Michele Pittaluga International Classical Guitar Competition

The Michele Pittaluga International Classical Guitar Competition is an annual music competition for classical guitarists in Alessandria, Italy . The competition was founded in 1968 and has achieved international importance. In 1981 he became a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions in Geneva , in 2010 a member of ISPA (International Society for the Performing Arts) in New York City and UNESCO in Paris . It is the oldest international classical guitar competition in Italy and one of the oldest in the world.

founder

The competition was launched in 1968 by the musicologist Dr. Michele Pittaluga (* 1915 † 1995 ) started as Città di Alessandria International Classical Guitar Competition on the occasion of the city's 800th anniversary. He received early support from Andrés Segovia , the first honorary president. At his suggestion, Alirio Díaz became chairman of the jury. Diaz took on this role for the first 30 years of the competition and was then artistic director until the 40th competition. Alirio Díaz remained Honorary President of the competition until his death in 2016.

history

At the beginning, the Michele Pittaluga International Classical Guitar Competition was solely dedicated to the solo guitar. From the 7th to the 11th competition, the competition participants were accompanied by an orchestra , but the guitar concert was only partially performed. The winner of the competition played it in full during the award ceremony. From the 12th competition, the final round was accompanied by a piano and only the winner played the full concert with the orchestra during the award ceremony. Occasionally the orchestral accompaniment was replaced by a string quartet . The finale has been orchestral or chamber music since 1974 . Since 1981 the program of the competition has been expanded to include repertoires with orchestra or string quartet based on the guidelines of the WFIMC .

From the year it was founded until 1996, the Michele Pittaluga International Classical Guitar Competition consisted of two competition rounds: a qualifying round and a final round. Three rounds have been held since the 30th competition: preliminary round, semi-finals and final.

After the death of Dr. Michele Pittaluga In June 1995 the name of the competition was changed to Michele Pittaluga International Guitar Competition - Premio Citta di Alessandria and from then on it was organized by the Organizing Committee of the Classical Guitar Competition "Michele Pittaluga" (Comitato Promotore del Concorso di Chitarra Classica "Michele Pittaluga"). Since then, Michelle Pittaluga's three children Maria Luisa, Micaela and Marcello Pittaluga have run the competition. Micaela Pittaluga took over the leadership of the organizing committee and presidency of the competition and Marcello Pittaluga became the permanent secretary of the jury. In the same year the competition was placed under the auspices of the President of the Republic of Italy and under the auspices of the Italian Commission for UNESCO.

The amount of the prize money has increased over the years from 500,000 Italian lire to 10,000 euros. A record deal with Naxos Records and a concert tour became recurring components of the award. The gold medal of the President of the Italian Republic has been awarded since 1997.

Related Competitions

In 1997 an additional competition was started, the International Composition Competition for Classical Guitar "Michele Pittaluga" with the idea of ​​expanding the repertoire of contemporary guitar compositions . And in 2014 the International Junior Talents Competition "Pittaluga Junior" was founded.

International Classical Guitar Competition "Michele Pittaluga - Premio Città di Alessandria"

regulate

• The international jury consists of at least seven members of different nationalities who have a good reputation in the music world.
• Representatives of the Italian Ministry of Culture (MBC), the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR) and the WFIMC in Geneva are allowed to support the jury without taking part in the vote.
• The first prize cannot be shared. In special cases the International Jury can award remaining prizes in equal parts.
• The competition consists of three rounds, each of which is public.
• The final round will be played with an orchestra or a string quartet.
• All compositions must be played from memory.
• Soloists of all nationalities are admitted to the competition as long as they are not older than 33 years.
• Winners of previous competitions are no longer allowed to participate.

