Die Mitglieder der Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes (CIA) Exekutive und Musikkomitees, Delegierte und Gäste haben sich auf der Insel Nagigia, FIJI vereint, um dort ihre 117. Delegierten Generalversammlung abzuhalten.
Die Teilnehmer dieses Wintgerkongresses, der erstmals in der Südhemisphäre stattfindet kommen aus Neuseeland, Großbritannien, Finnland, USA, Deutschland, China, Frankreich und Italien.
Der CIA Public-Rlation-Manager Harley Jones koordinierte den Event unter der Schirmherrschaft der New Zealand Accordion Association (NZAA), welcher auch der Gastgeber des Coupe Mondiale 2009 in Auckland, Neuseeland, sein wird.
Die teilnehmenden Gäste dieses Winter-Kongress haben die Gelegenheit, die einzigartige Kultur des benachbarten Dorfes sowie das lokale Schulleben kennenzulernen vor allem das traditionelle Meke Fest zu erleben.
Weiters sind mehrere CIA Konkurrenten auf Inselbesuch unter anderem Benoit Chabod und Cyril Blanchard sowie zwei CIA Virtuoso Entertainment Gewinner - Phil Bouvier (2004) und Julien Gonzales (2006) – die mehrere Konzerte auf der Insel geben werden.
Nagigia Island ist der Hauptsitz von Akkordeon Weltweit und von Music for Accordion, ein Beweis dafür, das die neue Technologie jederman erlaubt, woimmer – auch in entferntesten Teilen der Welt,
jederzeit erreichbar sein kann.
Der 19- jährige französische Akkordeonist Vincent Lhermet hat vor kurzem die 7 Jahre lange russische Erfolgsserie unterbrochen, in dem er den internationalen Wettbewerb von Arrasate, Hiria, in der Baskischen Region von Nordspanien gewann.
Er ist ein Schüler von Jacques Mornet der bekannten Schule CNIMA. Vincent Lhermet, der aus Clermont-Ferrand kommt, performte im Wettbewerb Stücke von Bach, Angelis, Kusiakov, Scarlatti, Tuchowsky, L de Pablo, Urbano und Weber.
Alle Teilnehmer höchstem und außergewöhnlichen Niveau kamen aus Russland, Serbien, Finnland, Österreich, Ukraine, China und Frankreich. Der zweite Platz ging an Rade Mijatovic (Serbien) und der dritte Platz ging an Maria Vlasova (Russland). Die Jury bestand aus: Jose Antonio Hontoria (Spanien), Stefan Hussong (Deutschland), Jacques Mornet (Frankreich), Matti Rantanen (Finnland) und Vojin Vasovic (Serbien).
Der internationale Arrasate Wettbewerb wurde erstmals im Jahre 1993 durchgeführt und wird von dem Baskischen Akkordeonverband Hauspoz organisiert.
Die neuen CDs des bekannten spanischen Akkordeonkonzertisten Angel Luis Castaño sind veröffentlicht.
Die CD „Encore!“ gekennzeichnet sich durch 22 Werke für Soloakkordeon und Transkriptionen, die der Künstler in seinen Konzerten als „Encore“ Stücke vorträgt.
Diese neue CD umfasst Kompositionen von Rossini, Granados, Solotarew, Ligeti, Piazzolla, Semyonov, Lecuona, Tárrega, Schmith, Ibert, Albéniz, Busseuil, etc.In seiner letzten CD „Perspectivas“ präsentierte er zusammen mit David Apellánis auf dem Cello sieben Werke für Cello und Akkordeon von Fallas, Piazzolla, Fauré, Kaufmann, Pärt und Kuusisto . Beide Künstler sind als Professoren am Superior Konservatorium in Zaragoza (Spanien) tätig.
In Angel Luis Castaño’s Repertoire gibt mehr als 10 CDs. Besonders hervorzugeben ist seine im letzten Jahr veröffentlichte CD „Spanish Music für Solo Accordion“. Auf ihr sind alle Werke, die ihm speziell von spanischen Komponisten gewidmet wurden. Fast alle dieser Künstler wurden mit dem begehrten nationalen Musikpreis von Spanien ausgezeichnet: Jesús Rueda (2004), David Del Puerto (2005) und César Camarero (2006).
