Daily reports by Kevin Friedrich (CIA Ambassador). Pictures provided by Kevin Friedrich and Harley Jones

 
Schedule
 08:00  Mandatory Meeting for all CIA Adjudicators (all adjudicators - all categories)
 09:00  CIA Coupe Mondiale - Round I (Music School)
 09:15  CIA Junior Coupe Mondiale - Round I (National Theatre)
 13:30  Lunch (Hotel Turist)
 14:30  CIA Coupe Mondiale - Round I (continued - Music School)
 14:30  CIA Junior Coupe Mondiale - Round I (continued - National Theatre)
 18:00  Dinner (Hotel Turist)
 19:30  CIA Junior Virtuoso Entertainment - Round I (Music School)
 21:00 CIA International Competition for Digital Accordion (Music School)
Adjudicators Meeting
Members of the International Jury panels assembled for their pre-competition briefing. At this meeting CIA President went over the judging system as well as clarifying rules pertaining to the specific categories.
 
Members of the International Jury Panels
 
63rd Coupe Mondiale, Round I

Contestants in the 63rd Coupe Mondiale competed in Round I of their three round event. Each contestant was required to perform the following program:

  • Any Baroque work.
  • Own Choice Program: The candidate must select a program consisting of two (2) pieces, one piece to be of a slower, lyrical style* and the other piece to be of a technical virtuosic style**. At least one (1) of these Own Choice pieces must be an original work for accordion.
  • Individual movements from cyclic works are acceptable. Playing time for Round I: maximum 20 minutes. Failure to observe maximum playing time will result in a mark penalty. Round I music must be played in one sitting and may be played in any order. Candidates will be judged equally on each of the three parts of Round I.

Contestants in the 63rd Coupe Mondiale competed in Round I of their three round event. Members of the International Jury panel presiding over the competition were:
 

Milijan Bjeletic (Serbia), Raimondas Sviackevicius (Lithuania), Jacques Mornet (France), President of the Jury: Viatcheslav Semionov (Russia),
Joan Cochran Sommers (USA-ATG), Geanluca Pica (Italy), Andreas Nebl (Germany), Herbert Scheibenreif (Austria), Li Cong (China)

 
Pictured below are the 14 Contestants in this years Coupe Mondiale:
 
Josip Nemet (Croatia)
Bojan Volchevski (Macedonia)
Paul Chamberlain (United Kingdom)
Christel Sautaux (Swtizerland)
Petar Maric (Serbia)
Milan Vidovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Igor Krizman (Croatia)
Mirko Jevtovic (Serbia)
Josip Blazanin (Croatia)
Jasmina Pamer (Croatia)
Vincent Van Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Natanael Teixeira (Portugal)
Biljana Vitanovic (Croatia)
Petar Mirkov (Serbia)
 
Junior Coupe Mondiale, Round I
20 Contestants competed in the Junior Coupe Mondiale Round 1 where they performed:

TEST PROGRAM: Two (2) pieces must be played which must include one original work for accordion and one Baroque work written for harpsichord/clavichord.
Playing time: maximum 15 minutes playing time. Failure to observe maximum playing time will result in a mark penalty.

Members of the International Jury were:
 
Zoran Rakic (Bosnia), Franco Bozac (Croatia), Mirco Patarini (Italy), Heather Masefield (New Zealand), President of the Jury: Alexandar Selivanov,
Mary Tokarski (USA-AAA), Eduardas Gabnys (Lithuania), Pasi Hirvonen (Finland), Voijin Vasovic (Serbia)

Below are all 20 Contestants competing in the Junior Coupe Mondiale:
 
