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24-Oct-2008
by Tania Lukic-Marx
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  The competition "Shpakprize", was founded by Nina Shpak, Elena Belashova, Alexander Shpak and the American corporation ShpakInternational Inc., in 2007. The main idea of the competition was the financial support of talented bayan (accordion) players.The competition was held in 2 stages, with the qualifying round held via video recordings, by the corporation: ShpakInternational, Inc., and the final held via the Internet. The jury members were: Vladimir Besfamilnov (Ukraine), Pavel Fenyuk (Ukraine), Tania Lukic-Marx (Australia), Alexander Sevastian (Canada), Vladimir Shashin (Russia), Namie Taniguchi (Japan), Aleksander Vasin (USA), Mika Väyrynen (Finland), Vladimir Zubitsky (Italy/Ukraine), and Aleksander Zhurbin (USA/Russia). Scores were based on a 25 point system, and each member of the jury sent in their marks by mail. There were 17 competitors, from China, Croatia, Russia, Spain and the Ukraine. Three competitors were disqualified for technical reasons. Top 10 finalists were awarded with Prizes and Diplomas. Based on the results of the competition, there will be a booklet and a DVD officially published. The next competition will take place in 2009. Results of the Competition (equal results-in alphabetical order): 1st -Yuriy Kipen (Ukraine) 2nd -Arkady Kazarian (Russia) 2nd -Venedikt Peunov (Russia) 3rd -Miran Vaupotic (Croatia) 3rd-Evgeniy Suslov(Russia) Top 10 Finalist-Anton Yrazov (Russia) Top 10 Finalist-Arthur Kazarian (Russia) Top 10 Finalist-Aleksandr Minenok (Russia) Top 10 Finalist-Jesus Penaranda Portilla (Spain) Top 10 Finalist-Men Nan (China) Special Prize for original transcription-Evgeniy Suslov (Russia) Special Prize for music of Vl.Zolotarev-Liu Rui (China) For further information email: tanialm@optusnet.com.au |