New York-based accordionist, organist and media personality writes: “I went to see Richard Galliano at the IAJE (International Association of Jazz Educators) event in New York on January 13th, when he ‘blew the roof off the house’ at the Hilton Hotel Grand Ballroom final concert. This was an incredible evening of French jazz with Richard Galliano honoring Michel Legrand.
We (Jennifer) and I went to the NAMM show (National Association of Music Merchants), which ran from January 18th to 21st in Ahaheim, California. I would say that this year accordion manufacturers attendance was down. Gabannelli Accordions, Bafetti and Roland were there, and Fuselli accordion straps and bags. We were expecting to meet other friends of ours from Italy who cancelled. I saw more Chinese accordions than Italians I would say. My guess is that most accordion companies have opted to do Musikmesse this year. The next NAMM show takes place from July 27th to 29th in Austin, Texas.
I'll be here in the Bay Area playing some hospital shows and working on my radio program for the next 2 weeks”.
On January 10th Stockport Accordion Club presented Julie Best, lead accordionist with the Ronmar Accordion Orchestra, as guest artiste, and her very polished performance and extensive repertoire certainly kept everybody entertained throughout her two lengthy spots. Julie played ‘Zingarella’, ‘Under Paris Skies’, ‘Maigret’, ‘Come Back to Sorrento’ (the Charles Magnante arrangement), ‘Cubanola’, ‘Sway’, ‘Triste Sourire’, ‘Gay Gordons Medley’, ‘Is this the Way to Amarillo?’, ‘The Cuckoo Waltz’, ‘Simonetta’, ‘Highland Cathedral’, ‘Gin & It’, and several other pieces.
Julie’s second half spot included some accordion duets with Jean Corrighan, her chauffeur for the long trip from Carlisle, which included a sparkling performance of the ‘Jacqueline Waltz’. Towards the end, Julie also did a duet with concertina player John Nixon, and they romped through a set of Al Jolson numbers in fine style.
The NAO Regional Festival season continued again last Sunday 21st January 2007 with the NAO Midlands Area Festival held in Leicester and organised by NAO Secretariat Pauline Noon. An excellent number of entries were received and adjudicator for the day Graham Laurie, NAO Deputy Chairperson was impressed with overall standard of the contestants.
He awarded the trophy for the most promising performance of the day to 8 year old Alexander Bodell for his performances in two categories.
The season of festivals continues in the forthcoming weeks with festivals to be held in Northern Ireland (27th January), South Scotland (4th February), North Yorkshire (24th February) and London (4th March) and culminating in the UK Championships to be held on the weekend of 4th – 6th May 2007.
The 2007 Celtic Connections Festival takes place from January 17th to February 4th, and is one of the world’s largest winter music festivals. The venues of the festival include Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, The National Piping Centre, The Tron Theatre and St Andrews in the Square. Bands featuring accordion include the Scott Harvey Ceilidh Band, Session 9 (Scotland), Four Men and a Dog (Ireland), Dervish (Ireland), Na h-Oganaich (Scotland), Lau (Scotland), Eddie Reader and band (featuring accordionist Alan Kelly), Moishe’s Bagel; concertina player Simon Thoumire, and accordionists Sandy Brechin, Alan Kelly, David Munnelly, and Angus Lyon. Accordionist Donald Shaw is the festival’s Artistic Director.
On January 27th, at 7pm, BBC Radio Scotland’s ‘Take the Floor’ visits the festival for a live broadcast with presenter Robbie Shepherd, the Ian Muir Scottish Dance Band and special guests.
The festival incorporates the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year Final, which takes oplace on January 28th, at 5pm, at the City Halls Grand Hall. The finalists include accordionist Martin Hunter.
This festival includes a wide variety of events. On February 3rd, in the Clyde Foyer at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, there will be a workshop titled 'Come and Try: Accordion', at 11am, and 'Accordion Techniques', Sandy Brechin at 2pm.
After a successful Italian Evening on December 2nd 2006 at Athenaeum in Cape Town, the Bulgarian - born accordionist Stanislav Angelov is returning with the same team: Violina Anguelov – mezzo soprano and Nicolas Cenchele – tenor, to present a Viennese Evening on January 27th. The program will include music by J. Strauss, F. Lehar, E. Kalman, J. Schrammel and others – some instrumental and some arias and duets from operettas.
