Claudio Beltrami restores the Dallapé Liturgical Accordion. It’s the stuff of legend and where legends are involved there is always a mystery involved. The Dallapé Liturgical accordion or “La Liturgica” belonging to Stradella Accordion Museum has just been restored by Claudio Beltrami of Beltrami Accordions, Stradella.
Duo Bayanello – Iosif Purits and Cecilia Bignall – Accordion and Cello Duo – St John’s, Smith Square 22nd April 2016 at 18.00 play Sally Beamish’s “Takes Two”
Matti Rantanen at the Royal Academy of Music – Accordion Master Class with Royal Academy Students 22nd April 2016, 10.00 till 17.00
London Festival of Cabaret – Joanna Strand & Jacqui Tate with Romano Viazzani, John Bailey, Jason Reeve and Nick Pini, 24th April 2016, The Pheasantry, Kings Road, London.
The No 1 Ladies Accordion Orchestra – Brighton on Saturday 19th March and Shoreham on Sunday 20th – 2016. Tickets £8 (£6 – Unwaged) Available in advance from: no1ladiesaccordionorchestra@gmail.com www.no1ladiesaccordionorchestra.co.uk
Royal Academy Accordion Events for March 2016 – March 8th 2016 March 8th 10.00 – 16.30 will see Professor Raimondas Sviackevicius, take an accordion Masterclass at the Royal Academy of Music. Later the same day at 17.00 you will be able to see Iosif Purits and Bartosz Glowacki in their concert exam.
Accordions at the Castle – Norbreck Castle Hotel, Blackpool 8th -13th May 2016. Pearl Fawcett, Stefan and Denise Andrusyschyn, David Vernon, Bert Santilly, Alan Young, Rosemary Wright and the Peter Pan of jazz accordion Harry Hussey!
Skipton Accordion Weekend 25th-28th March 2016 at the Rendezvous Hotel (Skipton) with Gary Blair, Paul Chamberlain, Julie Best, Jean Corrighan, Harry Husse, John Romero
Accordion teachers, students, professionals, composers and UKAAT supporters packed into the Henry Wood Room for UKAAT’s first workshop on February 7th 2016 at the Royal Academy of Music.
What better way to spend for an accordion-lover to spend St Valentine’s weekend listening to the instrument they love! No doubt some accordion widows and widowers would have something to say about that statement. Nevertheless, this weekend promises to to enthral even the unconverted. Great line-up of accordionists from all genres of accordion music: Pearl Adriano, Ian Watson, Julie North, Colin Walker, Jovan Rnjak, Harry Hussey and John Romero.