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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 Saturday, August 18, 2007 |
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Post Article |
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Article in the
Washington Post
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| Coupe
Mondiale, Round 3 |
Normally the top six contestants
are taken through to the top round, however, this year there was
a tie for 6th place going into the final round, so seven were asked
to perform the 3rd Round:
Linar Davletbaev, Russia
Zong Han Fu, China
Jai Qi Ge, China
Julien Gonzales, France
Li Long, China
Alexander Sevastian, Canada
Ivan Sverko, Croatia
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| Closing
Session of the 118th General Assembly |
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The Chinese
Delegation of Chen Jun and Li Cong made a presentation of
an ancient
Chinese Sheng to the CIA Archives collection housed in Ikaalinen,
Finland.
Pictured are Kimmo Mattila (CIA General Secretary), Chen
Jun (China), Li Cong (China) and CIA President Kevin Friedrich
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CIA Delegates
in attendance at the 118th General Assembly.
Back Row:
China - Chen JUN, Croatia - Tatjana LAUIC, Norway - Lars
ARNEVIG, Spain - Iñigo AIZPIOLEA, China - Li CONG,
Italy - Mirco PATARINI, United Kingdom - Graham LAURIE,
USA (AAA) - Linda Soley REED, Germany - Günther ZEILINGER,
Austria - Herbert SCHEIBENREIF, New Zealand - Heather MASEFIELD,
Austria - Weiner WEIBERT, New Zealand - Carol YAN, Netherlands
- Ron Van OVERBRUGGEN, United Kingdom - Elaine BEECHAM,
Sweden - Jörgen SUNDEQVIST, Serbia & Montenegro
- Vojin VASOVIC, Denmark - Peter ANDERS, United Kingdom
- Gina BRANNELLI
Front Row:
Fiji - Harley JONES, USA (ATG) - Joanna Arnold DARROW, USA
(AFNA) - Sylvia PRIOR, Croatia - Vjera ODAK-JEMBRIH, USA
(AAA) - Faithe DEFFNER, USA - Kevin FRIEDRICH, Finland -
Kimmo MATTILA, Austria - Walter MAURER, United Kingdom -
Raymond BODELL, USA (ATG) - Joan SOMMERS, France - Frederic
DESCHAMPS
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| CIA
Awards Ceremony |
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Members
of the International Jury
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Contestants
in the Junior Competition for Virtuoso Entertainment Music
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Contestants
in the Junior Coupe Mondiale
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Contestants
in the International Competition for Virtuoso Entertainment
Music
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Contestants
in the International Competition for Ensemble Music
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Contestants
in the International Competition for Piano Accordion
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| CIA
Reception |
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Past,
Present and Future
2006 Coupe Mondiale Organizer - Lars Arnevig (Norway)
(right)
2007 Coupe Mondiale Organizer - Faithe Deffner (USA)
(center)
2008 Coupe Mondiale Organizer - Graham Laurie (United
Kingdom) (left)
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Coupe
Mondiale Candidates relaxing after a grueling week
of competitions at a celebration reception hosted
by Steve Stolaruk
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Team
Germany
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Team
New Zealand
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| CIA
Awards Concert |
The CIA Presented
several Awards at the Concert including the Honored
Friend of the Accordion and the CIA Merit Award.
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Honored
Friend of the Accordion
Elaine Beecham, United Kingdom
(teaching and work on behalf of the NAO)
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Honored
Friend of the Accordion
Jeroen Nijhof, Netherlands
(work in developing www.accordionlinks.com)
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CIA
Merit Award
Vjera Odak-Jembrih (Croatia)
(work in pedagogy, method books and teaching)
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CIA
Merit Award
Harley Jones (Fiji)
(for his vision in developing Accordions Worldwide)
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Winner
of the Junior Coupe Mondiale
Ruslan OSIPOV (Russia)
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Winner
of the Junior Virtuoso Entertainment Competition
Eric ALLARD-JACQUIN (France)
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Best
Performance of the Test Piece from the Finalists
Li LONG (China)
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Winner
of the Virtuoso Entertainment Competition
Jeremie BUIRETTE (France)
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Winner
of the International Competition for Piano Accordion
Stanislav JUSUFOVIC (Serbia)
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Winner
of the 60th Anniversary Coupe Mondiale
Alexander SEVASTIAN (Canada)
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As
is tradition at the CIA, at the conclusion of the
official CIA functions, the current organizer passes
the responsibilities by presenting a Plaque to the
following Coupe Mondiale organizer as a token of goodwill.
2007 Organizer Faithe Deffner (USA) presents Graham
Laurie (Scotland) with the organizers Plaque as the
CIA prepares to be hosted in Glasgow, Scotland in
October 2008.
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Members
of the World Accordion Orchestra include CIA Executive
Committee Members and former CIA contestants:
Concert Master: Kevin Friedrich - CIA President, Raymond
Bodell (CIA Vice President) Mary Tokarski (USA Contestant),
Kimmo Mattila (CIA General Secretary/Treasurer), Julie
Kaspursyk (2nd place Coupe Mondiale Winner), and Herbert
Scheibenreif (Vice President)
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Behind
the Concert Master is 1962 CIA World Champion Iona
Reed, and behind her former Coupe Mondiale contestant
Jeff Lisenby. On the right is CIA Vice President Herbert
Scheibenfeif, AAA President Linda Soley Reed, and
Amy Jo Sawyer (Coupe Mondiale contestant).
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Conductor
Joan C. Sommers - Vice Chairperson of the CIA Music
Committee and 3rd Place CIA Coupe Mondiale Winner
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World
Accordion Orchestra Concert Master - CIA President
Kevin Friedrich
Conductor, ATG President and Vice Chairperson of CIA
Music Committee - Joan C. Sommers
Composer of Lest We Forget (World Premiere) - Leonard
Stack
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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 |
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We invite you
to join us at one of our future events:
details to be announced shortly
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