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Although competitions are not the only way to establish oneself as a talented musician, they do serve various beneficial purposes. Namely, they allow young artists to promote themselves and gain exposure. Furthermore, they increase public awareness of the arts and the usually obscure Classical Guitar itself. Some competitions also have newly composed "set" pieces which serve to increase the limited repertoire of the instrument.

Modern criticism of guitar competitions is actually quite common. Some criticisms are that they are often judged by unqualified judges that are unfamiliar with the instrument or its repertoire, that they reward people for being technically proficient without regard to musicality, and that it is an odd goal to try and judge art on any objective level.

Contents 1 History 2 List of International classical guitar competitions 2.1 Australia 2.2 Austria 2.3 England 2.4 Belgique 2.5 Canada 2.6 Cuba 2.7 Germany 2.8 England 2.9 Spain 2.10 France 2.11 Greece 2.12 Italy 2.13 Japan 2.14 Mexico 2.15 Netherlands 2.16 Poland 2.17 Portugal 2.18 Romania 2.19 Serbia 2.20 Singapore 2.21 Slovakia 2.22 Taiwan 2.23 Thailand 2.24 Ukraine 2.25 U.S.A. 2.26 Venezuela 3 List of youth and national classical guitar competitions 3.1 Sweden 3.2 U.S.A. 4 Winners of numerous international classical guitar competitions 5 External links

[edit] History

[edit] List of International classical guitar competitions

[edit] Australia

• 3rd Australian Guitar Competition & Festival

July 7-11, 2004

[edit] Austria

• International Guitar Competition Karl Scheit 2006

Wien, September 19-23, 2006

International Guitar Festival and 'John W. Duarte' Competition Rust-am-See Annually, from 1999

[edit] England

Ivor Mairants Award Administered by The Worshipful Society of Musicians Annually, from 1997

[edit] Belgique

• 9ème Concours International de Guitare 2006

September 22 - September 30, 2006

[edit] Canada

• The Lachine International Guitar Festival and Competition

August 5-7, 2005

• Aaron Brock Memorial International Guitar Competition

Fall, 2010 (http://www.aaronbrockcompetition.com/)

[edit] Cuba

[edit] Germany

• International Guitar Competition Berlin [1]

• International Guitar Competition"John Duarte" 2006

April 10-13 2006

• International Koblenz Guitar Competition "Hubert Käppel", Every Year in May, Koblenz

• Westfalian Guitar Spring 2008

Erwitte, April 25 to 27, 2008

[edit] England

[edit] Spain

• II Encuentro de Guitarra Clásica "Norba Caesarina" 2006

En Cáceres, del 22 al 29 de abril 2006

• International Classical Guitar Festival "Ciudad de Coria" (Competition and Master Classes)

August 2 to 9th, every year. Coria (Cáceres, Spain)

• Joaquín Rodrigo International Competition 2006

Madrid - May 24-June 1, 2006

• III Certamen Internacional de Guitarra de Barcelona "Miquel Llobet" 2006

Del 31 d'Octubre al 5 de Novembre de 2006

• IX CONCURSO INTERNACIONAL DE GUITARRA ALHAMBRA

Del 25 al 29 de Marzo de 2008

[edit] France

• XXIXèmeConcours international de guitare René Bartoli 2006

Aix en Provence 18 au 21 Juillet 2006

• Concours international de guitare de l'UFAM 2006

14 mai 2006

[edit] Greece

[edit] Italy

• XIV INTERNATIONAL CLASSICAL GUITAR FESTIVAL

SIRACUSA (Italy) September 6-13, 2009

• III FIUGGI INTERNATIONAL GUITAR FESTIVAL

Fiuggi (Italy) July 26, 2009

• XXXVIII INTERNATIONAL CONCOURSE OF GUITAR "FERNANDO SOR"

ROME (Italy) Real Academy of Spain 27-28-29 MAY 2009

• V edizione - Concorso Suoni Nuovi 2006

Latina, 5 marzo 2006

• Concorso Internazionale di Chitarra "Emilio Pujol" 2006

Sassari 4, 5, 6 maggio 2006

• 14th International Competition of Mottola 2006

July 2006

• Michele Pittaluga International Classical Guitar Competition XXXIX Competition 2006

September 25-29 2006

• XXXIII Concorso Internazionale di chitarra "Fernando Sor"

Roma 5-6-7 OTTOBRE 2005

• Augustin Barrios International Guitar Competition

V Edition: 21-23 November 2008

• Guitar Competition of Cassino (Italy)

[2] Cassino 25-26 November 2006

[edit] Japan

49th Tokyo International Guitar Competition 2006 Tokyo 25-26 November 2006

[edit] Mexico

23rd Annual International Solo Guitar Competition November 10-15, 2005

[edit] Netherlands

41th International Guitar Festival Zwolle November 4-8, 2009

• [3]

[edit] Poland

• Alexander Tansman 6th International Competition 2006

November 14-18, 2006

Edmund Jurkowski International Guitar Competition Tychy, Silesia Biennial, from 1986

[edit] Portugal

• 6 .º Concurso Internacional de Guitarra Clássica

7th - 11th, of September, 2004

[edit] Romania

• 8th Transilvania International Guitar Festival 2010

August 16-22, 2010 Transilvania International Guitar Festival

• Sinaia International Guitar Festival 2008

May 5-10, 2008 Sinaia International Guitar Festival

• 3rd Spring International Guitar Festival Alba Iulia 2009

May 28-31, 2009 Spring International Guitar Festival

[edit] Serbia

XXXV International Competition Jeunesses Musicales, Belgrade March 18-31, 2005

[edit] Singapore

6th International Guitar Festival 2006 (Singapore) & 2nd International Guitar Competition 4-10 December 2006 [4]

[edit] Slovakia

• The 4th International Guitar Competition of J. K. Mertz

2003 June 24 - 29th

[edit] Taiwan

• Taiwan International Guitar Festival and Competition

November 12-14, 2004

[edit] Thailand

• Thailand International Classical Guitar Competition

October 26 - 30th, 2004

[edit] Ukraine

Annual International Independent Music Competition "Individualis"

[edit] U.S.A.

