15th Italia Award 2025, Features Three Editions – Italy

January 31st 2025
Rob Howard
15th Italia Award
15th Italia Award

The 15th Italia Award 2025 World Accordion Competition “Online Edition” will be held on April 13th, 2025, organised by the Associazione Promozione Arte, Club Voglia d’Arte, in collaboration with private sponsors and the municipality of Giulianova (TE, Italy) .

Renzo Ruggieri
Renzo Ruggieri

The Artistic Director is Renzo Ruggieri and the President is Claudio Azzaro.

The online competition will include the following age group categories for ages 10, 12, 14, 16, Junior, Senior, Amateur:

Classical and Virtuoso solo accordion
Junior Ensemble
Classical Ensemble
World Ensemble
Jazz
Tango
Diatonic
Renzo Ruggieri Award, Art Accordion

Claudio Azzaro
Claudio Azzaro

Registration deadline is April 1st, 2025.

Download online competition regulations here in English and Italian:

2025_ItaliaAward_online_EN.pdf

2025_ItaliaAward_online_IT.pdf

The Academy Edition will take place in May 2025 in Giulianova, Teramo, Abruzzo, Italy for Primary School students.

The Live Edition will take place from June 20th to 22nd, 2025, in Giulianova, Teramo, Abruzzo, Italy and include the following age group categories for ages 10, 12, 14, 16, Junior, Senior, Amateur:

Accordion Classical, Virtuoso, Organetto, Diatonic
Other instruments and groups – Student, Junior and Senior

Registration deadline is June 15th, 2025.

The Bravissimo Italia Award will take place on July 6th, 2025. This award is presented to the “winner of winners”.

Download live competition regulations here in English and Italian:
2025_ItaliaAward_live_EN.pdf
2025_ItaliaAward_live_IT.pdf