Sunday Morning

AATA President Tania Lukic-Marx opening the Sunday morning session.

This report has been sponsored by: Our grateful thanks to Accordion House.

On Sunday morning was the top solo concert "International Open Accordion Championships" category. Picture above of Liu Yi (China)

Milos Katanic (Serbia). Video above: Sonata in F minor K466, Scarlatti.

Ding Ning (China)

Vitaliy Voronko (Belarus). Video above: Paganini La Campanella, Franz Liszt.

Wei Bijun (China)

Sunday Afternoon Gala Concert

Conductor Lionel Reekie made it fun and the orchestra players practised diligently to be ready for the concert.	Lionel Reekie announcing the works the orchestra would perform.
This report has been sponsored by: Our grateful thanks to Accordion House.
The players were clearly enjoying the orchestra.	Three members of the orchestra were given the chance to conduct for a part of the piece. Above is Emma Smith.
The popular Starlight Duo of Lionel Reekie & Maurice Jones were very well received.
The Starlight Duo's arrangement of the Frosini composition 'Olive Blossoms'.
The Starlight Duo's 'Crying', one of the big hits for Roy Orbison that very few singers have the octaves range to sing.
Lionel singing and playing	Maurice Jones playing acoustic and midi accordion
The Starlight Duo leave their accordions on stage ready to perform again at the end of the concert.	Emma Smith (Australia), 12 years and Under International Open winner.
Liu Hong Ting (China), 15 years and under International Open Winner	Vitaliy Voronko was 1st equal in the International Open Accordion Championship category. At the Gala concert, he put on a very entertaining performance
singing and playing and encouraging audience participation
to very popular applause.	Owen Fan (New Zealand/China), 20 years and Under International Open winner.
Teachers Cao Ye (China) and Li Lan Feng (China) receiving a Certificate of Merit from AATA Presdient Tania Lukic-Marx.
International Ensemble winners "Our Trio" of Bijun Wei (China), Aleksandar Kolovski (Macedonia), Milos Katanic (Serbia). They are studying at the Anton Bruckner University in Linz, Austria and formed the trio there. Video above: Stars by Pavel Baranek.
Bijun Wei playing in the trio	Aleksandar Kolovski receiving a Certificate of Merit.
Milos Katanic performs Turkish March by W. A. Mozart, arranged Volodos
Milos Katanic (Serbia) 1st equal in the International Open Accordion Championship category.	Li Shu Yi winner of the International Open Virtuoso Entertainment category.
	There was a very nice evening dinner enjoyed by the overseas guests and competitors, teachers and AATA members and officials at the Marconi Club.
AATA President Tania Lukic-Marx thanked everyone for attending, the teachers, the competiors and all her committee and helpers and officially closed the 2015 Australian International Accordion Championships and Festival.	These people enjoyed excellent accordion entertainment presented by Julie Wisniewski, Ben Pattinson, Lionel Reekie and Maurice Jones. Thank you very much to them.