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1/2009,
Soundboard, Magazine of Guitar Foundation of
by Jim Skinger:
Director Vladislav Bláha
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Festival Secretary: Katarina Greňová
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Miloš Brzák: Secretary of
the Czech Cla
Jitka Kyasová:
The theme
of this year’s festival was eloquently expre
“The
magical power of music with all its diversity can and does bring about a unity
and spirit that transcends all the things one can think of that divide people.”
In this all
too short week, guitarists from around the world gathered in
The annual
competition called Guitar Talent is comprised of two categories: Part I for
younger performers born after August 1994, part II for performers born after
1990.
For these
two rounds, performers in the first round were required to play works by Czech
composers plus a free choice for a total of 6 minutes. For the older group, the
same requirements applied except the maximum was 7 minutes.
Those that
made it to the second round in both categories had to perform a work from the
Cla
Category
1 Winners:
1st
prize: Rosa
Category
II Winners:
1st
prize:
All of the
winners were awarded prizes that included Savarez and
D’Addario strings, a Schneider Guitar (awarded to
first prize winner category II), Efel guitar supports
and Sofit gla
Members
of the jury for the Guitar Talent “o8
Maria
Linnemann
Julian
Byzantine
Roberto Fabbri
Jim Skinger
Lucio Do
Finn Svit
Denmark
Milan Tesař
CR.
Vladislav Petrášek
CR.
Igor Shoshyn
Guest
Performers and lectures:
Julian
Byzantine
Sandro di Stefano
Finn Svit
Jochen Brusch
Roberto Fabbri
Scott
Tennant
Victor Monge
Maria Linnermann
Jim Skinger
Sandra Milutinovic
Gianluigi
Mutti
The Performances:
A performance by internationally renowned performers took place each
evening in the
Sunday, August 3rd
The opening concert was given by Julian Byzantine; though
a native Londoner, he now makes his home in
Julian’s performance was solid and confidently played throughout.
Interestingly, I first met Julian in 1975 when he gave a performance at
the Romford Library in E
Program
Jose Merlin:
Carnavalito
Evocation
Joropo
(From, Suite del
Recuerdó)
Peter Sculthorpe
From Kakado
Manuel Ponce
Sonatina Meridional
Mikis Theodorakis
3
Epitafio
Phillip Houghton
Bronze
Apollo
Dervish
(from, Stele)
Maximo Diego Pujol
Elegia por la muerte
de un tangero
Confuseta
Melancolia
Epilogo
Bela Bartok
Five
Balkan pieces
Dusan Bogdanovic
Dudasok
Jutarnje
Zalopojka
Makedonsko
Nikita Koshkin
Usher Waltz, op.29
Isaac Albeniz
Cadiz
Puerta de Tierra
Monday, August 4th
The
concerts were as diverse as the artists themselves which was much in evidence
with
composer/guitarist, Sandro di Stefano whose performance and compositions on his remarkable midi guitar
created fresh and unusual textures and sonorities.
Much of his
efforts are still in an experimental stage of development as heard in the
mixing of styles: cla
Program
Compositions by
Sandro Di Stefano
Mario
Gangi
Lennon
& McCartney
Pat
Metheny
Tuesday August 5th
This
evening’s concerts were shared by the violin and guitar duo; Jochen Brusch, violin, and Finn Svit, guitar, followed by an engaging solo performance by Roberto Fabbri.
Most
notable in the duo’s performance was the superb musicianship and originality of
their program.
Program
Francesco Veracini
Sonata
from op. 2
Allegro
Antonio Vivaldi
Sonata
in A Major
Prelude
Presto
Courante
Adagio
Giga
Mauro Giuliani
Variation
on a theme of Handel, op.107
Nicolo Paganini
Cantabile
Caprice
for Violin solo
Antonio Bazzini
Rondo
de Lutin
The second
half of the evening featured Roberto Fabbri in a solo performance.
No stranger
to the European festival circuit, Roberto seems to be everywhere in
Program
Roberto Fabbri
La Pa
Atocha
Preludio
Canzone
Mauro
Giuliani
Ro
Roberto Fabbri
Ballade
Roland Dyens
Fuoco
Leo Brouwer
Catilena de los bosques (dedicated to Roberto)
Giovanni Allevi
Il Bacio
Roberto Fabbri
Notte a Belgrado
Hammam
Dance for Dale
Wednesday, August 6th
The
Wednesday evening recital was a much anticipated concert by the Grammy-award
artist Scott Tennant. I have seen Scott’s performances with the
Not
surprisingly, it was a solid and well played program from beginning to end.
