INCONTRI CHITARRISTICI DI GARGNANO 2013

With ~ OSCAR GHIGLIA ~

Assistant: ELENA PAPANDREOU

including a guitar and lute course especially for music of the Renaissance and Baroque.

Instructor: MASSIMO LONARDI

from August 25^thto September 7^th 2013

Artistic Director and Coordinator: ALESSANDRO CALZONI

The courses will be held from August 25^th to September 5^th 2013 and will be concluded by a student concert. The students will receive certificates of attendance.

Students may attend the course as active participants standing an admission test with a piece of their choice. The admission test will be held the first day of the course at 3.00 p.m.

Students who intend to participate in the competition are not allowed to present in the courses pieces that are part of their competition program.

REGISTRATION FEES FOR THE COURSES:

Performers, € 190

Auditors, € 90

These fees will be payable on Monday the 26^th of August 2013 at the local branch of "Banco di Brescia”.

For further information call (+39) 0365/72625 – (+39) 0365 /7988307.

38^th GARGNANO INTERNATIONAL GUITAR COMPETITION

6^th – 7^th September 2013

1^st Prize: € 4.200

2^nd Prize: € 1.800

3^rd Prize: € 800

For Italian and Foreign competitors born after October 1^st 1978.

The contest is divided into three rounds:

I. Round (eliminatory):

The competitors are required to upload on YouTube a 10 minute long unedited video recording with a free choice program including a Renaissance work.

The link of this video, together with the applicant’s name and e–mail address must be sent, no later than the 15^th of July to the artistic director Mr. Alessandro Calzoni alessandrocalzoni@yahoo.it

The registration fee of € 50 for the competition must be also sent by the 15^th of July to (BANK INFO…).

The payment receipt must be either faxed to (+39) 0365-71354 or scanned and e-mailed to Mr. Calzoni. Without proof of payment, the application will not be accepted.

Competition applicants will be notified the result, no later than July 31st. A maximum of 12 competitors will be admitted to the Semifinal.

II. Round (semifinal): performance of a 15-20 minute free choice program, including one or more movements taken from a work by Johann Sebastian Bach transcribed for guitar.

III. Round (final): a 25-30 minutes free choice program, including one work of the 19^th century (classic or romantic) and one work of either the 20^th or the 21^st century, both originally written for guitar.

Works performed in the II Round (Semifinal) may not be included in the program of the Final.

The semifinalists will gather on Thursday September 5^th, 2013 at 7.00 p.m. at the Centro Civico Multifunzionale "Andrea Castellani" - Via Teatro, 14, Gargnano, in order to draw the number determining the order of their appearance.

A maximum of 6 competitors will be admitted to the Final round.

Each competitor must provide the Jury the scores of the works he will perform. First prize winners or competitors twice awarded the second prize in previous editions are not allowed to enter the contest. The semifinal and the final shall be held on September 6^th and 7^th respectively and will be open to the public.

REGISTRATION FEE FOR COMPETITORS:

€ 50, to be sent by the 15^th of July.

Information and Registration:

INCONTRI CHITARRISTICI DI GARGNANO 2013


VIA ROMA 47 – 25084 GARGNANO,
LAGO DI GARDA, ITALIA


TEL. (+39) 0365 -7988307 – (+39) 0365-72625 FAX (+39) 0365-71354


e-mail: biblioteca@comune.gargnano.bs.it

elpa@elenapapandreou.gr