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| Wonderful Building "Auditorum della Musica" in Rome |
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| with 1.300 seats for the audience to apreciate the performances of the international contestants from Canada, Spain, Finland, Poland, Japan, UK, Russia, Germany, China, France, USA, Brasil and Italy during the 6th International Digital V-Accordion Roland Festival |
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| Entrance of the Auditorium |
Staircase with Roland Festival Poster |
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Roland Digital V-Accordion Display in the Hall of the Auditorium
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| Alfredo Maroni (President Roland Europe), Luigi Bruti (Marketing Manager Roland Europe) and the Journalists Jury: Giovanni Pirri, Gabriele Antonucci, Luigi Bellingardi selecting the winner for the winning the Ron Lankford Journalists Award. |
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| Jury right to left: Pietro Adragna, Wang Han Zhi, Toni Perttulla, Uwe Steger, Vojin Vasovic and Head of the Jury Viatcheslav Semionov. |
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| March in by the contestants, each carrying their national flag. |
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| March in. |
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| All the contestants on stage with their country flages, to be introduced to the audience. |
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| Video message on the large stage screen to all those attending the event, from the Founder of the Roland Corporation, Ikutaro Kakehashi. |
Presenter for the Grand Gala event was Mascia Foschi. |
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| First contestant to perform was John Lettieri - Canada. |
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| then Javier Arocena - Spain |
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| Netta Skog - Finland |
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| Pawel Janas - Poland |
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| Tsuyuko Mirin - Japan |
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Larysa Bodell - UK
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| Klavdia Tarabrina from Russia |
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| Michael Rettig - Germany |
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| He Qian - China |
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| Guillaume Clerget - France |
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| Svetlana Ivanchenko from USA |
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| Rafael Petry - Brazil |
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| Paolo Forte - Italy |
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| Laser Show by Guest Star Ralf Schink |
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| Ralf Schink |
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Spectacular by the goup "the little company" from Castelfidardo
Dance to the music of the Roland V-Accordion |
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| Lightweight accordions demonstrated by the dancers. |
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| Superb ending positions featuring accordion. |
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| Compere Mascia Foschi introduced Luigi Bruti, an originator of the Roland V-Accordion who spoke of the level of playing and thanking everyone. |
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| Compere Mascia Foschi introduced Alfredo Maroni and all the competitors to the stage. Alfred Maroni spoke highly of the level of performance, and thanked
all the contestants and the Roland national distributors for their much appreciated support. |
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| Netta Skog - Finland, winning the Ron Lankford Journalists Award, presented by President of the Journalists Jury Luigi Bellingardi. |
Paolo Forte - Italy being presented the Deschamps Channel Award by Frederic Deschamps. |
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| Pawel Janes - Poland was awarded 3rd place presented by Luigi Bruti. |
2nd Place: Michael Rettig - Germany presented by the Head of the Jury Viatcheslav Semionov. |
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| 1st Place: Klavdia Tarabrina - Russia presented by Alfredo Maroni, President Roland Europe. |
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| Klavdia Tarabrina enjoying the moment and the applause. |
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Left to right: Luigi Bruti Roland Europe Marketing Manager, Journalist Award winner Netta Skog - Finland, 3rd Place: Pawel Janes - Poland, 1st Place: Klavdia Tarabrina - Russia,
2nd Place: Michael Rettig - Germany, Alfredo Maroni Roland Europe President and Deschamps Channel Prizewinner: Paolo Forte - Italy.
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