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| Opening
speech by AATA President Tania Lukic-Marx at the Ninevah Sports and Community
Club hall, after which the competitions began. |
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Judges
for the afternoon classes were Cathy Day (Australia), current South Pacific
Champion Anne-Elise Koerntjes (Australia) and from Marjan Krajna (Croatia),
well known teacher and performer who graduated from Gnessin Institute
Moscow where the famous Viatchaslav Semionov was his teacher. |
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| First
contestant was the Mathilda Auroux looking really nice with her plaited
hair and playing nicely too, to place first in her class. |
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Nick
Shcherbakov performing. |
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| Jedda
Kassis. |
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Ivana
Jovanovic enjoying performing. |
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| Domonique
Granturco |
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The
youngest performer was 9 year old Jacob Imin, here performing for the
first time ever in competition. This cute youngster put a smile on all
the faces of the audience. |
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| Joanna
and Malcolm Irving in duet. This was the only father and daughter duet
of the weekend. |
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Another
very young player, Kenneth Lui, was also popular with the audience. |
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| Next
came a festival performance by Alexander Shirunov, current Coupe Mondiale
Piano Accordion World Champion. The tour to Australia and New Zealand
is part of his prize for winning this important class. |
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Alexander Shirunov astounded the audience with his ability, tremendous
technique and contrasting styles of music. Look at the physical action
of Alexander Shirunov performing. More photos coming of this dynamic performer. |
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| Christopher
Tavernese with the cups display in the background. |
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Marko
Matic from Croatia was the winner of the 15 years and under International
class with a very high quality performance. |
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| Marko
Matic was fresh from success in Trieste, Italy and showing the audiences
here in Australia why he has been so successful in the Northern Hemisphere.
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Marko
played with warmth and musicality amazing for his young 12 years of age,
a tremendous credit to his teacher
Marjan Krajna. |
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| Trio
winners JAC, named after the players. Jedda Kassis, Amelia Granturco and
Christopher Tavernese. |
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Winner
of the 12 years and under International Pacific Championships is Mathilde
Auroux of Sydney. |
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| Nick
Shcherbakov was the winner of the 17 years and under International Open
Solo Class Championship category. |
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Adjudicators
for the top international class were Elizabeth Jones, Head of Accordion
studies, Australian Institute of Music (Sydney), Alexander Shirunov (Russia),
and Marjan Krajna (Croatia). |
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| Lina
Chegodaev, after having helped with results and music all day, then went
on to play and win the International Open Accordion Championship. |
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The
three contestants in the International Open Accordion Championship category
pictured together, left to right. Ivan Liashenko 2nd = (Australia), Lina
Chegodaev 1st (Australia), Campbell Hill 2nd = (New Zealand). |
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| Attending
the event was June Jones, recently honored by the Confederation Internationale
des Accordeonistes for her contribution over many years to accordion in
Australia. |
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AATA
President Tania Lukic-Marx with two organisation helpers Lina Chegodaev
(left) and Milica Obradovic. |
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guest talking with Tania was Rob Stephens, Assistant Musical Director
of the Perth Accordion Orchestra. |
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Harley
Jones, Director of Accordions Worldwide internet sites with Tania Lukic-Marx. |
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| The
program finished with a some popular duets by Lina Chegodaev and Milica
Obradovic. |
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Youngest
contestant Jacob Imin receiving his First Place certificate from AATA
President Tania Lukic-Marx. |
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| Marko
Matic being presented his certificate for winning the 15 years and under,
International Open Championship Solo Class. |
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Linda
Chegodaev being presented her 1st prize certificate with some humour from
her friends. |
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| After
the presentation there was a dinner for accordionists at the Fogolar Furlan
- Vento Club where Enzo Giribaldi and Marjan Krajna (Croatia) made very
enjoyable entertainment. |
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Tania
and husband Steve enjoying a dance to the lively dance music of Enzo and
Marjan. |
