Jonathan Dove – Accordion Concerto Premiere – Edinburgh, Glasgow & Aberdeen – Owen Murray -accordionist – May 2nd, 3rd and 4th 2019 – May 2nd (Edinburgh), May 3rd (Glasgow) and May 4th (Aberdeen) 2019 – Scottish Chamber Orchestra
TANGO! The Romano Viazzani Ensemble – Sunday Lunchtime- 10th March 2019 – 10th March 2019 Doors at 12:00pm Start 1:30pm
Tango! Or to be precise ‘London Tango’. The Romano Viazzani Ensemble give us an exciting preview of the music for their forthcoming album celebrating the capital’s relationship with the Argentine dance form as well as some of the most evocative and exhilarating original tango music from Argentina and around the world including works by Astor Piazzolla.
Accordion Master Class at the Royal Academy of Music with Alfred Melichar – 24th January 2019, Thursday 24 January 2019 from 10.00 to 13.00. Masterclass will be at the RAM in the Concert Room and will be taken by visiting professor Alfred Melichar who is professor of accordion at the Anton Bruckner University in Linz who will be working with the students of the accordion department on their pieces.
Douglas Ward – Reedwax Music – New website makeover. Over the past few years, Douglas Ward has been busy composing for the accordion. On his recently, and most attractively, revamped Reedwax Music website, there are now over 80 compositions, and in the Accordion Music Shop, teachers and players can choose a piece, and click on BUY to download the compositions directly – with PayPal. All prices are in Sterling.
Eastbourne Accordion Festival February 2019. 8th – 11th February 2019 Accordion Weekend At The Queens Hotel (Eastbourne). Your Half Board Stay at our (February) 2019 Accordion Festival. £245 per person (£90.00 deposit) Balance to be paid on arrival at the festival. Artists: Julie Best, Jean Corrigan, Harry Hussey, Rosemary Wright, Gennaro Fiondella
A first solo accordion CD from Miloš Milivojević! ZZ Music is so pleased to present this outstanding new album by one of the world’s top accordionists. Miloš Milivojević was part of Owen Murray’s golden generation of accordion students at the Royal Academy of Music in the early 21st century when he studied there after arriving from that other hotbed of accordion talent, Serbia, and has since been very active both in his adopted home city of London and all over the world. The album is well worth the wait.
PUSH THE BUTTONS concert with LAO and Dillie Keane at Union Chapel 1st December 2018. The London Accordion Orchestra, some of London’s top accordionists and Fascinating Aida’s Dillie Keane make this event nothing short of a mini festival! Saturday 1st December 2018 Midday till 2.00pm Union Chapel, Upper Street, Islington, London Pay what you can on the door.
Patrick Colson receives his Beltrami CVC5 accordion. He’s grown so much over the last year that he needed something bigger!
Be Brave and Come Home Safe – A unique performance 100 years since the end of WW1 – 8th and 11th November 2018 – Cello & Voice: Matthew Sharp, Accordion, Romano Viazzani, Clarinet: Anton Clarke-Butler Starring: Cici Howells. 8th November 2018 @ 18.00pm – Temple Speech Rooms, Rugby School, Rugby; 11th November 2018 @ 15.00pm – Daventry Community Centre, Daventry
Joanna Strand and Jacqui Tate’s Christmas Show – with Romano Viazzani on Accordion, Sunday 2nd December 2018 – Pizza Exprerss Live – Holborn Doors at 6.00pm Show starts at 8.00pm.