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Welcome
to the 60th Anniversary CIA Coupe Mondiale
co-hosted
by the
Accordionists
& Teachers Guild (ATG) / American Accordionists' Association
(AAA)
in conjunction with the AAA/ATG Competition and Festival
13-18 August,
2007- Alexandria, VA (Washington
DC) USA
2007 Coupe Mondiale
- Review of Thursday, August 16, 2007
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Watch live
from the Kennedy Center fo the Performing Arts in Washington DC
Friday, August 17, 2007, 6:00 PM - USA East
Coast Time |
-Accordeonova (Denmark), Peter Anders, Director
-Beijing Children's Palace Baidi Accordion Orchestra (China), Chen
Weilang, Director
The concerts are held at 6:00 PM each night (US East Coast Time),
and broadcast live around the world on the Internet at the time
of the performance, as well as archived for viewing at anytime in
the future.
A series of accordion concerts will be held at the Millennium Stage
at the famed Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, during the
2007 CIA Coupe Mondiale World Accordion Championships. The 'Performing
Arts for Everyone' on the Millennium Stage program is designed to
introduce the Kennedy Center, and make music available from a variety
of artists from around the world to all, by providing a performance
open to the public and free of charge 365 days a year.
Please visit the link below to view
these exciting concerts as they happen.
www.kennedy-center.org/programs/millennium
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60th
Coupe Mondiale Round 2 |
Members of the International
Jury
Iñigo AIZPIOLEA, (Spain)
Anatoli GAISIN, (Kazakhstan)
President: Joan Sommers (USA)
Vojin VASOVIC, (Serbia)
Li CONG, (China)
Graham LAURIE, (United Kingdom)
Andreas NEBL, (Germany)
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Each contestant was required to
perform one complete 'Original' work for accordion. Those who qualified
from the previous Round 1 are listed as follows:
Round 2
Sergei Osokin (Russia)
Linar Davletbaev (Russia)
Ivan Sverko (Croatia)
Jai Qi Ge (China)
Pieternei Berkers (Netherlands)
Li Long (China)
Alexander Sevastian (Canada)
Julien Gonzales (France)
Mikhail Petrov (Kazakhstan)
Zong Han Fu (China)
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International
Competition for Piano Accordion |
International Competiion for Piano
Accordion: Each
contestant was required to perform an own choice program consisting
of three (3) or more pieces including one from the Baroque era,
one piece to be of a slower, lyrical style and one piece of a technical
virtuosic style. It must contain at least one Original Work but
transcriptions may also be used. Individual movements from cyclic
works are acceptable. The playing
time is between 15 and 20 minutes.
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Werner WEIBERT (Austria)
Ron van OVERBRUGGEN, (Netherlands)
Günther ZEILINGER, (Germany)
President: Herbert SCHEIBENREIF, (Austria)
Mirco PATARINI, (Italy)
Stephanie POOLE, (New Zealand)
Kimmo MATTILA, (Finland)
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Contestants played in the following order:
Goran Stevanovic
Adrian Stieglitz
Chirstopher Gorton
Serhiy Krytskyy
Grayson Masefield
Li Long
Sarah Smith
Stanislav Jusuvfovic
Sam Thomas
Nikola Jankovic
Daisy Ying Huang
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Luncheon
Concert |
CIA President
Kevin Friedrich with accordionist Manny Bobbenrieth
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Junior
Coupe Mondiale Round 2 |
Members of the International Jury
Jörgen SUNDEQVIST, (Sweden)
Lars ARNEVIG, (Norway)
Liz FINCH, (USA)
President: Walter MAURER, (Austria)
Heather MASEFIELD, (New
Zealand)
Vjera ODAK-JEMBRIH, (Croatia)
Chen JUN, (China)
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Candidates
were required to play an own choice program which must include
one original work for accordion and one Baroque work written
for harpsichord/clavichord. Contestants were as follows:
Ruslan Osipov (Russia)
Samantha Jarquio (USA)
Jessica Chen (New Zealand)
Tony Livonen (Sweden)
Sabrina Prichard (Sweden)
Robi Simonelli (Croatia)
George Xu (New Zealand)
Barabara Slavinska (Poland)
Gaelle Vinckier (France)
Remi Mounes (France)
Stephanie Panzic (New Zealand)
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Kennedy
Center for the Performing Arts |
A series
of accordion concerts will be held at the Millennium
Stage at the famed Kennedy Center for the Performing
Arts, during the 2007 CIA Coupe Mondiale World Accordion
Championships. The 'Performing Arts for Everyone' on
the Millennium Stage program is designed to introduce
the Kennedy Center, and make music available from a
variety of artists from around the world to all, by
providing a performance open to the public and free
of charge 365 days a year.
