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Schedule of Events for Wednesday, 22 August 2012
 08.00  Mandatory Meeting for all CIA Adjudicators (all adjudicators in all categories)
 (Teatro 17 September in the Opera House)
 09.00  65th Coupe Mondiale - Round I
 09.15  Junior Coupe Mondiale - Round I
 12.00 - 13.45  Lunch
 14.00  65th Coupe Mondiale - Round I
 14.00  Junior Coupe Mondiale - Round I
 19.00 - 20.00  Dinner
 19.30  Junior International Competition for Virtuoso Entertainment Music - Round I

Members of the International Jury panels were briefed in a meeting as to the procedures of the various competitions held by the CIA.
 

Members of the CIA International Jury
Zoran Rakic (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Jacques Mornet (France) Li Cong (China), Corrado Rojac (Italy),
Viatcheslav Semionov (Russia) - President of the Jury, Herbert Scheibenreif (Austria), Vojin Vasovic (Serbia), Kazys Stonkus (Lithuania), Grayson Masefield (New Zealand)
 

Round I - Test Round Section
  • INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR ACCORDION SOLOISTS (COUPE MONDIALE) 2012. There will be three (3) rounds. Each candidate must include a polyphonic (conterpoint) *** work in either Round I or Round 3 of the candidates program. The candidate may select in Round 1 "Any Baroque work" a polyphonic (conterpoint) Baroque work to fulfill this requirement.
    *** Example: Any Fuga, Invention, Canon from Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Contemporary etc... periods

The candidate must perform the 2012 Test Round including the following three (3) pieces:

  • Any Baroque work.
  • Own Choice Program: The candidate must select a program consisting of two (2) pieces, one piece to be of a slower, lyrical style* and the other piece to be of a technical virtuosic style**.  At least one (1) of these Own Choice pieces must be an original work for accordion.
     * Examples of the slower, lyrical style: Kalina Krasnaia by Semionov, Romance by Angelis, Vocalise by Rachmaninov, Aria by Bach etc...
    ** Examples of the technical virtuosic style: Caprice by Paganini, a fast Sonata by Scarlatti, Finale of 1st Sonata by Kusjakov etc...
  • Individual movements from cyclic works are acceptable, however a maximum of one movement of any cyclic work shall be selected. Playing time for Round I: maximum 20 minutes. Failure to observe maximum playing time will result in a mark penalty.

Round I music must be played in one sitting and may be played in any order. Candidates will be judged equally on each of the three parts of Round I.
 

Coupe Mondiale Round I Contestants in their playing order:

09:05 Laimonas Salijus, Lithuania
09:25 Angelo Miele, Italy
09:45 Giuseppe Grosso, Italy
 
10:05 Break
 
10:20 Xiaonan Xu, China
10:40 Iryna Serotyuk, Ukraine
11:00 Nikita Syrchin, Russia
11:20 Stojan Bojic, Bosnia and Herzegovina
11:40 Ghenadie Rotari, Moldova
 
12:00 Break
 
14:00 Petar Mirkov, Serbia
14:20 Alexander Veretennikov, Russia
14:40 Vitaly Kondratenko, Russia
 
Angelo Miele, Italy
Giuseppe Grosso, Italy
Xiaonan Xu, China
Iryna Serotyuk, Ukraine
Nikita Syrchin, Russia
Ghenadie Rotari, Moldova
Petar Mirkov, Serbia
Alexander Veretennikov, Russia
Vitaly Kondratenko, Russia
 

