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Saturday
- January 19, 2008
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CIA
Committee Meetings |
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Members
of the CIA Music Committee: Frederic Deschamps (Chairperson),
Raymond Bodell (Secretary), Zorica Karakutovska and
Jacques Mornet.
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Members
of the CIA Executive Committee: Frederic Deschamps (Music
Committee Chairperson),
Raymond Bodell (Vice President), Herbert Scheibenreif
(Vice President),
Kevin Friedrich (President) and Kimmo Mattila (Secretary
General/Treasurer).
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Epiphany
(Vodici) on the Vadar River |
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119th
General Assembly |
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Executive
Committee |
Music
Committee |
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USA - Kevin
FRIEDRICH |
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France - Frederic
DESCHAMPS |
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United Kingdom
- Raymond BODELL |
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France - Jacques
MORNET |
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Austria - Herbert
SCHEIBENREIF |
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Macedonia -
Zorica KARAKUTOVSKA |
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Finland - Kimmo
MATTILA |
Advancement
& Development Committee |
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France - Frederic
DESCHAMPS |
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Italy - Mirco
PATARINI |
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Delegates
in Attendance |
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Macedonia -
Biljana
MLADENVSKA |
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Austria - Werner
WEIBERT |
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Portugal -
Carlos SEMEDO |
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Croatia - Vjera
ODAK-JEMBRIH |
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Bosnia &
Herzegovina - Zorin RAKIC |
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Germany - Günther
ZEILINGER |
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Serbia - Aleksandar
NIKOLIC |
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Macedonia -
Anica KARAKUTOVSKA |
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Serbia - Nenad
LJUBENOVIC |
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Macedonia -
Elizabeta
ILIEVSKA |
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United Kingdom
- Anna BODELL |
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Apologies
for Non-Attendance |
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Austria - Walter
MAURER |
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Slovakia -
Tibor RACZ |
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Denmark - Peter
ANDERS |
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Sweden - Jörgen
SUNDEQVIST |
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Fiji - Harley
JONES |
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USA (AAA) -
Faithe DEFFNER |
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New Zealand
- Heather MASEFIELD |
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USA (AAA) -
Linda Soley REED |
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Russia - Viatcheslav
SEMIONOV |
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USA-ATG - Joan
SOMMERS |
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Serbia - Vojin
VASOVIC |
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Front
Row Sitting:
France - Frederic DESCHAMPS, United Kingdom - Raymond
BODELL,
USA - Kevin FRIEDRICH, Finland - Kimmo MATTILA, Austria
- Herbert SCHEIBENREIF
Middle Row Standing:
Bosnia & Herzegovina - Zorin RAKIC, Germany -
Günther
ZEILINGER,
Serbia - Aleksandar NIKOLIC, Macedonia - Elizabeta
ILIEVSKA,
Macedonia - Anica KARAKUTOVSKA, Macedonia
- Zorica KARAKUTOVSKA,
Italy - Mirco PATARINI, Austria - Werner WEIBERT
Ascending On Stairs:
Portugal - Carlos SEMEDO, Serbia - Nenad LJUBENOVIC,
France - Jacques MORNET, Croatia - Vjera ODAK-JEMBRIH,
United Kingdom - Anna BODELL
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CIA
Winter Congress held in Skopje, Macedonia
The Confédération Internationale Des Accordéonistes
(CIA) held its 119th General Assembly of Delegates "Winter
Congress" in Skopje, Macedonia hosted by the Association
of Accordionists from the Republic of Macedonia. In addition
to the General Assembly, association President Zorica
Karakutovska, Vice President Elizabeta Ilievska, Public
Relations Manager Anica Karakutovska and secretary Biljana
Mladenovska provided an exciting array of activities including
meetings, sightseeing, a reception with the Mayor of Skopje
Mr. Trifun Kostovski, visits and meetings at the school
and university, both with the Director (Principal) of
the Music High School "Ilija Nikolovski-Luj"
Skopje Mr. Zoran Dzorlev and the students, a formal concert
of Prof. Karakutovska's students, as well as a Macedonian
evening of entertainment.
