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52nd Trophée Mondiale Accordion Competition - Italy
The
52nd Trophée
Mondiale de l'Accordéon will be held in Belluno, Italy from
September 25th to 29th. The jury includes Miljan Bjeletic (Yugoslavia),
Gina Branelli (England),
Damir Buzleta (Croatia), Claudine Cintas (Switzerland),
Anibal Leao
Freire (Portugal),
Roman Jbanov
(Russia), Miroslav Kosnar (Slovakia), Jacques Mornet (France), Pol Quick
(Belgium),
Emanuele Rastelli (Italy), Daniel Rodrigues (Spain) and Emanuele
Spantaconi (Italy).
Competitors
will perform Test music including "Preludium, Aria & Toccata" by Otmar
Macha (Senior category), "Tre sonate napoletane op.86" by Renato Grisoni
(Junior category) and "A tutto gas" by Wolmer Beltrami (Variety
category).
CMA
delegates throughout the world include Hermi Kaleta (Austria), Norman
Quinlan (England), Charles Demaele (Belgium), Nevio Prenc (Croatia),
Carlos Nunez (Spain),
Frederic
Deschamps (France), Bio Boccosi (Italy), Ladislav Horac (Czech
Republic), Irena Mednanska (Czech Republic),
Domi Emorine
(France), Isacco Comandini (St. Marino), Claudine Sautaux (Switzerland)
and Milan Tomic (Yugoslavia). For further information email:
info@berben.it
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Friedrich Lips on Tour in the USA
Contributed
by Kevin
Friedrich
The
American
Accordionists' Association is proud to present
Friedrich Lips
in concert on September 25th at the Saddle Brook Holiday Inn Hotel,
Saddle Brook in New Jersey.
Friedrich Lips is one of the most outstanding and
internationally known bayanists in the world. Distinguished as a
legendary virtuoso, music professor at the world-famous Gnessin
Institute for Music Education in Moscow, educator and musicologist, he
is esteemed as one of the most significant accordionists of our time.
Lips will also perform concerts in Duluth (22nd),
at the Chicago Accordion Club (23rd), New York (25th), and with his
former student
Stas Venglevski at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee (26th),
Wisconsin Lutheran College Milwaukee (27th), and at the North East
Wisconsin Accordion Club in Green Bay (29th). Lips' program will include
pieces by Boellmann, Gubaidulina, Berinsky, Podgaits, Gershwin, Strauss,
Piazzolla, Shenderjov and others. For more information phone: +1 201
991-2233
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New Repertoire For Accordion With Anne Landa - Europe
 Contributed
by Holda
Paoletti-Kampl
A new project "Songs of Freedom" will present a
new repertoire for the accordion with percussion, guitar, and three
female voices. Accordionist
Anne Landa
will take part in this project which will begin this season outside of
the Netherlands, aiming to create a new repertoire by combining
contemporary jazz and improvisation. Anne will perform with A. Purves
(percussion - Ireland), F. Zenker (guitar - Germany), and vocalists B.
Verhoef (Holland), H. Boverhuis (Holland) and S. Stark (Holland).
The sextet presented this project in Holland last
spring, premiering six new pieces written by the group. During this new
season, they will continue premiering pieces by a variety of composers
and they will present "Songs of freedom" in several European countries.
For further information email:
a.landa@airtel.net
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Solo Concert Tour - China
 Contributed
by Li Cong
Luo Han (button accordionist and teacher from the
Tianjin Music Conservatory), gave a solo concert tour recently, following
the completion of his studies in Russia. Concerts were held in Mudanjiang
(Heilongjiang Province), Baoding (Hebei Province), Jingzhou (Hubei
Province), Changsha (Hunan Province) and Shenzhen (Guangdong Province)
during July and August. Guest performer Li Xinlin joined Luo Han for some
duets, much to the delight of the audience. Many accordion celebrities in
China attended the concerts, including Zhang Ziqiang and Sun Delun.
Luo Han first learnt the piano accordion at the age of
seven. He studied at the Keyboard Department of the Tianjin Music
Conservatory in 1992, with teacher, Dep. Professor Liu Wen Lin. After
graduating in July 1996, he became a teacher in the Conservatory and
continued further studies with Professor Wang Yuping in 1998. In 2000, he
travelled to Russia to study under Professor
Friedrich Lips,
graduating in June 2002 with a degree which has been recognized by the
Chinese Government.
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Concertinas at Witney - England
Concertinas at Witney will be held at the Henry
Box School in Witney on September 28th and 29th, for all concertina
systems - English, Anglo and Duet. In conjunction with this year's event
a "Wheatstone Bicentennial Concert" will be held to commemorate Sir
Charles Wheatstone, inventor of the English concertina, who was born in
1802. The concert will take place in Oxford on Friday evening in
addition to the usual Saturday concert.
The weekend will also include a variety of
workshops tutored by Chris Coe, Jenny Cox, Luke Daniels, John Dipper,
Rob Harbron, Douglas Rogers, Harry Scurfield and Dave Townsend. For
further details email:
Homweekend@aol.com
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International Songwriting Competition
A new International Songwriting Competition is
offering US$65,000 in prize money, US$25,000 in merchandise and
services, and a chance to have your compositions heard by the music
industry's top decision makers and musicians! All musicians, bands,
songwriters, and solo artists are invited to participate and the closing
date is only two weeks away - September 30th. Winners will be notified
after November 1st, 2002. Submissions will be judged on the basis of
creativity, originality, lyrics, melody, and composition.
The competition aims to provide the opportunity
for both aspiring and established songwriters to have their songs heard
in a professional, international arena. Categories include Pop/Top 40,
Rock/Alternative, Country, Folk/Acoustic/Singer-Songwriter, R&B/Blues,
Hip-Hop/Rap, World Music and Lyrics Only. Entrants may submit multiple
songs in as many categories as they wish. For details email:
replies@songwritingcompetition.com |
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Allan William Jones Memorial Scholarship Evening - New
Zealand
The
Allan William Jones Memorial Scholarship Evening was held on September
15th at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Auckland. A variety of music was performed
by The North Shore Music Makers (conducted by
Christine
Adams), Adam Thorpe,
Caprice,
Tracey Collins
(dressed as Snow White), The North Shore Juniors (conducted by Linley Hawkes),
Campbell Bettridge, NSAO, (conducted by
Lionel Reekie),
Kathryn Fletcher, and the Musicale Ensemble that toured China (conducted by
Lionel Reekie).
Scholarships were awarded to:
Grades 3 & 4: Cameron Noyer
Grades 5 & 6: Gillian McNeil
Grades 7 & 8: Travis McWalter and Oliver Thorpe
The Marie Efford-Masefield Travel Assistance Grant was
presented to Mylie & Hilary Thwaites as they will be competing in the 2002
Coupe Mondiale
in Denmark
The Douglas Mews Rosebowl "for excellence" was
presented to Kathryn Fletcher. Kathryn is in her final year of her accordion
performance degree at Auckland University.
The Annual Merit Award was presented to Murray Perrot
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The
5th Annual Texas Squeeze Accordion Festival will be held at the Club 21
Dance Hall in Uhland, Texas on October 27th. Organizers have planned a
memorable afternoon of good accordion playing , delicious food and great
dancing to some of the best dance music in the State of Texas.
