Gerade von einer sehr erfolgreichen Serie Masterklassen und einem Konzert in Kragujevac, Serbien, zurückgekehrt, wird der finnische Akkordeonist Mika Väyrynen beim Tuusulalake (Lake Tuusula) Chamber Music Festival in der Nähe von Järvenpää, Finnland, vom 29. Juli bis zum 2. August erscheinen.
Mika wird dieses Jahr beim Festival – welches das Thema 'Ipanema - Inari; Süd America und Nord Finnland' hat, zwei Auftritte haben. Das Festival ist unter künstlerischer Leitung von Jaakko und Pekka Kuusisto.
Bei einem Konzert mit dem Titel „Finnished Tango“ in der Aino-Halle in Tuusula wird Mika am 1. August um 16.00 Uhr das Konzert „Metamorphoses“ von Paavo Korpijaakko auf dem Bayan vortragen. Beim zweiten Konzert mit dem Titel „Buenos Suenos“, welches in Seuratalo in Järvenpää am 2. August um 19.00 Uhr stattfindet, wird Mika das Doppelkonzert „Hommage a Liege“ von Piazzolla mit dem Gitarristen Ismo Eskelinen vortragen.
„Accordion“ – New Technical Approach ist der Titel eines kürzlich veröffentlichten Buches des CIA und CMA Weltmeisters Frédéric Frédéric Deschamps. Diese Akkordeonmethode ist keine Anthologie der progressiven Übungen, sondern viel mehr eine „Methode“ mit der man bessere Spielprinzipien entwickeln soll.
Die Absicht ist es, für verschiedene technische Schwierigkeiten durch Musik, die von Komponisten wie zum Beispiel Andre Astier, Joss Baselli, Medard Ferrero und vielen anderen geschrieben wurde, Hilfe zur Lösung der Schwierigkeiten zu geben. Frédéric Deschamps, der Lehrer vieler internationaler Wettbewerbsgewinner, beschäftigt sich mit häufigen Problemen von Akkordeonisten, wie zum Beispiel die Stellung der Hand, der Arme, der Handgelenke, der Bewegung der Finger, die Benutzung der Lufttaste und vielen anderen Belangen.
Der diesjährige Titel ist: „HA HA! WA WA! The Accordion can kill you!“
Die Meisterklasse beginnt um 15.00 Uhr und das Konzert findet um 19.00 Uhr statt. Das Event wird am Tenri Cultural Institute – 43 A West 13 St in New York City stattfinden. Für komplette Informationen AAA website.
Bruno Allodi Passes Away (1 July 1915 - 25 July 2006) - Italy
Bruno Allodi, founder of Allodi Accordions of Italy passed away sleeping peacefully on Tuesday afternoon 25 July 2006.
Born on 1st July 1915, Bruno Allodi was determined to learn to play the accordion and he would settle for being no less than the very best. In a quiet, sleepy hamlet called Saint Illario, Felino, this young man started a fascinating and fulfilling life that he could not even have begun to imagine in those humble beginnings.
The picture shows the young dashing Bruno Allodi, at a time when he was one of Italy's most promising talents. Father of Claudio and Emilio, he will be sadly missed.
Visually impaired accordion virtuoso, Bernadette Conlon (left) has just returned home from a whirlwind tour of the US and Canada, bringing her audiences to their feet, in her unique concerts.
Bernadette gave concerts and adjudicated at the Leavenworth International Accordion Festival, along with fellow concert artistes Murl Allen Sanders and Janet Todd. The festival included an accordion parade, as well as an array of old time music, which suited the picturesque setting of this beautiful Bavarian style village.
Next was the Las Vegas International Accordion Convention, which featured such artistes as Dick Contino, the K Trio, and Art Van Damme. Bernadette had the honour of having Art Van Damme open her Wednesday evening concert. She gave workshops on Pietro Frosini, in which she had the pleasure and honour of being able to use the 1927 Guerrini, used by Guido Deiro, thus being able to play his music on a period instrument.
Bernadette completed her tour with concerts and workshops at the Kimberley International Old Time Accordion Championships, where she was a featured guest artiste, alongside artistes Bobby Ray, Kerry Christiansen, Murl Allen Sanders and also including a night of dancing with the Canadian Emeralds, the group famed for writing the Chicken Dance.
On July 10th to 16th I performed at Vyborg International Chamber Music Festival ‘Evenings in Monrepos’. This festival is an annual event and has been held now for the 15th time.
The festival program featured musicians from Moscow, St. Petersburg as well as from Cologne (Germany) and New York (USA) playing violin, piano, viola, cello, drums and accordion, and I have played there annually since 2004. The wonderful atmosphere is a great feature of this festival thanks to its location at one of the most beautiful places of North-Western Russia.
