classical accordionist | Belgium
Chiesa di Santa Maria Maddalena 21h
Classical contemporary accordion concert with the “Italian accordion academy“: “Il Fiore delle Mille e una nota 4”.
Works by Andriessen, Bach, Gismonti, Takahashi, Jacomucci, Dowland, Prokofiev, De Pablo
Splendor Amsterdam 20h30, Nieuwe Uilenburgerstraat 116 – 1011 LX Amsterdam | 020 – 845 33 45
Classical contemporary accordion concert with the “Italian accordion academy“: “Il Fiore delle Mille e una nota 4”.
Works by Andrissen, Bach, Gismonti, Takahashi, Jacomucci, Dowland, Prokofiev, De Pablo
Private concert
With Luca Pignata and Barbara Ardenois (acc.)
World music, Jazz standards, Tango, traditional Schottish, Yiddish, Kletzmer, Belgian folk
20:00 – Buurtcentrum Macharius, Tarbotstraat 61a, free entrance
With Luca Pignata and Barbara Ardenois (acc.)
Music by Bach, Pagliarani, Vivaldi, Gubaidulina, Ravel, Grieg
11h, Dorpsstraat 16 Retranchement
With Luca Pignata and Barbara Ardenois (acc.)
Music by Bach, Sciarrino, Pagliarani, Händel, Zolotarjof, Gubaidulina, Ravel, Vivaldi, Grieg, Zorn
Private concert
With Luca Pignata and Barbara Ardenois (acc.)
Classical music: transcriptions from Bach, Vivaldi, Händel, Ravel, Shostakovich; Zolotarjof, traditional Kletzmer and Schottish
Private concert
With Luca Pignata and Barbara Ardenois (acc.)
World music, Jazz standards, Tango, traditional Schottish, Yiddish, Kletzmer, Belgian folk
De Horizon Dienstcentra, 15:00
With Barbara Ardenois, Luca Pignata
History and organology of the instrument, from the baroque to the contemporary music, the figure of Mogens Ellegaard, some folk genres, the relative instruments, the production of the sound, extended tecniques. Solo/duo performance
Conservatorio Luisa D’Annunzio, viale Muzii 5, ore 21:00
Solist concert with the Orchestra of the “Conservatory Luisa D’Annunzio of Pescara” conducted by M° Raffaele Napoli.
“Symphonic Fantasy And Allegro Op.20” of the Danish composer Ole Schmidt.
Multiple Choice (Barbara Ardenois, Luca Pignata) is selected for the final of the Supernova 2014 contest that will take place the 16th of December at the Bozar in Bruxelles.
Bozar, center for fine arts, Bruxelles
11th accordion festival Avelgem, 15:15
Barbara Ardenois, Luca Pignata (Multiple Choice): “The Rite of the Birth” for two accordions, recorded sounds and digital synthesizer.
Original music, Stravinsky, Bach, Zorn, Wallin, Sørensen.
Complete program of the festival
Multiple Choice (Barbara Ardenois, Luca Pignata): accordions, live electronics, concrete sounds
20:00, Beukenhof Anzegem (WV)
The Rite of Birth: original music; Bach, John Zorn, Rolf Wallin, Stravinsky
With Barbara Ardenois, Luca Pignata
History and organology of the instrument, from the baroque to the contemporary music, the figure of Mogens Ellegaard, some folk genres, the relative instruments, the production of the sound, extended tecniques.
Philip Defrancq, tenor; Luca Pignata, accordion
20:00, Atelier Perignem, Beernem
Atlas #1. Music by Annelies Van Parys (3 Haiku’s). In the same evening performance by Duobaan.
more: movie
10.30, Sint-Walburgakerk, Oudenaarde
Solo and duo with Barbara Ardenois (accordion). Music by Bach, Händel, Zolotarjof, Ravel, Gubaidulina, Hosokawa
more: poster
11:00, Auditorium Conservatorio Luisa D’Annunzio, viale Muzii 5
Solo concert and presentation of the master diploma thesys: “New Scandinavian contemporary music for accordion”. Music by Ingólfsson, Abrahamsen, Sørensen.
EAST-WEST: Daniel Paulsen, percussions; Luca Pignata, accordion
14:00 Deichmanske bibliotek, Oslo
Solo and duo recital; music by Tsurumi, Nørgård, Abrahamsen, Sørensen, Thommessen
I recently interviewed Stephen Parker, an Alexander Technique teacher. We spoke about this technique and about issues and problems related to our instrument, the accordion. I published the interview on planet-accordion.com.
<<[…] we often want solutions, and we want them to be clear and defined […] if your general state of being is to misuse yourself, and by that we mean to shorten, narrow, tighten, as you go into a movement, then it is quite possible that when you do those exercises you are still shortening and narrowing as you do the exercises […] everything can be viewed as a stimulus and everything basically can be reduced to how we respond to that stimulus […]>>
Introduction to the Alexander Technique – Interview with Stephen Parker.
