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Daily
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Arrival
of CIA Organizing Committee |
17:00
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CIA
Executive Committee Meeting - Preliminary (Hotel Turist) |
21:00
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CIA
Executive Committee Meeting (Hotel Turist) |
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Walking
Tour of Varadin |
Varadin
is a city that lives several different lives at the same time.
It tells a story of the glory of its past , celebrates the beauty
of the countless faces of art and bears witness to the dynamism
of its daily life. Indeed, at all times Varadin offers
a chance for a pleasant break, but also the opportunity to all
who wish to abandon themselves to an intensive enjoyment of
the joys of life. To put it in a nutshell, Varadin is
a place where discovery is ongoing- which is the best kind of
invitation to a city where in few steps one walks through centuries.
Numerous
cultural and historical sights of Varadin are testimony
to its rich history, spanning a period of over eight centuries.
The name Varadin was first mentioned in 1181, and the
status of free royal borough was granted to the citizens of
Varadin by the Hungarian-Croatian King Andrew II in his
charter of 1209. During the period of its greatest prosperity,
at the end of the eighteenth century, when many Croatian nobles,
landholders, and even craftsman and artists lived here in luxury,
Varadin was also the capital city of triune Croatia.
In
the historical chain of Central European cities, Varadin
uncovers itself to its guests and chance visitors as a rare
urban jewel - a city of harmony and intimacy, a city that displays
its specific urban identity not only through the perpetual beauty
of its old Baroque architecture, but also through the warmth
of its lovely squares, streets and parks, and above all through
the wealth of its preserved museum collections and the diversity
of its cuisine.
Varadin
is the city of festivals and the common thread bonding them
all is music. The music life of the city is enriched with festivals
as International festival of traditional jazz, Blues festival,
Varadin Baroque Evenings, then the International school
of baroque music and dance Aestas music and pancirfest.
pancirfest turns this city into the Capital of Music,
the Kingdom of Theatre and the Empire of Beauty created by the
hand of the artist.
The
sounds of classical music can be heard from one of Varadin's
churches, from the acclaimed School of Music, one of the oldest
in this part of Europe, and even from the homes of many residents.
This is because Varadin is the traditional center of the
musical life of northwestern Croatia. Due to this rich musical
heritage, the Varadin Baroque Evenings, an acclaimed international
Baroque music festival, have been held every autmn since 1971.
Today
one of the most accomplished European makers of musical instruments,
the master Vladimir Proskurnjak, lives and works in Varadin.
To the present many hundreds of violins, violas, guitars and
tamburitza, which are noted for their exceptionally beautiful
and majestic sounds,were crafted in the workshop of this unique
"Stardivarius of Varadin", who like the famed
master from Cremona specializes in the construction of the highest
quality string instruments. The authenticity of Proskurnjak's
violins lies in the fact that this master constructs them from
a combination of special types of wood: these are specific high-
quality species of maple and spruce which grow only in the high
mountains of Croatia and Bosnia. Visitors to this master 's
Varadin workshop can personally experience the fascinating
sounds of his brilliant musical instruments. Also, Varadin
has a young master Arian abic who manufactures brilliant
bass-guitars- Aries basses. Also, people of Varadin are
proud of the fact that in year 1800. Ivan Padovec, self- taught
guitar player, virtuoso, composer and inventor of a ten- stringed
guitar, was born here. Since 1963. harmonics was introduced
in the regular classes of the Music School, and Department of
harmonic development of quantitative and qualitative improvement
of teachers, participation in various events and meetings accordionists
in Pula. Thanks to the great enthusiasm and initiative of teachers
Stefanija Tkalcec-Cikac 1970/71. school year harmonics is introduced
into the secondary school of music, thereby making the students
given the opportunity for continuing education and orientation
to the study, which until then had been exclusively abroad.
