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29-Apr-2011
Chinese Accordion Association (CAA) 3rd General Election, Beijing – Chinaby Harley Jones |
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 Photo above of CAA meeting participants.To further promote accordion development in China, the 3rd general election for the executive team of the Chinese Accordion Association (CAA), under the auspices of the Chinese Musicians’ Association, was conducted at a General Meeting on 17th April 2011 in Beijing. More than 40 executive directors from all over the country attended this conference. Based on discussions over recent years as well as the suggestions of related experts, all of the members present voted for Professor Li Cong (picture left), Dean of College of Music, Shanghai Normal University, to become the 4th President of the Chinese Accordion Association (CAA). Another 8 accordion educators and performers, Wang Shusheng, Bai Luping, Zhang Guoping, Du Ning, Yi Yang, Cao Xiao-Qing, Chen Jun, and Yang Guoli, were elected as Vice Presidents of the CAA. Deputy Head of Art Troupe of the Air Force Political Department and national Class-A performer Zhang Tianyu was elected as Secretary-General of the CAA. Long time CAA Vice-President Li Wei Ming is now a CAA Senior Consultant and past president Ziqiang Zhang was elected as a CAA Honorary President. The first three presidents of the Chinese Accordion Association were Yuping Wang (1990-1995), Shouzhi Wu (1996-2002), and Ziqiang Zhang (2002-2011). The retiring President of the CAA, Ziqiang Zhang is highly regarded for his progressive leadership of the CAA during his Presidency, where the CAA has moved into the international accordion world, firstly as a member of the CIA, secondly by becoming more active internationally with many international competition and cultural successes and thirdly, attracting and sponsoring top international teachers to China to develop top level international teaching skills to many parts of China. Such major international events as 2006 Shanghai, 2008 Shanghai, 2009 Shanghai Spring National Accordion Competition and Harbin 2010 (as developed and encouraged by the leadership of Ziqiang Zhang, Professor Li Cong and the CAA Executive) were part of the huge developmental progress that has been happening within China in recent years. The newly elected CAA team held their first presidium conference that afternoon. The conference mainly focused on the key issues of CAA in the future and particularly the upcoming 64th CIA Coupe Mondiale with very exciting plans, to be held in October in Shanghai this year. Read the interesting historical Celebrity Interview of Ziqiang Zhang in 2006. Photo below: Meeting, left to right, Chen Jun Vice-President, Retiring President: Ziqiang Zhang, New President Prof. Li Cong at the meeting. |
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