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Mika
Väyrynen in Concert, Karjalohja
and Lohja - Finland
Contributed by Kevin
Friedrich
 Finnish
accordionist Mika
Väyrynen will perform Concerto for bandoneon, guitar and
orchestra - 'Homage a Liege', by Astor Piazzolla, on May 8th in Karjalohja
Church at 12 noon, followed by another performance at 3pm in the Laurentius
Hall in Lohja.
Joining Mika on bandoneon is guitarist Mr Ismo Eskelinen, who is considered
one of most active guitar soloists of his generation and also artistic
director of 'Sonkajärvi Soi' (festival). Mr Juha Nikkola will
conduct the City of Lohja Orchestra.
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La Smala,
Albertville - France The
French-based band Smala was formed in 1998 originally as a duo featuring
an acoustic guitarist named Pépe and a gypsy accordionist Loulou,
then grew into a band by the addition of another guitarist, bass and
drums. Smala perform a mixed repertoire that includes Flamenco, Latino,
French, Gypsy and Arabic influences. Smala have performed at festivals
across Europe, and have recorded two CDs - 'Yaala' and 'Les gros C'.
For further information email rodanni@wanadoo.fr
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Jet
Setting Accordionist - New York, USA Contributed by Holda Paoletti-Kampl
Contributed
by Holda
Paoletti-Kampl
 New
York-based accordionist and organist Jon Hammond is back home in New
York after his evening concerts at the Jazzkeller, Frankfurt, during
the recent Musikmesse Music Fair. Soon, Jon "will
be going to Houston Texas to do a radio show on 'Choice' 90.9FM where
they're playing my music.
From there I go to San Francisco for two or three weeks. We are hoping
to travel to Italy for Roberto & Roberta's wedding in first week
of June. By the way I have booked Jazzkeller again for next year Musikmesse
Warm Up Party, so please put in your calendar for 2006".
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Accordéon
Mélancolique's CD leads to book reprint - Holland
Contributed by Christine
Adams
 Accordéon
Melancolique are Cherie de Boer and Jean-Pierre Guiran, from Holland.
The success of Accordéon Melancolique's latest CD 'Parade des
Poules', led to the publication of an album with sheet music of all
the tracks of the CD, arranged for duet.
The first print of the album has sold out, and there is now a second
print available. The publisher is REBA, based in Holland, and further
details are on Accordéon
Melancolique's website.
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24th
Annual Tejano and Conjunto Festival, San Antonio - USA
Contributed by Kevin
Friedrich
 The
Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center will hold the 24th annual Tejano Conjunto
Festival in San Antonio from May 4th to 7th. Among the many concerts
during the festival, left handed accordionist Michael Salgado will
perform on May 5th from 9pm to 10.15pm, and Jose Guzman on May 6th
from 7.30pm to 8.34pm.
While the festival performances are the element that draw the attention
and large crowds, the festival includes much more including a Poster
Contest, which is the means by which the official festival poster
is selected with the overall winner receiving a cash award of $2000.00,
the Conjunto Music Hall of Fame, which annually inducts notables in
the field and honors their contributions, recitals of students of
the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Centers' accordion classes, symposiums
and other special educational programs on Conjunto music; food and
beverages, booths, games for the children, and plenty of dancing.
For further
information email info@guadalupeculturalarts.org
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Reports
of Concerts, Masterclasses, Comptitions, Festivals etc
Tatiana
Lanchtchikova's
Concert, Auckland - New Zealand
Contributed by Heather
Masefield
On
17th April at 2.30pm Tatiana
Lanchtchikova performed with the St Mathew's Chamber Orchestra
at St Mathews-in-the-City Church as part of its 2005 programme 'The
French Connection'. The 50 strong orchestra, made up of teachers and
very fine performers, played a mixture of Honegger, Pruden, Haydn,
with Tatiana performing the solo for bandoneon (on piano accordion)
for 'Five Tangos & Sensations', by Piazzolla. A capacity audience
very well received Tatiana's performance very warmly.
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Angel
Luis Castaño, Master Classes in Murcia - Spain
Contributed
by Jesus Mozo Colmenero
Angel
Luis Castaño has been invited to the Conservatorio Superior
de Música in Murcia to offer Master Classes. This city is in
the south of Spain and the seminar was held from April 14th to 16th,
and involved a total of eight students from different regions in Spain.
After three
days giving lessons to the students, the master classes concluded
with a concert by the students, where they performed music by Tchaikin,
Bach, Scarlatti, Pouchkarenko, etc.... The master classes focused
on technical problems, articulation, fingerings, analysis, bellows
control, etc....
