Video above: 2015 Coupe Mondiale International Digital Accordion category winner Netta Skog (Finland).

Roland have confirmed their sponsorship of the Coupe Mondiale Digital Accordion Competition, part of the 2016 Coupe Mondiale World Accordion Championships & Festival, to be held in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, 11th – 17th September.

This is the same Coupe Mondiale competition category that USA contestant Corey Pesaturo won in 2009 and Michael Bridge representing Canada placed 2nd in 2013.

Roland is a leading manufacturer of electronic musical instruments, including the V-Accordion, the world’s first digital modeling accordion. Roland has worked together with the CIA, organisers of the Coupe Mondiale, since the introduction of the Coupe Mondiale International Digital Accordion category in 2009.

Teachers with suitable level students, are encouraged to make full use of the exciting creative possibilities that the artistically very free Coupe Mondiale rules allow for this category.

The competition rules and entry information for the 2016 Coupe Mondiale International Digital Accordion Competition are online at: Coupe Mondiale.