Thursday 14th October 2004
  
INSIEME  PER  IL  FUTURO  DELLA  FISARMONICA
MEETING  ENTIRELY  FOR  THE  FUTURE  OF  THE  ACCORDION
Controller: Beniamino Bugiolacchi
Presidente del Consorzio Music Marche


Special guests at at the meeting were officials:

Giorgio Cataldi (Ancona Region) and Councillor of Culture for Castlefidardo
City Mirco Soprani.
Above (left to right) Mirco Soprani, Dr Landi (Marche Region), Beniamino Bugiolacchi and Agostinelli (Ancona Promouve). Attending were about 100 people mainly representing accordion factories plus teachers and performers from a variety of countries.

Meeting leader Beniamino Bugiolacchi opened with a wide ranging speech about the general background including industry production figures, the state of the music industry in general and the overall situation of children and music education internationally. He mentioned the effects of the computer, internet, play stations on numbers of young people learning music.

He covered the role of the accordion, starting historically as a popular folk instrument and entering many other musical fields since then. He felt that the image had remained somewhat static and had not evolved as some other musical instruments had. The accordion was often isolated from other instruments and he wanted to open up a global discussion on the teaching of accordion and suitable repertoire, to increase the attractiveness for young people of learning the accordion. This project would start in Shanghai shortly.

Paolo Picchio, Direttore Artistico for the Castelifdardo competitions and festival also spoke about accordion competitions and cultural events and asked manufacturers to target carefully the competitions and musical events they decided to sponsor. Credibility and maximum benefits to be achieved for the sponsorship should be carefully considered.

A number of people spoke after that. Topics covered including attracting young people to learning accordion, promoting the family culture of playing the accordion and nurturing it in the schools, and ways in which the political guests present could support these aims. The guests also spoke about their aims.

The new trade initiative for 2005 attending the Montreal Jazz Festival in Canada and the 2005 St Petersburg Fair were also announced.

Reception afterwards (left to right)
Giorgio Cataldi, Beniamino Bugiolacchi, Dr Landi, neighbouring city hall official, and Mirco Soprani.
Concert Pomeridiano Vincenzo Abbracciante

A number of people were unable to fit into the small Sala Convegni to enjoy a concert by the popular Vincenzo Abbracciante (picture right) before a capacity audience. The concert was followed by prize giving and performances by winners.

Dal Classico Al Folk Concert

A new composition by Nicola Campogrande titled "Danze del riso e dell'oblio" for accordion and piano was premiered by Alberto Fantino on accordion and Antonio Valentino on piano. The work, consisting of 14 movements of different themes was commissioned by the Citta di Castelifdardo.

Prof. Lech Puchnowski of Poland (second from left) presented to the City of Castelfidardo Museum two very old and rare instruments.

Then the Gruppo Taricata (pictured below) took the stage performing lively music from southern Italy which featured accordion and energetic folk dancing, enjoyed by the audience.
Competition Results

Category B, Classical Music, Soloists up to the age of 15 years - Finals
Category H, Light Music, Solists up to the age of 18 years
Category I, Light Music, Soloists (no age limit)
Category E, Classical Music, 2-8 piece accordion chamber music orchestras (no age limit)