Saturday, 27 September 2025
Welcome to the daily reports from East Sarajevo, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Heregovina
Special thank you to our Daily Report media volunteers Tamba Carleton, Dẑenis Gadara, Elena Oro,
Alison Worthington and Kristina Živanić
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78th Coupe Mondiale, Round 3 |
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| Viti, Emanuele - Italy |
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| Pastor, Vitor - Portugal |
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| Kochkin, Ruslan - Russia |
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| Loganov, Alexey - Russi |
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| Ryabin, Konstantin - Russi |
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Mykitenko, Alexey - Russia
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154th General Assembly of Delegates, 2nd Session |
The CIA Congress 154th General Assembly of Delegates second session was held at the Academy of Music in East Sarajevo, Rep. of Srpska, Bosnia & Herzegovina. Items discussed incuded things such as:
- Membership: three new members were voted in and welcomed to the CIA including:
1) Chile: Fundación Entre Fuelles, contact person Joaquín Muñoz Donoso
2) Cyprus: Association Music Moments Culture, Contact person Cleopatra Charalambous
3) Montenegro: Music Art Association, contact person Nemanja Potparic
- Future activities:
2026 - 13-15 March, Winter Congress - Castelfidardo, Italy (in conjunction with the Accordion Jazz Festival)
2026 - mid August, Coupe Mondiale - Tacheng, China
2027 - Winter Congress - North Macedonia
2027 - 14-18 Septemer, Coupe Mondiale - Disentis, Switzerland
2028 - Winter Congress - open
2028 - Coupe Mondiale - Paks, Hungary
2029 - Coupe Mondiale - Kazakhstan
- Presentation for the 2026 Coupe Mondiale in Tacheng, China
- Reports from Austria, North Macedonia, Hungary, Kazakhstan
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| General Assembly of Delegates in East Sarajevo |
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| General Assembly of Delegates in East Sarajevo |
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Joaquín Muñoz Donoso from the Fundación Entre Fuelles giving a presentation during their
application for CIA membership |
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Joaquín Muñoz Donoso from the Fundación Entre Fuelles after their association's
acceptance as a Voting Member of the CIA |
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| Cleopatra Charalambous from the Association Music Moments Culture in Cyprus presenting their application for CIA membership. The Congress voted unanimously to welcome them as a Voting memer. |
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| Nemanja Potparic from the Music Art Association in Montenegro presenting the application for Voting Membership. The Congress voted unanimously to welcome them as a new member. |
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| Harley Jones, Li Cong, Congyu (Crystal) Wang and Kevin Friedrich |
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| CIA Executive Officers with the new CIA members |
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| Anatoly Gaissin, Slaviša Perić and Melita Čičić |
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| Li Cong presenting the 2026 Coupe Mondiale to be held in Tacheng, China |
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| Maja Žuža and Mirco Patarini |
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| Werner Weibert (Austria) addressing the General Asembly |
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Anica Karakutovska (North Macedonia) reporting on activities from
Ljubiteli na Klasicnata Muzika in Skopje |
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| Szergej Krickij (Hungary) addressing the General Assembly |
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| Delegates at the 154th General Assembly |
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| Delegates at the 154th General Assembly |
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Prize Giving Awards Ceremony |
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| CIA President welcoming everyone to the Prize Giving Ceremony for the 78th Coupe Mondiale |
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| Contestants and guests at the Prize Giving Ceremon |
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International Competition for Junior Virtuoso Entertainment Music
1st Prize: DjordjePerić, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2nd Prize: Davide Di Giacomo, Italy
3rd Prize: Paolo Torreggiani, Italy |
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International Competition for Ensemble Music - World Music
1st Prize: Trio "Obayanie" - Russia
Nikolai Zhigalov (accordion), Mikhail Bovkun (accordion), Nikita Zolkin (accordion)
2nd Prize: Duo Djordje Perić and Amar Ćosić - Bosnia and Herzegovina
Djordje Perić (accordion), Amar Ćosić (accordion)
3rd Prize: Duo Bulgaria - Bulgaria
Tsvetelin Dimitrov (accordion), Petko Dobrev (bagpipe) |
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International Competition for Ensemble Music - Classical Music
International Competition for Ensemble Music - Classical Music
1st Prize: Trio "Obayanie" - Russia
Nikolai Zhigalov (accordion), Mikhail Bovkun (accordion), Nikita Zolkin (accordion)
2nd Prize: Amoroso Duo - Bosnia and Herzegovina
Vehbija Hodzic (accordion), Senka Slipac (violin)
3rd Prize: Musica In Fiore - Germany
Juliana Kraus (accordion), Karla Gvozden Rizvic (bass accordion),Michael Ziegler (accordion),
Nils Aebersold (accordion) |
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Junior Coupe Mondiale
1st Prize: Rostislav Gorianskii, Russia
2nd Prize: Djordje Kristivojevic, Serbia
3rd Prize: Vojin Blagojević, Serbia |
