Castelfidardo Accordion Festival
2010 Daily Reports

Friday 8th October

Faces and Facts
of well known accordion identities, performers and contestants.

Detailed Program (Acrobat file)


The morning started with Category C, Cat. C - Soloists up to the age of 18 (born in 1992 onwards) - 2 rounds. This is the second contestant to play. Lu Pan (China).	Helena Sousa Estevez (Spain)

Mateus Stankiewicz (Poland)	Yiwen Tang (China)

Beniamino Bugiolacchi is a Director of the wonderful Accordion Museum in Casteflidardo of which he is one of the founding Directors. Benimanio is pictured outside the entrance to the Museum. Beniamino is also the Director of Italcinte strap and accordion accessory manufacturers.	Top picture: One of the visitors to Castelfidardo making a little video of a Chinese contestant with friends looking on. Lower picture: Mateus Stankiewicz (Poland) with his teacher and Castelfidardo adjudicator Klaudiusz Baran (Poland).

Chang Xu (China)	Yiwen Tang (China) who won Category C with her teacher Cao Xing Qing, tutor at Beijing University.

Category F Results

Category F - Chamber music orchestra with accordion and other classical instruments (max. 12 members - no age limit) or chamber music orchestras with accordion and other instruments including popular and folk music instruments (max. 12 members - no age limit) – one round

Competitors in category F must perform a free choice program lasting maximum 25 minutes. In addition to the artistic trophy (to the first three classified), special prizes will be awarded by the organizers, as well as scholarships.

Category C Results

Cat. C - Soloists up to the age of 18 (born in 1992 onwards) - 2 rounds

In the first round competitors in Cat. C must perform a “Sonata” by Domenico Scarlatti and a free choice program lasting max. 10 minutes (including the compulsory piece). Competitors admitted to the second audition (approximately 6-8 competitors) will perform a free choice program lasting max. 15 minutes. In addition to the artistic trophy (to the first three classified), special prizes will be awarded by the organizers plus some scholarships.

Category C - Round 2 players and the final results

Category E Results below.

Category E: 2-8 member accordion chamber music orchestras (no age limit).

Competitors in category E must perform a free choice program lasting maximum 25 minutes. In addition to the artistic trophy (to the first three placed), special prizes will be awarded by the organizers, as well as scholarships.


Full audience for the young diatonic accordion player Gabriele Guglielmi.

Gabriele Guglielmi

The young diatonic accordion stars Alessandro (left) and Gabriele (right) Guglielmi in the reality show bus.	and the Mediterranien Jazz Duo with Alberto la Neve and Antonio Spaccarotella.

Vincenzo Abbracciante with singer Giorgo Delre in the afternoon	performance

Masterproduction (Roberto and Antonella) Antonio Spaccarotella, Alberto la Neve, Grayson Masefield and artist.	Reiner and Maria Schneidenbach from Klingenthal with Cao Xing Qing from China.

German/Austrian competitors entertaining in Restaurant	Giuseppe Delre and Vincenzo Abbraciante...in the reality bus

Miss Liabel/Marche - Maila Focante.	Antonio Spaccarotella started off the concert of the Mediterranien Duo with some solos.

Mediterranien Jazz Duo with Alberto la Neve and Antonio Spaccarotella.

A show with lots of original compositions and action - excellent combination of the two instruments.	local entertainment

Local entertainment with Vincenzo Borsini on the right getting into the Castelfidardo Festival spirit.

Castelfidardo Festival event Director Francesca Santini and Stefano Mengascini of the Mengascini Nello Accordion Factory.	Ulrich Schmuelling of Karthause Schmuelling Publishing with friends from Russia.

Master Midi Production sponsored the evening festival performance of young diatonic accordion stars Alessandro (left) and Gabriele (right) Guglielmi.	The parents and younger sister of Alessandro and Gabriele Guglielmi.

Patrick, Ulrich Schmuelling, Robert Rolston	Two Castelfidardo adjudicators, Francesco Palazzo (Italy) and Claudio Jacomucci (Italy)

Two important Chinese accordion teachers adjudicating at Castelfidardo are Prof. Wang Hongyu (left) who was the Organization Director of the very successful Harbin Summer International Accordion Art Week. Wang Hongyu is also the Head of Keyboard Department of Music College of Harbin Normal University. Prof. Wang Yu Ping, Tianjin Conservatory. Second from the right is China Accordion Association Vice-President and Accordion Professor at Xiamen University, Li Wei Ming. Others in the picture is Ulrich Schmuelling (center) and Harley Jones (New Zealand) right.

Professional entertainment at the restaurant enjoyed by everyone.	(from left - rear) - Davide, Roberto, Gianluca, Alberto, Antonio (front) Mirco, Selenia and Antonella of the Strumenti e Musica, Master Midi Production and Suoni businesses.