On behalf of the Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes (CIA) we welcome you to the 79th Coupe Mondiale and the 156th CIA International General Assembly of Delegates Congress in Astana, Kazakhstan.
The event will be hosted by the State Academic Concert Organization “Qazaqconcert” named after Roza Baglanova, from the 23 to 27 August, 2026, organized by CIA delegates Samgar Tolkynkhan and Anatoly Gaissin..
The CIA Coupe Mondiale is an INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR ACCORDIONISTS held under the auspices of the Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes (CIA) founded in 1935 in Paris, France. The Confédération
Internationale des Accordéonistes (CIA) is a member of the International Music Council (IMC), an NGO official partner of UNESCO.
The Scandalli Accordion Factory is the sponsor of the 2026 Video Archive and Education Project.
This is a project initiated in 2010 by the Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes (CIA) with assistance from sponsors and Accordions Worldwide. The project includes:
(i) A video of all the Coupe Mondiale categories and their contestants to be kept in the CIA archives in Finland, which has become a wealth of historical recordings, including the premiere of many original accordion works and the emergence of upcoming artists at the Coupe Mondiale.
(ii) Each year, video and pictures from many international accordion events are added to the CIA archives in Finland.
(iii) Free downloads of the performances by competitors in each Coupe Mondiale category. These will be placed online as free downloads for the educational benefit of accordion teachers and students.
The purpose is to enable the free spread of knowledge and information and thereby raise the levels of accordion performance and musicianship internationally.
We thank the Scandalli Accordion Factory for their sponsorship to enable this ambitious free project to assist accordion students and tutors throughout the world!
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