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Translation
Arriving Soon
Accordions
International 2005, Caister - UK
Contributed
by Rob
Howard
   'Accordions
International 2005' is takes place at Caister Holiday Center, near
Great Yarmouth, England from November 10th to 14th. The international
guest artistes are Giancarlo Caporilli (Italy) (right), Oivind Farmen
(Norway) (left) and Murl Allen Sanders (USA) (far right).
Also involved are Accordeon Club des Flanders de Lambersart (Belgium),
Crawley Accordion Orchestra, Norvic Concordia, Gary Blair, Charlie
Watkins, Johnny Coleclough and Bert Santilly. A unique and very
interesting feature of this festival is the display of antique accordions
and memorabila, presented by Caroline Hunt, including instruments
dating back to the time the accordion was invented in 1829.
The
festival includes celebrity concerts, master classes, orchestral
workshops, 'Free and Easy' sessions, and Scottish and ballroom dancing.
The festival will also feature an 'Auction of Accordions & Accessories'.
There will be a trade show, featuring Trevani, Electronic
Accordions Ltd, WEM, and Geoff Holter Accordions.
For further
information email: heather@accordions.karoo.co.uk
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CIA
President to Participate in World Music Forum, LosAngeles - USA
Contributed by Harley
Jones
 The
Confédération
International des Accordéonistes (CIA) President Kevin
Friedrich will attend the International Music Council (IMC-UNESCO)
General Assembly meetings in Los Angeles in conjunction with the
World Music Forum. The series of lectures, concerts, meetings and
exhibits will take place at The Hotel Renaissance - Hollywood Boulevard,
from October 1st to 5th.
The IMC World Music Forum is staged to be a highly influential global
knowledge-building platform and will address diverse topics such
as music and social change; music and media; technology and public
access; copyright and music education. In order to explore and integrate
different perspectives, it will bring together voices from different
stakeholders in the field of music such as government officials,
private sector executives and professionals from the civil society,
scholars, artistes, and students. Themes of the forum include: 'The
Power of Music in a Fast Changing World, Music and Technology: What
Lies Ahead and Globalisation and the Future of Music'.
The IMC was founded in 1949 at the request of UNESCO as a non-governmental
advisory body on musical matters. It currently comprises national
music committees in 74 countries on all continents as well as 34
International organizations representing most fields of musical
activity and some Members of Honor.
In 1975
the Confédération
International des Accordéonistes (CIA) became the first
instrument specific organization to be accepted into the International
Music Council and has maintained an active membership ever since.
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Dr
William
Schimmel Featured in New Opera Recording, New York - USA
Contributed by Rob
Howard
 New
World Records has recently released a two CD, one hour and forty minute
chamber opera: 'The Floating Box', by Jason Kao Hwang. It traces the
history of Chinese immigrants and their settling in New York's Chinatown.
The libretto is by Catherine Filloux. The opera features an elaborate
accordion part performed by Dr. William
Schimmel.
A recent
review in the International Record Review states: "most
inspired of all is his (Hwang's) use of the accordion to provide the
harmonic filling: and in this he is served by the admirable William
Schimmel, whose subtlety is in itself one of the highlights of the
recording."
Jason Kao Huang worked closely with Dr.Schimmel in developing this
intricate part and Mr. Huang uses it as a bridge between his scoring
for western instruments as well as traditional Chinese instruments
such as the erhu and the pipa. The International Record Review lists
Dr. Schimmel as a character in the opera along with the singers. 'The
Floating Box' had its world premiere in 2001 at Asia Society in New
York. Juan Carlos Rivas conducted both the premiere and the recording.
For more information on this recording: www.newworldrecords.org
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Accordion
and Piano Store's New Promotions, Paris - France
Contributed by Rob
Howard
The
long established accordion and piano retail business Hista, founded
in 1930, has upgraded its premises and established a website. Hista
sells Victoria,
Pigini,
Borsini
and Maugein button and piano accordions and also carries out repairs.
Hista is situated at Denis and Armelle Salmon 1 rue Louis Ganne, 75020,
Paris.
For further information email: hista@wanadoo.fr
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Accordionist
Dazzles in Historic Memorial, Melbourne - Australia
Contributed
by Rob
Howard
 Melbourne
witnessed one of its rare concerts to feature the accordion in a classical
setting. Visually impaired accordionist, Bernadette
Conlon, performed two concertos with the Melbourne based string
orchestra, The Melbourne Musicians at the prestigious St. John's Lutheran
church at Southgate, one of Melbourne's most coveted performance venues.
Bernadette performed New Zealand composer, Gary
Daverne's 'Concert
Waltz' for strings and accordion, which delighted the audience
with its sweeping Parisian style, as one newspaper critic put it.
She also performed Australia's first concerto for accordion and orchestra,
'Concerto for Bernadette', which she commissioned nine years ago,
from Melbourne composer, Michael Easton, which work Bernadette had
previously recorded for the Naxos label. This performance was a memorial
to Michael, a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music in London who died,
aged 54, last year.
