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Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes (CIA)
member of the International Music Council (IMC) - an NGO official partner of UNESCO
 
winter congress
Host: Confédération Internationale Des Accordéonistes (CIA)
Paris, France
6-8 March, 2015


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2015 Winter Congress in Paris

The 2014 CIA Winter Congress and 133rd General Assembly of Delegates will be held in Paris, France from 6-8 March 2015 hosted by the Confédération Internationale Des Accordéonistes (CIA). As we beging our 80th Anniversary year celebration, we are honored to return to the city we were founded in back in 1935.
 
We thank you in advance for your attendance to our Winter Congress and 133rd General Assembly meeting, as we conduct the business of the CIA. We invite you to use the registration form below to advise of your attendance. Delegates and attendees will stay at the BEST WESTERN Tour Eiffel Invalides in Paris.
 
Paris is easily accessable via several airports Charles de Gualle (CDG) and Orly (ORY) as well as numerous train stations serving destinations all over Europe, offering a wide choice of travel options.

Welcome to Paris, France

parisParis is the capital and most populous city of France. Situated on the Seine River, in the north of the country, it is in the center of the Île-de-France region, also known as the région parisienne. The City of Paris has a population of approximately 3 million people, making it the fifth largest city in the European Union measured by the population within the city limits. Paris and its suburbs have a population of 13 million.
 
Paris was founded in the 3rd century BC by a Celtic people called the Parisii, who gave the city its name. By the 12th century, Paris was the largest city in the western world, a prosperous trading centre, and the home of the University of Paris, one of the first in Europe. In the eighteenth century, it was the centre stage for the French Revolution, and became an important centre of finance, commerce, fashion, science, and the arts, a position it still retains today.
 
In 2013 the City of Paris received 29.3 million visitors, making it one of the world's top tourist destinations. Paris is the home of the most-visited art museums in the world, the Louvre, as well as the Musée d'Orsay, noted for its collection of French Impressionist art, and the Musée National d'Art Moderne, a museum of modern and contemporary art. The notable architectural landmarks of Paris include the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris (12th century); Sainte-Chapelle (13th century); the Eiffel Tower (1889); and the Basilica of Sacré-Cœur on Montmartre (1914).
 
parisParis is known for its fashion designers and the twice-yearly Paris Fashion Week, and for its haute cuisine, and three-star restaurants. Most of France's major universities and Grandes écoles are located in Paris, as are France's major newspapers, including Le Monde, Le Figaro, and Libération.
 
Paris is home to the association football club Paris Saint-Germain FC and the rugby union club Stade Français. The 80,000-seat Stade de France, built for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, is located in Saint-Denis. Paris hosts the annual French Open Grand Slam tennis tournament on the red clay of Roland Garros. Paris played host to the 1900 and 1924 Summer Olympics, the 1938 and 1998 FIFA World Cup, and the 2007 Rugby World Cup.
 
The city is a major rail, highway, and air-transport hub, served by the two international airports Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Paris-Orly. Opened in 1900, the city's subway system, the Paris Métro, serves 9 million passengers daily. Paris is the hub of the national road network, and is surrounded by three orbital roads: the Périphérique, the A86 motorway, and the Francilienne motorway in the outer suburbs.

Our own organization, the CIA, was originally founded by three countries (France, Germany and Switzerland) in Paris in 1935 as the Association Internationale des Accordéonistes, the 'Confédération Internationale Des Accordéonistes' was reconstituted under its present name in May 1948 at a well-attended meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland.
 
parisFollowing a preparatory convention held in Paris during the previous January, delegates from Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Holland, Italy, Poland and Switzerland met under the Presidency of Mr. Max Francy. Each country represented elected three members to a Governing Board (Conseil Superieur), which then proceeded to elect the first officers of the Confederation.
 
Mr. Francis Coderay (Switzerland) was elected President, with Mr. Max Castelli (Great Britain) and the late Professor Luigi Oreste Anzaghi (Italy) as Vice Presidents; Mr. Max Francy (France) became the first General Secretary, with Mr. Frans van Cappelle (Holland) as Assistant, Mr. Charles Demaele (Belgium) as Treasurer, Mr. Crzybek (Poland) as Assistant Treasurer and Mr. Ernst Ditzuleit (Germany) as Archivist-Librarian or Custodian of Records.

This meeting in Lausanne also included the International Championship Competition 'Coupe Mondiale', which was won by the young French girl Yvette Horner, who has since become world famous for her outstanding career as an entertainer both in France and abroad and continues to live in Paris to this day.
 
We look forward to welcoming you all to Paris for our 80th Anniversary, where a variety of special activities will take place to celebrate being back in our founding city. Bienvenue!