winner

competition	First price	Second prize	Third prize	year
51	Serbia Vojin Kocic	Poland Katarzyna Smolarek	Poland Daniel Egielman	2018
50	Ukraine Marko Topchii	South Korea Ji Hyung Park	Italy Giulia Ballarè	2017
49	Not Awarded	Italy Andrea De Vitis	Ukraine Marko Topchii	2016
48	Russia Rovshan Mamedkuliev	Italy Andrea De Vitis	Poland Daniel Egielman	2015
47	Turkey Eren Süalp	Poland Daniel Egielman	Italy Gian Marco Ciampa	2014
46	Italy Emanuele Buono	Thailand Ekachai Jearakul	Russia Anton Baranov	2013
45	France Lazhar Cherouana	Thailand Ekachai Jearakul	Belarus Pavel Kukhta	2012
44	Mexico Cecilio Perera	South Korea Kyuhee Park	Venezuela Jonathan Bolivar	2011
43	Spain Anabel Montesinos	Croatia Srdjan Bulat	South Korea Kyuhee Park	2010
42	Hungary András Csáki	South Korea Kyuhee Park	France Thomas Viloteau	2009
41	Russia Irina Kulikova	Finland Juuso Nieminen	Croatia Srdjan Bulat	2008
40	Croatia Petrit Ceku	Russia Dimitri Illarionov	Russia Irina Kulikova	2007
39	Russia Artyom Dervoed	Spain Anabel Montesinos	Mexico Pablo Garibay	2006
38	Netherlands Marlon Titre	Hungary András Csáki	Spain Anabel Montesinos	2005
37	Italy Adriano Del Sal	Spain Anabel Montesinos	Not Awarded	2004
36	Italy Flavio Sala	Finland Juuso Nieminen	Chile Antonio Escobar	2003
35	Not Awarded	Italy Christian Saggese	Ukraine Roman Viazovskiy	2002
34	Poland Marcin Dylla	Ukraine Roman Viazovskiy	United Kingdom Graham Anthony Devine	2001
33	Montenegro Goran Krivokapić	Italy Giulio Tampalini	Japan Hajime Nakamura	2000
32	Cuba Marco Tamayo	Montenegro Goran Krivokapić	Croatia Ana Vidović	1999
31	France Gaëlle Solal	Not Awarded	United Kingdom Mark Ashford Italy Massimo Felici	1998
30th	Italy Lorenzo Micheli	Poland Marcin Dylla	Japan Reiko Sawada	1997
29	Spain Francisco Bernier	Italy Vincenzo Zecca	Switzerland Andre Fischer Canada Gordon O'Brien	1996
28	Italy Filomena Moretti	People's Republic of China Wang Yameng	Italy Sara Gianfelici	1995
27	Italy Federico Briasco	Italy Sante Tursi Italy Leopoldo Saracino	Greece Dimitrios Dimakopoulos Germany Franz Halasz	1994
26th	Japan Daisuke Suzuki	Italy Salvatore Falcone	Germany Stefan Jenzer	1993
25th	Italy Edoardo Catemario	Italy Monica Paolini	Italy Massimo Felici	1992
24	Bulgaria George Vassilev	Italy Paolo Bersano	Venezuela Angel Pedro	1991
23	Not Awarded	Italy Gianluca Di Cesare	Hungary Pal Paulikovic Italy Edoardo Marchese	1990
22nd	Canada Remi Boucher	Italy Stefano Raponi	France Francis Laurent	1989
21st	Brazil Fábio Zanon	Italy Stefano Raponi	Spain Maria Esther Guzmán Blanco	1988
20th	Italy Arturo Tallini	Sweden Per Skareng	Italy Roberto Lambo	1987
19th	Italy Giuseppe Carrer Italy Massimo Laura	Not Awarded	France Guy Delhommeau Italy Francesco Sorti	1986
18th	Greece Elena Papandreou	Italy Lucio Dosso	Italy Marco Carnicelli	1985
17th	Mexico Rafael Jimenez Rojas	Argentina Edoardo Castanera	Italy Marco Carnicelli	1984
16	Italy Francesco Moccia	Italy Elena Casoli	Cuba Aldo Rodriguez Delgado	1983
15th	Not Awarded	Italy Davide Ficco	Spain Gabriel Garcia-Santos	1982
14th	Italy Leonardo De Angelis	France Frédéric Zigante	France Gilbert Clamens	1981
13	Not Awarded	Italy Stefano Cardi	Italy Stefano Viola	1980
12	Germany Jurgen Schöllman	Italy Flavio Cucchi	France Roland Dyens	1979
11	Italy Stefano Grondona	Italy Claudio Passarotti	Italy Piero Bonaguri	1978
10	Japan Kazuhito Yamashita	Italy Domenico Salvati	Japan Ryuhei Kabayashi	1977
9	Japan Asamu Yamaguchi	Finland Jukka Savijoki	Italy Domenico Salvati	1976
8th	Not Awarded	Italy Domenico Salvati	Not Awarded	1975
7th	United Kingdom Grice Cheril Lesley	Greece Constantin Cotsiolis	Not Awarded	1974
6th	Not Awarded	Greece Constantin Cotsiolis	Italy Maurizio Colonna	1973
5	Switzerland Walter Feybli	Spain Andrés Martì	Australia John Clark	1972
4th	Argentina Guillermo Fierens	United States Peter Segal	Spain Andrés Martì	1971
3	Not Awarded	Italy Giorgio Oltremari	Spain Miguel Barberà	1970
2	Uruguay Betho Davezac	Not Awarded	Italy Linda Calsolaro	1969
1	Not Awarded	Austria Leo Witoszynskyj	Czechoslovakia Alois Mensik	1968

