Matteo Bove o 2° Stage: Francesco Della Bona o 3° Stage: Filiberto Selvi

1. CMI College
The Italian way to Magic

2. Who are us?

3. Club Magico Italiano
Club
Club
Clubs

4. CMI Services
Magia
Moderna
Magazine
Competition
Bacchetta
Magica
CMI College
Convention
Abano Terme
Services
Web site
Newsletter
Lecture
Service

5. Clubs
 CMI College doesn’t work as a Club (Clubs are so
important on local evagelization!)
 We want to scout talent
 We are SERVICE for all Clubs

6. CMI College: Why
 Observation and analysis processes that have led some
countries (Germany, France, Spain, Korea) to bring its
artists to the top
• To create working groups could multiply the spirit of sharing ideas,
stimulate creativity and increase competition.

7. Reading statistics
 From 1961 to 2006 (45 years)
• 16 WCM
• 12 awards
o 4 awards in Stage Illusion
• No awards from 1994 to 2006 (12 years)

8. What is NOT
 CMI College is not a classical school of Magic
• No Professors
• No Lectures (but Speeches)
• If you are member of CMI College you have to share and do
• We share:
o Attitudes
o Methods
o Ideas
o Goals
o Opportunities

9. Goals

10. CMI College goals
 Promote the growth and spread of Magic
 Develop the artistic value and recognition of Italian Magic in
the world
 To stimulate, encourage, support, Italian talented magicians
 Create opportunities for positive and constructive
comparison between the Italian territory enthusiasts
recognized the value and quality

11. How
 “If we could, first of all, know where we are and where we
are going, we could better decide what to do and how to do
it” (Abraham Lincoln)

12. Say in a word...
 What’s your goal?
• Popularity?
• Success?
• Professiona/Personal improvement?

13. Popularity
 Popularity stems from popularitas
• the sympathy of the people and indicates the acceptance by the
people.

14. Success
 Success is the achievement of the purpose.
• The word refers generally to the attainment of the main goals that a
person stands in his life

15. Improvement
 "Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection”
- Mark Twain

16. Fake myth: Originality...
 Do you know Kary Banks Mullis?
• CSI
• PCR
• P
• DNA

17. Work to improve
 Kary Banks Mullis (Lenoir, December 28th 1944) is an
American biochemist, winner of the Nobel Prize for
Chemistry in 1993 with Michael Smith for the development
of the technique of polymerase chain reaction (Polymerase
Chain Reaction or PCR), a process described by Kjell
Kleppe and Har Gobind Khorana, Nobel in 1968
 The Mullis improvements made PCR a fundamental
technique in biochemistry and molecular biology, with
numerous applications in the medical, agricultural, and
investigative.

18. Discipline...
 Part of the knowledge that is taught and study
 Rules of conduct aimed to education
 Scourge consists of strips of leather and ropes attached to
the ends of a stick
 “Perfection is the daughter of repetition”

19. How to do it...
 Once upon a time in 1992...

20. In 1996...
 4 years later…

21. True Passion!
 Passion for what?
 Passion for Popularity or for Magic?
 The daily diary doesn’t lie...

22. It’s not enough!
 Self awareness
 Self Knowledge
 Objectivity

23. To win Nobel Prize…
 To lecture or do research?
• Aim for the most prestigious result ...

24. Organization and goals

25. Organization
Rector
Managig
Director
Captain
Art Director
Vice Captain
Digital Media officer
Technical
Officer
Press Officer
CMI President
Professor
Coach Chief

26. To became a Member
Members
Auditors
Cadets
Masters

27. From 2008 until now
 Events
• 72 Focus Groups (2-3 days)
o Bologna, Thiene, Livorno, Abano, Lucca, Roma, Trieste, Volterra, Porcia
(PN), Napoli, Roma, Agugliano (AN)
o 1 Campus (1 settimana)
Badesi (Sardegna)
o 5 International Magic Trips
Blois (France)
Manresa (Spain)
• Digital Focus
o Many online group and individual activities

28. From 2008 until now
 75 members selected

29. From 2008…
 33 Guest speakers
o Domenico Dante
o Oscar Munoz
o Joan Caesar
o Matteo Rampin
o Giuseppe Mascolo
o Eric Eswin
o Gerrit Brengman
o Eberhard Riese
o Thierry Schanen
o Jo Maldera
o Walter Maffei
o Walter Rolfo
o Shezan
o Hyunserk Lee
o Bill Cheung
o Jakob Mathias

30. …since now
o Vadim Savenkov
o Kenris Murat
o Magic Christian
o Satoru Yamamoto
o Davide Calabrese
o Douwe Swierstra
o Cayetano Lledò
o Boris Wild
o Tony Montana
o Walther Priska
o Christopher Castellini
o Sergio Starman
o Jason Latimer
o Martin Eisele
o Aleksandr Murataev
o Juliana Chen
o Eric Chien

