THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE OF RUSSIA

 “MAIMONIDES STATE CLASSICAL ACADEMY”

 (RUSSIA, MOSCOW)

WORLD MUSIC CULTURE FACULTY

CLASSICAL GUITAR DEPARTMENT

presents

 

The Second International Maimonides Classical Guitar Competition

“Golden Age of the Guitar”

28-30 of April 2015

 

THE COMPETITION VENUE: Moscow, Country Residence of Maimonides State Classical Academy in Peredelkino

 

The Competition Programme (one round)

1. One piece by one of the following composers: F. Sor, M. Giuliani, L. Legnani,  D. Aguado, A. Diabelli

2. One piece by J.S. Bach or S.L. Weisse

3. One piece chosen by the contestant.

The total playing time is 20 minutes (maximum)

 

Prizes

Grand Prix: guitar  ($ 5000)

1st prize: 50 000 Russian rubles (around 1000 euros)

2nd prize: 30 000 Russian rubles (around 600 euros)

3rd prize: 20 000 Russian rubles (around 400 euros)

Special prize: 10 000 Russian rubles (around 200 euros) for the best performance of pieces by F. Sor, M. Giuliani, L. Legnani, D. Aguado or A. Diabelli

Organizing committee of the Competition:

Chairperson of the Organizing Committee: PhD in Cultural Studies, Professor, Department of Harp, Rector of Maimonides State Classical Academy

Yankelika Suskkova-Irina

Vice-chairperson of the Organizing Committee: D.Sc. in Art History, Professor, Department of History and Theory of Performing Arts, Dean of the World Music Culture Faculty at Maimonides State Classical Academy

Grigoriy Konson

 

Artistic Director of the project:

Professor, head of the Classical Guitar Department, Maimonides State Classical Academy, the prizewinner of the international classical guitar competitions

Evgeni Finkelstein

 

The Jury

The Chairperson: Professor, Munster High School (University) of Music,

Reinbert Evers (Germany)  

Professor, Academy of Musical Arts in Prague

Štěpán Rak (The Czech Republic)

 

Associate Professor of Maimonides State Classical Academy,

The prizewinner of the international guitar competitions (including The Guitar Foundation of America Competition (GFA), I^st prize)

Rovshan Mamedkuliev (Russia)

 

Professor at Korean National University of Arts (Seoul), a prizewinner of the international guitar competitions Daikun Chan (South Korea)

 

Professor at ARTE Music Academy in Nicosia, president of the Association EGTA-CYPRUS, a prizewinner of the international guitar competitions

Dimitris Regginos (Cyprus)

 

Rector of the Maimonides State Classical Academy, Professor at the Department of Harp, PhD in Cultural Studies

Yankelika  Suskkova-Irina (Russia)

Assistant Professor at Maimonides State Classical Academy, a prizewinner of the international guitar competitions

Asya Selyutina (Russia)

 

Professor, head of the Classical Guitar Department, Maimonides State Classical Academy (Moscow), the prizewinner of the international guitar competitions

Evgeni Finkelstein (Russia)                  

The Competition Sponsors:

Paul Fowles (Great Britain, “Classical guitar” magazine)

Information Support:

Guitar magazine (http://guitarmag.net)(Russia)

"Classical guitar" magazinen

"Guitar in Ukraine"magazine

"Belarusian Guitar" magazine