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| Welcome to the III Primus IKaalinen Competition | |
| Ikaalinen
Hall, Friday 29 June 2007 at 17.00 (final rehearsal) and at 20.00 (final
competition) The Primus Ikaalinen is a new international accordion competition for entertainment music, which brings some of the best accordionists from all over the world to Ikaalinen. The first Primus Ikaalinen was held at the Sata-Häme Soi Festival in 2005. This year there are eight foreign finalists, selected on the basis of their applications, including audition tapes and DVD's. The Finnish Golden Accordion competition winner 2007 participates alongside the invited international accordionists. The genre is variety and virtuoso music, which has long traditions in most countries. One can expect modern arrangements for French musette, the Tango nuevo, improvisations on known jazz standards and masterful interpretations of internationally known evergreens. A live studio orchestra comprising Jari Puhakka (conductor/piano), Jarmo Niku (guitar), Seppo Helin (Keyboard), Risto Salmi (winds), Jari Heino (bass) and Miri Miettinen (drums) accompanies each of the contestants. The winner of Primus Ikaalinen is chosen by a panel in international jury members. |
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| Primus Ikaalinen Jury | |
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Jury Members
pictured: Minna Kulmala (Secretary of the Jury), Mika Väyrynen (Finland)
Frédéric Deschamps (France), Alexander Poeluev (Russia), Kevin Friedrich (USA) Renzo Ruggiero - Chairperson of the Jury (Italy) Klaus Järvinen (Finland) not pictured |
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Hosts for
the TV Show Silja Sillanpää and Kimmo Mattila
Photo by Minna Plihtari - Sata-Häme Soi Accordion Festival Public Relations Manage |
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| The eight Contestants pictured performing in Primus Ikaalinen, 2007 | |
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Grayson
Masefield - New Zealand
Opening the TV Show with the traditional Maori Haka Photo by Minna Plihtari - Sata-Häme Soi Accordion Festival Public Relations Manager |
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Grayson
Masefield (New Zealand)
Photo by Minna Plihtari - Sata-Häme Soi Accordion Festival Public Relations Manager Bumble Bee Boogie - John Molinari Pondichery Tango - Jerome Richard |
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Amaia Iraola
(Spain)
Photo by Minna Plihtari - Sata-Häme Soi Accordion Festival Public Relations Manager Medley Amaiur-Igi by Dieguez La Valse a Margaux by R. Galliano |
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Bojan Volcevski
(Macedonia)
Photo by Minna Plihtari - Sata-Häme Soi Accordion Festival Public Relations Manager Macedonian Dances - Traditional Famous Classics by Z. Karakutovska |
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Sammi Hopponen
(Finland)
Photo by Minna Plihtari - Sata-Häme Soi Accordion Festival Public Relations Manager |
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Pietro Adranga
(Italy)
Photo by Minna Plihtari - Sata-Häme Soi Accordion Festival Public Relations Manager Sambatucada by P. Basile Montagne Russe by P. Bagnasco-F. Bagutti |
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Wang Li
(China)
Photo by Minna Plihtari - Sata-Häme Soi Accordion Festival Public Relations Manager La Vicieuse by Eric Bouvelle Polka D.Enfer by Armand Lassagne |
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Julien 'Speedy'
Gonzales (France)
Photo by Minna Plihtari - Sata-Häme Soi Accordion Festival Public Relations Manager Carmencita by Jerome Richard Tango pour Claude by Richard Galliano |
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Veronika
Todorova (Bulgaria)
Photo by Minna Plihtari - Sata-Häme Soi Accordion Festival Public Relations Manager Medley Balkany by Dave Brubeck arr. Ruggieri Fisarmonica Impazzita by Corini/Nabbini |
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During this Finnish Medley Section, each of the contestants stepped forward to perform a popular Finnish piece. This gave the jury a few moments to finalize the marks to select who would proceed to the second section. The candidates performed the pieces as follows: Grayson - Säkkijärven
Polkka The marks for
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| Round II | |
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contestants, only four could proceed to the Round II. Each of the contestants
performed their second piece with the orchestra. The jury must select only
two to play in the final Round. After the marking, the scores were as follows: 1.Julien Gonzales (59 points) 2. Sami Hopponen (55 points) 2. Amaia Iraola (55 points) 4. Veronika Todorova (52 points) Note: since only two contestants are chosen for the final, the contestant with the highest number of '10's in their points is chosen in the case of an equal score. In this case Sammi was chosen to proceed to the final with Julien Gonzales. |
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| Final Results | |
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France 2. Sami Hopponen, Finland 3. Amaia Iraola, Spain 4. Veronika Todorova, Bulgaria 5. Grayson Masefield, New Zealand 6. Pietro Adragna, Italy 6. Bojan Volcevski, Macedonia 8. Wang Yi, China |
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