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International Competition for Virtuoso Entertainment Music
1st Prize: Lev Solomonovich, Moldova
2nd Prize: Haris Kaltak, Bosnia and Herzegovina
3rd Prize: Jean Panisson, Brazil |
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Masters Coupe Mondiale
1st Prize: Cătălin Gușevatîi, Moldova
2nd Prize: Lev Solomonovich, Moldova
3rd Prize: Petr Yarinenko, Russia |
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78th Coupe Mondiale
1st Prize: Konstantin Ryabin, Russia
2nd Prize: Vitor Pastor, Portugal
3rd Prize: Alexey Mykitenko, Russia |
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Prize Winners Concert |
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| The Host of the Prize Winners Concert Jovana Kostic |
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| Welcome address by CIA President Mirco Patarini (Italy) |
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| Welcome by Honorary CIA Vice President Maja Žuža (Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
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Junior Coupe Mondiale
1st Prize: Rostislav Gorianskii, Russia |
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Junior International Competition for Virtuoso Entertainment Music
1st Prize: DjordjePerić, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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International Competition for Ensemble Music - World Music
1st Prize: Trio "Obayanie" - Russia
Nikolai Zhigalov (accordion), Mikhail Bovkun (accordion), Nikita Zolkin (accordion) |
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International Competition for Virtuoso Entertainment Music
1st Prize: Lev Solomonovich, Moldova |
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International Competition for Ensemble Music - Classical Music
1st Prize: Trio "Obayanie" - Russia
Nikolai Zhigalov (accordion), Mikhail Bovkun (accordion), Nikita Zolkin (accordion) |
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Masters Coupe Mondiale
1st Prize: Cătălin Gușevatîi, Moldova |
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Presentation of the CIA Merit Award to Nathalie Boucheix
France - Centre National et Internationale de Musique d'Accordeon (CNIMA)
for her outstanding contributions to the International Accordion Movement
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78th Coupe Mondiale
1st Prize: Konstantin Ryabin, Russia |
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| Konstantin Ryabin, Russia |
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| Konstantin Ryabin, Russia |
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Winner of the 78th Coupe Mondiale - Konstantin Ryabin, Russia
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Festival Faces, Friends and Guests in East Sarajevo |
| The following pictures show a few of the friends, volunteers, guest artsists, contestants, jury members, delegates and guests taking part in the 78th Coupe Mondiale in East Sarajevo including from behind the scenes and the various concerts and gatherings during the week of activities. |
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| Tamba Carleton and Alison Worthington - CIA Media |
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Media volunteers Elena Oro, Kristina Živanić, Dẑenis Gadara,
with Daily Reports coordinator, CIA Ambassador - Kevin Friedrich (USA) |
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| Djordje Perić (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and friends |
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| CIA Office Manager Amber Masefield with CIA Honorary Vice President Maja Žuža |
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| Australian Accordion Teachers Association Delegate Lionel Reekie with his daughter Alina |
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Masters Coupe Mondiale 1st Prize winner Cătălin Gușevatîi (Moldova)
with Alexander Selivanov (Russia) and Danijela Gazdic-Kljajic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
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| Alexander Dmitriev (Russia) |
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| Miljan Bjeletic and Nikola Pekovic (Serbia) with Djordje Perić (Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
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| Team Russia selfie |
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| Mirco Patarin and Kimmo Mattila with their New Zealand friends |
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| Slaviša Perić and Anatoly Gaissin |
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| Alison Worthington and Selenia Menghini |
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Mrs. Mizutani with her son Futa Mizutani (Japan - Junior Coupe Mondiale) and
Jacques Mornet, Nathalie Boucheix and Danijela Gazdic-Kljajic |
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| Olga Papp and Szergej Krickij from Hungary |
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| members of team Russia and team Moldova |
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| Kevin Friedrich, Alison Worthington and Lionel Reekie |
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| Haris Kaltak (center) after the Balkan Music Night performance |
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| Jacques Mornet, Nathalie Boucheix and Congyu (Crystal) Wang |
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Harley Jones, Kimmo Mattila, Kevin Friedrich, Jacques Mornet, Futa Mizutani, Nathalie Boucheix,
Mirco Patarini, Grayson Masefield and Heather Masefield |
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| Haris Kaltak (center) after the Balkan Music Night performance |
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| CIA President Mirco Patarini with the 2025 Coupe Mondiale winners |
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