31. Gala…
• Abano (I)
o Marino, Cucchi, Nifosi, [OMISSIS], De Carlo, Speciale, Iacobini, Planas,
Trabuk, Maggetto, Ricciardi, Subrizi, Shezan, Starman, Guidato,
Bernardini, Maffei, Sacha, Gaia Elisa Rossi, Disguido, Cellai, Maxim,
Dario Adiletta
• Colombe d’or (F)
o [OMISSIS], Nifosi, Cucchi, Shezan
• Belgio
o [OMISSIS], Nifosi
• Southport (UK)
o Marino
• FFFF (USA)
o De Carlo, [OMISSIS], Trabuk
• Giappone
o Marino

32. …Gala…
• Blackpool (UK)
o Marino, [OMISSIS]
• Victoria (P)
o Marino
• Mosca (Russia)
o Marino, [OMISSIS], Shezan
• Rotterdam (NL)
o [OMISSIS]
• Sindelfingen (D)
o [OMISSIS]
• Bristol (UK)
o [OMISSIS]
• Austria
o [OMISSIS]

33. …Gala
• Coimbra (P)
o Maffei
• Crociera Magica
o [OMISSIS]
o Starman
• FIDICT Thiene (Italia)
o Shezan
• Masters of Magic (Italia)
o Francesco Fontanelli
o Mario Bove
o Francesco Della Bona
o Alessandro Bellotto
o Gabriele Verzolla
o Filiberto Selvi

34. Competitions…
 20 International Competitions
• Premier Festival de Magie (Saint-Amand Montrond - F)
o Maddalena Ricciardi
• Trofeo Victor Balli (Saint-Vincent)
o Bove
o Cardone
o Vegas
• Campionato Italiano (Saint-Vincent/Torino)
o Shezan
o Celotto
o Starman
o Rizzolini
o Bellotto
o Della Bona
o Maxim

35. … Competitions …
• Ron McMillan (Londra – GB)
o [OMISSIS], De Carlo, Trabuk
• Colomb d’or (Juan Le Pin - Francia)
o Cucchi
• Geni d’or (Barcellona – Spagna)
o Shezan
• Baden (CH)
o [OMISSIS]
o Guidato
o Starman
o Negroni
• Festival Astralis (Cluj Napoca - Romania)
o Shezan
o Gabriele Depetri
• Magibor (Maribor - Slovenia)
o Guidato

36. … Competitions …
• Austria
o Marino
• Magicmania (Riga - Lettonia)
o Marino
o Cucchi
o Shezan
o Luca Mercatelli
o Riccardo Negroni
o Planas
o Cellai
o Fontanelli
o Siepe
• Russia (Mosca – Perm)
o [OMISSIS]
o Marino
o Cucchi

37. … Competitions …
• Les Anneaux Magiques (CH)
o Shezan
o Nifosi
o Gaia Elisa Rossi
o Maxim
• FIDICT Thiene (Italia)
o Gaia Elisa Rossi
o Maxim
o Vegas
• Trofeo Ottorino Bai (Milano)
o Matteo Cucchi
o Gabriele Depetri
o Francesco Guidato

38. … Competitions …
• Shenzen (China)
o Shezan
o Disguido
• Shanghai China International Arts Festival
o Shezan
• Trofeo Arzilli (San Marino)
o Massimiliano Cardone
o Francesco della Bona
o Luca Costa
o Maddalena Ricciardi
o Matteo Cucchi

39. … Competitions …
• IFM (Russia)
o Disguido
o Walter Mafferi
o Sergio Starman
o Riccardo Negroni

40. … Competitions
• Bacchetta Magica d’oro
(Abano Terme)
o Starman
o Shezan
o Celotto
o Alexis Arts
o Bove
o Romito
o Mercatelli
o Polacchini
o Tizzano
o Depietri
o Mancusi
o Rizzolini
o Maggetto
o Negroni
o Verzolla
o Torzella
o Fontanelli
o Cellai
o Ricciardi
o Della Dona
o De Rosa

41. FISM Competititors…
 3 Competitors at FISM 2009
• Planas, De Carlo, [OMISSIS]
 2 Competitors at FISM Europe 2011
• [OMISSIS], Marino
 5 Competitors at FISM 2012
• [OMISSIS], Marino, Cucchi, Nifosi, Trabuk
 6 Competitors at FISM Europe 2014
• Marino, Bove, Alexis, Starman, Shezan, Cucchi
 5 Competitors at FISM 2015
• Marino, Bove, Alexis, Shezan, Cucchi

42. …FISM Competititors
 7 Competitors at FISM Europe 2017
• Tizzano, Disguido, Rossi, Negroni, Maffei, Castellini, Mercatelli
 9 Competitors at FISM WCM 2018
• Shezan, Rossi, Negroni, Rizzolini, Castellini, Mercatelli, Starman. De
Luca, Disguido
 11 Concorrenti al FISM ECM 2021
• Fontanelli, Bove, Cardone, Della Bona, Matteo, Bellotto, Adiletta,
Ricciardi, Rossi G.E., Rossi M.
Selvi (Circolo Amici Della Magia)

