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The Alix Goolden Concert Hall was full of both audience members and a stunning variety of accordion music from 9:00 am to 10:30 pm, as Friday saw the conclusion of all the competitive categories including:
- International Competition for Digital Accordion
- Junior International Competition for Virtuoso Entertainment Music
- Masters Coupe Mondiale
- 66th Coupe Mondiale, Round III
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International Competition for Digital Accordion
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- Playing
time: maximum 15 minutes. Failure to observe the maximum playing time
will result in a mark penalty.
- External sound
modules, may be used for effects only, not for the whole program.
- Rehearsal
time of up to 15 minutes per candidate will be scheduled prior to
the competition.
- Performance
sound set up time - maximum 2 minutes. Performance sound break down
- maximum 2 minutes.
- All
types and make of digital accordion may be used and bellows must be
the primary volume control of the digital sounds. Digital accordions
with acoustic sounds are permitted with the reeds amplified provided
the candidate uses the accordion and bellows to make substantial use
of digital sounds.
- To
assist the candidates in preparing their programs, please note that
the adjudicators marks will take into account:
- Originality and creativity of program
- Technique/playing ability
- Musicality
- Digital Usage eg: multiple voices, multiple sounds, programing of
sound sets, correct sound useage. Look for effective use of many of
the digital instrument capabilities plus creativity factors.
- Creativity eg: additional equipment such as - computer, effects
box, looping - multi tracking and backing tracks, exploiting instrument
possibilities, customising settings. Effective use of technologies.
- Structure eg: planned programing, adaption for digital instrument.
- Stagecraft, charisma, performance presentation.
- Candidates playing on a digital instrument, in the same way they
would perform on an acoustic accordion, without good digital usage,
are not making effective use of digital technology and that should
refelct in the marks with higher marks to candidates with good digital
usage, creativity and structure.
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Klavdiya Tarabrina (Russia) |
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Michael Bridge (Canada) |
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Dorin Grama (Moldova) |
Giordano Costa (Brazil) - withdrawn from competition
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Alicia Baker (USA) |
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Members of the International Jury: Werner Weibert (Austria), Antonio Spaccarotella (Italy),
Graham Laurie (United Kingdom), Kimmo Mattila - President of the Jury (Finland), Li Cong (China),
Jelena Milojevic (Canada), Bratislav Manasijevic (Bosnia
and Herzegovina), Mary Tokarski (USA-AAA) |
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Junior International Competition for Virtuoso Entertainment Music - Round
II
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- 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.
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Jia Tong Shi (China) |
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Naomi Harris (USA) |
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Tor Rafeek Stuomo (USA) |
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Zhao Dong Yao (China) |
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Emmanuel Gasser (Canada) |
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Jiacheng Xue (China) |
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Maxime D'errico (France) |
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Jean-Baptiste Baudin (France) |
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Alexander Bodell (United Kingdom) |
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Rachel Marie Quirbach (USA) |
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Alexandra Reekie (New Zealand) |
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Nikolay Ovchinnikov (Russia) |
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Lorenzo Bosica (Italy) |
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Members of the International Jury
Graham Laurie (United Kingdom), Jelena Milojevic (Canada),
Bratislav Manasijevic (Bosnia
and Herzegovina),
Li Cong (China), Joan Cochran Sommers - President of the Jury (USA-ATG), Herbert Scheibenreif (Austria),
Kazys Storkus (Lithuania), Georg Hettman (Germany), |
Masters Coupe Mondiale
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- 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. Single movements from cyclic
works are acceptable.
* 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...
- Competitors
must present themselves as artists to an audience; presentation, dress
and stage-craft all being important.
- Playing time: minimum
15 minutes to maximum 20 minutes playing time. Failure to observe
minimum or maximum playing time will result in a mark penalty.
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Mario Perkovic (Croatia) |
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Lukas Katinas (Lithuania) |
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Nikola Kerkez (Serbia) |
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Neno Atanaskovic (Croatia) |
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Pavel Mikhalev (Russia) |
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Sergey Lobkov (Russia) |
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Yifei Zhang (Canada) |
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Louise Dionne (Canada) |
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Members of the International Jury: Bratislav Manasijevic (Bosnia
and Herzegovina), Kazys Storkus (Lithuania),
Werner Weibert (Austria), Kevin Friedrich - President of the Jury (USA), Aleksander Milojevic (Canada),
Joan Cochran Sommers (USA), Li Cong (China), Renzo Ruggieri (Italy), Jacques Mornet (France), |
66th Coupe Mondiale Round
III - Own Choice Program
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- Own Choice program consisting of three (3) or more pieces of different
style and character.
- A
minimum of two (2) different composers
- A Polyphonic (contrapuntal) work must be included in this round. Example: Any Fuga, Invention, Canon from Baroque, Classical, Romantic,
Contemporary etc... periods.
- Playing
time: minimum 20 minutes to maximum 30 minutes. Failure to observe
minimum or maximum playing time will result in a mark penalty.
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Marko Sevarlic (Serbia) |
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Nikola Pekovic (Serbia) |
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Laimonas Salijus (Lithuania) |
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Han Zhi Wang (China) |
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Alexander Kolomiytsev (Russia) |
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Members of the Interational Jury: Graham Laurie (United Kingdom), Dalibor Boijun (Croatia), Jacques Mornet (France),
Miljan Bjeletic (Serbia),
Viatcheslav Semionov (Russia) (President of the Jury) Herbert Scheibenreif (Austria),
Alexander Sevastian (Canada), Kazys Storkus (Lithuania) Li Cong (China) |
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