Picture above – Alexander Poeluev and orchestra

From the 24-25 June 2011 the international competition festival for accordion-bayan was held in Paks, Hungary. The competition was attended by more than 40 contestants from seven European countries, Russia, Moldova, Hungary, Bosnia, Serbia, Austria and the results will be published when available.

The international jury were: Alexander Poeluev (Russia), Mirco Patarini (Italy), Clemens Tschallener (Austria), Zsanett Szatzker (Hungary).

Very successful were the festival concerts. There were concerts in memory of Piazzolla (Clemens Tschallener and Monica Tartsay – Austria), orchestra performances “Accordion Brio” (Moldova), and solo concerts by Alexander Poeluev and Zoltan Orosz (picture right).