'Mirandolina' is a timeless farce, written in the 18th Century by Carlo Goldoni, now updated and set in Mussolini's Italy in the 1930s. The play, which is adult rather than family entertainment, is a fast paced comedy about Mirandolina who owns and runs a café and is pursued by several oddball suitors, one of whom is played by British TV personality Matthew Kelly. The action is fast and funny as the men who frequent Mirandolina's cafe fancy their chances at winning her attention.
Lisa-Lee Leslie (left) is the sole musician in the show, and frequently appears in the cafe and amongst the audience to provide atmospheric accompaniment to the action on her accordion. The Royal Exchange is very much theatre-in-the-round, with Lisa popping up at various places in the audience - as do some of the characters when making their entrances.
The original score, written by Dominic Haslam, includes music and songs that are pastiches of a pre-war Italian style and tango - all suited to the accordion, and performed to perfection by Lisa.
This show is well worth seeing - highly enjoyable, runs until August 5th, and there are Matinees (2.30pm) on Wednesday and Saturday. Evening performances begin at 7.30pm.
Domi Emorine and Roman Jbanov, known as the Paris Moscow Duo, performed concerts in the Cote d'Azur in the south of France, from July 21st to 23rd. The concerts took place in the beautiful villages of Le Rouret, Colomars and Valberg, and were presented by the star of French television and radio, Frederic Gerard.
Local accordionist Marcel Mercanti organised and performed in each concert, opening each show playing a musette piece by Vincent Genovese. The concerts also featured 17 years old Guy Giuliano (right), an outstanding local accordionist, playing his own arrangements of music written by Chick Corea, Astor Piazzolla and Richard Galliano, and accordionist Rene Sopa with clarinettist Sylvain Hamel (left), who played some jazz standards.
To close these concerts, Marcel Mercanti invited the Paris Moscow Duo (Domi Emorine & Roman Jbanov), who made a musical trip for the public between France and Russia. In their repertoire, famous Russian composers like Risol and Koniaiev.... and some famous French composers such as Azzola, Astier, Baselli and Angelis.
Grammy-winning diatonic accordionist Flaco Jimenez is one of the legends of the world of Tex-Mex Conjunto. While there are many masters of the accordion along the Texas-Mexican border, none has toured Europe, Japan and other countries overseas or recorded with as many pop, rock and country artistes as Flaco Jimenez. Flaco has the following appearances coming up:-
July 29th - Pepe's On the River, Mission, Texas
August 5th - Tejano Conjunto Jam 2006, Fresno, California
August 6th - Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles, California
Oct 6th - Santa Rosa Children's Hospital Private Fundraiser
The show ‘Paris est un escargot’ takes place on July 30th, at 4pm, at the Festival FNAC Indéfendances, Paris Plage. The band includes Alexandre Leitao on accordion.
The Davide Bonetti Trio –Davide Bonetti (accordion), Daniela Savoldi (violoncello), Bianca Caraman (violin), perform entertainment music at the Vecchio Lavatoio, via Alzaia, 13 Trezzo sull'Adda, Milan, on July 30th, at 11am. Entrance is free.
Richard Galliano at the Paris Jazz Festival - France
En 2006, IMAC Peter Soave & MAdy Soave & Jean-Louis Noton es feliz de anunciar 2 sesiones de períodos de prácticas.
Sesión 1:
1 al 8 de agosto de 2006
Sesión 2:
11 al 18 de agosto de 2006
L'IMAC propone una semana de actividades con talleres, lectura, clases magistrales o clases privadas en un entorno en el que se combinan la naturaleza y el aprendizaje.
Acordeonistas profesionales y amateurs de todo el mundo se reunirán ‘para tocar, aprender y compartir vivencias en torno al acordeón. Durante su estancia, tanto los talleres y los cursos así como las comidas y el alojamiento se desarrollan en un fabuloso entorno y entrañable ambiente familiar ideal para el progreso de todos los participantes. Después de cada jornada musical, se tendrá la posibilidad de conocer y descubrir el entorno y el esplendor me las montañas suizas.
Los temas que se abordarán son:
• Música clásica, tango, musette, jazz, improvisación, world-music, músicas étnicas del mundo.
• Acordeón M.I.D.I.
o Distintas maneras de utilizar para utilizar el acordeón M.I.D.I.
o Programación M.I.D.I.
o Trabajo sobre la técnica del fuelle: dinámica y expresión
• M.A.O. Música asistida por ordenador
• Historia del acordeón
• Bajos standard, bajos cromáticos, acordeón sistema a piano & sistema a botones, acordina, bandoneón.
• Técnicas de Articulación, Digitación, Fraseo, Técnica y efectos del fuelle
• Música de cámara
• Etc...
Sidmouth Folk Week takes place from August 4th to 11th, and the very extensive guest list includes numerous accordionists, melodeon and concertina players such as John Kirkpatrick, Tim Van Eyken, John Spiers and Jon Boden, Roger Watson, Andy Cutting, Chris Harvey, Shona Kipling, Jim Causley, Mary Humphrey and Anahata, Brian Peters, Chris Parkinson, Robert Harbron, and bands such as Crucible, English Acoustic Collective, Faustus, Dartmoor Pixie Band and the New Rope String Band.
