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  • INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR ACCORDION SOLOISTS (COUPE MONDIALE) 2016. There will be three (3) rounds. Each candidate must include a polyphonic (contrapuntal) work in Round III of their program. The candidate may select in Round I "Any type of Baroque work".
     
Round I - Test Round Section

The candidate must perform a Test Round consisting of 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.
  • A Single movement from a cyclic works is acceptable, however a maximum of only one movement from any cyclic work will be accepted. Playing time for Round I: maximum 20 minutes.

Round I music must be played in one sitting and may be played in any order.
 

Round II - Complete Original Work
  • One complete original work for the accordion.
     
Round III - Own Choice Program
  • 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.
  • Playing time: a suggested minimum 20 minutes to maximum 30 minutes.
     
Radu Ratoi
Moldova

Round I
D. Scarlatti - Sonata K.227
M. Glinka/Balakirev - The Lark
V. Zolotariew - Rondo Capriccioso
Round II
V. Semionov - Sonata No.3
Round III
A. Kusyakov - Images Of The Passing Time 1.2.12 Part
J. S. Bach - Prelude And Fugue Gis-Moll
S. Gubaidulina - De Profundis
C. Saint-Saens - Dance Macabre

Artur Adrshin
Russia		 Round I
D. Scarlatti - Sonata-Toccata D Minor K141
V. Semionov - Red Viburnum
P. Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto In D Major, Op. 35 - 3.Final
Round II
A. Kusyakov - Sonata No. 4
Round II
J. S .Bach - Prelude And Fugue No. 2 C Minor BWV 871
V. Dikusarov - Scherzo
P. Makkonen - Like Swans.
M. Ishi - Tango Prism Op. 37
P. R. Olsen - Without A Title Op. 72
V. Zubitsky - Jazz Partita No.1 Part 4 "Perpetuum Mobile"
Michele Bianco
Italy		 Round II
J. S. Bach - Prelude And Fugue A Minor BWV 543
L. Janáček - Our Evenings
V. Semyonov - Capriccio No.1
Round II
A. Kusyakov - Sonata No. 1
Round III
Y. Ganzer - Silhouetten Mov. 3
V. Vlassov - Suite Mov. 1
J. S. Bach - Prelude And Fugue BWV 858
P. I. Tchaikovsky/V. Zubitsky - Concert for Violin D Major Op. 35 Finale
Mikk Langeproon
Estonia		 Round I
D. Scarlatti - Sonata F Minor K 386
H. Eller - Home Melody
O. Schmidt - Toccata No.1
Round II
U. Rojko - Whose Song
Round III
M. Bronner - Insomnia Mov. 1-4
J. S. Bach - Prelude And Fugue A Flat Major BWV 886
Z. F. Gerenabarrena - Izpi
Artem Malkhasyan
Russia		 Round II
J. P. Rameau - L'égyptienne
S. Rachmaninov - Barcarole
A. Mazanov - Bee
Round II
V. Semionov - Sonata No. 3
Round III
J. S. Bach - Prelude And Fuge C Sharp Major WTC 1
T. Lundquist - Metamorphoses
V. Kusyakov - Sonata No. 2
M. Moszkovsky - Etude F Major
Mistyukov, Yuliy
Russia		 Round I
D. Scarlatti - Sonate A Major K 101
V. Semyonov - Sonate No. 3 Mov. 2
F. Liszt/V. Horowitz - Rakoczy March
Round II
A. Kholminov - Symphony Concertante
Round III
J. S. Bach - Prelude And Fugue A Minor For Organ BWV 543
P. Olsen - Without A Title
J. Helmesberger - Dance Diabolique
V. Solotariew - Sonate No. 3 Mov. 4
Alexey Murza
Ukraine		 Round I
