Sometimes I feel like California just isn’t cutting it; all the accordion excitement seems to be in Texas. Case in point: the sixth annual International Accordion Festival starts Friday night in San Antonio with a cajun and conjunto kick-off party featuring the Gulf Coast Playboys and Mingo Saldivar.
And that’s just the beginning. The festival continues throughout the weekend with an incredible lineup of performances, workshops, and jam sessions featuring accordionists from all over the world. There’s the Renato Borghetti Quartet from Brazil, Les Primitifs du Futur from Paris, the Marian Pelka Trio from Poland, Helen Xu & Zongti Lin from China, and many more.
Texas, of course, will be well represented, too. A trio of conjunto legends — Flaco Jimenez, Joel Guzman, and Sunny Sauceda — will perform together on Saturday night. Texas bands Los Desperadoz, the Gourds, and Brian Marshall and his Tex-Slavic Playboys will also be playing. Check the festival site or the San Antonio Express for a full schedule.
If you’re like me and you’re stuck somewhere besides San Antonio this weekend, you can still sample the sounds of the festival by listening to the clips below:
Renato Borghetti: Peleia (MP3 sample)
The Gulf Coast Playboys: Key West 2-Step (MP3 sample)
Les Primitifs du Futur: Fox Musette (MP3 sample)
(If anyone knows the title of that Primitifs du Futur tune, let me know!)
5 Comments:
Wow, that sounds like a lot of fun!!
by mister anchovy on October 14th, 2006
Les primitifs du futur : I know them. They are musicians from France… Very famous.
interesting links for other accordionists on Europe :
plein de vid?os d’accord?on en page 42, 43, 44 et 45
du blog “Accord?onISTES de concert”, le blog d’une jeune accord?oniste, Caroline Philippe. Ce blog est d?di? ? l’accord?on de concert et ? ses interpr?tes :
Bravo Caroline pour ton blog !
Page 42 : http://bayan.skyblog.com/42.html :
– Oblivion de Piazzolla, interpr?t? par un accord?oniste ? Cracovie, en Pologne.
– Libertango de Piazzolla, interpr?t? par un duo d’accord?onistes ? Cracovie, en Pologne.
– Yuri Medianik, lors d’un concert film? par Don Severs ? l’?glise Saint Andrew de Moscou le 20 mars 2003, interpr?te la Pastorale pour orgue opus 19 de C?sar Franck, selon la transcription de l’interpr?te.
Page 43 : http://bayan.skyblog.com/43.html :
– Yuri Medianik, lors d’un concert film? par Don Severs ? l’?glise Saint Andrew de Moscou le 20 mars 2003, interpr?te Spinning Song opus 67 n?4 de Mendelssohn, selon sa propre transcription.
– Kimmo Pohjonen interpr?te sa composition Keko lors de l’un de ses concerts en Finlande dans les ann?es 2000.
– Kimmo Pohjonen & le Tapiola Sinfonieta
– Netta Skog lors d’un concours t?l?vis? finlandais.
– Tomasz Szczepanski interpr?te Libertango de Piazzolla dans les rues de Venise, en Italie.
Page 44 : http://bayan.skyblog.com/44.html :
– Premier mouvement Allegro de la Partita n?1 de Zolotarew par Vitaly Dmitriev, film? lors de l’un de ses concerts par le slovaque Dean Delgiusto.
– Deuxi?me mouvement Grave de la Partita n?1 de Zolotarew par Vitaly Dmitriev.
– Troisi?me mouvement Andantino de la Partita n?1 de Zolotarew par Vitaly Dmitriev.
– Quatri?me mouvement Presto de la Partita n?1 de Zolotarew par Vitaly Dmitriev.
– Dance of shepherds from Nutcracker de Tchaikovski par Vitaly Dmitriev, film? lors de l’un de ses concerts par Dean Delgiusto.
Page 45 : http://bayan.skyblog.com/45.html :
– Fugue en r? mineur BWV 565 de Bach par Vitaly Dmitriev.
– Toccata en r? mineur BWV565 par Vitaly Dmitriev.
Musically to you,
Sylvie Jamet.
by Sylvie JAMET on October 27th, 2006
Sorry but my English is not sufficient for traductions.
by Sylvie JAMET on October 27th, 2006
Since you ask, the title of that unknown Les Primitifs du Futur song is “Fox Musette.” It’s track #1 on their album “World Musette.”
by Drew on June 27th, 2007
Thanks Drew!
by Chris on June 27th, 2007