jury

competition	Chair	Members	office	year
51				2018
50	Italy Carlo Marchione	Italy Micaela Pittaluga, People's Republic of China Qing He, Israel Doron Salomon, Spain Guillem Pérez-Quer, Germany Franz Halasz, Cuba Marco Diaz Tamayo	Italy Marcello Pittaluga	2017
49	United States Ricardo Iznaola  Venezuela Alirio Díaz	Italy Micaela Pittaluga, People's Republic of China Xu Bao, Paraguay Berta Rojas, Spain Ignacio Rodes, Belgium Hugues Navez, Italy Luigi Attademo	Italy Marcello Pittaluga	2016
48	Spain Augustin Léon Ara  Venezuela Alirio Díaz	Italy Micaela Pittaluga, United Kingdom Michael McMeeken, France Tania Chagnot, Hungary András Csáki, Japan Ichiro Suzuki , Italy Aniello Desiderio	Italy Marcello Pittaluga	2015
47	Australia Anna Reid  Venezuela Alirio Díaz	Italy Micaela Pittaluga, Spain Francisco Bernier, Spain Guillem Pérez-Quer, Germany Kurt Hiesl, Greece Eleftheria Kotzia, Italy Massimo Delle Cese	Italy Marcello Pittaluga	2014
46	Spain Antón García Abril  Venezuela Alirio Díaz	Italy Micaela Pittaluga, United States Michael Andriaccio, United States Joanne Castellani, France Bernard Maillot, Uruguay Eduardo Fernández, Italy Lorenzo Micheli	Italy Marcello Pittaluga	2013
45	France Frédéric Zigante  Venezuela Alirio Díaz	Italy Micaela Pittaluga, Norway Stein-Erik Olsen, United States Thomas Heck, France Bernard Maillot, Venezuela Alfonso Montes, Italy Paolo Ferrara	Italy Marcello Pittaluga	2012
44	United States Laura Oltman  Venezuela Alirio Díaz	Italy Micaela Pittaluga Canada Norbert Kraft, United States Michael Newman, Germany Thomas Müller-Pering , Japan Shin-Ichi Fukuda, Italy Andrea Morricone , Italy Massimo Felici	Italy Marcello Pittaluga	2011
43	Argentina María Isabel Siewers  Venezuela Alirio Díaz	Italy Micaela Pittaluga, United Kingdom Michael McMeeken, United States Martha Masters, Hungary József Eötvös, Georgia Manana Doijashvili , Italy Aniello Desiderio	Italy Marcello Pittaluga	2010
42	Spain Alberto Ponce Venezuela Alirio Díaz	Italy Micaela Pittaluga, Poland Marcin Dylla , France Tania Chagnot, Croatia Darko Petrinjak, Finland Jukka Savijoki, Italy Elena Zaniboni	Italy Marcello Pittaluga	2009
41	Sweden Jakob Lindberg  Venezuela Alirio Díaz	Italy Micaela Pittaluga, Norway Erik Stenstadvold, United States Joanne Castellani, Brazil Fábio Zanon, France Éric Pénicaud, Italy Lorenzo Micheli	Italy Marcello Pittaluga	2008
40	Cuba Antonio Biki Rodriguez  Venezuela Alirio Díaz	Italy Micaela Pittaluga, United Kingdom Colin Cooper, Israel Matanya Ophee, Latvia Sulamita Aronovsky, Czech Republic Pavel Steidl , Cuba Marco Diaz Tamayo, Italy Nuccio D'Angelo	Italy Marcello Pittaluga	2007
