European Guitar Teachers Association
The European Guitar Teachers Association (EGTA) is a professional association of guitar teachers and serves the pedagogical, scientific and artistic promotion of guitar playing. It was founded, beginning with the German section, on September 21, 1985 as part of the international guitar congress in Mettmann at the suggestion of Siegfried Behrend . The first board members were the guitarists Wolfgang Weigel, Leonhardt Beck-Neuwirth and Michael Koch. There are sections in Switzerland , Great Britain , the Netherlands and Slovenia .
Germany
The German section, EGTA D , is divided into regional associations and has a total of around 200 members. The President of the German Section is Alfred Eickholt, Federal Managing Director is Helmut Richter, and the Honorary President is the guitarist John Williams .
EGTA D organizes and promotes congresses, symposia, competitions and training events on current and historical topics from all areas of the instrument. As a member of the German Music Council and numerous supporting institutions, EGTA D is also committed to the music-political level. Since 1991 the EGTA D has held a two-year guitar building competition for student guitars, and since 2000, in cooperation with the city of Velbert, the international youth competition for guitar " Andrés Segovia ".
Writings and documentation
- Body and guitar - 3rd EGTA D Congress 1990, Darmstadt
- Paths to Music - 4th EGTA D Congress 1992, Weimar
- Learning together - group lessons and ensemble playing with guitar - 5th EGTA D Congress 1994, Mülheim an der Ruhr
- 1. Weimar Conversation 1997 - Documentation
- 2. Weimar Conversation 2006 - Documentation
- 1st Guitar Symposium 1994 - Documentation. Published by the Federal Academy for Musical Youth Education Trossingen, writings of the Federal Academy Volume 21/1995
- Guitar Symposium 2001 - Documentation. The guitar on the way into the 21st century - significance and perspectives for the German-speaking area. Published by the Federal Academy for Musical Youth Education Trossingen, writings of the Federal Academy vol. 27/2002
- The guitar on the move - Festschrift Heinz Teuchert for his 80th birthday. Edited by Jürgen Libbert in collaboration with the European Guitar Teachers Association Section Germany. Munich 1994
- The classical guitar in the 20th century - contributions to its development in German-speaking countries. Published by Peter Ansorge and Helmut Richter on behalf of EGTA-D eV. Writings from EGTA D Volume 1. Oberhausen 2010, ISBN 978-3-00-029920-9
Web links
- Official homepage of EGTA D
- Official homepage of the Dutch EGTA
- Official homepage of the Swiss EGTA
- Official homepage of the Slovenian EGTA
- Official homepage of the British EGTA
- Andrés Segovia guitar competition
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.egta-d.de/page/chronik.html
- ↑ EGTA founded: European Guitar Teachers Association. The cradle was in Mettmann. In: Guitar & Laute 8, 1986, issue 2, p. 58.
- ↑ http://www.gitarrevelbert.de/gitarrenwettbewerb/info_en.php 7th International Competition for Young Guitarists "Andrés Segovia" 2012 in Velbert from 6th to 9th June, accessed on April 16, 2011.