Program
John Dowland
Queen Elizabeth’s Galliard
The Frog Galliard
A Fancy
Leo Brouwer
Homenaje a Falla
Pieza sin título
Danza Caracteristica
Johan Jakob Froberger
Lamento
Antonio Ruiz –Pipó
Canción
y Danza No. 1
Joaquin
Rodrigo
Selections from Por los Campos de España
Georg Philipp Telemann Fantasia No.
1
Allegro
Adagio-Allegro
Federico Moreno Torroba
Burgalesa
Suite Castellana
Fandanquillo
Arada
Danza
Mirolav Tadic
3
Balkan Pieces
Makedonsko Devoje
Rustmul
Walk
Dance
Eduardo Sainz de la Maza
Campanas
Thursday
August 7th
Canadian
guitarist
Dale began
her program with one of her own pieces “
Program
Lennox
Allegretto
Lento
Rondo
Heitor Villa
Lobos
Guitar Concerto
(2nd movement)
Carlo Domeniconi
Trilogy
Calata
Intonazione
Ragtime
A
step to
Toccata
in Blue, 1997
Abbywood Trail
Meli
Going
Nowhere
Prelude
Contemplation
Fueco
Friday
August 8th
The final
concert of the festival continued its long established tradition of having a
Flamenco evening in
.
This year’s
spectacular offering was by Victor Monge also known as “Serranito”.
Victor was ably a
The
program’s theme was called the “Fascination of Flamenco” – Dance & Guitar
Unlike last
year’s Nuevo Flamenco, Serranito’s
troupe performed traditional selections of the Seguiriyas,
Tangos, Alegrias and Bulerias
all brilliantly played, bringing a close to a phenomenal week of music making.
In addition
to the evening concerts there was a series of lectures, afternoon concerts
and
master cla
Unfortunately,
I was not able to attend all the lectures, but, I did get to attend a
lecture/performance by Maria Linnemann.
Maria is a
specialist in teaching beginning and intermediate students and has written a
series of her own beautifully crafted compositions for solo, duos and ensemble
pieces that effectively demonstrate her particular concepts. Maria has a wide
ranging background from which to draw on an insightful understanding of how
children learn. This was made evident throughout her lecture and performance
demonstration.
Additional
lectures were given by Sanra Milutinovic of
I had the
great pleasure of giving a lecture entitled “Roots of My Art” followed by a
performance of my own compositions demonstrating how I was able to use melodic
and harmonic material more often a
Members of
the festival orchestra, comprised of students and teachers and ably conducted
by Alois Menšík, a
Seven
student members of the orchestra gave additional solo and duo performances.
Participants
were:
K.
Matkovská
O. Palŕček
J. Kuklin
I. Sučková
M. Škubal
Duo Cazopoli
Thanks to all of the supporters who have helped
generously and enormously to make the festival and the competition so succe
Special Thanks to:
Restaurant Gargano (Superb Restaurant)
Nikolaj Petruk (accordionist
extraordinaire)
When ten years we in August 1992 got together in quite modest, yet very
friendly and almost family-like
conditions of the first guitar festival with 30 participants and 3 soloists in Rychnov nad Kneznou, nobody could seriously expect that in a few years' time
this would become an international
festival in which something
between 100 and 150 guitarists from as many as 18 countries would take part every year and which
would be acclaimed by guitar magazines
such as Gendai Guitar (Japan), Cla
Performers and teachers of the festival 1992 - 2003 (Rychnov n.K. - BRNO)
Roberto Au
Countries of the participants
of the festival 1992 -
2003:
Argentina
/ Argentina, Belgie / Belgium, Bělorusko / Beloru
Guitarmakers 1992 - 2003
Olivier Fanton d´Andon,
Peter Barton, Jiří Dobeš, Noel
Callaert, Armin Gropp, Jeroen Hilhorst,
Johannes Hoffer, Petr
Matoušek, Masaki Sakurai,
Jan Schneider, Joachim Schneider, Michal Schneider,
Robert Schneider, Václav Svoboda
Premiers of
works performed in
1992-2003 by the composers:
John W. Duarte, Nikita Koshkin, Francis Kleynjans, Boris Gaquere, Štěpán
Rak,
Other artistguitarists
performing at concerts arranged by Czech Cla
David Ru