Bernadette was critically acclaimed in Melbourne's daily newspaper,
The Age, as an accordionist, who played with "agility and relish
in her work", and that the concerto "brought home again
Conlon's
enthusiasm and talent".
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Nihad
Hrustanbegovic at the Enschede Music Festival 2005, Enschede - The
Netherlands
Contributed
by Rob
Howard
 Accordionist
Nihad Hrustanbegovic was born in Bosnia-Herzegovina, where he received
a musical education at the Tuzla Music School, under Professor Midhat
Zulic. During music studies in Bosnia he became 3 times National Accordion
Champion of Bosniacom, from 1988 to 1991. In 1996 he become a student
of Professor Miny Dekkers at the Hogeschool v/d kunsten, in Arnhem
in The Netherlands, and later in 1999, a student of Gerie Daanen at
the Messiaen academie, also in Arnhem. During these studies he took
part in many accordion projects for classical and modern music.
Nihad Hrustanbegovic has performed as a soloist in major Dutch concert
halls such as Concert Gebouw, in Amsterdam, the Hall of Knights in
The Hague, and recently on September 16th, at the Enschede Music Festival
2005 together with one of the most promising Dutch talents of the
year - the Moses Rosenberg Trio. Some Dutch musical experts during
the concert become very enthusiastic about Nihad's accordion playing,
especially combination of classical and modern techniques, together
with his powerful creation of the improvisations where he makes a
cross-over between the orient, jazz and Hot club de France.
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Mario
Bruneau on TV5, Montreal - Canada
Contributed by Rob
Howard
 Accordionist
Mario Bruneau has composed and recorded original background music
for the Quebec-based television channel, TV5. TV5 is the world's largest
French language television station, and its broadcasts are received
around the world via Sky and cable networks.
Mario Bruneau has many recordings to his credit, some of which are
in French musette style. He plays piano accordion, piano and organ,
and often accompanies his wife, the singer Hélèn Cardinal.
Their performances include an appearance at the Chartres Accordion
Festival in France in 2000.
For further
information email: mariobruneau@abcde.net
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Micheline
Van Hautem and Frederik Caelen's 'Brel & Piaf', New York - USA
Contributed by Rob
Howard
 Micheline
Van Hautem sings the songs of Jacques Brel and Edith Piaf, with accompaniment
by Frederik Caelen on accordion and piano. Micheline Van Hautem and
Frederik Caelen are both from Belgium, and have performed their shows
in many parts of the world. They have produced two CDs, and have a
website.
Frederik Caelen obtained a Master's Degree in classical accordion
at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp, and a Laureate in piano at the
Stedelijk Conservatorium Hasselt. The duo's concert dates for October
and November are as follows:-
26th, at 7.30pm - The Red Hat, Irvington, New York
27th, at 6.15th - Le Dôme at The Manor, New Jersey
28th, at 7pm - Dannys' Skylight Room, Manhattan
29th, at 9.30pm
30th, at 8.45pm
2nd, at 7.30pm - The Red Hat, Irvington, New York
3rd, at 9.30pm - Dannys' Skylight Room, Manhattan
4th, at 9.30pm
5th, at 9.30pm
For further
information email: zmusic@bart.nl
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Alain
Ray Tango Shows, Geneva - Switzerland
Contributed by Rob
Howard
Swiss
bandoneonist Alain Ray has several concert performances of his shows
"...du Gainsbourg à la barre" and 'Libertango' in
the next few weeks, details of which are given below. Tango is currently
very popular throughout Switzerland, and there are many concert venues,
dance clubs, musicians and dance teachers.
September 30th, 8.30pm - "...du Gainsbourg à la barre",
Thèâtre Three P'tit Turns, Morges
October 8th, 8.30pm - 'Libertango', Les Temps Modernes, Vevey
October 14th, 8.30pm - 'Libertango', AMR, Geneva
October 15th, 8.30pm - "...du Gainsbourg to the bar", Domaine
Les Marchandes
October 21st, 9pm - accompanying singer Dominique Scheder at the Caf-Conc
le bout du monde, Vevey
October 22nd, 8pm - "...du Gainsbourg to the bar", Grande
sale, Lussy
October 23rd, 6pm - accompanying singer Dominique Scheder at
A l'Espace de Je, Lutry
November 4th - Grand Tango Show, Onex.
For further
information email: rayalain@bluewin.ch
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Vassily
Glubochenko - composer, arranger, performer and scientist, releases
1 new work titled 'Grandfather's
Krutch' 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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Gary
Dahl's site is updated to include full length .mp3 sound files of
music from 3 of his popular books. Please visit www.accordions.com/garydahl
to enjoy these varied samples of music.
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Alexander
Selivanov, first prizewinner of international competitions and
teacher at the Gnesin's Academy of Music in Russia.
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Austrian
accordionist and bandoneonist Klaus Paier has composed all 13 tracks
on his latest CD 'Tiempo'. Five of the tracks can be heard on Klaus
Paier's website. The Klaus Paier Trio is currently on tour with
40 concerts in 10 countries in Europe.
Concert
accordionist and recording artist 