Forum Guitar Vienna

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The Guitar Forum Vienna is an international music festival with a music competition in Vienna. It has been taking place since 1990 and has developed into one of the most important, prestigious and renowned guitar festivals in Europe.

The event includes weeklong master classes led by international guitarists, daily concerts and an international guitar competition . There will also be lectures and workshops. The music festival is accompanied by an instrument exhibition by numerous renowned guitar makers as well as a sheet music and book exhibition with music publishers such as Musikverlag Doblinger , Joachim Trekel and Chanterelle.

history

The Guitar Forum Vienna was founded by the guitarists Jorgos Panetsos and Gerald Smrzek and took place for the first time from September 13th to 19th, 1992 in the Mauerbach Charterhouse . The Austrian guitarist and university professor Prof. Luise Walker and Prof. Dieter Kreidler from Germany gave individual and seminar lessons. In 1993 and 1994 the Guitar Forum took place in Palais Rasumofsky in Vienna , in 1995 and 1996 the organizers moved to Palais Wittgenstein , Palais Pálffy hosted the Guitar Festival in 1997 and since 1998 the Guitar Forum has been held in the Prayner Conservatory for Music and Dramatic Art in Vienna . The Vienna Konzerthaus has also been the venue since 2018 .

It soon found international recognition thanks to its high artistic level. It is now the largest festival for classical guitar in Austria.

Participating guitar makers (selection)

Numerous guitar makers present their master instruments, which are often donated as prizes for the competition.

  • Constantin Dumitriu (Romania)
  • Hans-Peter Bamberger (Austria)
  • Leszek Gajdzik (Austria)
  • Lukas Giefing (Austria)
  • Armin & Mario Gropp (Germany)
  • Nikolaus Wollf (Germany)
  • Robert Bernstein (Austria)
  • Tobias Braun (Austria)
  • Bernd Holzgruber (Austria)
  • Matthias Tilzer (Austria)
  • Frank Peter Dietrich (Germany)
  • Karl Heinz Römmich (Germany)
  • Urs Langenbacher (Germany)
  • Claus Voigt (Germany)
  • Christoph Sembdner (Germany)
  • Alkis Efthimiadis (Greece)
  • Yuichi Imai (Japan)
  • Masaki Sakurai (Japan)
  • Herve Chouard (France)
  • Pepe Toldo (Switzerland)
  • Stefan Nitschke (Germany)
  • Daniel Zucali (Austria)

Participating guitarists (selection)

Important guitarists and ensembles from all over the world have given concerts and master classes so far:

Award winners

The competition is an integral part of the Guitar Forum Vienna. The following guitarists have been among the winners of the Guitar Forum Vienna:

  • 1996: Armin Egger (Austria)
  • 1998: Michael Öttl (Austria)
  • 2000: Carlos Pérez (Chile)
  • 2001: Marcin Dylla (Poland)
  • 2002: Fotis Koutsothodoros (Greece)
  • 2003: Roman Viazovskiy (Ukraine)
  • 2004: Thibault Cauvin (France)
  • 2005: András Csaki (Hungary)
  • 2006: Gabriel Bianco (France)
  • 2007: Harold Gretton (Australia)
  • 2008: Irina Kulikova (Russia)
  • 2009: no first place awarded
  • 2010: Kyuhee Park (South Korea)
  • 2011: David Dyakov (Bulgaria)
  • 2012: Borbála Seres (Hungary)
  • 2013: Oman Kaminsky (Mexico)
  • 2014: Andrea de Vitis (Italy)
  • 2015: Hedvika Svendova (Czech Republic)
  • 2016: Antoine Morinière (France)
  • 2017: You Wu (China)
  • 2018: Cyprien N´tsai (France)
  • 2019: Campbell Diamond (Australia)

Until 2000, a guitar competition for children was also held. The winners were:

  • 1998: Reinhard Glätzle (Austria)
  • 1999: Melanie Hosp (Austria)
  • 2000: Mak Grgic (Slovenia)

Prize winners of the youth competition:

  • 1998: Angelika Melk (Austria)
  • 2000: Agnes Chruszynski (Poland)
  • 2001: Oleg Dergilev (Russia)
  • 2002: Su Meng (China)
  • 2003: Eliska Balabanova (Czech Republic)
  • 2004: Anastasiya Bredis (Russia)
  • 2005: Sanel Redzic (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
  • 2006: Adam Woch (Poland)
  • 2007: Vilmos Haraszti (Hungary)
  • 2008: Samuel Toro Perez (Austria)
  • 2010: Tengyue Zhang (China)
  • 2011: Zsombor Sidoo (Hungary)
  • 2012: Hedvika Svendová (Czech Republic)
  • 2013: Jeseok Bang (South Korea)
  • 2014: Alecu Ciapi (Romania)
  • 2015: Nadia Jankovic (Montenegro)
  • 2016: Mislav Pečnik (Croatia)
  • 2017: Jagoda Swidzinska (Poland)
  • 2018: Filippos Manoloudis (Greece) & Urbaan Reiter (Slovenia)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ European Classical Guitar Festivals eurostrings.eu
  2. ↑ Guitar & Lute ON, Volume 21, 1999 limited preview in the Google book search
  3. ^ Forum Guitar Vienna University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
  4. ↑ Masterclass Guitar Andrea De Vitis Conservatorium Maastricht
  5. ↑ Sylvia Thaler, "Forum Guitar Vienna - Study on a Renowned Austrian Guitar Festival with Educational Content", 2008, diploma thesis at the Institute for Music Pedagogical Research, Music Didactics and Elementary Music-Making (IMP) of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna Study on a renowned Austrian guitar festival with educational content
  6. ↑ a b Bozhana Pavlova Guitar Forum Vienna 2017 as an international blog post by the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
  7. ^ "Vienna Guitar Festival invites you to a concert series" in press correspondence of the City of Vienna
  8. ↑ Marcin Dylla and Jagoda Świdzińska. FORUM guitar VIENNA polnisches-institut.at
  9. ↑ Young Romanian guitar player Alecu Ciapi to open Forum Guitar Vienna Festival Nine O'Clock
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  12. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Information from Professor Jorgos Panetsos , who is the artistic director of the Forum Guitar Vienna Festival on email request