The ‘Augusto Massari’ Prize 2024
The 23nd edition of the ‘Augusto Massari’ Prize for music philately took place in Vasto on the occasion of the VASTOPHIL 2024 national exhibition (from 20 to 22 September 2024, at Palazzo d’Avalos, on the initiative of the ‘Nino Piccirilli’ Philatelic Society).
The event is characterised by the “un cuadro più” format, which consists of exhibiting only one frame of each entry (the plan page and the rest chosen by the exhibitor). The full exhibit is available on the website to the jury for the evaluation phase and to the public during the exhibition days and afterwards. The visitors may browse the exhibits using computers available at the exhibition.
The four-member jury was chaired by Koenraad Bracke (Belgium) and included Peter Lang (Germany), Luciano Calenda (Italy) and Marco Occhipinti (Italy). Exhibitors came from Germany (4), Belgium (3), Italy (2), the Netherlands (2) and France (1): http://expo.fsfi.it/PaginaStandard.php?CodiceExpo=PremioMassari23&Ambito=USER&PagSec=partecipazioni_risultati.php&Lingua=IT (palmares and links to pdf files of exhibits). A strong edition this year with the winner Jean-Pierre Suys (BE) “From body sounds to sound bodies” and also large gold for Danny Jimmink (NL) “Step by step to dancing”.
The Prix Massari is organised by the Music Group of the Italian Centre for Thematic Philately (CIFT) in cooperation with the Motivgruppe Musik e.V. Since its first edition in 1980, this event has been hosted in Belgium (2 times), France (5) Germany (3), Luxembourg (4) the Netherlands (1), San Marino (1) and, of course, Italy (6). More information is available on the FSFI exhibition portal http://expo.fsfi.it/index.php?CodiceExpo=PremioMassari23&Ambito=USER&Lingua=IT
[text and photo credit: Koenraad Bracke, Bureau member FIP Thematic Philately Commission]
