Second International Competition and Guitar Festival in Seville

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The second International Guitar Competition in Seville will be held from October 24th to 28th 2011, apart from a competition, this festival will also include, master classes and concerts.

According to organizers, this festival is created with a vocation to support young musicians. Open to all those guitar players of any nationality born after October 12, 1976.  Compositor Antón García Abril mentions that an interpretation contest, supporting young musicians, should always be received with joy, but in addition, as this project aims to spread the guitar music of Spanish composers, we should applaud the initiative of the guitarist Francisco Bernier, who with his vision of the importance of guitar worldwide, designed the first model project that will be a great support for performers and a great medium for disseminating the works of Spanish composers.

The jury for the contest is composed of personalities from the music world such as Michaela Pittaluga (Italy), president of the International Guitar Competition ¨Michele Pittaluga¨ from Alessandria. Oscar Ghiglia (Italy), soloist and professor of the Guitar Musik-Akademie der Stadt de Basilea (Switzerland). María Esther Guzmán (Spain) International Concerts. Lazhar Cherouana (France) 1 First Prize winner International Guitar Competition of Seville "Spanish Composers". Francisco Bernier (Spain), soloist and professor of the Conservatory of Music in Seville.  Graham Wade (England) musicologist and founder of the EGTA.

The contest presents prizes cash prizes (between 500 and 1.000 euros), guitars, recording of albums and concert tours. The master classes will be taught by Oscar Ghiglia (Italy), Alberto Ponce (Spain) Marcin Dylla (Poland) and Elena Papandreou (Greece). The classes will have a maximum number of active students, who will receive 50 minutes of class of each teacher.

Active students will receive 2 classes of 2 teachers, but can assist to all as listeners. They can also participate in the Contest. Students indicate the teachers of their choice on the Entry Form. The Organization will try to accommodate the requests in order of registration.

The deadline for entries is October 17th, 2011. The organization shall confirm all admitted candidates through publication on the website of the contest as well as personally.

The festival will also include conferences: GRAHAM WADE (Inglaterra): “Joaquín Rodrigo: a life for guitar”; JULIO GIMENO (España): “12 Estudios de Heitor Villalobos”; MICAELA PITTALUGA (Italia): “Historia del Concurso de Guitarra de Alessandria”; and JOSÉ L. RUIZ DEL PUERTO (España): “La modernidad en la guitarra española”.

And a series of concerts by LAZHAR CHEROUANA (France); MARCIN DYLLA (Poland) and  FRANCISCO BERNIER (Spain); OSCAR GHIGLIA (Italia) and ELENA PAPANDREOU (Greece); JOSÉ L. RUIZ DEL PUERTO (Spain) + Mª ESTHER GUZMÁN (Spain) and  on October 28th a concert given by the finalists of the contest and the award ceremonies.

Apart from the festival there is of course much more to enjoy in the beautiful city of Seville and surroundings. Nature reserves, cultural visits to nearby cities as Granada, Malaga and Cadiz, amusements parks and beaches are all within each reach with your rental car. Please check AurigaCrown´s website for more information on car rentals and prices.