39	United States Marlaena Kessick  Venezuela Alirio Díaz	Italy Micaela Pittaluga, Canada Norbert Kraft, Croatia Zoran Dukić , Spain Ricardo Gallén, Venezuela Jhibaro Rodriguez, Italy Leonardo De Angelis	Italy Marcello Pittaluga	2006
38	Canada Eli Kassner  Venezuela Alirio Díaz	Italy Micaela Puerto Rico Ernesto Cordero, France Danielle Ribouillault, Argentina Omar Cyrulnik , Uruguay Eduardo Fernández, Japan Ichiro Suzuki , Italy Oscar Ghiglia	Italy Marcello Pittaluga	2005
37	Argentina Ernesto Bitetti  Venezuela Alirio Díaz	Italy Micaela Pittaluga, Poland Krzysztof Petech, United Kingdom Carlos Bonell, France Olivier Chassain, Greece Evangelos Boudounis, Italy Carlo Marchione	Italy Marcello Pittaluga	2004
36	Spain Ichiro Suzuki  Venezuela Alirio Díaz	Italy Micaela Pittaluga, United States Alice Artzt, United States David Tanenbaum , Mexico Corazón Otero, Germany Tilman Hoppstock , Italy Giuseppe Briasco, Italy Lucio Matarazzo	Italy Marcello Pittaluga	2003
35	Spain Alberto Ponce Venezuela Alirio Díaz	Italy Micaela Pittaluga, Poland Wanda Palacz, Austria Leo Witoszynskyj, Brazil Carlos Barbosa-Lima, Uruguay Eduardo Fernández, Cuba Marco Diaz Tamayo, Italy Paolo Pegoraro	Italy Marcello Pittaluga	2002
34	Italy Giorgio Vidusso Venezuela Alirio Díaz	Italy Micaela Pittaluga, Canada Rémi Boucher, United States Eliot Fisk , Spain Cecilia Rodrigo, Czech Republic Vladimír Mikulka , Germany Hubert Käppel , Italy Oscar Ghiglia	Italy Marcello Pittaluga	2001
33	United States Ron Purcell  Venezuela Alirio Díaz	Italy Micaela Pittaluga, Sweden Magnus Andersson, Italy Angelo Gilardino, Argentina Roberto Aussel , Germany Sonja Prunnbauer, Japan Shin-Ichi Fukuda	Italy Marcello Pittaluga	2000
32	Netherlands Carel Harms  Venezuela Alirio Díaz  France Alexandre Lagoya	Italy Micaela Pittaluga, Canada Rémi Boucher, United States Penny Phillips, Brazil Marlos Nobre , Belgium Rafael Iturri, Germany Franz Halasz	Italy Marcello Pittaluga	1999
31	Spain Ignacio Yepes  Venezuela Alirio Díaz	Italy Micaela Pittaluga, United States Dušan Bogdanović , United States Salvatore Cosentino, Spain Ismael Barambio, Belgium Godelieve Monden, Italy Oscar Ghiglia	Italy Marcello Pittaluga	1998
30th	Venezuela Alirio Díaz	Italy Micaela Pittaluga, Switzerland Walter Feybli, Italy Arturo Tallini, Chile Eulogio Dávalos Llanos, Greece Elena Papandreou , Germany Peter Päffgen	Italy Marcello Pittaluga	1997
29	Venezuela Alirio Díaz	Italy Micaela Pittaluga, People's Republic of China Chen Zhi, Italy Federico Ermirio, Argentina Guillermo Fierens, Uruguay Betho Davezac, France Danielle Ribouillault	Italy Marcello Pittaluga	1996
