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65th CIA Coupe Mondiale World Accordion Championships, Spoleto - Italyby Rob Howard |
Daily Reports are now online at: Coupe Mondiale The 65th Coupe Mondiale and the 128th CIA International General Assembly of Delegates Congress take place Spoleto, Italy, from August 21st to 25th 2012. The event in Spoleto will be hosted and organized by the CIA member from Italy, the Italian Accordion Culture (IAC). The Coupe Mondiale includes categories for senior and junior solo virtuoso level players, solo entertainment, and accordion ensembles and orchestras. Some of the many events in this accordion spectacular include: August 18th, 7pm – Festival Opening Concert starring Mirco Patrarini, appearing in his home town. August 19th, 19pm - Samuele Telari in Concert August 20th, 7pm – concert with the duo Una Sinistra (Alexander Selivanov and Yulia Amerikova) and a performance from Contemporanea Mente Gruppo Danza. August 21st, 8pm - Opening Ceremony Concert and Piazzolla Music Award, featuring Giuliana Soscia & Pino Jodice (accordion/piano duo), Peter Soave Quartet (Piazzolla Tribute), Bisse Association Choir (MD Claudio Scarabottini), based in Spoleto. August 24th, 9pm – concert with the Fisorchestra Luciano Fancelli (MD Marco Gatti), Orquestra de Acoreon de Brusque (MD Bruno Moritz), Concertino (Moldova), Akkordeonorchester Hof (Germany), and the World Accordion Orchestra (MDs Joan Sommers and M° Torsten Petzold). August 25th, 9pm – Concert featuring Nenad Ivanovic (Serbia) Winner of the 2011 Coupe Mondiale in Shanghai, China, the winners of the 65th Coupe Mondiale, and the orchestra ‘Giuseppe Tartini’ (MD Marco Gatti), and Vladimir Zubitsky - accordion soloist, composer and conductor, and winner of the CIA Coupe Mondiale in 1975. August 26th, 6pm - Farewell Jazz Concert with Antonio Spaccarotella |