he 3rd International Accordion Festival Accordiomania 2023 organized by the Accordiomania Art Association and Panayot Pipkov National University was held in Pleven, Bulgaria from June 29th to July 2nd, 2023.

Teachers and musicians from Germany, Spain, Moldova, Ukraine, Serbia, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina took part.

Results:
Classics Category: 1st – Victor Georgiev (Grade 5) and Denislav Banev (Grade 10)
I Solo Category: 1st – Iskren Todorov
II Solo Category: 1st – Jolanda Otto
III Solo Category: 1st – Todor Mijajlovic
IV I Solo Category: 1st – Catalin Gusevatîi
V Solo Category: 1st – Theodore Marinov
VI Variety Category: 1st – Bozhidar Karzhin
VIII Chamber Music Category: 1st – Duo Silver tone (Jolanda Otto, Timea Krahl)
IX Chamber Music Category: Accordiomania Ensemble (Denislav Banev, Stanislav Neshkov, Maya Todorova, Stanislav Murdzhev, Ivaylo Georgiev)

The event also included masterclasses with Raimondas Sviackevicius (Lithuania) and Radu Ratoi (Moldova – picture above left), who also was a member of the jury, presented two workshops and a solo concert.