Following the success of his recent accordion project The cook, the clown, the monk and the accordionist, London-based accordionist/pianist Maurizio Minardi launches his new CD Piano Ambulance on Wednesday, 18th February 2015 at the Vortex
Paul Hutchinson and Karen Wimhurst have signed a recording contract for their duo Pagoda which features Hutchinson on accordion and Wimhurst on Clarinet.
The accordion has become a regular feature at Sevenoaks Three Arts Festival. It’s always good to see the accordion included in more general music and arts festivals rather than solely accordion-only competitions.
On Wednesday 28th January 2015 the Wigmore Hall will once again hear the sound of an accordion when current Royal Academy of Music post-graduate student Iosif Purits will play at the Patrons Award Final.
The Kitchen Two-Step is a new publication we now have in stock featuring some all new Scottish dance music by accordionist and band leader Stewart C Walker.
David Vaughan, Daniel Broncano and Romano Viazzani will be at Oliver’s Jazz Bar on Friday 16th January 2015 performing David’s own wonderfully quirky and romantic songs. Italian Singer-songwriter Silvia Olari will be making a guest appearance too. Don’t miss a fabulous night. David Vaughan Trio @ Oliver’s Jazz Bar Friday 16th of January at 9:00pm Oliver’s Jazz […]
Ian Lowthian Accordion Weekends Ian Lowthian is running some more of his accordion weekends between the spring and the summer. By popular request the first weekend on 7th and 8th March will be themed ‘Music in Odd time Signatures’. The next on the 9th and 10th May will be exclusively ‘Scottish Tunes’ And the last, […]
Royal Academy of Music – Accordion Department Events – Winter 2015 PLEASE NOTE THAT PROF. LIPS’S MASTER CLASS IS CANCELLED – ONLY THE EVENING CONCERT WILL NOW TAKE PLACE ON FEB 19th. No change to March 6th Event Don’t miss the accordion department of the RAM’s events this winter to witness for yourselves what safe […]
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 […]
It may be quite unusual to have two accordions in a dance band outside of accordion orchestras but L’Orchestra Rara later also known as The High Society Dance Orchestra put the accordions to good use. Through some clever arranging the ensemble could recreate some very authentic dance band sounds from many different eras. The accordions played a vital role in creating the sound by often avoiding some of the sounds that people identify as being a typical accordion sound and using some of the more subtle sounds to blend effortlessly with winds and other instruments of the ensemble. The typical accordion sounds would then make even more impact when used in tango and musette.