View
of Esztergom Cathedral from the Esztergom Hotel
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The
view from the Esztergom Hotel where the Delegates are staying is quite
spectacular, looking up to the Esztergom Cathedral, the largest Cathedral
in Hungary.
Built between 1822 and 1869, the Church stands 100 meters high and has the largest altar piece painted on a canvas in the world. Each year almost 2 million visitors travel to visit the church which overlooks the Danube and neighboring Slovakia. | |
Pictured below is the Maria Vileria Bridge which joins the 56th Coupe Mondiale host towns of túrovo, SLOVAKIA and Esztergom, HUNGARY. | |
Chamber Music Category, Part II | |
Due
to a scheduling conflict which did not allow them to perform on Friday,
the Bayan Trio Meisl (accordion with violin and guitar) from the Czech
Republic were the final contestants in the International Comeptition
for Chamber Music.
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Final Round of Coupe Mondiale (Round III) | |
The
Final round of the 2003 Coupe Mondiale is one of the categories and
concerts to be held in the Town Hall of Esztergom.
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Saturday morning saw the final round of the 2003 Coupe Mondiale. Six contestants progressed to the final round which called for the candidates to perform:
The Candidates who performed in the final round were:
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pictured
above left to right are Milan LAZIC - Serbia & Montenegro and Xia
GONG - China
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A broader
view shows Xia GONG performing in front of the adjudicators panel
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Nikolay
SIMVCHUK - Russia and Milan OSADSKY - Slovakia
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Junior Virtuoso Category | |
The Junior Virtuoso Entertainment was held at the Esztergom Music School. The Comeptition attracted 20 entrants who were required to perform:
The contestants were as follows: | |
Simon
Gachet-Mauroz (France)
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Christine
Jarquio (USA) and Mariarosaria Convertino (Italy)
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Closing of General Assembly | |
The
closing of the 110th General Assembly took place this afternoon where
the results of the 2003 Coupe Mondiale were ratified by the General
Assembly.
A few items of Buisness were conducted and then the President of the CIA thanked the Hungarian Organizer Panna Grigoncza for all her work on behalf of the CIA in organzing the competitions, concerts and prize giving cereomony. Members of the Congress are pictured going over the results of the 6 Categories of the 2003 Coupe Mondiale. | |
Final Prize Giving Concert | |
Winner
of the 2003 Coupe Mondiale Nikolay Sivchuk from Russia
with his teacher Viatcheslav Semionov | |
The Prize
Giving Ceremony opened with a Welcome Speech from Panna Grigoncza, President
of the Hungarian Accordion Association, the Mayor of Sturovo Mr. Jan
Oravec.
The Photographer Peter Siklos was recognized for his large exhibition that was displayed around the Town Hall throughout the festival. Peter says that Music and more specifically jazz has caputred him for a long time as a photographer and he has worked to caputer the atmosphere and music moment. The audience was then greeted by CIA President Kevin Friedrich and the evening progressed to the Awards. The International jury members were invited to the stage to be formally recognized for their many hours of work during the festival. Each of the categories contestants were invited to the stage to be recognized and winners were announced and prizes presented. (Pictured are the contestants from the International Competition for Piano Accordion being presented Diplomas by CIA President Kevin Friedrich.) | |
Of the Six categories
the 1st place winners were: For a full list of winners,
please visit the Winners Page. | |
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