Daily Report: 09 September, 2026 PIF Castelfidardo - Italy

Daily Report: 09 September, 2026 PIF Castelfidardo – Italy

September 4th 2026

Harley Jones

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WorldMusic Ensemble Category
9:00 a.m. – San Francesco Auditorium (Via Giuseppe Mazzini, 13 – Castelfidardo, AN)

Jury Category: World Music Ensemble from left: Announcer Guglielmo Ficola, Zhou Lang, Andreas Nebel, Aldo Taborda, Chairman of this Jury: Herbert Scheibenreif, Grayson Masefield, Eugen Negruta, Michael Jingru and Artistic Director PIF Cesare Chiacchiaretta

Videos:

00:00 Program
00:29 Variations on the Theme of Oroqen Folk Songs – Zhang Xinhua
05:20 Fuga y Misterio – Astor Piazzolla, arr. Radivo
10:59 Tango pour Claude – Richard Galliano

00:00 Program
00:43 Acquarelli Cubani – Luciano Fancelli
06:18 Balkan Dance – Janusz Wojtarowicz
11:33 Sagra d’estate – Gianni Iorio

00:00 Program
00:05 Sicilia Folk – A. La Placa
03:03 Dumani è Dumminica – F. Paternò
07:22 Comu l’unna – Vincenzo Curreri, arr. F. Paternò
11:39 Mediterranea – F. Paternò

00:00 Program
00:27 Paganini Jazz – Fazil Say, arr. Andreas Nicolai Tarkmann
07:35 Castillo Interior – Pēteris Vasks
16:29 Brehme – Gorka Hermosa

00:00 Program
00:20 Humoresque, Op. 10 No. 5 – Sergei Rachmaninoff
03:42 Fou rire – Richard Galliano
06:34 Contrast / Контрастно – Plamen Dimitrov
11:47 Slalom Géant – André Verchuren

00:00 Program
00:22 Alma Algarvia – José Ferreiro (Pai), arr. Nelson Conceição
02:51 Tico-tico – Zequinha de Abreu, arr. Nelson Conceição
05:24 Libertango – Astor Piazzolla, arr. Nelson Conceição

Around the city:

Harley, Sven, Alessio, Quivid, Lars Norway in front

WorldMusic Senior and Junior category
15:00 a.m. – Hall of Coats of Arms/Salone degli Stemmi (Piazza della Repubblica, 8 – Castelfidardo, AN)

Jury for categories World Music Junior and World Music Senior, left – right: Jury Secretary (standing) Gabriele Camilietti, Zhou Lang, Eugen Negruta, Grayson Masefield, Chairman of this Jury: Herbert Scheibenreif, Andreas Nebl, Aldo Taborda, Michael Jingru.

Category video full playlist of 10 contestants pictured below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKSfa4bS8_o&list=PLdzoaMRfnaY8

World Music Senior Category

00:00 Program
00:34 Viddaneddha – Alessandro Gaudio
05:58 Valzer in Dodici Ottavi – Daniol Dipaolonicola

00:00 Program
00:18 O Corridinho do Barra – Daniel Rato
02:06 O Belisco – Eugénia Lima
04:24 Fox do Carvalho – Fernando Carvalho

00:00 Program
00:16 Monkerrina – Simone Bottasso
005:39 Magicicada – Simone Bottasso

00:00 Program
00:20 Three Folk Songs from Poluvsie – Ľuboš Hrdý
02:50 Flight of the Bumblebee – Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, arr. Albertino Bastianoni 06:04 La Valse a Margaux – Richard Galliano

00:00 Program
00:22 Confusion – Salvatore Pace
04:46 Gira la Canzone – Ambrogio Sparagna
06:50 Ataranta – Ambrogio Sparagna

00:00 Program
00:29 Sol de Verão – Fernando Carvalho
02:54 À esquina do meu passado – Eugénia Lima
06:10 Minhas amendoeiras – António Anica

00:00 Program
00:25 7/16 – Plamen Dimitrov Oriental – Petar Ralchev Serbian Kolo – Trad.
06:30 Martovski Horovod – Grigoraș Diniku, arr. Lelo Nika-Martovski

00:00 Program
00:12 Indifference – Tony Murena
02:09 Diatonic Tango – Alessandro Gaudio & Salvatore Pace
05:40 Cinque Mori – Riccardo Tesi & Alessandro Gaudio

00:00 Program
01:11 Libertango – Astor Pizzolla, arr. Nelson Conceição
03:56 Coração não chores mais – Eugénia Lima
07:56 Tico-tico – Zequinha de Abreu, arr. Nelson Conceição