43. Awards…
 66 International Awards
• McMillan (UK) 2008
o 2° prize: De Carlo
o 3° prize: [OMISSIS]
• Blackpool (UK) 2009
o 2° proze: De Carlo
• Montecarlo 2009
o Cilindro d’argento: Nifosi
• FISM WCM 2009
o 2° MicroMagic: [OMISSIS]
• FISM ECM 2011
o 1° MicroMagic: [OMISSIS]

44. …Awards…
• McMillan (UK) 2011
o 2° Close up: Trabuk
• F.F.F.F. (USA) 2011
o Close-up Performer Excellence: [OMISSIS]
• Russia 2012
o Grand Prix: [OMISSIS]
• Austria 2012
o 1° Comedy: Marino
• FISM WCM 2012
o 3° MicroMagic: [OMISSIS]
• Grenken (CH)
o 3° Close up: [OMISSIS]

45. …Awards…
• Maribor (Slo) 2013
o 1° Stage: Guidato
• The White Magic Convention (Russia) 2013
o 3° Comedy: Marino
• Bacchetta Magica d’oro (I) 2013
o 3° Close up: Bove
• Saint Amand Montrond (F) 2013
o 3° Stage: Shezan
• Baden (CH) 2014
o 2° Close up: [OMISSIS]
• The White Magic Convention (Russia) 2014
o 2° Stage: Cucchi

46. …Awards…
• Trofeo Sitta (I) 2014
o 1° Close up: Bove.
• FISM ECM 2014
o 2° General Magic: Shezan
o 2° Comedy: Marino
o 3° Stage Illusion: Alexis Arts
o 3° Card Magic: Bove
• Les Anneaux Magiques (CH) 2015
o 3° Stage: Shezan
• FISM WCM 2015
o 2° Stage Illusions: Alexis Arts
• MagicMania (Lettonia) 2015
o 1° Stage: Vittorio Marino

47. …Awards…
• Festival Astralis 2016
o 1° Stage: Shezan
o 3° Stage: Gabriele Depietri
• Geni d’or 2016
o 1° Stage: Shezan
• Shenzen 2016
o 2° Stage: Shezan
• MagicMania (Lettonia) 2016
o 1° prize: Matteo Cucchi
• Bacchetta Magica d’oro (I) 2016
o 3° Stage: Tizzano
o 3° Close-up: Mercatelli
• FIDICT 2017
o 3° prize: Rossi

48. …Awards…
• FISM ECM 2017
o 3° Mentalism: Castellini
o 3° Comedy: Disguido
• Trofeo Balli 2017
o 2° Close-up: Mercatelli
• Baden (CH) 2017
o 3° Close up: Siepe
• MagicMania (Lettonia) 2017
o 2° Close up: Riccardo Negroni
• Bacchetta Magica d’oro (I) 2017
o 3° Close-up: Mercatelli
• Shanghai International Arts Festival (CN) 2017
o 2° Stage: Shezan

49. … Awards…
• Trofeo Arzilli (San Marino) 2018
o 1° premio: Massimiliano Cardone
• FISM WCM 2018
o 3° Mentalism: Christopher Castellini
o 3° MicroMagic: Sergio Starman
• MagicMania (Lettonia) 2018
o 1° Close-up: Ernesto Planas
• Bacchetta Magica d’oro (I) 2018
o 2° Stage: Vegas
o 3° Stage: Planas
o 3° Close-up: Planas
• Trofeo Arzilli (San Marino) 2019
o 1° premio: Francesco della Bona

50. … Awards…
• Grenchen (CH) 2019
o 1° Close up: Siepe
o 2° Close up: Fontanelli
• FIDICT 2019
o 3° premio: Maxim
• Les Anneaux Magique 2019
o 2° premio: Maxim
• Trofeo Balli 2019
o 3° premio: Vegas
• Bacchetta Magica d’oro (I) 2019
o 2° Stage: De Rosa
o 3° Stage: Della Bona
o 3° Close-up: Bove

51. … Awards
• MagicMania (Lettonia) 2019
o 1° Close-up: Starman
o 1° Stage: Cellai
• IFM (Russia)
o 1° Stage: Disguido
o 3° Stage: Walter Maffei
o 1° Close-up: Sergio Starman
o 2° Close-up: Riccardo Negroni
• FISM ECM 2021
o 1° Close-up: Francesco Fontanelli
o 3° Close-up: Mario Bove
o Most Original act: Dario Adiletta

52. Methods and goals

53. Goals
 Select a group of Italian Magicians to represent CMI and
the Italian Magic in Gala and national and international
competitions
 Spread the culture of collaboration among all clubs in Italy

54. Our rule: S.C.I.C.
SHARE
COMPARE
IMPROVE
CHECK

55. …Next Goals
 Focus Group around Italy and around the World
• Focus group exchange
o Korean Team
o RussianTeam
o German Team
o …

56. Andrea Baioni
CMI College Managing Director
abaioni@andreabaioni.it
http://it.linkedin.com/in/abaioni
@abaioni
facebook.com/abaioni
Thanks!