Competition

GUITARTALENT '12   /    APPLICATION FORM

Date: 8. – 9. 8. 2012
Place: Crystal Hall of Old City Hall, Radnická 10, Brno, CR
First Prize: Masaki Sakurai-Kohno Guitar (1st prize in the 2nd Cathegory)
Other Prices
Concert guitar by one of best Czech guitar makers .Kriha (1st prize in the 1st Cathegory), concert guitar by STRUNAL Co., solid therm Guitar Case IKA, guitar supports EFEL, CD´s, music scores, strings sets by SAVAREZ and D´ADDARIO companies, CD, guitar´s glass files, diplomas, etc.

1st Cathegory for participants born in and after year 1996

Competition program:
a) one piece by Czech or Slovak composer or by composer from the country of participants nationality
b) free piece after participants choice
duration: a) + b) together max. 10 minutes


2nd cathegory: for participants born in and after year 1989

Competition program:
1st row
a) piece by contemporary Czech or Slovak composer or by composer from the country of participants nationality
b) free piece after participants choice
duration: a) + b) together max. 12 minutes


2nd row
a) piece of the Romantic or Classical period
b) free piece after participants choice
duration: a) + b) together max. 15 minutes

Winners of both cathegories will participate at the concert at 9. 8. 7.30 p.m.

Jury of the competition:
doc. Mgr. Vladislav Bláha, ArtD. - Competition Director
Maria Linnemann - Germany
Guy Travis – England
Michele Libraro, Simone Iannarelli, Luciano Tortorelli – Italy
Jim Skinger – USA
Daniel Olmos - Mexico
Milan Tesař, Zdeněk Dvořák, Vladimír Novotný - Czech republic

GUITARTALENT '11

Date: 10. – 11. 8. 2011
Place: Crystal Hall of Old City Hall, Radnická 10, Brno, CR
First prize: Concert guitar Masaki Sakurai (1st prize of 2nd cathegory)
Other prices
Concert guitar (1st prize of 1st Cathegory), solid therm guitar case IKA at a value of 350 Eur, guitar supports EFEL, CD´s, music scores, strings sets by SAVAREZ and D´ADDARIO companies, CD, guitar´s glass files, etc.


1st cathegory - for participants born in 1994 and younger

Competition program:
a) one piece by Czech or Slovak composer
b) free piece after participants choice
duration: a) + b) together max. 10 minutes


2nd cathegory - for participants born in 1988 and younger

Competition program:
1st round
a) piece by contemporary Czech composer
b) free piece after participants choice
duration: a) + b) together is max. 12 minutes

2nd round
a) piece of the Romantic or Classical period
b) free piece after participants choice
duration: a) + b) together is max. 15 minutes

Winners of both cathegories will participate at the concert at 11. 8. 7.30 p.m.

Jury of the Competition:
José Montenegro, Arnoldo Garcia - Mexico
Maria Linnemann, Thomas Offermann - Germany
Paul Fowles – England
Luciano Tortorelli– Italy
William Anderson – USA
Javier Garcia Moreno - Spain
Milan Tesař, Zdeněk Dvořák - Czech Republic

GUITARTALENT '10

Results of the 1st cathegory (16 years and younger)
1st place - Jana Penina, Belorussia
2nd place - Lucie Nesvadbová, Czech Republic
3rd place - Barbora Kubíková, Czech Republic

Results of the 2nd cathegory (20 years and younger)
First prize: concert guitar of the value 6500 Euro from the japanese guitar maker Masaki Sakurai

1st place - Hedvika Švendová, Czech Republic
2nd place- Pavel Boyko, Belorussia; Vitalij Lapkovskij, Belorussia; Karol Samuelčík, Slovakia
3rd place - Alexandra Sapok, Poland

A special award from Mistr Masaki Sakurai was a concert guitar the Maestro model of the value 9000 Euro for Pavel Boyko.
He also promised to give his instrument every year as the first prize fot the GUITARTALENT competition.

GUITARTALENT '09

1st cathegory
1st prize - Hedvika Švendová, Czech Republic
2nd prize - Barbora Hulcová , Czech Republic
3th prize - Alexandra Moussová, and Františka Pilařová, both Czech Republic

2nd cathegory
1st prize - Marco Daniel Espinoza Lijano, Costa Rica
2nd prize - Mateo Nicolas Guayazán Ortigoza, Costa Rica
3th prize - Aleksandra Sapok, Poland

GUITARTALENT '08

1st cathegory
1st prize - Rosa Francizka Maier, Austria
2nd prize - Vojtěch Kaluža, Czech Republic and David Liu, Austria
3th prize - no prize

2nd cathegory
1st prize - Vít Dvořáček, Czech Republic
2nd prize - Wojciech Rysiecki, Poland
3th prize - Edoardo Lamacchia, Italy

GUITARTALENT '07

1st cathegory
1st prize - Atila Kornyei, Hungary
2nd prize - Vít Dvořáček, Czech Republic
3th prize - Matěj Drahokoupil, Czech Republic
Honorary Mention: Antonín Růžička, Czech Republic and Olena Tibirkova, Ukraine

2nd cathegory
1st prize - Stella Maria Schletterer
2nd prize - Pavel Boyko, Belorussia
3th prize - Jaroslav Rendl, Czech Republic
Honorary Mention:Markéta Vavřinová, Czech Republic and Jonas Kublickas, Lithuania Kostya Shumilin,  Belorussia and Klára Výtisková, Czech Republic