London-based Milos Milivojevic performs two concerts in January. These are:
January 27th, at 8pm - St Mary's Church, Horsefair Street, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham. The program includes music by Berio, Skempton and Lindberg, and the UK premieres of ‘Partita Piccola’, by Zoran Bozanic, and ‘Toccata’, by Matti Murto.
January 31st,1.10pm - St James Church, 197 Piccadilly, London W1J 9LL. The Program includes Bach, Mendelssohn, Scarlatti, Tchaikovsky, Skempton and Lindberg.
The annual Fundacion Festival, also known as ExpoFestival 2007, takes place in Vallenata from April April 26th to 30th. The Fundacion Festival is a large-scale music, song and dance festival that incorporates an accordion festival. The competition includes categories for amateur and professional players of various ages and styles, and attracts mainly diatonic accordionists.
In Columbia, diatonic button instruments are the norm with accordionists, especially the 3-row, and are used extensively within the country's traditional music, song and dance. The diatonic button accordion has been popular in Columbia since the late 19th Century.
“A friend of mine has had her accordion stolen from her digs just yesterday. Could be anywhere in the country by now. The police have been notified but should you be offered a black Excelsior 41 key/120bass Piano accordion with Russian B system convertor (series B41), it is stolen.
The man who stole it was caught on camera. He is a tall, athletically built Caucasian. He has dark/black hair wears a dark coat and was wearing white trousers/jeans. This instrument is quite a rarity so if someone approaches you offering you this instrument please call the police. Feel free to contact me if you manage to keep hold of it. It belongs to Ksenija Sidorova and she is a promising student at the Royal Academy of Music. She has quite a few concerts booked and needs it”.
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Die teilnehmenden Gäste dieses Winter-Kongress haben die Gelegenheit, die einzigartige Kultur des benachbarten Dorfes sowie das lokale Schulleben kennenzulernen vor allem das traditionelle Meke Fest zu erleben.
Der 19- jährige französische Akkordeonist Vincent Lhermet hat vor kurzem die 7 Jahre lange russische Erfolgsserie unterbrochen, in dem er den internationalen Wettbewerb von Arrasate, Hiria, in der Baskischen Region von Nordspanien gewann.
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In seiner letzten CD „Perspectivas“ präsentierte er zusammen mit David Apellánis auf dem Cello sieben Werke für Cello und Akkordeon von Fallas, Piazzolla, Fauré, Kaufmann, Pärt und Kuusisto . Beide Künstler sind als Professoren am Superior Konservatorium in Zaragoza (Spanien) tätig.
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We (Jennifer) and I went to the NAMM show (National Association of Music Merchants), which ran from January 18th to 21st in Ahaheim, California. I would say that this year accordion manufacturers attendance was down. Gabannelli Accordions, Bafetti and 
The NAO Regional Festival season continued again last Sunday 21st January 2007 with the NAO Midlands Area Festival held in Leicester and organised by NAO Secretariat 
The 2007 Celtic Connections Festival takes place from January 17th to February 4th, and is one of the world’s largest winter music festivals. The venues of the festival include Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, The National Piping Centre, The Tron Theatre and St Andrews in the Square. Bands featuring accordion include the Scott Harvey Ceilidh Band, Session 9 (Scotland), Four Men and a Dog (Ireland), Dervish (Ireland), Na h-Oganaich (Scotland), Lau (Scotland), Eddie Reader and band (featuring accordionist Alan Kelly), Moishe’s Bagel; concertina player Simon Thoumire, and accordionists Sandy Brechin, Alan Kelly, David Munnelly, and Angus Lyon. Accordionist Donald Shaw is the festival’s Artistic Director.
After a successful Italian Evening on December 2nd 2006 at Athenaeum in Cape Town, the Bulgarian - born accordionist Stanislav Angelov is returning with the same team: Violina Anguelov – mezzo soprano and Nicolas Cenchele – tenor, to present a Viennese Evening on January 27th. The program will include music by J. Strauss, F. Lehar, E. Kalman, J. Schrammel and others – some instrumental and some arias and duets from operettas.
London-based Milos Milivojevic performs two concerts in January. These are: