Competitions
Subject to change
Performance Competition
The 2013 Boston GuitarFest Competitions will run concurrently with the festival. The Performance Competition is open to all registered master class participants, but it is also possible to register for the competition alone. For questions about the Performance Competition, contact Devin Ulibarri at [email protected].
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Works for Solo Guitar Composition Competition
The winning composition will be performed in Boston GuitarFest 2014 and will receive a cash prize of $400 and a free 5-day registration for GuitarFest 2014. For questions about the Composition Competition, contact Anthony De Ritis at [email protected].
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Congratulations to this year’s winners!
2013 Performance Competition
1st place – Steven C. Cowan
2nd place – Tal Hurwitz
3rd place – Joseph Palmer
2013 Composition Competition
1st place - Improvvisazioni by Marco De Biasi (Veneto, Italy)
Honorable Mention - 5 Impromptus for Guitar by José Mora-Jiminez (The Netherlands)
Honorable Mention - Zia: La Loba y Zozobra by Joseph Williams (Austin, Texas)
Special thanks to the Boston GuitarFest Composition Competition judges, Dr. Alexander Dunn, Dr. Enric Madriguera, Dr. Apostolos Paraskevas, and Dr. Anthony Paul De Ritis.
And a large round of applause for the truly exceptional submissions that we received from the guitar composers community! This year we had 65 composers submit 79 works from 22 different U.S. states, Puerto Rico, and 11 different countries — there were so many wonderful compositions. Keep up the good work!
