The 79th Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes (CIA) Coupe Mondiale will be held from 23 to 27 August, 2026, hosted by the Kazakh Academic Concert Organisation “Qazaqconcert” and organized by CIA delegates Samgar Tolkynkhan and Anatoly Gaissin.

CIA President Mirco Patarini and CIA Secretary General Kimmo Mattila warmly invite accordion competitors, teachers and supporters to attend the 2026 Coupe Mondiale which will feature concerts and competitions as follows:
• 79th Coupe Mondiale
• Masters Coupe Mondiale
• Junior Coupe Mondiale
• International Competition for Virtuoso Entertainment Music
• Junior International Competition for Virtuoso Entertainment Music
• Chamber Music – Classical
• Chamber Music – World Music

The 2026 rules and regulations are now online at: Coupe Mondiale

The on-line entry system for the 2026 Coupe Mondiale will open on 15 April 2026 and close on 25 July 2026. The Coupe Mondiale also has hotel information.

Daily Reports of the 2026 Coupe Mondiale video and pictures will start with the Opening Concert and Daily Reports and Results will be added as the event proceeds.

You can view the 2025 Coupe Mondiale Daily Reports and Videos. Every video of the Coupe Mondiale competition categories is being put online on the Accordions Worldwide channel (www.youtube.com/@musicforaccordion) with a playlist for each category and round.

CIA Video Archive and Education Project

The Scandalli Accordion Factory and Accordions Worldwide are the sponsors of the 2026 Video Archive and Education Project. This is a project initiated in 2010 by the Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes (CIA) with assistance from sponsors.

The project includes:
(i) A video of all the Coupe Mondiale categories and their contestants to be kept in the CIA archives in Finland, which over the coming years will become a wealth of historical recordings, including the premiere of many original accordion works and the emergence of upcoming artists at the Coupe Mondiale.
(ii) Free viewing of the videos of competitors in each Coupe Mondiale category. These will be online free viewing for the educational benefit of accordion teachers and students. The purpose is to enable the free spread of knowledge and information and thereby raise the levels of accordion performance and musicianship internationally.

We thank the Scandalli Accordion Factory and Accordions Worldwide for their sponsorship to enable this ambitious musical project to assist free of charge, accordion students and tutors throughout the world.