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23-Jul-2010
Roland V-accordion Festival in Moscow – Russiaby Yulia Amerikova |
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 The first Russian Roland V-Accordion festival, the national qualification for the 4th Roland V-Accordion International Festival 2010 in Rome Italy, took place recently in Moscow. The initiator was Alexander Selivanov, winner of international competitions and Professor at the Gnessin Academy of Music, Moscow.The organizers of the competition are the voting member of CIA and CMA, ANO "Creative School Master Class" with the support of the bank ‘Zenith’ and the Roland Company. The contest was held in 3 rounds for 2 categories - Senior (adult performers) and Junior (up to 17 artists and under). The jury includes: People's Artist of Russia, Professor Viatcheslav Semionov (Chairman), Honored Artist of Russia, Professor Yuri Sidorov, winner of the International competitions Alexander Selivanov, winner of the International competitions Sergey Osokin, and Roland representative Ilya Sandalov. The first round – by video – was held from January to May 2010. A lot of musicians from many cities of Russia sent recordings. The finalists of this round were invited to play in Moscow. Interestingly, in the Junior category, all finalists were piano accordion players. The finals for the Junior category was held in the Hall of the House of Cinematography Veterans, Moscow, on June 27th. Participants performed their final program on a digital instrument Roland FR-2. All the contestants showed a high level of performance and good knowledge of digital instrument. The winner – Ivan Ratnikov (Alexin, Tula region) – has received a certificate from the Roland Company and 70,000 rubles (the equivalent value of the instrument FR-1) with the purchase of any product of Roland of this amount. The Senior category, held on June 28th, resulted in 6 participants being selected for the National Finals, which will be held in the Concert Hall of the Central House of Artists, Moscow, on September 7th 2010. The winner of the National Finals will receive a Roland - FR-7x/FR-7xb, as well as qualify for the International Finals to be held in Rome on October 16th and 16th. Participants of the Finals, Senior Category: Eduard Akhanov (Moscow), Fidan Ahmedyanov (Moscow), Vladimir Butusov (Moscow), Alexei Klimov (Saratov), Yuri Medianik (Moscow), Alexey Chernomordikov (Volgograd). Category Junior: Ivan Ratnikov (Alexin, Tula region – 1st), Svetlana Kozina (Tula), Sergey Shchetinin (Kursk), Semen Kuzovchikov (Zheleznogorsk, Kursk region). |