Round I - Program
  • Any Baroque work. (Repeats in Baroque compositions are not required.)
  • Own Choice Program: The candidate must select a program consisting of two (2) pieces, one piece to be of a slower, lyrical style* and the other piece to be of a technical virtuosic style**.  At least one (1) of these Own Choice pieces must be an original work for accordion.
    * Examples of the slower, lyrical style: Kalina Krasnaia by Semionov, Romance by Angelis, Vocalise by Rachmaninov, Aria by Bach etc...
    ** Examples of the technical virtuosic style: Caprice by Paganini, a fast Sonata by Scarlatti, Finale of 1st Sonata by Kusjakov etc...
  • A minimum of two (2) different Composers
  • Individual movements from cyclic works are acceptable, however a maximum of one movement of any cyclic work shall be selected. Playing time for Round I: minimum of 10 minutes and a maximum of 15 minutes. Failure to observe maximum playing time will result in a mark penalty.
    Round I music must be played in one sitting and may be played in any order. Candidates will be judged equally on each of the three parts of Round I.
Members of the International Jury for the Junior Coupe Mondiale
Alexander Selivanov (Russia), Werner Weibert (Austria), Mindaugas Labanauskas (Lithuania),
Ivano Battison (Italy), Joan Sommers (USA) - President of the Jury, Predrag Kostovic (Serbia),
Alexander Milojevic (Canada), Graham Laurie (United Kingdom), Tibor Racz (Slovakia)
 
Contestant Playing Order for the Junior Coupe Mondiale:
 
09:20 Vladimir Stupnikov, Russia
09:40 Pernille Toftegaard Olsen, Denmark
09:55 Eugenio De Rose, Italy
10:10 Cigliutti Nossent, France
 
10:25 Break
 
10:40 Aleksandar Drinic, Bosnia and Herzegovina
11:00 Tuomas Poutanen, Finland
11:15 Viktor Daniel Eliasson, Sweden
11:30 Laurène Dif, France
11:50 Sinisa Ljubojevic, Bosnia and Herzegovina
 
12:10 Break
 
14:00 Djordje Davidovic, Serbia
14:15 Anna-Katharina Schau, Germany
14:30 Lore Amenabar, Spain
14:50 Sasa Turkulovic, Serbia
 
15:10 Break
 
15:25 Aleksandar Jovancic, Serbia
15:40 Tian Jianan, China
15:55 Zoë Schade, France

The members of the CIA Music Committee met to discuss their work as it pertains to the musical requirements of the CIA.
 

Round I
  • OWN CHOICE PROGRAM: Own choice program consisting of at least two (2) pieces of different styles and moods.
  • Playing time: maximum 7 minutes. Failure to observe the maximum playing time will result in a mark penalty.
Members of the Internatinoal Jury
Standing: Crystal Wang (China), Antonio Spaccarotella (Italy), Mindaugas Labanauskas (Lithuania),
Werner Weibert (Austria), Graham Laurie (United Kingdom), Jorgen Sundeqvist (Sweden),
Seated: Tibor Racz (Slovakia) - President of the Jury, Snezana Vlastic (Serbia), Oswaldinho De Almeida e Silva (Brazil)
 
Playing order for the Contestants in the Junior Virtuoso Entertainment Music Competition:

19:40 Francisco Monteiro, Portugal
19:50 Andrea Di Giacomo, Italy
20:00 Alexander Bodell, United Kingdom
20:10 Lorenzo Bosica, Italy
 
20:20 Break
 
20:30 Jonel Lelo Nika, Denmark
20:40 Alessio Di Sante, Italy
20:50 Maxime D'errico, France
21:00 Guillaume Clerget, France
21:10 Jean-Baptiste Baudin, France
21:20 José Dias, Portugal
 
21:30 Break
 
21:40 Angel Villart, France
21:50 Felipe Granemann De Lima, Brazil
22:00 Matteo Petronio, Italy
22:10 Jimmy Friant, France
22:20 Vedad Zulic, Bosnia and Herzegovina
22:30 Andrea Coruzzi, Italy
Francisco Monteiro, Portugal
Andrea Di Giacomo, Italy
Alexander Bodell, United Kingdom
Lorenzo Bosica, Italy
Jonel Lelo Nika, Sweden
Alessio Di Sante, Italy
Maxime D'errico, France
Guillaume Clerget, France
Jean-Baptiste Baudin, France
José Dias, Portugal
Angel Villart, France
Felipe Granemann De Lima, Brazil
Matteo Petronio, Italy
Jimmy Friant, France
Vedad Zulic, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Andrea Coruzzi, Italy

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