Tickets now on sale for The Romano Viazzani Ensemble at Newbury Spring Festival 20th May 2024 – With professional tango dancers Mina and Giraldo

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

A successful UKAAT Event day at Leeds Cathedral – UKAAT and Diocese of Leeds Music co-host an event to further  the accordion’s development in education

Accordionist Ben de Souza early Spring concerts 2024 – More concerts in the late Spring to be announced in next newsletter

Peter Le Geyt organises Castelfidardo trip – Coinciding with the PIF Competition and Festival

Sevenoaks Three Arts Festival 2024 – Accordion Dates and Syllabus announced – Sunday 9th June 2024 – The accordion-friendly arts festival will take place on 9th June 2024

Celebrate World Accordion Day with The Big Squeeze on 6th May 2024 in St Leonards – Fun accordion orchestra day – includes a concert by organisers, Lisa Lee Leslie and Sammie Peckover- Mitchell 

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Accordion Summer School 2024 – An opportunity not to be missed

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