For further information email: COLMENEROMJ@telefonica.net
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Accordions
at 'Jauna Muzika' Festival - Lithuania
 From
April 17th to 23rd, 'Jauna Muzika', an event that is the second most
important event of new music in Lithuania after the 'Gaida' festival
was held. The accordion was featured prominently, with accordionist
and composer Raimondas
Sviackevicius performing his latest projects. One concert was
dedicated to Lithuanian composers. One work, by Donatas Prusevicius,
'A Piacere', for accordion, voice and surround system, was played
in the Contemporary Art Center. 'A
Piacere' was dedicated to the late Pope John
Paul 11, and Vilija Sulcaite wrote the text. Accordion was used in
an original way, all possibilities plus sound techniques were mixed
with voice and electronic background. The surround system played an
important role in this work, which was written in a free structural
form.
A work by Ramunas Motiekaitis 'Apsup(k)ti', written for accordion
and electronics, also used surround system sound. The idea of that
piece was to show how the accordion adapts to very unusual material.
The composer used very high accordion registers to create a more intensive
and 'crazy' feeling. Sounds for the background music were selected
from different live acoustic sounds and were electronically transformed.
The extremely high volume level caused the audience a very big shock,
but the results were very well received.
The second concert that included accordion music was 'Lithuanian Multimedia
Premieres'. American composer True Rosaschi, who is currently living
in Lithuania, wrote a piece named '40 days - 40 nights for Live Accordion',
involving accordions, EPS sound system and live surround electronics.
For the first time accordions were used performing through the Internet.
Raimondas
Sviackevicius played on stage in Tolerance
Center, Vilnius, at the same time Pauline Oliveros in New York (well
known composer and accordionist) responded to live material through
Internet, and composer True Rosaschi made the electronics live, controlling
all processes.
The work was written in four very different parts, from very loud
chords in the beginning to very soft and beautiful harmonic textures,
using a wide range of accordion sounds. The accordion parts, using
players on two different continents, also involved much improvisational
material. The project was high acclaimed by music critics and composers
alike.
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Future
Events
 "La
Fête des Déons" Le Festival de Tous Les Accordéons
- France
Contributed by Holda
Paoletti-Kampl
Vendredi 3 Juin Inauguration "
la fête des Déons " avec parrainage d'artistes (Marcel
Azzola, Les Blankass, ROSSY, Jean-Louis
Noton…) Concert
: Marcel Azzola/Raül Barboza - CCAC - 20h30 (tarif : 10/15 euros)
+ (Mise
en place de l'expo " le village des Déons " au Centre
de Congrès.)
Apéros-concert avec restaurateurs d'Issoudun (en partenariat
avec les participants du salon " le village des Déons
" ) vend. - 23h : "Au son du taxi-brousse " - centre
ville.
Samedi 4 Juin Expo " le village des Déons " - Centre
de Congrès - 14h30/17H30 - Gratuit (Cavagnolo,
Maugein, Hohner,
Jupiter, Ballone
Burini, Mengascini…
avec de nombreux démonstrateurs) Apéros-concert avec
restaurateurs d'Issoudun (en partenariat avec les participants du
salon " le village des Déons " ) sam. - "Ballade
manouche" centre ville sam. - "Entre jazz et musette"
- centre ville.
Bal " le tour de France des Déons " : Brocoletti
/ VERCHUREN - 21h. / 1h.
(tarif : 15/18 euros).
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Après
le New Morning en Février Dernier, Sous la Ville Présente
 William
Lecomte - Piano
Patrick Manouguian - Guitare
Laurent Vernerey - Basse
Stéphane Huchard - Batterie
Marc Berthoumieux - Accordéon
et d'autres invités surprise...
20
H 30 - Dîner spectacle : 60 € boissons comprises
21 H 30 - Entrée avec une consommation : 20 ou 23 €. Réservations
au 01 43 21 56 70
Le Petit
Journal - 13, rue du Commandant Mouchotte 75014 Paris. Parking : 33,
rue du Commandant Mouchotte - M° Gaîté ou Montparnasse.
Sous la
ville, un label distribué par Nocturne.
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Cello
and Accordion Concert, Norwich - UK
Contributed
by Rob
Howard
On
May 10th, at 1pm, Borut Zagoranski (classical accordion) and Ashok
Klouda (cello) will perform a concert at Assembly House, Theatre Street,
Norwich.