D. Scarlatti - Sonata D Major K 119
D. Kosoric - The Waste Land
A. Volodos/V. Semyonov - Concert Paraphrase On Mozart's Turkish Rondo
Round II
A. Kusyakov - Sonata No.1
Round III
J. S. Bach - Prelude And Fugue B Minor WTC II
J. Ganzer - Passacaglia
V. Semyonov - Caprice No. 1
M. Balakirev/V. Semionov - "Islamey" Oriental Fantasy
Alexey Mykitenko
Russia		 Round II
D. Scarlatti - Sonata D Minor K18
V. Semyonov - Prophetic Dream
S. Barber - Fugue
Round II
V. Semionov - Sonata No. 3 "Reminiscence Of The Future"
Round III
G. Muhel - Prelude And Fugue C Minor
A. Timoshenko - Sonata Mov. 2, 3, 4
I. Stravinsky - "Maslenitsa" From Ballet "Petrushka"
Augustinas Rakauskas
Lithuania		 Round I
V. Semionov - Prophetic Dream
D. Scarlatti - Sonata G Major K 55
P. R. Olsen - Without A Title
Round II
V. Semionov - Sonata No. 3 Reminiscence Of The Future"
Round III
J. S. Bach - Prelude And Fugue C Sharp Major
J. Haydn - Sonata No. 37 Hob. XVI:37 D Major Mov. 1
S. Prokofiev - Suggestion Diabolique Op.4 No. 4
S. Gubaidulina - Light & Darkness
N. Paganini/F. Liszt (transcription V. Semyonov) - La Campanella
Natallia Shakh
Belarus		 Round I
D. Scarlatti - Sonata D Major K 119
P. Tchaikovsky - Autumn Song
F. Angelis - Iron Rhythm
Round II
S. Berinsky - Partita "Thus Spoke Zarathustra"
Round III
J. S. Bach - Prelude And Fugue B Minor WТC 1
A. Grünfeld/S. Osokin - "Soirées De Vienne" Concert Paraphrase Over Waltz Motive By J. Strauß
V. Semyonov/J. Williams - Unforgettable
V. Runchak - Devoted To Igor Stravinsky
Arkadii Shkvorov
Russia		 Round I
D. Scarlatti - Sonate E Minor K.98 L.325
E. Derbenko - Calvary
G. Bize/F. Borne - The Brilliant Fantasy On Themes From The Opera
Round II
F. Angelis - Impasse
Round III
J. S. Bach - Toccata and Fuga D Minor
A. Nordheim - Flashing
V. Runchak - Devoted To Igor Stravinsky
P. Makkonen - Disco-Tango
Nikita Syrchin
Russia		 Round I
D. Scarlatti - Sonata A Major L 495 K 24
V. Semionov- Prophetic Dream
R. Shedrin - Basso Ostinato
Round II
F. Angelis - Impasse
Round III
D. Shostakovich - Praelude And Fugue EMinor
V. Semyonov - Caprice No. 2
F. Angelis - Romance
A. Beloshitsky - In Spanish Style
Nikita Vlasov
Russia		 Round I
J. S. Bach - Italian Concert Mov.1 BWV 971
A. Kusyakov - Sonata No. 2 Mov. 2
F. Angelis - Boîte A Rythme
Round II
A. Kholminov - Concert Symphony For Bayan
Round III
J. S. Bach - Prelude And Fugue B Minor Wtc I
F. Busoni/N. Vlasov - Chamber The Carmen Fantasy
V. Semyonov - Don Rhapsody Mov.3
Mikhail Volchkov
Belarus		 Round I
J. S. Bach - Prelude And Fugue C Sharp Major WTC I
P. Tchaikovsky - Romance F Minor
V. Solotaryov - Sonata No. 3 Mov. 4
Round II
V. Zubitsky - Sonata No.2 Slavonic
Round III
D. Shostakovich - Prelude And Fugue E Minor
S. Gubaidulina - De Profundis
A. Kusyakov - Sonata No.4
Dongyi Yan russia flag
China 		Round I
J. S. Bach - Prelude and Fugue 17 Ab Major
V. Semyonov - Kalina Krasnaya
W.A. Mozart - Turkish March
Round II
A. Nagayev - Sonata
Round III
D. Scarlatti - Sonata G Major
P. Makkonen - The Flight Beyond The Time
V. Semyonov - Brahmsiana
J. Feld - Four Intermezzi