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International Accordion Competition Accordiomania
Next edition
No future edition is announced on the official pages we could check.
Overview
International accordion competition held as part of the ACCORDIOMANIA festival in Pleven, with youth and adult solo categories, variety categories, chamber ensembles and orchestras. Open to performers of all nationalities; first-prize winners play in a gala concert.
- Organiser
- Accordiomania Art Association with the National School of Arts "Panayot Pipkov"
- Instruments
- Accordion, Bayan, Accordion chamber music, Accordion orchestra
- Category
- Solo accordion, Accordion in chamber music, Other ensembles
- Age limits
- Soloist categories by birth year from age ~10 and under to adults (born 2005 or earlier in 2025); chamber and orchestra by average age
Rules & repertoire
Registration & fee
Application by deadline (2025: 11 May; late entries with 25% surcharge); fee BGN 80 per soloist.
Rounds & time limits
- Single performance per category (5–30 min depending on category)
- Gala concert of first-prize winners
Repertoire
Free programmes with time limits from 5 to 30 minutes; senior solo categories must include a piece written before 1800 and an original accordion work.
Jury & prizes
Jury
Not published on the official pages we could check.Prizes
- Grand Prix: BGN 1,000 (EUR 500) for the best soloist in categories III–V
- George Gulabov Foundation Award: BGN 500 for best chamber group
- First prizes from BGN 70 to 800 depending on category
Past editions
- 2025 — Pleven, 26–29 June 2025 source
Summarised from official sources, last checked 11 Nov 2026. Main source