Slavko
Magdic was the first student who headed the study of harmonics
in Moscow and whose return to begin a new period of successful
training in this instrument, the new generations of young people
who move the footsteps of his professors, which are: Zeljko
koic, Valentina Lokaj, Drazen Komeri, Senka Baek
, Lidija Maksic and Davor Bobic, who has graduated in composition,
music theory and accordion concert at the famous State Conservatory
"PI Tchaikovsky in Kiev. Davor Bobic is one of the most
frequently and most prominent Croatian composer, recipient of
numerous professional and national awards and distinguished
director of Varazdin Baroque Evenings. Krznar Nada is a part
of the younger generation. She is one of the most successful
students by the number of prizes won, and later at the studio
her success continued, just like while participating in world
competitions, where she managed to win the favorable results.
As
a distinct combination of city and museum, but also as the modern
headquarters of the County of Varadin and a crossroads
for routes from Central Europe across Zagreb to the Adriatic
Sea, Varadin is an attractive and almost unavoidable tourist
destination. It is in the heart of its old town center that
every visitor can feel both the spirit of past centuries and
the beauty of living in our times.
As attendees
for the 63rd Coupe Mondiale arrived in Varadin, they took
the opportunity to take a walking tour. Below are some pictures
from the beautiful buildings of Varadin.
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The
Varadin Music School, one of the CIA Competition Venues
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Above left: CIA Ambassador Kevin Friedrich and Public Relations
Manager Harley Jones both originally from New Zealand next
to a Coupe Mondiale Poster
Above right: The Main Town Square of Varadin
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Above
left: Town Square
Above right: Harley Jones (CIA Public Relations Manager) Raymond
Bodell (President) and Kevin Friedrich (CIA Ambassador)
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Pictures
from Varadin
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Pictures
from Varadin
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Pictures
from Varadin
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Pictures
from Varadin and Zagreb Bank, one of the official sponsors
of the 63rd Coupe Mondiale
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CIA
Executive Committee Meeting |
Members
of the CIA Executive Committee held their first meetings to
discuss business of the CIA as outlined on the Agenda, in preparation
for the 124th General Assembly of Delegates.
Recommendations from the Executive Committee are subsequently
presented to the General Assembly of Delegates for final discussions
and decisions. Members of the Executive Committee include:
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CIA
Executive Committee Members |
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United
Kingdom - Raymond Bodell (President) |
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Austria
- Herbert Scheibenreif (Vice President) |
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Slovakia
- Tibor Racz (Vice President) |
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Finland
- Kimmo Mattila (General Secretary) |
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New
Zealand - Harley Jones (Public Relations Manager) |
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France
- Frédéric Deschamps (Music Committee Chairperson) |
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USA
- Kevin Friedrich (CIA Ambassador - Non Voting) |
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Above
left to right: Frédéric Deschamps - France (Music
Committee Chairperson), Tibor
Racz - Slovakia (Vice President),
Kimmo Mattila - Finland (General Secretary), Raymond Bodell
- United Kingdom (President), Herbert Scheibenreif - Austria
(Vice President),
Harley Jones - New Zealand (Public Relations Manager), Kevin
Friedrich - USA (CIA Ambassador - Non Voting)
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Above
right: Tibor Racz (Slovakia) and Kimmo Mattila (Finland)
Above left: Herbert Scheibenreif (Austria), Harley Jones (New
Zealand)
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Above
left: Tibor Racz (Slovakia) and Kimmo Mattila (Finland), Raymond
Bodell (United Kingdom), Herbert Scheibenreif (Austria), Harley
Jones (New Zealand)
Above right: Raymond Bodell (United Kingdom)
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Above
left to right: Frédéric Deschamps - France (Music
Committee Chairperson), Tibor
Racz - Slovakia (Vice President),
Kimmo Mattila - Finland (General Secretary), Raymond Bodell
- United Kingdom (President), Kevin Friedrich - USA (CIA Ambassador
- Non Voting)
Herbert Scheibenreif - Austria (Vice President), Harley Jones
- New Zealand (Public Relations Manager)
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