By Kevin Friedrich
The Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes (CIA) recently held their 77th Coupe Mondiale and the 152nd CIA International General Assembly of Delegates Congress in Castelfidardo, Italy. The event was hosted by the CIA member Italian Accordion Culture (IAC), from 6-10 September 2024.
Marking the first time the Coupe Mondiale had been held in the renowned accordion-centric Castelfidardo, the CIA Coupe Mondiale is an International competition for Accordionists held in seven categories ranging in both classical and entertainment genres. The Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes (CIA) was founded in 1935 in Paris, France and is a proud member of the International Music Council (IMC), an NGO official partner of UNESCO. Competition categories included:
77th Coupe Mondiale
Masters Coupe Mondiale
Junior Coupe Mondiale
International Competition for Virtuoso Entertainment Music
Junior International Competition for Virtuoso Entertainment Music
International Competition for Ensemble Music - Classical Music
International Competition for Ensemble Music - World Music
The 152nd General Assembly of Delegates was held in the Castelfidardo City Hall “ Salone degli Stemmi” in the center of Castelfidardo, Italy. Items presented and discussed included things such as: Reports of the President, General Secretary/Treasurer, Public Relations Manager, Ambassador as well as general reports from member organizations.
A large amount of work was undertaken on the adoption of the new EU Statutes whereby the European Union requires a current and official registration and set of statutes that meets EU legal requirements. These EU statues were adopted however, in addition, the CIA will maintain their own Internal Rules, which are documented in our current statues. These can be adjusted over time, but the EU legal entity statutes filed in Helinski, Finland, will remain the same.
Several presentations were given including reviews of recent events (the ATG Celebration of Joan C. Sommer’s 90th Birthday in the USA, World Accordion Day celebrations in North Macedonia etc…) as well as for upcoming events including the Winter Congress (Plovdiv, Bulgaria) and Coupe Mondiale (East Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina), the Coupe Mondiale 2026 in Stockholm, Sweden and the acceptance of the Coupe Mondiale 2027 (80th Coupe Mondiale) to be held in Switzerland.
Winners of the 2024 Coupe Mondiale Categories were as follows:
Junior Virtuoso Entertainment
1st: Zuopeier Wu - China
2nd: Djordje Perić - Bosnia and Herzegovina
3rd: Miguel Coelho - Portugal
Intl. Competition for Chamber Music - World Music
1st: Shanghai Breeze Duo - ChinaShen Zhiyao and Feng Jingrui (accordions)
2nd: Duo - Russian FederationAlexey Loganov and Daria Sakharova (accordions)
3rd: Duo - Bosnia and HerzegovinaDjorde Peric & Nemanja Kalajdzic (accordions)
Intl. Competition for Chamber Music – Classical
1st: Duo - Russian FederationAlexey Loganov and Daria Sakharova (accordions)
2nd: Accordion Trio - Russian FederationNikolai Zhigalov, Mikhail Bovkun and Nikita Zolkin (accordions)
3rd: Two Systems - BelgiumLouis De Backere, Lowie Vercammen (accordions)
Junior Coupe Mondiale
1st: Petar Balaban - Montenegro
2nd: Vasilii Dobrin - Russian Federation
3rd: Djordje Kristivojevic - Serbia
Senior Virtuoso Entertainment
1st: Nikita Kuznetsov - Russian Federation
2nd: Olzha Nurlanov - Kazakhstan
3rd: Yelzhan Zhetpis - Kazakhstan
Masters Coupe Mondiale
1st: Leonid Florin Muravjov - Sweden
2nd: Vitor Pastor - Portugal
3rd: Petar Besovic - Serbia
77th Coupe Mondiale
1st: Zhouyang ZHAI - China
2nd: Yelzhan Zhetpis - Kazakhstan
3rd: Naixin Zhang - China
Upcoming events in 2025 CIA Activities will include the Winter Congress to be held from 28 February - 2 March in Plovdiv, Bulgaria hosted by the Academy of Music, Dance and Fine Arts (Plovdiv) and the 78th Coupe Mondiale to be held from 23-28 September in East Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina hosted by the Academy of Music, University of East Sarajevo.
For a full report of activities and videos of the Contestants and Concerts, please visit www.coupemondiale.org.
CIA Executive Committee: New Zealand - Harley Jones (Public Relations Manager), USA - Kevin Friedrich (Ambassador), Russia - Alexander Selivanov (Chair - Music Committee), Italy - Federica Celesti (CIA Honorary VP 2024), Italy - Mirco Patarini (President), Finland - Kimmo Mattila (General Secretary), North Macedonia - Zorica Karakutovska (Vice President), China - Li Cong (Vice President), Sweden - Jörgen Sundeqvist (Vice President).
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