Adult Finals – 2018 Competition
Gusman Concert Hall, University of Miami 1314 Miller Drive, Coral Gables, FL, United States3 Adult Finalists will be chosen to perform in the final round. Competitors will be evaluated on their technique, musicianship, and overall presentation. Judges’ comments will not be made available to competitors. Competitors are encouraged to inquire for comments from the judges directly only after the competition has ended. Choice of music is entirely at […]
Grisha Goryachev
Gusman Concert Hall, University of Miami 1314 Miller Drive, Coral Gables, FL, United StatesGrisha is one of very few guitarists in the world who is reviving the tradition of solo flamenco guitar in a concert setting that was practiced by legendary flamenco masters such as Ramón Montoya and Sabicas. Grisha strives to keep alive older flamenco masterpieces that now exist only on records, by performing them in concerts. Instead of merely copying, he creates his own interpretations of these masterpieces, using dynamics and tone colors usually associated with classical guitar.
Florida Guitar Foundation International Guitar Competition
University of Miami 1314 Miller Drive, Coral Gables, FL, United StatesThe Florida Guitar Foundation is inviting all up-and-coming guitar professionals to enter the FGF's 2019 International Classical Guitar Competition. Participation Fee: $90 There are Open and Youth Divisions for competitors, based on age. Competitors will be evaluated on their technique, musicianship, and overall presentation. Judges’ comments will not be made available to competitors. Competitors are […]
Open Competition Wave 1
Gusman Concert Hall, University of Miami 1314 Miller Drive, Coral Gables, FL, United States10 competitors will play their choice of music for 7 minutes each.
Masterclass with Aniello Desiderio
Clarke Recital Hall, University of Miami 5501 San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, United StatesIn 1992, Aniello Desiderio graduated with honors from the Conservatory of Music in Alessandria. He performed in public for the first time when he was 8 years old, displaying such outstanding gifts that music critics started to speak of him as an "infant prodigy", "wunderkind", "a genius", "the Orpheus of the guitar", "a guitarist of […]
Open Competition Wave 2
Gusman Concert Hall, University of Miami 1314 Miller Drive, Coral Gables, FL, United States10 competitors will play their choice of music for 7 minutes each.
Youth Competition Round 1
Clarke Recital Hall, University of Miami 5501 San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, United StatesYouth competitors will play their choice of music for 7 minutes each.
Open Competition Wave 3
Gusman Concert Hall, University of Miami 1314 Miller Drive, Coral Gables, FL, United States10 competitors will play their choice of music for 7 minutes each.
CANCELLED: Pavel Steidl
Clarke Recital Hall, University of Miami 5501 San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, United StatesThis event has been cancelled and replaced with a concert with Meng Su. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Meng Su
Clarke Recital Hall, University of Miami 5501 San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, United States“Here we have a guitarist who knew how to laugh with the music and share the joke with his audience. But behind the entertainer lies a serious artist, whose extended composition in memory of Jana Obrovska proved fully capable of stirring emotions at the other end of the scale. Never was a standing ovation more richly deserved. Pavel Steidl had won the hearts and minds of a capacity crowd.” - Classical Guitar Magazine
