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Gianluca Bibiani
and Graham Laurie
Schedule of Events for Saturday, 25 August, 2012
 09.00  65th Coupe Mondiale - Round III
 12.00 - 13.30  Lunch
 14.15 - 15.45

 128th General Assembly - Closing Session for CIA Members and Ratification of Results
          - CIA Executive Committee
          - CIA Music Committee
          - CIA Premiere and Voting Members
          - CIA Corresponding Members
          - CIA Guests

 17.00  Prizegiving Ceremony and Awards Ceremony
 19.00 - 20.00  Dinner
 21.00  Closing Ceremony Concert

  • Own Choice program consisting of three (3) or more pieces of different style and character.
  • A minimum of two (2) different composers
  • Playing time: minimum 20 minutes to maximum 30 minutes. Failure to observe minimum or maximum playing time will result in a mark penalty.
The final six contestants performed their Round III program in the following order:
 
09:00 Petar Mirkov, Serbia
09:30 Vitaly Kondratenko, Russia
10:00 Xiaonan Xu, China
 
10:30 Break
 
10:45 Stojan Bojic, Bosnia and Herzegovina
11:15 Laimonas Salijus, Lithuania
11:45 Alexander Veretennikov, Russia
 
Xiaonan Xu, China
Laimonas Salijus, Lithuania
Alexander Veretennikov, Russia

Closing of the 128th General Assembly Closing Congress and ratification of the Coupe Mondiale results.
 
Members of the CIA Executive Committee
Tibor Racz, Herbert Sheibenreif, Joan Cochran Sommers (Vice Presidents), Kimmo Mattila (General Secretary),
Raymond Bodell (President), Frederic Deschamps (Chairperson of the Music Committee),
Harley Joes (Public Relations Manager), Kevin Friedrich (Ambassador), Mirco Patarini (2012 Honorary Vice President)
Above left: Frederic Deschamps giving a report of the Music Committee
Above right: Werner Weibert reporting on the plans for the upcoming Winter Congress and Coupe Mondiale in Austria
Delegates for the General Assembly
Mirco Patarini (Italy) accepting thanks for his organizing of the 2012 Coupe Mondiale
Above and below: Delegates at the General Assembly
Above: Delegates at the General Assembly
Below: The advertisement for next year's Coupe Mondiale in Canada
CIA Executive

The contestants in the seven categories of competition took part in the Prize Giving Ceremony receiving their diplomas of participation, trophies and cash prizes.
 
The Awards for the 2012 Coupe Mondiale
Petar Maric receiving his award as winner of the International Competition for Digital Accordion
Contestants in the Junior International Competition for Virtuoso Entertainment Music
Above and Below: Contestants in the Junior Coupe Mondiale
Contestants in the Masters Coupe Mondiale Category
Contestants in the Coupe Mondiale Category
Kimmo Mattila and Herbert Scheibenreif presenting the Coupe Mondiale trophy to
winner of the 65th Coupe Mondiale
Xiaonan Xu from China
Winner of the 65th Coupe Mondiale - Xiaonan Xu from China

ESIBIZIONE DI NENAD IVANOVIC (Serbia) vincitore della 64° Coupe Mondiale.

  • Winners of the 65th Coupe Mondiale.

    ESIBIZIONE DEI VINCITORI DELLA 65° Coupe Mondiale.

  • ORCHESTRA DA CAMERA “GIUSEPPE TARTINI”
    Orchestra da camera "Giuseppe Tartini" - based in Latina, the orchestra is one of the most important in Italy, cooperating with many famous musicians like Donato Renzetti, Katia Ricciarelli, Maria Dragoni, Luis Bacalov (Premio Oscar), Mariella Devja and Viktoria Mullova. Among their most significant performances, was their extraordinary concert at the Vatican for the fifth centenary of the laying of foundation stone of the Basilica di San Pietro.
     
    Conductor: M° Marco Gatti - Conductor and composer, he studied with Guido Baggiani and Matteo D'Amico, and then with Franco Donatoni. His work as a conductor is very vast, working with orchestras across Europe and with great musicians such as Bruno Canino, Sandro Verzani, Gianluca Littera and I Solisti della Scala. Even as a composer his work is very diverse, writing both Symphonic music and for the Theater. He is Professor of Composition at the Italian University.
     
    Soloist: M° Vladimir Zubitsky - Accordion Soloist, Composer and Conductor, he won the CIA Coupe Mondiale in 1975. Famous worldwide for his outstanding compositions for accordion solo, strings, orchestra, ballet and opera, he will perform some of his own compositions with pianist Natalia Zubitskaia and the Orchestra "G. Tartini", under the direction of M° Marco Gatti.
Esse-Quintet (Russia) - Winner of the International Competition for Ensemble Music
Mikhail Krylov (Balalayka), Dmitrii Gogolev (Domra), Daria Chernykh (Balalayka)
Kirill Evseev (Accordion), Kseniia Evseeva (Accordion)
Matteo Petronio (Italy) - Winner of the Junior International Competition for Virtuoso Entertainment Music
Petar Maric (Serbia) - Winner of the International Competition for Digital Accordion
Djordje Davidovic (Serbia) - Winner of the Junior Coupe Mondiale
Perfect Storm (China) - 2nd Place Winner in the International Competition for Ensemble Music
Xiaonan Xu (Accordion) and Zujian Shang (Erhu)
Dmitrii Kiselev (Russia) - Winner of the Masters Coupe Mondiale
Xiaonan Xu (China) - Winner of the 65th Coupe Mondiale
CIA President Raymond Bodell making his Thank You Speech
Also pictured are the Mayor of Spoleto Daniele Benedetti, Mirco Patarini (Coupe Mondiale Artistic Director)
65th Coupe Mondiale winner Xiaonan Xu (China) being presented with the Trophy
Raymond Bodell (CIA President) presenting Ken Farran (United Kingdom) with the Honored Friend of the Accordion Award
Kimmo Mattila (President of the Finnish Accordion Association) receving the CIA Merit Award
on behalf of the recipient Matti Rantanen (Finland)
Above and Below: Vladimir Zubitski performing with the Orchestra da camera "Giuseppe Tartini"
conducted by Marco Gatti
Above and Below: Vladimir Zubitski performing with the Orchestra da camera "Giuseppe Tartini"
conducted by Marco Gatti
Above: Vladimir Zubitski performing with the Orchestra da camera "Giuseppe Tartini"
conducted by Marco Gatti
Above: Vladimir Zubitski receiving the CIA Merit Award from President Raymond Bodell
Pictured are Team United Kingdom (UK) including: Alexander Bodell (Contestant in the Junior Virtuoso Competition),
Graham Laurie (International Jury Member), Wendy and Ken Farran (UK Delegate and
CIA Honored Friend of the Accordion Recipient), Raymond Bodell (CIA President),
Anna Bodell (Chairperson of the NAO and UK Delegate), Alison Worthington (Delegate of the NAO)

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