Rosita Lee Showstoppers
and Dancers and the North Shore Accordion Orchestra
performed on the Millenium Stage at the prestigious
Kennedy Centre. The Rosita Lee Showstoppers and Dancers
began the concert followed by the NSAO who received
a standing ovation for their performance. This concert
is now online at the Kennedy Centre internet site.
www.kennedy-center.org/programs/millennium |
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Today the following groups performed:
-Showstoppers Accordion Orchestra (New Hampshire)
under the direction of Rosita Lee Latulippe (above)
-North Shore Accordion Orchestra (Auckland, New Zealand)
under the direction of Lionel Reekie (below)
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CIA Reception hosted by Mauro Greco, husband of the
late Maddalena Belfiore |
Mauro
Greco, husband of the late Maddalena Belfiore,
hosted a reception for CIA Delegates, Juries and
others. Maddalena was a longtime officer and supporter
in the CIA, and most in attendance were delighted
to raise their glasses honor of the wonderful
memories that had all been shared with her.
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Sam
Falcetti, Manny Bobenrieth and Sal Fabrio
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Raymond
Bodell, Graham Laurie and Lars Arnevig
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Jeff
and Pam Lisenby
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Mr.
Greco Jr and Frank Busso
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Jeff
Lisenby and Frederic Dechamps
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Faithe
Deffner, Frank Busso and Joan C. Sommers
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Heather
Masefield and Walter Maurer
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Joan
C. Sommers and Ulrich Schmulling
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Mary
Tokarski and Linda Soley Reed
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Kevin
Friedrich, Mrs. Sunqvest, Mauro Greco, Joan
C. Sommers, Jörgen Sundeqvist, Iñigo
Aizpielo and Frederic Dechamps
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Evening
Virtuoso Entertainment Competition and Concert |
The
concert opened with a performance by the University
of Missouri Community Accordion Orchestra under
the direction of Joan C. Sommers. Many alumni
members of the UMKC Accordion Orchestra joined
the group for the trip to Washington DC.
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The
concert continued with the candidates from the
International Competition for Entertainment
Music performing Round 1 of their program.
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Members of the International Jury for the Virtuoso Competition:
Günther ZEILINGER, (Germany)
Chen JUN (China)
Heather MASEFIELD, (New Zealand)
Mirco PATARINI, (Italy)
Herbert SCHEIBENREIF, (Austria)
President: Raymond BODELL, (United Kingdom)
Kimmo MATTILA, (Finland)
Andreas NEBL, (Germany)
Graham LAURIE, (United
Kingdom)
Li CONG, (China) |
Grayson Masefield (New
Zealand)
Nicolas Koch (France)
Benoit Chabod (France)
Cyril Blanchard (France)
Sam Thomas (USA)
Apolline Grimaldi (France)
Jeremie Buirette (France)
Yves Moulin (Switzerland)
Felicien Brut (France)
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The
concert concluded with the Akkordeonorchester Hof
(Germany) under the direction of Günther Zeilinger.
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Quintet
performing within the Orchestra
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Joan
C. Sommers and the UMKC Accordion Orchestra
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2007 Coupe Mondiale
co-sponsored by:
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Accordionists
& Teachers Guild, International (ATG)
Joan C. Sommers - President
2312 W. 71st Terrace
Prairie Village, KS 66208
Phone: 913-722-5625
E-mail: sommersjoanc@sbcglobal.net
Internet: www.accordions.com/atg |
American
Accordionists Association (AAA)
Linda Soley Reed - President
152 Home Fair Drive
Fairfield, CT 06825
Phone: 203-335-2045; Fax: 203-335-2048
E-mail: aaa1938@aol.com
Internet: www.ameraccord.com |
We invite you
to join us at one of our future events:
details to be announced shortly
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