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CONFEDERATION
INTERNATIONALE DES
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ACCORDEONISTES
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| Coupe Mondiale Round II | |
 In
Round II, contestants were required to perform an original work for accordion.
Seven contestants performed, of which five were taken through to the next
Round. Pictured is the First Place Trophy for the Coupe Mondiale World
Accordion Championships, which was kindly donated by the National Accordion
Association of the United Kingdom.
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 In
Round II, contestants were required to perform an original work for
accordion. Seven contestants performed, of which five were taken through
to the next Round. The contestants were:Milos Milivojevic, Yugoslavia (Pictured left) Aidar Gainullin, Russia Vladimir Loukitchev, Russia Mathilde Royet, France (pictued) Sergeij Tchirkov, Russia Celine Rivoal, France Christel Sautaux, Switzerland | |
| Of these seven,
five have be passed to the final round, which will be held on Saturday
afternoon at neighbouring St. Johns Church, Harrow. The final candidates
are: Milos Milivojevic, Yugoslavia Aidar Gainullin, Russia Vladimir Loukitchev, Russia Mathilde Royet, France Sergeij Tchirkov, Russia | |
| Junior Coupe Mondiale, Round II | |
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| Junior Virtuoso Competition | |
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| Members of the Jury are from above left to right: Tatiana Lukic, Australia, Gina Brannelli, UK, Joan Sommers, USA-ATG, Kevin Friedrich, USA - President of the Jury, Herbert Scheibenreif, Austria, Tibor Racz, Slovakia. | |
 Only
the second year this category has been offered, it is already obvious
that this class is a tremendous success. Judges were presented with eight
candidates that performed an own
choice program consisting of more than two (2) pieces of different styles
and moods. (Playing time: max. 12 minutes). Pictured is contestant Julien
Gonzales from France.
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| Junior Virtuoso Competition Entrants | |
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Amelie Castel, France | |
| Some of the Junior Virtuoso Entertainment Contestants in action: | |
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| Alexander Dimitriev - St. Petersburg in Concert in London | |
 In
celebration of his 50 years birthday, Alexander Dimitriev presented a
recital to the Coupe Mondiale attendees. A teacher of the accordion in
St. Petersburg, Russia, Mr Dimitriev has performed over 2000 concerts
around the world.His program included: Sonata No. 3, IV Mov. - Zolotariew Monestary of Ferapont - Zolotariew Suite - Derbenko Scherzo - Shostakovich Morning in the Forest - Schamo Flight of the Bumble Bee - Rimsky Korsakov Voices of Spring - Strauss La Campanella - Liszt Marriage of Figaro - Rosini Three Little Pigs - Dimitriev Russian Cowboy - Tchernikov Mr Dimitriev received a standing ovation from the enthusiastic audience, and performed several encores. | |
The
second round of the Junior Coupe Mondiale saw the candidates perform
two more works. One work an original work, and the second an own choice
piece with a playing time of minimum 10 minutes and maximum 15 minutes.
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Zoran Kirjakowski, Macadonia
