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31-Aug-2012
Xiaonan Xu Wins 65th CIA Coupe Mondiale World Accordion Championships, Spoleto - Italyby Harley Jones |
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 Xiaonan Xu (China) was the winner of the 65th Coupe Mondiale International Accordion Competition, 2nd was Vitaly Kondratenko (Russia) and 3rd Alexander Veretennikov (Russia). Picture above of presentation: left to right, Xiaonan Xu, CIA President Raymond Bodell, Mayor of Spoleto Daniele Benedetti, Mirco Patarini (2012 Coupe Mondiale Artistic Director). Xiaonan Xu (picture lower left) was a very close 2nd in 2011 when the top five contestants were only a 23.01 to 23.56 mark range from 1st to 5th, no doubt making his win in 2012 even more gratifying. This is the first time that China has won the Coupe Mondiale category. Chinese contestants have previously won most other Coupe Mondiale categories and winning the top Coupe Mondiale title in 2012 is a major triumph for China. Under the leadership of the China Accordion Association President Prof Li Cong (picture middle left), China in recent years has accelerated into the top echelon of international accordion competitions culminating in this latest success. A count of Coupe Mondiale 1st places showed China, Russia and Serbia all first equal, with two Coupe Mondiale category wins each and Italy with one. A count of 1st, 2nd and 3rd placings by nation is: Russia 8, China 4, Serbia 3, France 2, Italy 2, Portugal 1 and Moldavia 1. Full Results are at: 2012Results DAILY REPORTS with extensive pictures, results and videos, compiled by Kevin Friedrich Events before Coupe Mondiale: 2012Pre and 2012Mon Tuesday Daily Reports (Opening Concert): 2012Tues Wednesday Daily Reports (competitions start): 2012Wed Thursday Daily Reports: 2012Thurs Friday Daily Reports: 2012Friday Saturday Daily Reports: 2012Sat Results for other cateogries: Junior Coupe Mondiale 1st. Djordje Davidovic - Serbia 2nd. Tian Jianan - China 3rd. VladimirStupnikov - Russia Virtuoso Entertainment Music 1st. Zhao Liu - China 2nd. Raffaele Crusco - Italy 3rd. Sergey Lobkov - Russia Junior Virtuoso Entertainment Music 1st. Matteo Petronio - Italy 2nd. José Dias - Portugal 3rd. Jean-Baptiste Baudin - France Masters Coupe Mondiale 1st. Dmitrii Kiselev - Russia 2nd. Dino Suljkovic - Serbia 3rd. Klavdiya Tarabrina - Russia Ensemble Music Competition 1st. Esse-Quintet - Russia K. Evseev & K. Evseeva (Accordion), M. Krylov & D. Chernykh (Balalayka), D. Gogolev (Domra) 2nd. Perfect Storm - China Xiaonan Xu (Accordion) and Zujian Shang (Erhu) 3rd. Concertino - Moldova E. Negruta, M. Grosu, C. Hioara & V. Leca (Accordion/percussion) & A. Hohotov (Bass) Digital Accordion Competition 1st. Petar Maric - Serbia 2nd. Stanislav Malyshev - Russia 3rd. Guillaume Clerget - France Photo below: Mirco Patarini (Italy) accepting the enthusiastic thanks of CIA President Raymond Bodell and the Congress on behalf of the Italian Accordion Culture (IAC) for organizing the 2012 Coupe Mondiale at the 128th General Assembly Closing Congress. Left to right: CIA President Raymond Bodell, Frederic Deschamps, Harley Jones, Kevin Friedrich and Mirco Patarini. |
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