), 'Battagliero' (T.Pattacini) and the 'Carnival
of Venice'. In Aberdeen and Leicester half the concert was shared
with Romano Viazzani. In Harlow, Carra shared a concert with accordionist
David Vernon. The success of the Carra/Viazzani partnership has prompted
the duo to record an album together in the near future.
At each concert a big thank you went out to Beltrami Accordions and
to Accordion World magazine for their support in realizing this extremely
successful tour and, of course, to all the wonderful clubs and venues
for inviting Carra to play in the UK. Carra's next UK appearance will
be at The London World Music Festival, St Martin-in-the-Fields Church,
Trafalgar Square, London, on May 20th.
Sonata
for Accordion Performed by Composer, Wroclaw - Poland
Contributed by Rob
Howard
Olexiy Suslov
recently performed his own composition 'Sonata for Accordion, No 1'
at the Villa Andrzejówka. Suslov plans to present this composition
at the 2007 'From Baroque To Jazz' International Festival in Poland,
performed by next year's prizewinners.
Martin
Lubenov's Jazzta Prasta CD and Tour, Vienna - Austria Contributed
by Holda
Paoletti-Kampl
Martin
Lubenov, originally from Bulgaria but now resident in Austria, is
one of the best-known Balkan style accordionists. Lubenov has, however,
taken traditional Balkan music and mixed in international influences
such as swing, modern jazz, tango nuevo, salsa and musette. In doing
this, he has been compared to Astor Piazzolla and Richard Galliano's
approach to tango and musette respectively.
'Jazzta
Prasta' is a quartet consisting of Martin Lubenov (accordion), Vladimir
Karparov (saxophone), Georg Breinschmid (string bass) and Ventsislav
Radev (drums). Lubenov leads 'Jazzta Prasta' in performing ethno and
original jazz, and in March 2006 the group will release a CD titled
'Veselina'.
The tour
dates of 'Jazzta Prasta', mainly in Austria, are as follows:-
February
15th - Graz (Austria), Stockwerk
16th - Innsbruck, Kulturgasthaus Bierstindl
17th - Stuttgart (Germany), Laboratorium
18th - Feldkirchen (Austria), Kultur-Forum-Amthof
22nd - Bad Ischl, Lehartheater
26th - Vienna, (Martin Lubenov, solo) - Kunstlerhaus Theater, Accordion
Festival
March 8th - Landeck, Altes Kino
9th - Munich (Germany), Bayrischer Hof
10th - Lambach (Austria), Rossstall
11th - St. Florian, Altes Kino
25th - Vienna, Ost Klub, Ball des Österreichischen Friedensdienstes
Murl
Allen Sanders' Performance Schedule, Seattle - USA
Contributed by Rob
Howard
Accordionist
Murl Allen Sanders will be performing at the Thirteen Coins, Sea-Tac,
18000 International Boulevard, close to the SeaTac Airport, from 7.30pm
until midnight on the following dates:-
February 14th to 18th
March 13th to April 1st
May 9th to 13th
Murl is also performing at the Plymouth Congregational Church, Sixth
and University, Seattle, at noon on Wednesdays (except Feb. 22nd,
and March 1st and 22nd) with Susan Pascal and Phil Sparks. This is
a short mellow jazz worship service with a short sermon. Murl will
be the guest artiste at Salt Lake City Accordion Club on March 21st,
and on June 24th, he performs at the Leavenworth Accordion Celebration.
National
Accordion Fun Festival, Scotland - UK
Contributed by Rob
Howard
The
annual National Accordion Fun Festival takes place in Johnstone Town
Hall from February 24th to 26th, and is a competition aimed largely
at young accordionists. The festival involves performances by the
Brian Laurie Showband and the Iain MacPhail Scottish Dance Band.
