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Press
Information for the 2009 Coupe Mondiale in New Zealand
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Press
Releases
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2009
New Zealand National and South Pacific Accordion Championships &
Festival
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New
Zealand Competitors Information
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17
May 2009 release
Information about New Zealand
Competitors for Media.
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World
Accordion Day
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6th May 2009
release
World Accordion Day Celebrations
in N.Z.
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Press
Information for the 2009 Coupe Mondiale in New Zealand
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10th
October 2008 release
Strumenti
Musica Magazine (Italy)
Interview with New Zealand born CIA President
Kevin Friedrich
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Magazine
Interview download Acrobat file 11MB.
Kevin
Friedrich Website.
The President of the Confédération
Internationale des Accordéonistes (CIA) - IMC-UNESCO
is New Zealand born Kevin
Friedrich. He is completing two terms of Presidency and retires
from the position at the 2009 Coupe Mondiale in Auckland, New Zealand.
To honor his Presidency, the 2012 Coupe Mondiale being held in New
Zealand was changed to 2009, so that Kevin Friedrich could retire
in front of the home crowd. Widely lauded as being a most highly
regarded President, this gives the New Zealand public, with whom
Kevin Friedrich has maintained close family and accordion ties,
the chance to celebrate his success as President of the CIA.
During the term of his Presidency, Kevin Friedrich has also been
active in New Zealand and is the key person behind the Dargaville
Museum presenting 'Accordion
Gems' by Kevin Friedrich, ..A
Master Collection of Accordions through Time...A press release
is available for download at that link.
This excellent exhibition has been strongly supported by the people
of the Dargaville region where Kevin Friedrich was born and bought
up, until going to the USA at 18 years of age where he finished
his accordion degrees and became the President of the ATG and a
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CONTACT
for the Public for Coupe Mondiale Information:
New Zealand Accordion Association Secretary - Heather Masefield
Email: nzaasecretary@yahoo.com
Phone: +64 9 489 8316 or +64 9 486 3012 (leave message)
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Press
Information for the 2009 Coupe Mondiale in New Zealand
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10th October 2008
release
THE
62nd CIA COUPE MONDIALE
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION & FESTIVAL FOR ACCORDIONISTS
25th to 30th August 2009
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Prestigious International Competition returns to New Zealand after
29 years.
- CIA World Accordion Orchestra III
- Musical Guests/Performers from the Four Corners of the World.
Takapuna, Auckland will become the "World Accordion Capital"
as accordionists and enthusiasts from all over the world converge
upon Takapuna to attend the 2009 Coupe Mondiale - the "World
Cup" of accordion championships - from 25th to 30th August
2009 at the Bruce Mason Theatre, Takapuna City.
The CIA Coupe Mondiale, recognized as the most prestigious annual
accordion competition of international scope, takes place in a
different country every year, under the auspices of the Confederation
International des Accordeonistes, which is currently celebrating
its 62nd anniversary since the first such event, in 1938 in Paris.
The Confederation is affiliated with the International Music Council
and UNESCO.
This will be the second time that this most prestigious accordion
competition has been held in New Zealand. Previously held in Auckland
in 1980, hosted by the New Zealand Accordion Association, the
Coupe Mondiale then was the first ever international music competition
to be held in New Zealand and the event was opened by then New
Zealand Prime Minister Robert Muldoon in front of a capacity crowd
at the Auckland Town Hall.
"The Coupe Mondiale attracts accordionists and accordion
music lovers from all over the world because the instrument is
particularly significant to so many cultures and music styles,"
says New Zealand Accordion Association (NZAA) President John Statham.
“We are pleased to have this awesome array of accordion talent
return to New Zealand and to again host the Coupe Mondiale after
so many years."
Highlights of the Coupe Mondiale whirlwind week include:
- Four
daytime and evenings of accordion entertainment and concerts
at the world class Bruce Mason Center
- The
World Accordion Orchestra III
- Series
of gala social receptions with endless entertainment and late-evening
performances in a lounge setting with open mike for participating
accordionists
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Further
information and photos available from the NZAA Coupe Mondiale
Media Contacts:
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CONTACT
for the Public for Coupe Mondiale Information:
New Zealand Accordion Association Secretary - Heather Masefield
Email: nzaasecretary@yahoo.com
Phone: +64 9 489 8316 or +64 9 486 3012 (leave message)
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