• Appalachian GuitarFest and Competition 2006

Appalachian State University, Boone, NC - April 6-9 , 2006

• 2006 JoAnn Falletta International Guitar Concerto Competition 2006

June 5 - 10, 2006 Buffalo, New York

• Parkening International Guitar Competition 2009

Pepperdine University - Malibu, California, U.S.A May 28 - 30 2009

• Columbus State University Guitar Competition and Symposium 2006

February 18-19, 2006 - Columbus, Georgia, USA

• St. Joseph Interrnational Guitar Festival & Competition 2006

Dates for the 2006 festival will be May 17-21

• Annual Texas Classical Guitar Competition 2006

March 17-19, 2006, Dallas, Texas, USA

• Portland International Guitar Festival and Competition 2007

March 8-10, 2007- Portland, Oregon, USA

• Rantucci International Guitar Festival & Competition 2007

Thursday March 22 through Sunday March 25, 2007 Buffalo State College, Buffalo, New York http://www.rantuccifestival.com/

• The Music Academy of North Carolina 3rd Annual Guitar Competition

Friday September 28 through Sunday September 30, 2007 Greensboro, NC http://www.musicacademync.org

• GFA International Solo Guitar Competition 2007

October 17-21, 2007, Cal State Dominguez Hills, Los Angeles, CA

[edit] Venezuela

• XIV International Guitar Competition "Alirio Díaz" 2006

Carora, Venezuela - March 25 to 2 April, 2006

[edit] List of youth and national classical guitar competitions

[edit] Sweden

First Youth Guitar Competition January 23-24, 2004

[edit] U.S.A.

• MTNA Young Artist Competition 2005

Application Deadline September 14, 2004

• GFA Youth Guitarist Solo Competition 2007

October 19-21, 2007, Cal State Dominguez Hills, Los Angeles, CA

[edit] Winners of numerous international classical guitar competitions

(as least 3 competitions)

• Denis Azabagić (Bosnia) (8 competitions) http://azabagicesp.homestead.com
• Thibault Cauvin (France) (13 competitions) http://www.thibaultcauvin.com/
• Zoran Dukić (Croatia) (13 competitions)
• Goran Krivokapić (Montenegro) (18 competitions) http://www.gorankrivokapic.net/
• Marcin Dylla (Poland) (19 competitions) http://www.marcindylla.com
• Alieksey Vianna (Brazil) (7 competitions) http://www.aliekseyvianna.com/
• Andras Csaki (Hungary) (9 competitions) http://www.andrascsaki.com
• Mircea Gogoncea (Romania)
• Roman Viazoskiy (Ukraine) (7 competitions) http://viazovskiy.de
• Anabel Montesinos (España) (7 competitions) http://www.anabelmontesinos.com/
• Dimitri Illarionov (Russia) (5 competitions)http://www.illarionov.com
• Irina Kuliknova (Russia) (4 competitions) http://www.irinakulikova.com
• Petrit Ceku (Kosovo) (6 competitions)
• Artyom Dervoed (Russia) (6 competitions) http://www.dervoed.com
• Flavio Sala (Italy) (8 competitions) http://www.flaviosala.com/
• Marco Tamayo ([4]) (Cuba)
• Marlon Titre ([Aruba])(3 competitions) http://www.marlontitre.com
• Ana Vidovic (Croatia) (3 competitions) http://www.anavidovic.com
• Roman Viazovskyy (Ukraine) (8 competitions) http://www.viazovskiy.de
• Jason Vieaux (United States) http://jasonvieaux.com/
• Pablo Sainz Villegas (Spain) (9 competitions) http://www.pablosainzvillegas.com/
• Otto Tolonen (Finland) (6 competitions) http://www.ottotolonen.net/
• Jérôme Ducharme (Canada) (5 competitions)
• Rafael Aguirre (Spain) (8 competitions) http://www.rafaelaguirre.com
• Thomas Viloteau (France) (5 competitions)
• Jeremy Jouve (France) (4 competitions) http://www.jeremyjouve.com/
• Anatoly Izotov.com/ (Russia) (5 competitions) http://anatolyizotov.com/
• Pablo Garibay (Mexico) (10 competitions) http://www.pablogaribay.com
• Aniello Desiderio (Italy) (7 competitions) http://www.aniellodesiderio.com/
• Aaron Brock (Canada) http://www.aaronbrock.com
• Harold Gretton (Australia) (6 competitions)
• Dimitris Kotronakis (Greece) (3 competitions) http://dimitriskotronakis.googlepages.com/home4
• Gabriel Bianco (France) (7 competitions) http://gabrielbianco.com/

[edit] External links

• ClassicalNet: Festivals, Competitions, Concerts & Concert Venues
• Classicalguitarist.info
• / Classical music competitions at the Open Directory Project
• Guitar Foundation of America America's leading guitar organization.

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