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In 1998, the Orchestra took part in the Castelfidardo International Great Prize of Accordions, receiving another silver medal. In 2000, it participated in the XVIII Accordion International Gran Prix held in Geneva, winning gold. In 2001, it participated in the X International Accordion Contest of Cantabria, winning another gold medal.
In October 2008, at only 19 years old, he is prize winner of most important accordion international competitions in senior category like Klingenthal, Premio di Castelfidardo, [7] Coupe Mondiale in Glasgow [6] and the first prize unanimously of the World Trophy in Sarajevo. [5] He was invited to the International Festival of Kragujevac in Serbia ...
In October 1998 at the Firth International Astor Piazzolla Competition in Castelfidardo, Italy, the duo was awarded the special prize for original music style. In 1999, by vote of Russian music critics Evelina Petrova was awarded the title of the Star of the Year.
Owen is the son of Chrissie Leatham and the grandson of Peter Robertson Leatham. Chrissie Leatham was one of Scotland's greatest accordion players and teacher to many of Scotland's best known musicians including Kenny McGinty, Simon Thoumire, Phil Cunningham, Ian McPhail, Sandy Brechin, Jim Johnstone to name but a few.
European Classical music has long relied on music competitions to provide a public forum that identifies the strongest players and contributes to the establishment of their professional careers. This is a list of current competitions in classical music, with each competition and reference link given only once. Many offer competitions across a ...
João Barradas was born in Porto Alto, in the parish of Samora Correia.He initiated his accordion studies at the age of six at a small music school in Samora Correia, then gained admission to Instituto de Música Vitorino Matono in Lisbon, and at the age of nine, was admitted directly to the second year of the Official Accordion Course at the National Conservatory, finishing his training with ...
The festival holds contests for best accordion player. Once every decade, the "King of Kings" accordion competition takes place, where winners of the previous festivals compete for the highest possible award for a vallenato accordion player: the Pilonera Mayor prize. [77] This is the world's largest competitive accordion festival.
Castelfidardo (Marchigiano: Castello) is a town and comune in the province of Ancona, in the Marche region of central-eastern Italy. It is remembered for a Piedmontese victory over an army composed of foreign volunteers defending the Papal States , on September 18, 1860.