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Guitar Art Festival 2015
The Sixteenth International Guitar Festival March 10th – 15th, 2015 / Belgrade / Serbia /
In the past 15 years, the Festival has become a leading center for premieres, concerts, as well as for the exchange of knowledge, practices and experiences among guitarists from around the world. We have created a distinctive concept of presentation of guitar music, values and modern trends. With such a concept of the festival, but also with a content that was chosen and idealisticaly built, we succeeded with its original motive, to open a window into the world of high musical arts and to bring the world to us.
Please, read carefuly the information regarding the competition and masterclases because from Monday 15 December 2014, we start with the official reporting for active participants. This means that the first registered students to master clases wil have the opportunity to choose and obtain precisely those profesors with whom they would like to have clases.
FESTIVAL GUESTS:
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Dušan Bogdanović. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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USA (concert, master classes) |
| George Dalaras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Greece (concert) |
| Costas Cotsiolis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
Greece (concert, master classes, jury)
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| Paco Santiago Marin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
Spain (lecture, promotion)
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| European Guitar Quartet | |
| Zoran Dukić . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
Croatia (concert, master classes)
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Pavel Steidel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Chech (concert, master classes) |
| Thomas Fellow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
Germany (concert,, jury, lecture)
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| Reentko Dirks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Germany (concert,, jury, lecture) |
| Levante Guitar Duo | |
| Aleksandra i Vojislav Ivanović. . . . . . | Serbia (concert, master classes) |
| Jorge Caballero. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Peru (concert, master classes, jury) |
| Beijing Duo | |
| Meng Su & Yameng Wang. . . . . . . . . | China (concert, master classes) |
| Thomas Offermann. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Germany (master classes, jury, promotion) |
| Micaela Pittaluga. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Italy (jury, promotion) |
| Ana Linares. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Spain (promotion) |
| Emanuele Buono. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Italy (concert, jury) |
| Anabel Montesinos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Spain (concert, master classes, jury) |
| Marco Tamayo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Austria (concert, master classes, jury) |
| Trio Anka | |
| Selahattin Kagan Korad. . . . . . . . . . | Turkey (concert, master classes, jury) |
| Ayhan Ustuk & Demet Gokalp. . . . . | Turkey (concert) |
| Oman Kaminsky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Meksiko (concert, master classes, jury) |
| Zoran Krajišnik. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Serbia (concert, master classes, jury) |
| Aleksandar Tasić. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Serbia (concert) |
| Minneapolis Guitar Quartet. . . . . . . . . . . . . | USA (concert, master classes, jury) |
| Maja Radovanlija & Wade Oden | |
| Joseph Hagedorn & Benjamin Kunkel | |
| Daniel Casares Flamenco Quartet. . . . | Spain (concert, lecture) |
| Trio Espressivo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Serbia (concert) |
| Luka Jezdić, Nikola Begović & Radica Đedović | |
| Jan Erik Peterson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Norge (master classes, jury) |
| Guy Traviss. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | UK (jury, lecture) |
| Anđela Jerkunica. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Croatia (master classes, jury) |
| Srđan Tošić. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Serbia (master classes, jury) |
| Vera Ogrizović. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Serbia (concert, master classes) |
| Aleksandar Hadži-Đorđević. . . . . . . . . . | Serbia (master classes, jury) |
| Zoran Anić. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Serbia (master classes, jury) |
| Darko Karajić. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Serbia (concert, master classes, jury) |
| Miloš Janjić. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Serbia (master classes, jury) |
| Zoran Kuvač . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Bosnia i Herzegovina (promotion) |
| Vasilis Vasileiadis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Greece (promotion) |
| Nenad Kondić. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Serbia (jury) |
| Ognjen Grčak. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Serbia (jury) |
| Bojan Suđić. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Serbia (concert) |
| Victor Rosu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Romania (master classes, jury) |
FESTIVAL ACTIVITIES:
* CONCERTS
* MASTER CLASSES
* THEORETICAL LECTURES & PROMOTIONS
* COMPETITION
* GUITAR VISUAL ART
* GUITAR ART WORLD
* GUITAR ART EXPO
* GUITAR ART MIDNIGHT CAFE CLUB
CONCERT PROGRAM:
10th – 15th March 2015.