28	Venezuela Alirio Díaz	Italy Guido Margaria, United Kingdom Colin Cooper, Italy Federico Ermirio, Argentina Alvaro Company, Greece Lena Kokkaliari, France Frédéric Zigante	Italy Marcello Pittaluga	1995
27	Venezuela Alirio Díaz	Italy Michele Pittaluga, France Robert J. Vidal, Italy Federico Ermirio, Argentina Guillermo Fierens, Italy Francesco Rizzoli, France Frédéric Zigante	Italy Alberto Scaglia	1994
26th	Venezuela Alirio Díaz	Italy Michele Pittaluga, France Robert J. Vidal, Italy Federico Ermirio, Argentina Graciela Pomponio , Greece Gerassimos Miliaresis, Italy Carlo Ghersi		1993
25th	Venezuela Alirio Díaz	Italy Michele Pittaluga, France Robert J. Vidal, Italy Federico Ermirio, Mexico Corazón Otero, Greece Costas Cotsiolis, Italy Bruno Mattioli		1992
24	Venezuela Alirio Díaz	Italy Michele Pittaluga, France Robert J. Vidal, United States Althers Garet, Venezuela Rodrigo Riera , France René Bartoli, Italy Gianluigi Fia		1991
23	Venezuela Alirio Díaz	Italy Michele Pittaluga, France Robert J. Vidal, Spain Alberto Ponce , Venezuela Luiz Zea, Puerto Rico Ernesto Cordero, Italy Salvatore Pirrello		1990
22nd	Venezuela Alirio Díaz	Italy Michele Pittaluga, France Robert J. Vidal, Spain Antonio Ruiz-Pipó , Argentina Guillermo Fierens, Cuba Leo Brouwer , Italy Mauro Storti, Italy Giuliano Balestra		1989
21st	Venezuela Alirio Díaz	Italy Michele Pittaluga, France Robert J. Vidal, France Henry Dorigny, Argentina Alvaro Company, Japan Ako Ito, Italy Leonardo De Angelis		1988
20th	Venezuela Alirio Díaz	Italy Michele Pittaluga, France Robert J. Vidal, Venezuela Inocente Carreño , Argentina Guillermo Fierens, Brazil Antonio Crivellaro, Italy Linda Calsolaro		1987
19th	Venezuela Alirio Díaz	Italy Michele Pittaluga, France Robert J. Vidal, Spain América Martinez Serrano, Argentina María Luisa Anido , Netherlands Frans Van de Ven, Italy Armando Marrosu		1986
18th	Venezuela Alirio Díaz	Italy Michele Pittaluga, France Robert J. Vidal, Spain Rocio Herrero, Argentina Alvaro Company, Uruguay Óscar Cáceres, Italy Carlo Palladino		1985
17th	Venezuela Alirio Díaz	Italy Michele Pittaluga, France Robert J. Vidal, Mexico Corazón Otero, Yugoslavia Jovan Jovicich, Brazil Antonio Crivellaro, Italy Angelo Amato		1984
16	Venezuela Alirio Díaz	Italy Michele Pittaluga, France Robert J. Vidal, Mexico Corazón Otero, Belgium Augustin Léon Ara, Italy Bruno Mattioli, Italy Ruggero Chiesa	Italy Guido Ottria	1983
15th	Venezuela Alirio Díaz	Italy Michele Pittaluga, France Robert J. Vidal, Italy Aldo Minella, Austria Karl Scheit , Poland Alexandre Tansman , Netherlands Pieter van der Staak	Italy Guido Ottria	1982