The first Trofeo Peppino Principe takes place on August 10th and 11th in Monte Sant Angelo. This festival includes a competition for solo accordionists, with variety, classical and jazz categories.
There are also two celebrity evening concerts, featuring Gervasio Marcosignori on August 10th, and the Renzo Ruggieri Quartet on the 11th.
An afternoon concert takes place on August 6th, at 3pm, at The Shooting Lodge, Guildford Road, Sutton Green, Surrey GU4 7PZ. The guest accordionists are George Syrett, from Leeds, and John Romero, from Eastbourne. Also performing are The Tillingbourne Accordion Orchestra.
The annual Camp Accordion Land takes place in Crown Point State Park, Alameda, on August 12th and 13th. The camp features workshops led by local accordion teachers (including tango, jazz and klezmer workshops), private and group teaching, two accordion orchestra performances, and even an accordion sand sculpture contest.
A new site selling a CD titled ‘Classique Senior 1er tour’, with sound samples. Music recorded from the La Coupe Mondiale 2004 by Marianne Melodie, of France. Purchase online.
A new site selling a CD titled ‘Classique Senior 2e tour’, with sound samples. Music recorded from the La Coupe Mondiale 2004 by Marianne Melodie, of France. Purchase online.
A new site selling a CD titled ‘Classique Senior 3e tour’, with sound samples. Music recorded from the La Coupe Mondiale 2004 by Marianne Melodie, of France. Purchase online.
A new site selling a CD titled ‘Concert d'ouverture’, with sound samples. Music recorded from the La Coupe Mondiale 2004 by Marianne Melodie, of France. Purchase online.
A new site selling a CD titled ‘Variété Senior’, with sound samples. Music recorded from the La Coupe Mondiale 2004 by Marianne Melodie, of France. Purchase online.
A new site selling a CD titled ‘Variété Junior’, with sound samples. Music recorded from the La Coupe Mondiale 2004 by Marianne Melodie, of France. Purchase online.
A new site selling a CD titled ‘Classique Junior’, with sound samples. Music recorded from the La Coupe Mondiale 2004 by Marianne Melodie, of France. Purchase online.
Franco Cambareri - accordionist, composer, producer, releases 6 new works for accordion available for purchase online. 'Fiesta A Siviglia', 'Capricciosa', 'Euro Polca', 'Brasilia', 'Grecian Holiday', 'Dizzy Polka'. Samples of this music are available on the site. The music is in eSheet format, able to be emailed to your computer. Purchase with credit card.
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Mika wird dieses Jahr beim Festival – welches das Thema 'Ipanema - Inari; Süd America und Nord Finnland' hat, zwei Auftritte haben. Das Festival ist unter künstlerischer Leitung von Jaakko und Pekka Kuusisto.
Bei einem Konzert mit dem Titel „Finnished Tango“ in der Aino-Halle in Tuusula wird Mika am 1. August um 16.00 Uhr das Konzert „Metamorphoses“ von Paavo Korpijaakko auf dem Bayan vortragen. Beim zweiten Konzert mit dem Titel „Buenos Suenos“, welches in Seuratalo in Järvenpää am 2. August um 19.00 Uhr stattfindet, wird Mika das Doppelkonzert „Hommage a Liege“ von Piazzolla mit dem Gitarristen Ismo Eskelinen vortragen.
Akkordeon Methode von 
Die Absicht ist es, für verschiedene technische Schwierigkeiten durch Musik, die von Komponisten wie zum Beispiel Andre Astier, Joss Baselli, Medard Ferrero und vielen anderen geschrieben wurde, Hilfe zur Lösung der Schwierigkeiten zu geben. 
O Am 28., 29., und 30. Juli wird Dr. 
Bruno Allodi, founder of Allodi Accordions of Italy passed away sleeping peacefully on Tuesday afternoon 25 July 2006.
Visually impaired accordion virtuoso, 
On July 10th to 16th I performed at Vyborg International Chamber Music Festival ‘Evenings in Monrepos’. This festival is an annual event and has been held now for the 15th time.
Lisa-Lee Leslie in ‘Mirandolina’, Manchester – UK
Paris Moscow Duo
Local accordionist Marcel Mercanti organised and performed in each concert, opening each show playing a musette piece by Vincent Genovese. The concerts also featured 17 years old Guy Giuliano (right), an outstanding local accordionist, playing his own arrangements of music written by Chick Corea, Astor Piazzolla and Richard Galliano, and accordionist Rene Sopa with clarinettist Sylvain Hamel (left), who played some jazz standards.
To close these concerts, Marcel Mercanti invited the 
Paris est un escargot, Paris - France
En 2006, IMAC 
Sesión 1:
Trofeo 