Their program includes:-
JS Bach - 'Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Cembalo no 1, BWV1027'
Sofia Gubaidulina - 'In croce'
Saint-Saëns - 'Prière'
Elena Firsova - 'Cruxifiction'
Piazzolla - 'Le Grand Tango'
For further information email info@n-joy.org.uk
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Wayne
Toups Concert Schedule, Louisiana - USA
Contributed
by Kevin
Friedrich
 Cajun
accordionist Wayne Toups is keeping a busy concert schedule with performances,
in Louisiana, as follows:-
May 4th
- Baton Rouge,Texas Club
May 6th - Alexandria, River Festival
May 7th - Kaplan, Louisiana Cajun Food Festival
May 8th - Lake Charles, Contraband Days
May 12th - Jasper, TX Lions Club Rodeo
May 26th - Shreveport, Mud Bug Fest
May 27th - Alexandria, LA GG's
May 28th - Gonzales, Jambalaya Festival
Born to
a French-speaking rice farmer in Crowley, Louisiana, Wayne Toups was
steeped in bayou music from boyhood. He learned to play Cajun accordion
at the age of 13 and was soon on stage in local talent contests playing
the tunes of Iry LeJeune and other heroes of his culture. Wayne Toups
is now considered a true American original as he has fused such styles
as Cajun, Zydeco, Rock, Folk, R&B and Country into his own unique
and very popular brand of music he terms as 'Zyde-cajun.'
For further information email wtoups@iamerica.net
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Jimmy
Shand Junior Performances, Scotland - UK
Contributed
by Rob
Howard
The
Jimmy Shand Junior Trio will perform at Letham Village Hall, Letham,
Fife, for a series of Old Tyme Dances, from 7.30pm on May 11th, June
8th and July 13th. Jimmy Shand Junior is the son of an accordion legend,
and a very fine player and recording artiste in his own right.
For further information email graeme_noble40@hotmail.com
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Accordion
Master Class, Riva del Gardo - Italy
 Claudio
Jacomucci will conduct an accordion master class, as part of a
music festival, at Riva Del Gardo, Trentino, from July 21st to 30th.
For further information email info@claudiojacomucci.com
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Cajun
and Zydeco Festival, Florida - USA
Contributed by Kevin
Friedrich
 From
May 13th to 15th (Friday - 5.30pm to 11 pm, Saturday - 11am to 11pm,
Sunday - 11am to 8pm) the Broward County Parks and Recreation will
hold the Cajun and Zydeco Festival at Quiet Waters Park in the City
of Deerfield Beach. The festival aims to create an entertaining, cultural
and educational opportunity by presenting authentic Cajun and Zydeco
music and food representing the culture of Southern Louisiana.
Live music will be continuous with three stages of authentic Cajun
and Zydeco music, jam-packed with outstanding talented performers
and ample dancing on four wooden dance floors. This years festival
includes performers such as Rosie Ledet, Roy Carrier, J.B.'s Zydeco
Zoo, Curley Taylor, The Porchdogs, T-Sale, C. J. Chenier & The
Red Hot Louisiana Band, Chubby Carrier & The Bayou Swamp Band,
Dikki Du and The Zydeco Crew, Leroy Thomas and the Roadrunners, The
Bluerunners and more.
For further information email info@cajun-fest.com
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Help/Information
Required
I
have a vintage accordion from my grandfather, and would like to know
more about it, if possible. It is in its original leather case, custom
built in Italy by Cingolani(?). It has a serial number 9304. If you
have any information on this please get back to me. Thank you! - Aimee.
Email: Kismet4kat@aol.com
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The
Rosita Lee Music Center featuring the celebrated Showstoppers Accordion
Orchestra and Dancers summer concert dates have been added into the
concert schedule.
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Vassily
Glubochenko - composer, arranger, performer and scientist, releases
1 new work titled 'Extinct Bougie' composed by Glubochenko, available
for purchase online. A sample of this music is 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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Sebastiano
Cali - accordionist, composer, piano tuner, harpsichord and other
early instruments maker, releases another
6 new works for accordion available for purchase online. 'Libiam
Ne' Lieti Calici' (classical), 'Bridal March' (classical), 'Ave Maria'
(classical), 'La Paloma ' (South American - Latin), 'Serenade' (classical),
'Blue Danube' (Strauss). The music is in eSheet format, able to be emailed
to your computer. Purchase with credit card.
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James
O' Brien - composer, arranger and performer, releases another
6 new works for accordion available for purchase online. 'Auld Lang
Syne' (traditional), 'Bridal Jig' (traditional), 'Come Back to Sorrento'
(traditional), 'Drink to My Only With Thine Eyes ' (traditional), 'Ductia'
(traditional), 'East Boldon' (traditional). 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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Iñaki
Alberdi - accordionist performer, conducter and lecturer. A new
site selling his CD, Música De Cámara Actual with sound
samples. Purchase online with credit card.
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Practising
Music - A new site selling this popular book, written by Tom De
Vree.
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Wurzburger
- New information/volumes of sheet music by the German publishers Wurzburger.
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Music
Marche -
with new e-mail address: mmaccord@music-marche.com
New site in 4 languages of the accordion manufacturer-consortium of
Castelfidardo/Marche.
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La
Damigiana - Italian
Folklore Group with tradional songs, dances, music from the region Marche/Italy.
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