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Friedrich
Lips
présente ‘Sieben Worte“ à Dornach – Suisse
Par Herbert
Scheibenreif of Friedrich
Lips Productions
 Friedrich
Lips et le violoncelliste Vladimir Tonkhaprésenteront en Concerto‘Sieben Worte’ deSofia Gubaidulina durant une représentation d’ Eurythmie sur la scène“Goetheanum” deDornach, Suisse. Cette représentation est intitulée‘Seven words’ et est due au travail de Gubaidulina et à celui de Heinrich Schütz. Mikhail Kokhlov conduira l’ orchestre des ‘Gnessin Virtuosi’. Pour laproduction/régie les responsables serontElsemarie tenBrink et Carina Schmid. La première absolue aura lieu le 26 Juillet et sera suivie d’une seconde soirée le 31 Juillet.Du 23 Septembre au 2 Ottobre est prévue une tournée avec des représentations à La Haye (Pays-Bas), Witten, Mannheim, Kassel, Saarbruecken (Allemagne) et pour conclure une nouvelle fois à Dornach en Suisse.
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Nouveau DVD d’ Alexander Korbakov, Lake District – GB
Par Rob
Howard
 L’accordéoniste RusseAlexander Korbakov deSt Petersburg a récemment présenté son nouveau DVD intitulé‘Prélude’ qui a été enregistré dans l’église Kendall Parish Church et filmé dans le cadre pittoresque anglais de Lake District.
Tous les morceaux figurant sur le DVD sont exécutés sans aucun accompagnement , et une excellente qualité sonore et visuelle.
Les morceaux présentés : Luci e Ombre (Pizzigoni), Prelude and Fugue (JS Bach), Rondo A La Turka (Mozart), Valse Op.64 no 2 (Chopin), Trisch-trasch Polka (Strauss), Ave Maria (Cacchini), Winter (Vivaldi), Sabre Dance (Khachaturian), Spring Dance (Diniku-Shalaev), The Steppe is all Around (V. Belov), Saratov Stradania (traditionnel, Letka-enka (Lahtinen), Fiddle-faddle (Leroy Anderson) et Kalinka (traditionnel).
Pour toute information complémentaire e-mail jean@shearmans.plus.com
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Rosemary Wright Concert, Stockport – UK
Contributed
by Rob
Howard
Stockport
Accordion Club’s May Club Night concert featured Rosemary Wright
as guest artiste. Rosemary was on top form, performing a program of
classical transcriptions and accordion favourites. Her first half
program included ‘Prologue from ‘I Pagliacci’’,
‘Ballade in C Minor’, ‘Ritual Fire Dance’, ‘Meditation
from Thais’, Chopin’s ‘Grand Valse Brilliante’,
‘Festa Rusticana’ (Gerald Crossman), ‘Serenade from
‘Les Millions D’Arlequin’’, and ‘The Barber
of Seville Overture’ (Rossini).
In the second half, Rosemary played ‘Accordion Theme’, ‘Ballade
Pour Adeline’, ‘Globetrotting’, ‘Fungii Mama’,
‘Divertimento For Accordion’ (Gorni Kramer), ‘Gabriel’s
Oboe from ‘The Mission’’, ‘Spanish Gypsy Dance’
and Monti’s ‘Czardas’. The audience enjoyed a dazzling
display of artistry. For an encore, Rosemary played the 1930s swing
classic ‘Sing, Sing, Sing’ in suitably swinging style.
Support players were a trio of Rob
Howard, John Jones and Johnny Coleclough, Rocky Howard and Derek
Hulme, Pete Fitzpatrick, Ray Peacock, Anne Parker, Chris Green and
Derek Pritchard, Eddie Iddon, Derek Corlett, and Peter Whiteley and
Adrienne Sharpe. Accordion professionals Pearl Fawcett and Gordon
Glenn were in the audience, enjoying what had been a tremendous concert.
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North
Sea Jazz Festival, The Hague – Netherlands
Contributed
by Rob
Howard
The
annual North Sea Jazz Festival takes place in The Hague from July
8th to 10th. French accordionist Richard Galliano will perform with
his trio, and also with singer Cristino Branco. Also appearing are
the Bucovina Orkester, featuring Lothar Lesser on accordion, and the
AnourBrahem Trio, featuring accordionist Jean Louis Matinier.
For further information email info@northseajazz.com
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International
Accordion Band Festival, Koszalin – Poland
Contributed
by Harley
Jones
The 5th
International Accordion Band Festival takes place from September 22nd
to 25th in Koszalin, organized by the Local Centre of Culture and
the accordion band, AKORD. The festival includes competitions and
concerts, and previous events have been very well attended. The organizer
is Artur Zajkowski.
The aims of the festival include presenting the accordion as a band
instrument, and the popularizing of accordion band music. Entries
are limited to bands of up to 15 members, due to accommodation limitations.
The closing date for entries is June 30th.
For further
information email fzma@poczta.onet.pl
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Free
Day at Accordion
Museum, Stradella – Italy
Contributed by Holda
Paoletti-Kampl
 On
June 25th, from 8.30am to 11.30pm, there is free admission to the
accordion
museum in the town of Stradella, with a concert by the Mandolin
Brothers at 9pm.
Mariano Dallapé designed the stradella bass system, in the
town of Stradella in 1876, and as such can be regarded as one the
most important figures worldwide in the development of the accordion.
The museum contains Dallapé’s first stradella bass accordion
from 1876, together with a wide range of accordions through the ages.
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Website
update with new concert schedule for French accordionist Pascal
Contet.
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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. 'Valse
in Db Op. 64 No.1' (Classical), 'Valse Op. 64 No.3' (Classical), 'Valse
Op.69 No. 1' (Classical), 'Valse Op. 69 No. 2' (Classical), 'Sabor
A Mi' (American South-Latin), 'Grande Valse Brillante Op.18 No.1'
(Chopin). 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. 'Waltz'
(traditional), 'Yankee Doodle' (traditional), 'A La Nanita Nana' (traditional),
'A Thousand Miles Away' (traditional), 'Battle of Loudon' (traditional),
'Bella Bimba' (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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Vassily
Glubochenko - composer, arranger, performer and scientist, releases
1
new work titled 'Tango' 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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‘Squeezebox
from Hell’ – Canada
A
new