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14th Accordion Art Festival “Italia” Award – Italyby Christine Johnstone |
The 14th Accordion Art Festival “Italia” Award will be held from June 19th to 21st in Roseto degli Abruzzi, TE, Italy, organised by Art Director Renzo Ruggieri (picture left). Contestants from any country and with instruments of all brands are eligible to take part. The competition will include a variety of age group categories for classical accordion, virtuoso accordion, diatonic accordion, electronic accordion and other musical instruments. Special prizes include the Antonio Cericola Award for soloist with orchestra and the Renzo Ruggieri Award for soloists - all instruments. These categories are dedicated to the compositions of Antonio Cericola and Renzo Ruggieri and require the execution of a single piece of any length. Candidates can also perform personal arrangements of the compositions. Competition entries close on June 15th, 2020. Download competition rules here: 2020AAFItaliaRules.pdf Picture below: 2019 winners as follows Groups & Special: Chorocarioca Classical accordion: Alberto Nardelli Virtuoso accordion: Manuel Marchegiani Diatonic accordion: Francesco Scarselli Renzo Ruggieri Award: Lorenzo dalla Rosa |