Junior Coupe Mondiale Final Round | |
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Jury
for the Junior Coupe Mondiale
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Contestants
and Delegates were surprised today to find it snowing as they began
making their way to the various competition venues.
Today saw the final round (Round II) of the Junior Coupe Mondiale. The top 13 candidates from Round I progressed to the Final Round which required the candidates to perform.
The competition took place in the Town Hall, a beautiful Concert Hall located in the center of Esztergom. | |
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Contestants
Anton TORBEEV (Russia) and
Amandine SOULARD (France)
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Larysa
BODELL (United Kingdom) and Nenad ERCEGOVCEVIC (Serbia & Montenegro)
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Chamber Music Competition | |
Jury for the International Competition for Chamber Music
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One
more contestant is scheduled to perform tomorrow morning. With some
timertabling changes the International Competition for Chamber Music
was scheduled for Saturday, however was moved back to Friday to accommodation
concert venues and the number of candidates in the various categories.
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Virtusoso Entertainment Competition Part II | |
some of the members of the Virtuoso Entertainment Category Jury | |
This
year the Senior Virtuoso Category was presented in concert form, with
the contestants playing to a capacity audience of over 500 people
providing an exciting atmosphere for the contestants and audience
alike. To enable both both Coupe Mondiale organizers to present this
outstanding event, the category was split between the two organizers.
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Aurelie
Gusto , France and Julia Collin, France
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French
candidate Philip Bouvier
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from
France - Cedric Gritti and Fanny Dillot
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Zoltan Orosz and The Budapest Accordion Trio | |
Accordionist
Zoltan Orosz (left) was the star of the night with both his duo performance
with Guitarist Gabor Ursu and with the Hungaryian Accordion Trio with
fellow accordionists Gabor Weber and bass accordionist Isvan Horvath. The program opened with the Guitar/Accordion duo performing a rich collection of traditional Hungarian Music as well as other traditional folk music from South America to Russia. The second half of the program was with his trio, the Budapest Accordion Trio which was formed in 1993. Performing a mixture of well-known classics from composers such as Mozart, Vivaldi, Rimsky Korsakov the Trio were welcomed back to the stage for several curtain calls. The star accordionist is Zoltan Orosz. With superb crisp technical skill, his lightening quick fingers covered the keyboard like magic. Three times Hungarian Accordion Champion, he has torued in both Hungary and abroad. | |
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