Tuesday, March 10th – Sava Centre (Main hall)
OPENING CEREMONY
20:00 – Giorgios Dalaras
Wednesday, March11th - Belgrade Youth Center (Main hall)
19:00 – Oman Kaminski
20:00 – Beijing Duo
21:00 – Krajišnik & Tasić Duo
Thursday, March 12th - Belgrade Youth Center (Main hall)
19:00 – Anabel Montesinos & Marco Tamayo
20:00 – Jorge Caballero
21:00 – Minneapolis Guitar Quartet
Friday, March 13th - Belgrade Youth Center (Main hall)
19:00 – Emanuele Buono
20:00 – European Guitar Quartet
21:00 – Anka Trio
Saturday, March 14th - Belgrade Youth Center (Main hall)
20:00 – Trio Espressivo
21:00 – Daniel Casares Group
Sunday, March 15th – Belgrade Youth Center (Main hall)
19:30 – CLOSING CEREMONY & GIVING THE AWARDS
20:00 – Author night Dušan Bogdanović & Vojislav Ivanović
MASTER CLASSES
– both individual and in group will be held for all the participants (pupils, students and teachers) by all lecturers of the festival at Dositej private secondary school before and during the afternoon, at the same time in several classrooms.
THEORETICAL LECTURES
– represent a group lessons for all participants of the festival, which will take part during daily activities held in the Belgrade Youth Center, private school Dositej, institute Servantes and Impact Hub Belgrade.
Saturday, 14th March - Belgrade Youth Center
15:00 – Thomas Fellow “New techniques and sounds from jazz, finger style and world music”
16:00 – Reentko Dirks “Flamenco meets funk - unusual percussive techniques on the guitar”
17:00 – Jan Erik Peterson “Bach in classical guitar”
Sunday, 15th March - Institute Servantes
12:00 – Daniel Cesares Flamenko “Flamenco guitar, voice and dance”
14:00 – Pako Marin “Making of classical guitar”
15:00 – Guy Traviss “Classical guitar promotion in modern contemporary media”
COMPETITION
1st Category: Candidates born in 2004 or younger
Saturday, March 14th, "Dr Vojislav Vučković" School of Music
Two or more compositions different in style and character, duration 3 – 5 minutes
2nd Category: Candidates born in 2002 or younger
Saturday, March 14th, "Dr Vojislav Vučković" School of Music
Two or more compositions, different in style and character, duration 4 - 6 minutes
3rd Category: Candidates born in 2000 or younger
First stage: Wednesday, March 11th, "Dr Vojislav Vučković" School of Music
Two or more compositions, different in style and character, up to 8 minutes
Second stage: Saturday, March 14th, Faculty of Music
Two or more compositions, different in style and character, up to 8 minutes
4th Category: Candidates born in 1998 or younger
First stage: Wednesday, March 11th, Faculty of Music
Two or more compositions, different in style and character, up to 10 minutes
Second stage: Saturday, March 14th, Faculty of Music
Two or more compositions, different in style and character, up to 12 minute
5th Category: Candidates born in 1996 or younger
First stage: Wednesday, March 11th, Faculty of Music
Two or more compositions, different in style and character, up to 12 minutes
Second stage: Saturday, March 14th, Belgrade Youth Center
Two or more compositions, different in style and character, up to 20 minutes
6th Category: Candidates born in 1983 or younger
First stage: Wednesday, March 11th, Belgrade Youth Center
Two or more compositions, different in style and character, up to 15 minutes
Second stage: Saturday, March 14th, Belgrade Youth Center
Two or more compositions, different in style and character, up to 25 minutes
AWARDS
1st Category:
I 70 €, Profesional photo shoot – Photo Book, Savarez, D'Addario and Guitar Art gift bag
II 50 €, Savarez, D'Addario and Guitar Art gift bag
III 30 €, Savarez, D'Addario and Guitar Art gift bag
2nd Category:
I 80 €, Profesional photo shoot – Photo Book, Savarez, D'Addario and Guitar Art gift bag
II 60 €, Savarez, D'Addario and Guitar Art gift bag
III 40 €, Savarez, D'Addario and Guitar Art gift bag
3rd Category:
I 100 €, Profesional photo shoot – Photo Book, Savarez, D'Addario and Guitar Art gift bag
II 80 €, Savarez, D'Addario and Guitar Art gift bag
III 50 €, Savarez, D'Addario and Guitar Art gift bag
4th Category:
I 120 €, Profesional photo shoot – Photo Book, Savarez, D'Addario, Guitar Art gift bag and free registration for Volos Guitar Festival 2015
II 100 €, Savarez, D'Addario and Guitar Art gift bag
III 80 €, Savarez, D'Addario and Guitar Art gift bag
5th Category:
I 200€, guitar (handmade guitar, work of Zoran Kuvač /BiH/, worth 4.000 €), Profesional photo shoot – Photo Book, Savarez, D'Addario and Guitar Art gift bag
II 150 €, Profesional photo shoot – Photo Book, Savarez, D'Addario and Guitar Art gift bag
III 100 €, Profesional photo shoot – Photo Book, Savarez, D'Addario and Guitar Art gift bag
6th Category:
I 400€, guitar (handmade guitar, work of Paco Santiago Marin /Spain/ 9.000 €), Profesional photo shoot – Photo Book, Savarez, D'Addario, Guitar Art gift bag and performance on the Guitar Art Festival 2016, Guitar Art Summer Fest 2016 and Volos Guitar Festival 2015
II 300 €, guitar (handmade guitar, work of Vasilis Vasileiadis /Greece/ 3.500 €), Profesional photo shoot – Photo Book, Savarez, D'Addario, Guitar Art gift bag and free pasive registration for Guitar Art Festival 2016
III 200 €, Accord case, Profesional photo shoot – Photo Book, Savarez, D'Addario, Guitar Art gift bag and free pasive registration for Guitar Art Festival 2016
NOTES:
* Only active, passive or employed participant of the festival has a right to play on the competition, except of candidates in I and II category, that can participate in competition, without being active or passive participant
* The prices for the participation on the competition:
1st Category: 30 €
2nd Category: 40 €
3rd Category: 50 €
4th Category: 60 €
5th Category: 70 €
6th Category: 80 €
* The competition is open to public
* Four different juries in the first stage and two global in the finals consisting of lecturers (participating in the festival) will follow the competition and decide on the awards in guitar competition.
