Buzau National Guitar Festival, Second Edition, 2009

10 May 2009

The second Edition of Buzau National Guitar Festival will be between 19 - 21 of June 2009, at "George Ciprian" Theatre in Buzau. The Guitar Contest will have 5 age categories and prizes valued at 7900 lei ~ 1800 euro.

Contest Regulations:

The Guitar Contest will have 5 age categories:

• A Category: up to 10 years old (on the contest date)
• B Category: 10 - 13 years old
• C Category: 13 - 16 years old
• D Category: 16 - 18 years old
• E Category: 18 - 25 years old

A Category: free program, with maximum duration of 8 minutes.

B Category: the program will include works from different stylistic periods, with maximum duration of 12 minutes.

C Category: the program will include works from different stylistic periods, with maximum duration of 15 minutes.

D Category: the program will include works from different stylistic periods, with maximum duration of 20 minutes.

E Category: the program will have a maximum duration of 30 minutes and will include:

• a Renaissance or Baroque work
• a Classical or Romantic work
• free program in the rest of time.

The winner of E Category will be invited to perform a recital during the next edition of the festival as a festival guest.

A participant may register for one age category only. The competitors order will be alfabetically.

Jury Members:

Musicologist Mihai Cojocaru - "George Enescu" Philarmonic (president of the jury)
Prof. Aurelian Andrei - "Dinu Lipatti" Music High School from Bucharest
Prof. Stefan Trifan - "Gheorghe Dima" Music Academy from Cluj-Napoca
Prof. Eugen Mang - Music Conservatory of Munchen Graduated
Prof. Stan Zamfirescu - "George Enescu" Music High School from Bucharest
Prof. Costin Soare - Music University from Bucharest
Prof. George Popescu - "George Enescu" Music High School from Bucharest
Prof. Marius Ragalie - "Margareta Sterian" High School of the Arts from Buzau
Prof. George Stanescu - Art School from Buzau

Participation fee:

• 30 lei for A, B and C Categories
• 50 lei for D and E Categories.

Participation form: download.

The participation form will be sent until 15 of June 2009.

Accommodation:

• 20 lei/person/night to "Grupul Scolar Tehnologic Buzau" Student Hostel
• 45 lei/night to a 3 star hotel.

The Official Opening is on Saturday, 20 of June 2009, 09:00 hours. The competition will start on Saturday, 20 of June 2009, 10:00 hours at George Ciprian" Theatre.

Transilvania International Guitar Festival

17-22 of August 2009, Seventh Edition

Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Transilvania International Guitar Festival addresses to contestants of all ages and proposes to promote professional instrumentalists and to stimulate young talents.



Guests: Duo Giampaolo Bandini - Cesare Chicchiaretta (Italy), Duo Melis: Susana Prieto - Alexis Mouzourakis (Spain, Greece), Gerhard Reichenbach (Germany), Joseph Urshalmi (Israel), Ulrich Muller (Germany), Harold Gretton (Australia), Duo Ana-Maria Iordache - Mihaela Iordache (Romania), Aurelian Andrei (Romania), Liviu Georgescu (Romania), Eugen Mang (Romania).

Prizes: a classical guitar build special for this event by Constantin DUMITRIU, valued at 3500 Euro, 2000 euro money prizes, 5 recitals and concerts during international festivals in Romania, 4 Stipendiums for international festivals in Romania.

Solo Competition: 4 age categories.
Chamber Music Competition: 2 age categories.

Master classes: 5 individual meetings of 40 minutes each. Students may choose four preferred teachers.

Accommodation: organizers offer the accommodation for the participants and their companions at a student hostel, for 8-10 Euro per night; depending on the available number of rooms, participants may be accommodated on 2-3 stars hotel for 25-50 Euro per night.

Registration: the participants choosing accommodation in the student hostel will send the registration form and will pay the participation fee until 11 May 2009. The participants not choosing accommodation in the student hostel will send the registration form and will pay the participation fee until 1 August 2009.

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