Sharon
Shannon's Tour Dates, County Clare - Ireland Contributed
by Rob
Howard
Diatonic
accordionist Sharon Shannon has been recording since 1989. Her solo
CD, 'Sharon Shannon', in 1991 has become the most commercially successful
Irish traditional music album to date, and her subsequent releases
'Out the Gap', 'Each Little Thing', 'The Diamond Mountain Sessions',
'Libertango', 'Tunes' and 'The Sharon Shannon Collection' have also
all been best sellers.
Sharon Shannon is to tour Australia and New Zealand during March,
and the dates are as follows:-
March 1st and 2nd - The Beck's Verandah, Perth International Arts
Festival, Australia
March 4th and 5th - Wellington International Arts Festival, New Zealand,
March 8th - Queensland Irish Association, Brisbane, Australia
9th - The Basement, Sydney
10th and 11th - Womadelaide Festival, Adelaide
12th and 13th - Port Fairy Folk Festival, Victoria
16th - Clfton Hill Hotel, Melbourne
17th, 18th and 19th - Commonwealth Games Performing Arts Cultural
Festival, Victoria
'Strauss
and Co' Concert, Manchester - UK Contributed
by Rob
Howard
On
March 5th, at 3pm, an Operetta concert involving an orchestra featuring
an accordionist and soloists from the Royal Opera House, Covent
Garden, London, will take place at William Hulme's Grammar School,
Spring Bridge Road, Whalley Range, Manchester. The concert will
include music by Strauss, Lehar, Kalman Stolz and many others. The
event also includes a glass of wine and a piece of Apfelstrudel
or Sachertorte.
Richard
Galliano's 'Piazolla Forever' Tour of Europe
Contributed by Rob
Howard
French
accordionist Richard Galliano tours Europe with a concert program
titled 'Piazolla Forever' in March and April. Galliano will be performing
with the New York trio and vibraphone player Gary Burton.
March 11th - London, The Barbican
March 13th - Catania, Italy
March 15th - Roma, Italy
March 16th - Cite de la Musique, Paris, France
March 17th - Luxemburg
March 18th - Flagey, Brussels, Belgium
March 19th - Venice, Italy
March 20th - Pogobonsi, Italy
March 21st - Tonhalle, Zurich, Switz.
March 22nd- Bern, Switz.
March 24th - Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switz.
March 25th - Barcelona, Spain
March 26th - Madrid, Spain
March 28th - Monaco
March 29th - Maison de la Culture, Grenoble, France
March 31st - Arras, France
April 1st - Palais des Congres, LeMans, France
"Arrasate
Hiria" International Accordion Competition, Gipuzkoa - Spain
Contributed by Holda
Paoletti-Kampl
The
14th "Arrasate Hiria" International Accordion Competition
for soloists will be held from December 6th to 9th in Arrasate-Mondragón
(Basque Country), Spain. The event is organized by the 'Hauspoz' Euskal
Herriko Akordeoi Elkartea, the Town Hall of Arrasate, and the County
Council of Gipuzkoa. The competition will comprise of two rounds,
with competitors performing set and own choice pieces. Full details
are already available, and the closing date for entries is September
30th.
The United
States National Accordion News has been updated with the February
edition. Please visit to find out the latest US news, contact information
for the various accordion clubs and associations across the country
and upcoming events. Please use the submit form on the site to send
your news for publication.
Updated site for the Milwaukee
Accordion Club, featuring upcoming 2006 concerts for their 15th
Anniversary year. Among the star studded lineup include visiting artists
Copper Box, World Champion Peter Soave, Mariya Vlasovva & Kirill
Shytbin (winners of the 2005 Moscow Bayan Competition), entertainer
Robin Pluer, the Milwaukee Accordion Club Ensemble, Grammy Nominee
Kevin Solecki, Country Swing accordionist Ginny Mac, Dr. Lidia Kaminska,
Chicago Jazz accordionist John Simkus and immediate past president
of the ATG and concert accordionist Stas Venglevski.
