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Dec
Dec
Armando Guselli (1942-2023) – Accordionist – Obituary – A gentle giant and a musical inspiration
Tag Archives: Barimar
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Nov
Nov
One of the last maestros from the golden era of the accordion joins his peers for a new venue in the sky It is with great sadness that ZZ Music learned of the passing of Mario Barigazzi known to his fans the world over as Barimar. He leaves his wife and two daughters and several […]
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Jun
Jun
Folk Accordion Spotify Playlist – Romano Viazzani selects his top accordion world folk music picks for June
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Apr
Musette Accordion Spotify Playlist – Romano Viazzani selects his top musette accordion picks for April 2021
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Aug
Aug
The Barimar Quartet at Pizza Express, Dean Street, Soho, London. 12.00 Sunday 7th October 2018. The name Barimar conjurs up the magic of the golden era of accordion music. Barimar, born Mario Barigazzi in 1925, along with Gorni Kramer, Wolmer Beltrami, Gigi Stok, Nando Monica and Carlo Venturi were Italy’s most prominent global accordionists. Fortunately, the Barimar Quartet, comprising of Accordionist Iuri Vallara, a student of Barimar, violinist Marina Mammarella, bassist Agide Bandini and percussionist Domenico Fontana, are bringing Barimar’s music to London.
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Dec
Dec
Barimar releases a new CD and Sheet music album. An inspiration to accordionists of several generations, Barimar is as hungry to express himself musically as he’s ever been, in fact even more so. ZZ Music is pleased to be able to offer to it’s subscribers the new CD and Sheet Music by Barimar, or a special package for both at a discounted price.
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Mar
Mar
Nando Monica was born in Langhirano near Parma in 1921. He started learning the accordion very young and by the time he was aged 9 he would go out to play at dances with his father, and amateur Double Bass player.
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Mar
Mar
Nando Monica was born in Langhirano near Parma in 1921. He started learning the accordion very young and by the time he was aged 9 he would go out to play at dances with his father, and amateur Double Bass player.
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Jan
Gigi Stok – Romano Viazzani’s childhood accordion hero Having an accordion-playing father I was exposed to the accordion at a young age not only when my father sometimes got his accordion out to practise or when his musician friends came round for a jam. He was a keen amateur and had circumstances been different I’m […]