The Long Island Accordion Alliance (LIAA) sponsored by La Villini Restaurant presents an evening of accordion music and featured guest artists – The “Amazing Accordion Kings” on Wednesday, January 2, 2013 at 7:PM.
What happens when three Brilliant Accordionists get together on one stage in a collaboration created to ignite and excite your senses? The world renowned Accordionists, Angelo DiPippo, Frank Toscano and Manny Corallo, Three Master Musicians, have created beautiful arrangements and cover the spectrum from opera to jazz with amazing dexterity and virtuosity, often moving with flashing, lightning speed solos and blazing phrases played by all in precise unison.
Come see and listen to the Amazing Accordion Kings and experience the most passionate emotions and colorful music from around the world, taking you on a Musical Tour of Italy with side trips to Germany, Hungary, Brazil, Spain, Ireland, Poland, Paris, Arabia and American Jazz.
Angelo DiPippo is one of the work’s fantastically talented musicians who just happens to play accordion. From Garden City, NY, the legendary Angelo Di Pippo has played the accordion since the age of eight years old and is a graduate of Holy Cross College with a Master’s degree from C.W. Post College and an honorary Doctorate from Five Towns College. He has played in thousands of recording sessions.
Over the years, Angelo has recorded and concertized with many famous artists such as Peggy Leee, Harry Belefonte, Frankie Avalon, etc. He has also appeared on the Tonight Show, the Today Show and many more. He can be seen and heard in films such as the wedding scene in “The Godfather”. Angelo is an accomplished arranger and conductor. For over twenty years he conducted and arranged for the Metropolitan Opera baritone Robert Merrill. Today Angelo is actively arranging and performing in the New York area.
Frank Toscano has made music his entire life. For more than 47 years, Frank has been a music educator and professional musician. For over four decades, he headed the “Frank Toscano School of Music”. Born and raised in New York, Frank came from an Italian family who valued the idea of music being played constantly in the house.Without a choice from his father, Frank took lessons on the accordion from Emilio Chiesa and never dreamed that it would become the passion of his life!
Frank’s passion is both education and performing. He is an accomplished pianist, accordionist, and jazz artist. He can be heard on many recordings of other artists too numerous to mention. You can hear Frank arranging and performing on his recording, “Accordion to Frank” as well as “Accordion Kings” I and !!.
Composer, arranger and music editor Manny Corallo started at age four playing the drums and soon switched to the accordion. Manny took lessons from his father’s accordion teacher. At age 13 he also began piano lessons with Frank and gone on to compose and arrange music, first for commercials and then for various artists. Manny then had a chance to score childrens cartoons which led him to scoring music for the movie, “Pokemon”. Manny attributes his success to a great music education from Frank Toscano and is very proud of his musical relationship with Frank and Angelo as the Accordion Kings.
Future performances of the Amazing Accordion Kings also include their concert on February 17, 2013 at 2:PM at the Dix Hill Performing Arts Center at Five Towns College in Staten Island, NY.
The February meeting of the Long Island Accordion Alliance will feature Croation accordionist, Paolo Bellaich.
For a fantastic evening of music please join the Accordion Kings on Tuesday, January 2, 2013 at 7:PM at La Villini Resaurant in East Northport, New York.
Reservations are recommended. Call: 631-261-6344.
For more information on the LIAA: dkarcic10@verizon.net
