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7th Samara French-Russian Festival – Russiaby Holda Paoletti-Kampl |
For the 7th time in Samara, the French-Russian accordion festival was organized by Sergeï Voitenko and his team. This festival took place in the region of Povoljie and Samara (on the Volga river) in the cities Toliatti, Novokuibyshevsk, Chapaevsk, Otradnyi, Pokhvistnevo, Sergievsk and Borskoe. This year the invited artists were Nicolas Massoutié in duo with the guitarist Govanni Angotta (French variete), Emy Dragoi and his group (Rumania-France) with the music of Django Reinhard, Stephane Grapelli, Charli Parker, Chic Corea, Astor Piazzolla, Richard Galliano, André Astier, Marcel Azzola Brahms, Rimski-Korsakov, Paganini. Jean Louis Noton showed "the magic of the digital accordion" performing for the first time in this region of Russia, amazing thousands of audience with the extraordinary possibilities of the digital accordion "Odyssey". Jean Louis Noton also performed his own compositions and played with a magnificent dance group called "DNC". The Russian evening included soloists and groups, four beautiful accordionists of the group "Les Fiancees", Eduard Akhanov playing serious music and Russian entertainment of his own arrangement, music of Fancelli, Galliano, Piazzola, Vlasov, Musichini and "Trois Bogatyria" with the pieces of Vivaldi, Khachaturian, Panitskii and Sidorov. During this festival was the national competition "Vivat-Bajan", which was also the competition to select the Russian candidates for the CMA Trophee Mondial which will take place in Portugal in September this year. In the jury were the professors of: superior academy of Rostov Don Liudmila Varavina, Professor of musical academy of the Samara Alla Katz, Professor of the musical academy from Saratov Valerii Lomako, Professor of the school of the Samara Afanasiev Evgeni, Prize-winner of international competition, dean of the musical school Shnitke in Moscow Bobysheva Valentina, Institute of Lipetzk Viacheslav Melnik, Laureat of international competitions, the official delegate of Russia in the CMA and Professeur du CNIMA J.Mornet is Roman Jbanov. The winers in the category classic junior : 1- Kozlova Margarita from Rostov sur Don 2- Pavlov Kirill et Bedukha Ilia from Syzran et Toliatti 3- Sirenko Artiom from Kurgan. The winers in the category classic senior : 1- Safin Nikolai from Samara 2- Cherneikin Pavel from Oulianovsk 3- Dorofeev Anton from Jigulievsk The winers in the category senior Varietes : 3- Titarenko Alexandr from Rostov sur Don All these candidates were selected to represent Russia at the next Trophee Mondial in Portugal. The festival was a big success enjoyed by thousands of audience. For further information, email: j.r76@mail.ru |