Thursday 17th October

9:00 AM saw the beginning of the first round of the Coupe Mondiale World Accordion Championships.

• Testpiece: CIRCUS by Bent LORENTZEN.(must play ALL movements)
  Publisher: SAMFUNDET Grabrodrestaede 18 DK -1156 Copenhagen.
  The Test Piece is available on request from both the CIA Secretariat or you may request it online.
• any Prelude and Fugue from the Well Tempered Clavier, Book I or II, by J.S. Bach
• any Sonata by Domenico Scarlatti
  (The complete Testpiece, Bach Prelude & Fugue and Scarlatti Sonata must be played in one sitting and may be played in any order.)

The jury for the Coupe Modiale consisted of, pictured from left to right:



Tibor Racz, Slovakia
Milan Blejetic, Yugoslavia
Guianluc Pica, Italy
John Leslie, United Kingdom (Chairman of the Jury)
Jytte von Ruden, Denmark
Viatchislav Semionov, Russia
Bruno Teruel, France

• For accordion and one or two other instruments (ie: 2nd accordion, flute, violin etc.)
• Chamber Music competition is designed for Classical Music only (not Folk)
• Own choice program consisting of at least two (2) pieces including one (1) transcription/arrangement and one (1) original piece of different style and character
• Accordion candidate must provide own instruments and players for other musicians (except:piano)
• Playingtime: maximum 20 minutes. Failure to observe the maximum playing time will result in a mark penalty by the jury.
• Marking will take into consideration program choice, level of playing and ensemble work.
• Accordion part must play at least an equal role to other one or two instrumentalists (ie: not accompianment.)

Proving very popular with the audience, this competition saw a variety of ensembles. The jury for this competition consisted of:


Joachim Pichura, Poland
Marta Libalova, Denmark
Herbert Scheibenreif, Austria
Joan Sommers, USA-ATG (Chairperson of the Jury)
Oleg Sharov, Russia
Stephen Vincent, New Zealand
Vojan Vasovic, Yugoslavia