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Promo video 'Images' from the 2009 Roland V-Accordion Festival


Video from 2009 Roland V-Accordion Festival

Playing order

00:00 Introduction
00:50 Competitors Walk in with national flags
02:16 Introduction by Presenter Alessandra Bellini, introducing the 14 finalists from around the world.
03:20 Introduction of the V-Accordion, a combination of traditional Italian accordion craftsmanship and Japanese technology with famous performers like Madonna, Queen and Paul McCartney. History of Roland in Japan and in Europe.
05:24 Message from Roland founder Ikutaro Kakehashi
08:41 Introduction by Presenter Alessandra Bellini continues. Mentions Coupe Mondiale in New Zealand category Digital won by Cory Pesaturo (USA). Introduction of Cory.
10:02 Cory Pesaturo (USA) performance.
14:10 Introduction of Jury members.
20:10 Contestant Rudik Yakhin (Germany)
25:17 Lisa Eriksson (Sweden)
31:28 Alicia Baker (USA)
36:24 Grayson Masefield (New Zealand) 1st place
43:08 Archie Main (UK)
47:32 Miguel Angel Rumbo (Spain)
53:58 Nicolas Koch (France) 3rd place
60:07 Introduction of Mario d'Amario (Italy) with ballerina Gianluca Lanzillotta, with vocalist Silke.
66:55 Alezander Sevastian (Canada)
72:37 Orimar Hess Jr (Brazil)
78:40 Piotr Skowronski (Poland)
83:23 Luca Sganappa (Italy)
89:39 Xianon Xu (China) 2nd place
94:33 Koen Walraevens (Belgium)
101:04 Koharu Matsunaga (Japan)
105:30 "Danzarearte" group performing together with Roland demonstrator Ludovic Beier (France), a new work composed esepcially for this event, to show different styles of music.
113:04 Roland V-Accordion Marketing Director and inventor of the V-Accordion Luigi Bruti introduced to the audience.
Presentation of Results:by Head of the Jury Angel Luis Castano and Roland Europe President Akira Hanechi in presence of the main sponsor Mr.Troiani/Banca dell'Adriatico.
119:15 Results announced. Nicolas Koch (France) 3rd place, Xianon Xu (China) 2nd place, Grayson Masefield (New Zealand) 1st place.
124:57 End



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