Daily Report: September 10, 2025 PIF Castelfidardo

September 6th 2025

Harley Jones

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Competition Categories today

09:00 hrs: Category C, Soloists up to 18 years, (Born from 2007 onwards), Auditorium San Francesco (Via Giuseppe Mazzini, 13 – Castelfidardo, AN), Free choice program with a maximum duration of 18 minutes. Competitors cannot submit programs consisting entirely of transcripts.

09:30 hrs Category Senior Virtuoso Round I, Soloists with no age limits, Scuola Civica Paolo Soprani (Via Ciriaco Mordini, 14 – Castelfidardo, AN), Free choice program for a total duration of 15 minutes.

10:00 hrs Category A, Soloists up to 12 years (Born from 2013 onwards) Sala Convegni (Via Mazzini n°7 – Castelfidardo, AN), Free choice program with a maximum duration of 10 minutes. Competitors cannot submit programs consisting entirely of transcripts.

Video Category A

Video Senior Virtuoso Category

Category C list of contestants. Soloists up to 18 years. The pictures below are in the order of competitors performance.

Video Category C

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Video Category C

GEMINI DUO

7,00 pm – Auditorium San Francesco FREE ENTRY
Wanchen Zhao – accordion / Wanxu Zhao – accordion

Known for their seamless interplay, expressive depth and refined elegance, the duo left a lasting impression on the jury and the audience alike.

Siblings Wanchen and Wanxu Zhao perform with a natural synergy that transcends technical skill, offering a program full of nuance, balance and emotional richness. Their concert promises a captivating journey through the colors and possibilities of the accordion in chamber music.

A highly anticipated return that confirms their place among the most promising and refined talents in the international accordion scene.

ENZO AVITABILE & I BOTTARI

September 10th, 2025 – 9,30 pm FREE ENTRY Castelfidardo, Piazza della Repubblica

Enzo Avitabile – Vocals, sax, winds I Bottari di Portico – Traditional percussion (barrels, vats, sickles)

Enzo Avitabile – saxophonist, composer, and singer – is one of the most original and distinctive voices in contemporary Italian music.

His artistic journey is rooted in Neapolitan folk traditions, blended with soul, jazz, funk, and global rhythms, creating a visceral and universal musical language that is deeply personal and culturally rich.

He will be joined on stage by the Bottari di Portico – a unique ensemble that turns barrels, tubs, and sickles into percussion instruments – along with a full band featuring horns, bass, guitar, drums, and keyboards. Together, they deliver a powerful concert where ancestral rhythm meets modern melodies and global soundscapes.

A thrilling musical journey that breaks boundaries and ignites the audience in a truly unforgettable live experience.

Daily Report will be on published right after the days events. In the meantime, please view the many pictures and video of the Accordions Worldwide PIF Castelfidardo Event Report for 2024 .

Seminar about the composition “ForEver PIF” by M° Cesare Chiacchiaretta