International classical guitar competitions

Although competitions are not the only way to establish oneself as a talented musician, they can 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 Classical Guitar itself. Some competitions also have newly composed "set" pieces which serve to increase the repertoire of the instrument.

Thoughts on competitions

Modern criticism of guitar competitions is actually quite common. Some criticisms are that they are often judged by unqualified judges, that reward people for being technically proficient without regard to musicality. But concerning the judging of musicality, this is in itself controversial, as the question arises, on how to judge art on any objective level.[3]

Analysis of data at a piano competition, with many high level participants, has made it doubtful that judges are able to make fully objective judgements; because there was a small correlation between the order of appearance of participants and their ranking:

On the other hand, if a competition has many professional-level artistic participants, it may not even be possible to make an objective judgement of who is "best"; because: given numerous professional-level artistic performers, there may not even be room for the concept of comparison; since this presumes the existence of a "best" interpretation, which is itself questionable (and would be a commercialization of art; viewing it from a mass-consumption or absolutist point of view).

Some advanced[7] guitarists have written about their guitar festival and competition experiences.[8][9][10]

List of international competitions for classical guitar

Most classical guitar competitions take place during guitar festivals, and therefore the competition event can be attended by the general public, as audience.

Culiacan International Guitar Competition 2016 Culiacán, Sinaloa México 2016
Guitar Foundation of America International Concert Artist Competition (ICAC) New every year USA 2014
JoAnn Falletta International Guitar Concerto Competition Buffalo, New York USA 2014
International Guitar Competition Maurizio Biasini (biennial) San Francisco USA 2016
Wilson Center Guitar Competition & Festival Wisconsin USA 2016
Competition Name Town Country Last year active
Volos international Guitar festival & competition Volos Greece 2016
Guitar Masters / International competition & festival Wroclaw Poland 2016
Alhambra International Guitar Competition Valencia Spain
International competition for young guitarists Gauting Germany 2016
Andrés Segovia International Guitar Competition Almuñecar Spain 2014
International Guitar Competition Fernando Sor Rome Italy 2014
International Guitar Competition Maurizio Biasini (biennial) Bologna and Basel Italy and Switzerland 2013
International Guitar Competition Mauro Giuliani Bari Italy 2004
Concorso Internazionale di Chitarra di Gargano Gargnano Italy
Michele Pittaluga International Classical Guitar Competition Alessandria Italy 2014
International Guitar Competition Rene Bartoli Aix-en-Provence France 2006
International Classical Guitar Competition Stefano Strata - città di Pisa Pisa Italy 2014
International Guitar Competition Berlin Berlin Germany
Iserlohn International Guitar Competition Villigst and Iserlohn Germany
Gevelsberg Guitar Competition Gevelsberg Germany
Koblenz International Guitar Competition Koblenz Germany
International Guitar Competition Nürtingen (biennial: even years) Nürtingen Germany
International Competition for Young Guitarists «Andrés Segovia» Monheim am Rhein Germany
International Guitar Competition Heinsberg (biennial: odd years) Heinsberg Germany
Terra Siculorum International Classical Guitar Festival and Competition Odorheiu Secuiesc Romania
Transilvania International Classical Guitar Competition Cluj-Napoca Romania
Twents Gitaar Festival Enschede Netherlands
World Guitar Competition Novi Sad Serbia
Competition Name Town Country Last year active
Calcutta International Classical Guitar Festival & Competition Kolkata India 2014
Tokyo International Guitar Competition Tokyo Japan 2014

Bibliography

References

  1. Interview with Cavatina Duo
  2. "Music Competitions/Interviews: Azabagic, Evans/Madriguera, Kanengiser, Tennant, Vieaux"; Classical guitar alive; October 16, 2007
  3. Competitions are not meant for music
  4. John Williams Interview with Austin Prichard-Levy
  5. Expert Opinion and Compensation: Evidence from a Musical Competition by Victor A. Ginsburgh and Jan C. van Ours (2002)
  6. Timothy Kain - An Interview; Australian Guitar Journal
  7. busy with Masters or PhD studies
  8. Harold Gretton (1); Guitar News, January 2007 (Newsletter of the Classical Guitar Society Sydney)
  9. Harold Gretton (2); Guitar News, December 2007 (Newsletter of the Classical Guitar Society Sydney)
  10. Bradley Kunda; Guitar News, December 2008 (Newsletter of the Classical Guitar Society Sydney)

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