14th	Venezuela Alirio Díaz	Italy Michele Pittaluga, France Robert J. Vidal, Italy Carlo Mosso, Venezuela Antonio Lauro , Brazil Antonio Crivellaro, United Kingdom Gordon Crosskey	Italy Guido Ottria	1981
13	Venezuela Alirio Díaz	Italy Michele Pittaluga, France Robert J. Vidal, Italy Carlo Mosso, Italy Bruno Mattioli, Uruguay Betho Davezac, Czechoslovakia Barbara Polášek	Italy Guido Ottria	1980
12	Venezuela Alirio Díaz	Italy Michele Pittaluga, France Robert J. Vidal, Italy Carlo Mosso, Italy Mario Gangi, Brazil Antonio Crivellaro, Brazil Arminda Villa-Lobos	Italy Guido Ottria	1979
11	Venezuela Alirio Díaz	Italy Michele Pittaluga, France Robert J. Vidal, Italy Carlo Mosso, Spain Enrique Franco, Italy Hans Fazari, Italy Ruggero Chiesa	Italy Guido Ottria	1978
10	Venezuela Alirio Díaz  Spain Joaquín Rodrigo	Italy Michele Pittaluga, France Robert J. Vidal, Italy Carlo Mosso, Spain José Tomás	Italy Guido Ottria	1977
9	Venezuela Alirio Díaz	Italy Michele Pittaluga, France Robert J. Vidal, Italy Felice Quaranta, Spain José Tomás , Italy Carlo Cammarota, United Kingdom John W. Duarte	Italy Guido Ottria	1976
8th	Venezuela Alirio Díaz	Italy Michele Pittaluga, France Robert J. Vidal, Italy Felice Quaranta, Spain José Tomás , Italy Oscar Ghiglia , Netherlands Pieter van der Staak	Italy Guido Ottria	1975
7th	Venezuela Alirio Díaz	Italy Michele Pittaluga, France Robert J. Vidal, Italy Felice Quaranta, Spain José Tomás , Italy Giacomo Saponaro, United Kingdom John W. Duarte , Italy Aldo Minella, Italy Guido Margaria	Italy Guido Ottria	1974
6th	Venezuela Alirio Díaz	Italy Michele Pittaluga, France Robert J. Vidal, Italy Felice Quaranta, Italy Aldo Minella, Italy Giacomo Saponaro, United Kingdom John W. Duarte	Italy Guido Ottria	1973
5	Venezuela Alirio Díaz	Italy Michele Pittaluga, France Robert J. Vidal, Italy Felice Quaranta, Italy Aldo Minella, Italy Giacomo Saponaro	Italy Guido Ottria	1972
4th	Venezuela Alirio Díaz	Italy Michele Pittaluga, Italy Giorgio Pestelli, Italy Felice Quaranta, Italy Aldo Minella, Italy Giacomo Saponaro, Italy Renato Cocito	Italy Guido Ottria	1971
3	Venezuela Alirio Díaz	Italy Michele Pittaluga, Italy Giorgio Pestelli, Italy Felice Quaranta, Italy Aldo Minella	Italy Guido Ottria	1970
2	Venezuela Alirio Díaz  Spain Andrés Segovia	Italy Michele Pittaluga, Italy Giorgio Pestelli, Italy Piero Rattalino Italy Aldo Minella, Italy Luigi Migliazzi, Italy Gigi Marsico	Italy Ennio Bassi	1969
1	Venezuela Alirio Díaz  Spain Andrés Segovia	Italy Michele Pittaluga, Italy Luigi Migliazzi, Italy Piero Rattalino, Italy Aldo Minella	Italy Guido Margarita	1968

