UKAAT Accordion Teachers and Students Workshop in Leeds 24th February 2024 – After last Summer’s successful workshop, UKAAT organise another in Leeds

UKKAT has always aimed to be a national educational association and for the first time away from the capital, the fertile accordion hub of Leeds through Diocese of Leeds Music has stepped up to invite UKAAT to co-organise an event in Yorkshire,  The venue will be the Wheeler Hall, adjacent in the to the beautiful neo-gothic/arts and crafts-style St Anne’s Cathedral in Leeds city centre.

The Romano Viazzani Ensemble Concert – St James’s Church – Sussex Gardens – London – April 20th 2024 – TRVE open their spring concert season in the beautiful acoustic of St James’s Church

Mingyuan Ruan UK Accordion Concert Dates – Don’t miss this exciting young accordionist who proves the accordion is not just for the boys! She is rumoured to be President Xi Jinping’s favourite accordionist and one can certainly see why when one experiences Ms Ruan playing the accordion.  The energy and musicality are exhilarating! 

Fabulous new album by accordionist, Mark Bousie – Beyond the Border is a trans-European journey told through the accordion
It’s always great to see a British-based accordionist release a new album.  It reminds us the the UK is still a fertile ground for the accordion and its music.

Tony Compton and Tim Huskisson Concert – Southend – 17th February 2024 – Accordion jazz back at the UK Jazz Centre

Celtic Music for Free Bass Accordion – by Rune Cygan Barslund – (Hardback) – A fabulous new approach to playing Celtic Music on Free Bass Accordion

The long-awaited translation of Inger Murray’s book that will be invaluable for musicians and other people in the performing arts as well as those who suffer from nervousness and other exposed situations.  Psychologist Inger Murray has worked  with many professional musicians with her Mental Training for Musician workshops. Paperback 164 pages.

New jazz accordion tutor by world-renowned jazz accordionist Renzo Ruggieri translated by Romano Viazzani. ZZ Music present The Elements of Jazz.

Renzo Ruggieri – Tango Italiano – Accordion Solo (advanced level for standard bass accordion)

A jazzy tango in 5/4 time signature by one of the modern legends of jazz accordion Renzo Ruggieri, this piece blends tango and jazz perfectly to provide the player with both style and the opportunity to improvise.

The totally brilliant jazz accordionist Renzo Ruggieri explores the music of another great Italian jazz accordion legend Gorni Kramer and is complete with a special Big Band to recreate the sound of the many line-ups Kramer led.

Renzo Ruggieri in this fabulous album which takes its inspiration from film.

The totally brilliant jazz accordionist Renzo Ruggieri finds his true voice and confirms his musical identity in this brilliant CD.

Valentino é Tango means Valentino is Tango. In this work Ruggieri gives us a jazz concert with text as a commentary.  Poems by Rudolph Valentino no less and some famous tangos upon which he evokes his trademark “guided improvisations”.

London Tango CD – The Romano Viazzani Ensemble – Now available and also downloadable on Spotify, iTunes and other platforms. The London Tango album has been released but the launch concert was postponed until further notice due to Covid19

Francesco Marano – The Accordion – Organological evolution and literature – Translated by Romano Viazzani. 89 pages x 2 (178 total) – pages – softback. A new book published by Zaccaria Editore tracing the accordion’s history and development along with an insight into the different international “schools” of accordion composers.

Paolo Picchio – The Classical Accordion and its Repertoire – Translated by Romano Viazzani. A new book published by ZZ Music in conjunction with UKAAT (United Kingdom Association of Accordion Teachers). The long-awaited translation of Paolo Picchio’s book that will be invaluable for composers wishing to write seriously for the accordion and for accordion teachers and students wishing to deepen their understanding of the kind of repertoire that is taught in conservatoires all over the world. 342 – pages – softback