Updated concert schedule of concert accordionist and recording artist
Stas
Venglevski
Updated information on the American
Accordionists Association (AAA) including detailed information
on events such as the July 12th to 16th Annual Competition and Festival,
the March 19th Open Meeting featuring guest artist Peter Soave, the
April 2nd 2006 Winery Scholarship Afternoon, and the 12th annual Master
Class and Concert series, moderated by Dr. William Schimmel.
Information
about the upcoming Accordionists
and Teachers Guild, International (ATG) festival from June 29
- July 2nd, 2006 at the Ramada Mall of America in Minneapolis, MN.
Yehuda
Oppenheimer releases 3 arrangements of 'Portuguese
Dance', 'Frailach'
and 'Alexandrova'.
Samples of the music are available online. The music is in eSheet
format, able to be emailed to your computer. Purchase with credit
card.
Gary
Dhal releases 3 arrangements of 'Les
Bicyclettes De Belsize', 'Pigalle'
and 'Under
Paris Skies'. Samples of the music are available online. The music is in eSheet
format, able to be emailed to your computer. Purchase with credit card.
Charles
Magnante (1905-86) war und wird von vielen als einer der weltbesten
Akkordeonisten betrachtet und seine Arrangements sowie seine Kompositionen
werden auch in hoher Anzahl betrachtet. Eine lang überfällige
Studie über das Leben und die Arbeiten von Charles Magnante
ist jetzt zur Verfügung gestellt worden. Zusammengefasst, überarbeitet
und veröffentlicht wurde es von Dr. Helmi Harrington, Akkordeonist
und Museumsdirektor von "A World of Accordions Museum"
in Superior, Wisconsin.
Am
03. Februar um 19.00 Uhr gab Salomon Canelo eine Live-Übertragung
auf Radio Queretaro. Dort performte er Musik von seiner neuen CD
"Vanguardia". Die Stücke, alle von Salomon selbst
komponiert, waren: 'Fenomeno de la Moncada'; 'Fiesta en la Moncada';
'Sol de la Moncada'; 'San Miguel Arcángel'; 'El Balcón
de San Miguel';'El Jardin de San Migue'l; 'Tarde Queretana'; 'Bonito
Queretaro'; 'Adriana', und 'Dios con Nosotros'.
Neue
CD von Ferran Martinez, Barcelona - Spanien
Mauro
Carra's recent first concert tour of the UK was a great success. Anyone
who attended any of the concerts, nine in total, can testify to the
astonished reaction of the audience to this young man's virtuosity
and musicality. The venues were packed out with keen accordion-lovers,
many of whom were surprised that Carra is a relatively young man with
his career still ahead of him. For his concert programme Carra performed
a good selection of music ranging from musette, jazz, accordion showpieces
and some contemporary variety pieces. 
Martin
Lubenov, originally from Bulgaria but now resident in Austria, is
one of the best-known Balkan style accordionists. Lubenov has, however,
taken traditional Balkan music and mixed in international influences
such as swing, modern jazz, tango nuevo, salsa and musette. In doing
this, he has been compared to Astor Piazzolla and Richard Galliano's
approach to tango and musette respectively.
Accordionist
Murl Allen Sanders will be performing at the Thirteen Coins, Sea-Tac,
18000 International Boulevard, close to the SeaTac Airport, from 7.30pm
until midnight on the following dates:- 
Diatonic
accordionist Sharon Shannon has been recording since 1989. Her solo
CD, 'Sharon Shannon', in 1991 has become the most commercially successful
Irish traditional music album to date, and her subsequent releases
'Out the Gap', 'Each Little Thing', 'The Diamond Mountain Sessions',
'Libertango', 'Tunes' and 'The Sharon Shannon Collection' have also
all been best sellers.
French
accordionist Richard Galliano tours Europe with a concert program
titled 'Piazolla Forever' in March and April. Galliano will be performing
with the New York trio and vibraphone player Gary Burton.