International Composition Competition for Classical Guitar "Michele Pittaluga"

regulate

• The international jury consists of at least five members of different nationalities who have a good reputation in the music world.
• The first prize cannot be shared. In special cases the International Jury can award remaining prizes in equal parts.
• Each composer is responsible for verifying the playability of his composition.
• The compositions submitted for the competition must be unpublished and must never have been publicly performed before.
• Composers of all nationalities and ages are admitted to the competition.
• Winners of previous competitions are no longer allowed to participate.

winner

competition	First price	Second prize	Third prize	year	theme
11	Category A (Solo): Italy Marco De Biasi   Category B (Duo): Belgium Ganesh Del Vescovo			2016	Guitar solo or duo
10	Venezuela Luis Fernando Ochoa			2012	Guitar solo: a subject for competition
9	South Korea Kang Kyung Mook	Italy Marco De Biasi,  Italy Andrea Nosari	Italy Fabio Mengozzi	2010	Guitar with string quartet
8th	Italy Franco Cavallone	Not Awarded	France Gilbert Clamens,  Israel Valley Hurwitz	2008	Guitar duo or trio
7th	Japan Takahiro Sakuma	Italy Maurizio Billi	Not Awarded	2006	Guitar with flute, harp or violin
6th	Chile Javier Farias	Italy Marco Redaelli	Israel Johanan Chendler	2004	Guitar solo
5	Italy Marco Gammanossi	Italy Carla Rebora	France Éric Pénicaud	2002	Guitar trio
4th	Not Awarded	Italy Davide Luini	Italy Massimo Ceccarelli	2000	Guitar and orchestra
3	Not Awarded	Italy Francisco Cavallone	Japan Naomi Sekiya	1999	Quartet with guitar or string quintet
2	Italy Paola Brino	Netherlands Annette Kruisbrink	Japan Naomi Sekiya	1998	Guitar duo, trio or quartet
1	Italy Alberto Colla			1997	Guitar solo

jury

competition	Chair	Members	year
11	France Frédéric Zigante	United States Ricardo Iznaola, Italy Simone Fontanelli, Italy Davide Anzaghi, Spain Gabriel Estarellas	2016
10	Italy Paolo Ferrara	Cuba Marco Diaz Tamayo, Italy Ana Gentile, Argentina Omar Cyrulnik , Russia Artyom Dervoed, Spain Francisco Bernier, Spain Anabel Montesinos	2012
9	Spain Antón García Abril	Cuba Marco Diaz Tamayo, Italy Giovanni Podera, Italy Gilberto Bosco, Australia Brian Finlayson, Greece Theodore Antoniou , Brazil Sérgio Assad	2010
8th	Cuba Leo Brouwer	Italy Federico Ermirio, Netherlands Annette Kruisbrink , France Éric Pénicaud, Italy Davide Anzaghi, Spain Feliu Gasull, Brazil Jaime Mirtenbaum Zenamon	2008
7th	United States Ricardo Iznaola	Italy Federico Ermirio, France André Jouve, Uruguay Miguel Patrón Marchand, Italy Paolo Castaldi, Spain Francisco Bernier, Japan Naomi Sekiya	2006
6th	Spain Antón García Abril	Italy Federico Ermirio, United States Leonard V. Ball, Greece Costas Cotsiolis, Romania Walter Krafft , Italy Simone Fontanelli, Bulgaria Atanas Ourkouzounov	2004
5	Italy Vittorio Fellegara Italy Bruno Bettinelli	Italy Federico Ermirio, United States Robert Beaser , Argentina Guillermo Fierens, Switzerland Jean Balissat , Italy Giovanni Podera, France Anthony Girard, Spain Félix Ibarrondo	2002
4th	Italy Bruno Bettinelli  Italy Goffredo Petrassi	Italy Federico Ermirio, United States Robert W. Mann, France Roland Dyens , Switzerland Éric Gaudibert, Italy Giorgio Ferrari, Hungary Ivan Vandor	2000
3	Italy Luciano Chailly	Italy Federico Ermirio, Belgium Jacqueline Fontyn , Argentina Alvaro Company, Switzerland Carlo Florindo Semini, Spain Jesús Villa Rojo	1999
2	Bulgaria Victor Ciuckov	Italy Federico Ermirio, United States Dušan Bogdanović , Argentina Guillermo Fierens, Italy Angelo Gilardino, France Frédéric Zigante, Spain Antón García Abril	1998
1	Italy Luciano Chailly	Italy Federico Ermirio, Venezuela Alirio Díaz , Puerto Rico Ernesto Cordero, Brazil Marlos Nobre	1997

