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http://www.accordions.com/news.aspx?d=29-Apr-2011&lang=de&s=4233
http://www.accordions.com/news.aspx?d=29-Apr-2011&lang=de&s=4233
29-Apr-2011
by Harley Jones
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 Photo above: Grand Prix winner Laimonas Salijus, jury member Vladislav Pligovka and Faustas Labanauskas, category I winner.From March 30th to April 2nd, Kaunas held the first International Competition of Young Musicians called ‘Kaunas Sonorum’. The competition was organized by the Kaunas City Municipality. The groups of participants were divided into five categories – piano, fiddle, and accordion; the winds and singing groups. Accordion group adjudicators were: Boris Lenko (Slovakia) chairman; Kazys Stonkus (Lithuania) and Vladislav Pligovka (Belarus). The competition attracted 375 participants, of whom 130 were young musicians from 15 different countries, shows the interest this classical music competition generated. The final competition round and the closing event have been recorded live on internet and for broadcast by the Lithuanian National Television. The winner of the Grand Prix accordion group has been announced: Laimonas Salijus from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater. During the final round, his rivals were pianist Jan Vojtek (Czech Republic - Hungary), clarinetist Antasnas Makstutis (Lithuania), cellist Arnas Karolis Kmieliauskas (Lithuania) and singer Mikolas Stanevicius (Lithuania). The pianist Jan Vojtek won the main competition prize of one thousand euros with accordionist Laimonas Salijus second. We would like to express our support of this competition concept, where accordion is competing equally with other musical instruments. Many members of the jury supported Laimonas Salijus’ (accordion) as being a superb musician, and he was thanked for showing the accordion, as a universal, colorful and important musical instrument. For information about the Kaunas Accordion Society contact Mindaugas Labanauskas by email: mindaugas@akordeonas.lt |