Nineteen Delegates from around the world traveled to Skopje
to attend this first CIA function held in Macedonia. During
the Congress, two new associations were accepted for CIA
membership including the Associação dos
Acordeonistas do Brasil (AAB) - President: Lauro Valerio,
and the Italian Accordion Culture (IAC) - President: Federica
Celesti.
The CIA Merit Award, in recognition of outstanding contributions
to the International accordion movement were accepted
to be awarded to renowned concert artist and teacher Friedrich
Lips (Russia) and to Manfred Gäbler (Germany) the
organizer of the Klingenthal International Accordion Competition
for more than 40 years. The Honored Friend of the Accordion
Award was accepted to be awarded to Friedl Preisl and
Herwig Peychär (Austria), Silvio De Pra (New Zealand)
and Sylvia Prior (USA), recognizing their lifelong work
on behalf of the accordion in their respective countries.
During the Congress meeting, the Delegates accepted the
nomination of the 2008 Coupe Mondiale host the National
Accordion Organization of the United Kingdom (NAO) to
nominate Anna Bodell as the 2008 CIA Honorary Vice President.
Anna is also the organizer of the 2008 Coupe Mondiale,
which will be held in Glasgow, Scotland.
At the conclusion of the last General Assembly Meeting,
CIA delegates conducted an extremely interesting meeting
with local accordion students to discuss many interesting
topics, including their experiences at the various Coupe
Mondiale festivals attended, issues relating to their
life as an accordion student in Macedonia and their hopes
for their own musical careers and the future of the accordion.
Participating students in this CIA Student Council Forum
included Boban Peric (20 yrs), Bojan Volchevski (20 yrs),
Elena Jovcheska (18 yrs), Maztin Kolevski (19 yrs), Ljupco
Kolevski (16 yrs) and Aleksandar Kolovski (17 yrs). Recognizing
and appreciating the importance of the tremendous work
being carried out by the young students, the CIA plans
to conduct similar meetings at future CIA events in order
to gain a better understanding and working relationship
with accordion students around the world.
Members of the Music Committee worked in person and via
electronic communication to finalize competition guidelines
for the 2008 Coupe Mondiale to be held in Glasgow, Scotland
from the 22nd - 27th October, and all information can
be found at www.coupemondiale.org
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Reception
and Macedonian Night |
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Back:
Frederic DESCHAMPS, Zoran KIRJAKOVSKI, Elizabeta ILIEVSKA,
Zorica KARAKUTOVSKA
Front: Filip STAMEVSKI, Jovce PETKOVSKI, Aleksandar
KOLOVSKI, Martin KOLEVSKI,
Elena JOVCESKA, Ljupce KOLESKI, Srnica RADULOVIC
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Left:
Elena JOVCESKA, Zorica
KARAKUTOVSKA and Ljupce KOLESKI
Right: Jacques MORNET and Elena
JOVCESKA
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Zorica
with her parents
Gorgi and Dafinka KARAKUTOVSKI
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Elizabeta
with her parents
Violeta and Zoran ILIEVSKI
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Anica
with Darko NIKOLOVSKI, a 4th year accordion student
at FMU and one of the finalists of the famous
Macedonian show "M2" (like American IDOL).
Darko is especially
popular with the young audiences.
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Croatia
- Vjera ODAK-JEMBRIH
Serbia - Nenad LJUBENOVIC
Serbia
- Aleksandar NIKOLIC
Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Zorin RAKIC
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Italy
- Mirco PATARINI
Macedonia - Biljana
MLADENVSKA
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Portugal
- Carlos SEMEDO
Croatia - Vjera
ODAK-JEMBRIH
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Anica
KARAKUTOVSKA leading Jacques MORNET, Werner WEIBERT,
Herbert SCHEIBENREIF
and Vjera ODAK-JEMBRIH in the traditional Macedonian
dances.
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United
Kingdom - Ray and Anna BODELL
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Frederic
DESCHAMPS with Macedonian students
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