 

Tentative Schedule of Events

Friday - March 6, 2015

  • day/afternoon - arrival to Paris
     
  • Preliminary meeting of the CIA Executive Committee
     
  • evening - Welcome Reception
     
  • evening - Dinner

Saturday - March 7, 2015

  • 09.00 - 10.30 - Executive Committee Meeting
     
  • 10.45 - 12.15 - Music Committee Meeting
     
  • boat12.30 - 13.30 - Lunch
     
  • 13.30 - 15.30 - 133rd General Assembly, Opening Session
    Held onboard the Seine on the Canotier
     
  • Book presentation: “Trésors de lames” by Laurent Jarry
    bookTrésors de lames, accordéons - bandonéons" is a beautiful coffee-table book, presenting photographs of 200 accordions and bandoneons selected by Laurent Jarry for their beauty, the richness of the materials and fabrics they are made of, their diversity and the originality of the craftsmanship they display. Some of these pieces are rare or even unique.
     
    This carefully put together corpus is enhanced by a rich content of documents and archives. It is punctuated by a variety of texts and quotations from art world personalities, describing their views about these instruments. The book is prefaced by Pierre Étaix, long-time lover of the accordion.

     

     
  • 16.00 - 17.00 - Music Committee Meeting
     
  • espirit20.00 - CIA 80th Anniversary Dinner and Cruise on the Seine
    “Le Canotier” featuring music by Jean Ribiero and Stefane Belleville

Sunday - March 8, 2015

  • 09.00 - 10.15 - Executive Committee Meeting
     
  • 10.30 - 12.00 - 133rd General Assembly, Closing Session
     
  • afternoon - Sightseeing and Departure
Hotel Information
The BEST WESTERN Tour Eiffel Invalides is located in the middle of the smart district of Paris and within walking distance to Invalides, Eiffel Tower and the Champs Elysees. The beautifully presented BEST WESTERN Tour Eiffel Invalides, which is totally air-conditioned, boasts a small inner garden and thirty rooms attractively decorated, wonderfully demonstrating the charm and the elegance of the 7th arrondissement
 
BEST WESTERN Tour Eiffel Invalides
35, Boulevard De La Tour Maubourg
75007, Paris, France
Phone: +33 1 45561078
 
E-mail: invalides@timhotel.fr
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Directions: From: The north. Take Boulevard Peripherique and exit at Porte de Passy, go in the direction to Iena. Take the Avenue Motte Piquet and turn left on Boulevard La Tour Maubourg. Just ahead is the BEST WESTERN Tour Eiffel Invalides.
 
From: The south. Take the exit at Porte de la Chapelle and take Avenue Porte de la Chapelle, in the direction of Place de la Concorde, turn right on Quai d'orsay. Next turn left on the Avenue Marechal Gallieni, go through and turn right on Rue de Grenelle. Go to the Rue Fabert, turn right at Santiago du Chili, 90 meters, and turn right on Boulevard La Tour Maubourg. Just ahead is the BEST WESTERN Tour Eiffel Invalides.
 
From: The east. Take the Boulevard Peripherique, at the sign Porte de Bercy, take Quai de Bercy until Quai d'orsay. Go to the Rue Fabert, turn right on Santiago Du Chili, 90 meters, and turn right on Boulevard La Tour Maubourg. Just ahead is the BEST WESTERN Tour Eiffel Invalides.
 
From: The west. Take N13 and exit to Neuilly sur seine in the direction of Peripherique Nord. Enter into parigi until pont Alexandrell and go through and turn right on the Rue de Grenelle. Go to the Rue Fabert, turn right on Santiago Du Chili, 90 meters, and turn right on Boulevard La Tour Maubourg. Just ahead is the BEST WESTERN Tour Eiffel Invalides.

 
Delegate Registration

Please complete the following steps using either your 'mouse' or 'tab' key to move between sections:
  • (1) Name and Contact Information
  • (2) CIA Member Organization (Premiere Voting, Voting)
  • (3) Arrival Date and Departure Date
  • (4) Submit your registration

Registration Deadline: 15 February, 2015

Step 1 - Personal Information - Please complete the following information
Name
Telephone Country: City: Number:
E-mail
Step 2 - Your Organization - Please select one of the following:
CIA Executive Committee - Music Committee
If from a CIA Committee, please select

CIA Premiere Voting Member
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Position in Premiere Voting Organization
Officer, Delegate, Member etc...

or CIA Voting Member
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or CIA Corresponding/Supporting Member
If from CIA Corresponding/Supporting Member
Position in Corresponding Organization
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Step 3 - Hotel Room
Please make your Hotel booking at: www.bestwestern-tour-eiffel-invalides.com
Step 3 continued - Arrival Date/Departure Date and Information
Arrival Date:
 
Departure Date:
 
Your travel information, questions or additional information:
Step 4 - Submit Your Registration Form
Please submit your information by clicking the "SUBMIT DELEGATE INFO" button below.

    

We look forward to welcoming you to Paris, France for the 2015 Winter Congress!

Contact Information

CIA General Secretary
Kimmo Mattila
E-mail: secretariat_cia@harmonikkaliitto.net

 
Registration Deadline: 15 February 2015

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