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01-Mar-2024
2024 Coupe Mondiale City/Dates Announced at CIA Winter Congress in Kungsbacka - Swedenby Jörgen Sundeqvist |
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CIA Executive attending the Winter Congress. Left to right: Kimmo Mattila, Mirco Patarini, Jörgen Sundeqvist, Li Cong, Zorica Karakutovska.
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Signing of Coupe Mondiale Hosting Contract by Mayor of Castelfidardo, Roberto Ascani and IAC Vice President Gianluca Bibiani.
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Federico Celesti, IAC President being approved as CIA Honorary Vice-President for 2024.
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Congress Delegates meeting, Danijela Gazdic-Kljajic addressing the meeting.
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 The Swedish Accordionists Association (SDR) hosted (for the first time) the Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes (CIA) Winter Congress in Kungsbacka, Sweden from February 23rd to 25th, 2024.Kungsbacka is located on the west coast in the southern part of Sweden, 20 kilometers south of Gothenburg. The 151th General Assembly took part at Hotel Halland. Thirty seven CIA officers and delegates from 17 countries were present to take part in a very hectic weekend with meetings, concerts and social gatherings. The Mayor of Castelfidardo, Roberto Ascani, was present in Kungsbacka to sign the contract which was also approved by the CIA Congress, for the hosting of the 77th Coupe Mondiale which will be held in Castelfidardo, Italy, from September 6th to 10th, 2024. For the 1st time in history, the CIA will have the Coupe Mondiale in the City of the accordion producers. The 79th Coupe Mondiale in Stockholm, Sweden, August 2026, was also approved by the Congress. Many other matters were discussed and one important subject was the review of the CIA Statutes to comply with recent EU requirements. On Friday evening, Karlssons Musik hosted an evening at their shop with dinner, social gathering and entertainment by Hanna Blomberg (violin) and Petter Ferneman (accordion). The Swedish Accordionists Association (SDR) hosted a concert at Kungsbacka Theatre on Saturday evening, with performances by several leading Swedish accordionists such as Minna Weurlander and Deseo String Quartet, Malmö Accordion Quartet, Leo Florin and the Lars Karlsson Band. Djordje Peric (Bosnia and Herzegovina) also appeared as a surprise guest artist. During the concert, Ingvar Karlsson, the founder of Karlssons Musik, was awarded the CIA "Honored Friend of the Accordion Award" for his outstanding contributions to the international accordion movement. Picture of presentation below. Dragspelsarkivet in Kramfors was also awarded the CIA "World Accordion Museum Alliance International Member". Next year, the CIA Winter Congress will be hosted in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, from February 28th to March 2nd, 2025. However, before that we are looking forward to the 77th Coupe Mondiale in Castelfidardo, Italy in September. Further pictures of the 2024 CIA Winter Congress at: https://www.accordions.com/cia/cia_winter_congress_2024.php |
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