Aleksandar Nikolic (Serbia)
Adam Szabo (Hungary)
Samuele Telari (Italy)
Predrag Radisavljevic (Serbia)
Nail Fatykhov (Russia)
Dmitriiv Yarkinov (Russia)
Petteri Waris (Finland)
Tony Iivonen (Sweden)
Dusan Djordjevic (Serbia)
Rastislav Jurcik (Slovakia)
Gorge Ciric (Macedonia)
Julie Holmegaard Schade (Denmark)
Paul Schuberth (Austria)
Augustinas Rakauskas (Lithuania)
Nikola Zivanovic (Serbia)
Michael Bridge (Canada)
Motiecius, Tadas (Lithuania)
Gabriel, Roser (Spain)
Joao Barradas (Portugal)
 
Matthias Matzke (Germany)
 
Junior International Competition for Virtuoso Entertainment Music
20 Contestants competed in the Junior Coupe Mondiale Round 1 where they performed:

OWN CHOICE PROGRAM: Own choice program consisting of at least two (2) pieces of different styles and moods with playing time: maximum 7 minutes. Failure to observe the maximum playing time will result in a mark penalty.

The category was adjudicated by:
President of the Jury: President Tibor Racz, Yulia Amerikova (Russia), Li Cong (China), Graham Laurie (United Kingdom), Heather Masefield (New Zealand), Andreas Nebl (Germany), Antonio Spaccarotella (Italy), Werner Weibert (Austria).

The contestants were:
 
Vedad Zulic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Alexander Bodell (United Kingdom)
Samuele Telari (Italy)
Joao Guerreiro (Portugal)
Radu Laxgang (Moldavia)
Paul Schuberth (Austria)
Pietro Roffi (Italy)
Svetlana Kozina (Russia)
 
 
International Competition for Digital Accordion

Six contestants competed in the 2nd CIA International Competition for Digital Accordion. Three contestants qualified from their home countries, while three contestants were sponsored by Roland Europe after competing in the 4th Roland Digital Accordion Competition in Rome. Roland also sponsored the prize money for this category in support of digital accordion technology.

Each contestant was required to perform a program under the following guidelines:

OWN CHOICE PROGRAM: Own Choice Show/Entertainment Program.

  • Playing time: maximum 15 minutes. Failure to observe the maximum playing time will result in a mark penalty.
  • There will be one (1) round, except when there is more than 8 candidates. Then a preliminary round will be held to select up to 8 finalists for a Gala Evening Concert. Candidates shall play the same own choice program for the preliminary round and the final round if two rounds are required.
  • External sound modules, MIDI modules, backing tracks including SMF, audio files, CD or MP3 player etc. may be used. The organiser will provide a mixer sound system with a mixer plug-in for 1 or 2 channels and a single power plug (local plug) of 230 volts. The candidate must provide all other equipment.
  • Rehearsal time of up to 15 minutes per candidate will be scheduled prior to the competition.
  • Performance sound set up time - maximum 2 minutes. Performance sound break down - maximum 2 minutes.
  • All types and make of digital accordion may be used and bellows must be the primary volume control of the digital sounds. Digital accordions with acoustic sounds are permitted with the reeds amplified provided the candidate uses the accordion and bellows to make substantial use of digital sounds.
  • The adjudicators marks will be based on: show/entertainment; musicality; digital technology use.

Graham Laurie (United Kingdom), Jorgen Sundqvist (Sweden), Zorica Karakutovska (Macedonia), Alexandar Selivanov (Russia), Mirco Patarini (Italy),
President of the Jury: President J Sommers, Grayson Masefield (New Zealand), Andreas Nebl (Germany), Raimondas Sviackevicius (Lithuania)


The six outstanding contestants contestants were:

Matthias Matzke (Germany) 
Eduard Akhanov (Russia) 
Giorgio Albanese (Italy) 
Pavel Janas (Poland) 
Jackson Jofre Rodrigues (Brazil) 
Alexei Chernomordikov (Russia)
 
To conclude the Roland sponsored CIA International Competition for Digital Accordion, Roland presented two of their most renonwned artists, Sergio Scappini from Italy and Ludovic Beier from France.
Above left: Sergio Scappini (Italy) - Roland V Accordion Artist
Above right: Ludovic Beier (France) - Roland V Accordion Artist