International Junior Talents Competition "Pittaluga Junior"

regulate

• The international jury consists of at least five members of different nationalities who have a good reputation in the music world.
• Only a first prize will be awarded.
• The competition consists of a single round that is open to the public.
• All compositions must be played from memory.
• Soloists of all nationalities are admitted to the competition provided they are under 17 years of age.
• Winners of the previous competitions are no longer allowed to participate.

Winner and Jury

competition	winner	Chair of the jury	Jury members	year
3	People's Republic of China Tiange Wang	France Gaëlle Solal	Italy Micaela Pittaluga, Spain Anabel Montesinos, Russia Irina Kulikova, Mexico Cecilio Perera, Italy Adriano Del Sal	2017
2	Slovenia Urbaan rider	Spain Cecilia Rodrigo	Italy Micaela Pittaluga, United Kingdom Michael McMeeken, France Isabelle Presti, France Tania Chagnot	2015
1	Italy Carlotta Dalia	Italy Angela Colombo	Italy Micaela Pittaluga, Denmark Marianne Granvig, France Frédéric Zigante Spain Guillem Pérez-Quer	2014

See also

• List of competitions for classical guitar
• List of music competitions (classical)
• List of guitarists
• Classical guitar
• guitar

Web links

• Official website of the Michele Pittaluga International Classical Guitar Competition
• Official Facebook page of the Michele Pittaluga International Classical Guitar Competition
• Official Youtube-Channel of the Michele Pittaluga International Classical Guitar Competition
• Michele Pittaluga International Classical Guitar Competition at the World Federation of International Music Competitions

Individual evidence

1. ^ Concorso Internationale di Chitarra Classica Michele Pittaluga. Retrieved December 19, 2018 (Italian). 
2. ^ World Federation of International Music Competitions. Retrieved December 19, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Welcome to ISPA. Retrieved December 19, 2018 . 
4. ↑ The founder, Michele Pittaluga. Retrieved December 20, 2018 . 
5. ^ Edizione 50 per il “Concorso di chitarra classica Michele Pittaluga”. Retrieved December 21, 2018 (Italian). 
6. ↑ News. Retrieved December 22, 2018 . 
7. ^ Guitar competition: winners. Retrieved December 21, 2018 . 
8. ↑ La chitarra che viene dall'Ucraina. Retrieved December 21, 2018 (Italian). 
9. ^ Nessun vincitore al Concorso Pittaluga. Retrieved December 21, 2018 (Italian). 
10. ↑ Results for the 48th Michele Pittaluga International Guitar Competition. Retrieved December 21, 2018 . 
11. ↑ 30/09/2014 Competition results. Retrieved December 21, 2018 . 
12. ↑ AD UN MILANESE IL PREMIO PITTALUGA. Retrieved December 21, 2018 (Italian). 
13. ↑ Guitar competition: juries. Retrieved December 21, 2018 .