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66th Coupe Mondiale in Victoria - Canadaby Harley Jones |
Coupe Mondiale Daily Reports of the event including pictures, videos and results at: 2013Coupe The Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes (CIA) (IMC-UNESCO) held a very successful 66th Coupe Mondiale in Victoria, British Columbia from 17th to 25th August, 2013, hosted by the Canadian CIA member, the BC Accordion Society under the direction of 2013 CIA Honorary Vice President Aleksandar Milojevic. CIA President Raymond Bodell (United Kingdom), on behalf of the CIA Executive Committee and members, welcomed participants from more than 25 countries to the "magnificent event" which attracted contestants, international jury, CIA delegates, former CIA champions and artists, manufacturers, and visitors from around the globe. The Coupe Mondiale competitions with 7 categories were exciting and the videos of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize winners are on this weeks news and last weeks news. This week you can see videos of the Junior Coupe Mondiale and the 66th Coupe Mondiale (top concert category) which was an intensely close race to the finish line by Russian accordionist Alexander Kolomiytsev (picture left). The other Coupe Mondiale category winners videos were listed last week in the news at: http://www.accordions.com/news.aspx?d=30-Aug-2013&lang=en From the top three contestants, over three exciting rounds of competition where each won one of the three rounds, the overall winner, Alexander Kolomiytsev achieved a winning mark of 23.92 narrowly edging out second place winner Nikola Pekovic of Serbia with a mark of 23.89. For the full review of the event including pictures, videos and results, please visit: 2013Coupe |