* The decisions of the juries are final
* The list of candidates names in alphabetical order will be announced on the March 10th, 2015 at 19.00 in Belgrade Youth Center (before concert Giorgos Dalares at the meeting of all profesors and participants)
* The score list for all categories in solo guitar competition will be announced at the end of the first stage before concert on March 11th at 19.00 in Belgrade Youth Center
* From 3 to 5 candidates from 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th category in guitar in the first stage will continue to compete in the second stage (finals)
* The candidates must perform the compositions from memory
* The candidates can not play the same composition in both first and second stage
* Requested duration of the composition refers to the candidate’s performance as a whole
* In case of exceeding the requested duration the jury has the right to stop the candidate’s playing
* In case two candidates have the same score, younger will be given priority
* The concert of the winners of the competition in all categories will be held on the March 15th, 2014 at main hall of Belgrade Youth Center at 16.00
* Guitars, as well as the money awards (in Euros) will be given to the winners of the competition on the March 15th, 2014 in Belgrade Youth Center's main hall at 20.00.
JURY MEMBERS:
1st and 2nd category: Srđan Tošić, Zoran Krajišnik, Emanuele Buono, Reentko Dirks, Thomas Fellow
First stage:
3rd category: Maja Radovanlija, Oman Kaminsky, Victor Rošu, Nenad Kondić, Ognjen Grčak
4th category: Anabel Montesinos, Anđela Jerkunica, Zoran Anić, Wade Oden, Benjamin Kunkel
5th category: Thomas Offermann, Joseph Hagedorn, Darko Karajić, Guy Traviss, Micaela Pittaluga
6th category: Costas Cotsiolis, Marco Tamayo, Aleksandar Hadži Đorđević, Selahattin Kagan Korad, Jan Erik Pettersen
FINALS:
3rd and 4th category: Maja Radovanlija, Oman Kaminsky, Victor Rošu, Nenad Kondić, Ognjen Grčak, Anabel Montesinos, Anđela Jerkunica, Zoran Anić, Wade Oden, Benjamin Kunkel
5th and 6th category: Thomas Offermann, Joseph Hagedorn, Darko Karajić, Jan Erik Pettersen, Guy Traviss, Costas Cotsiolis, Jorge Caballero, Marco Tamayo, Aleksandar Hadži Đorđević, Selahattin Kagan Korad, Micaela Pittaluga, Paco Santiago Marin
GUITAR VISUAL ART
(10 – 15th March 2015, Belgrade Youth Center, Belgrade)
This is the exhibition that represents the retrospective of the first 10 years of the Guitar Art Summer Festival in Herceg Novi. Various visual media and selected artists will process the connection of the city which has been called the sanctuary of art and culture, also building and creating an audience, fans and admirers, nowadays already well-known coastal festival.
The exhibition is a tribute and a personal expression of the artists on the theme of art and culture of the city, where Guitar Art Summer Festival has managed to become a part of its history.
Within Guitar Visual Art a competition is organized for students of photography, journalism and video and audio productions. The objective of this segment of the festival is the desire to provide education, practice and promotion for artistic creators. Students will create works of art by categories that will as its subject / object have a guitar.
GUITAR ART WORLD
(14 – 15th March 2015, Belgrade Youth Center, Belgrade)
Festival segment that is dedicated to guitarists of all profiles and creative musical education for children and adults through the following activities: Guitar Open Stage, creative workshops, classical, acoustic and electric guitars with famous guitarists and music workshops for children.
GUITAR ART EXPO
(14 – 15th March 2015, Belgrade Youth Center, Belgrade)
The aim of the Guitar Art Expo is a gathering of the most important institutions and personalities of the alternative guitar scene. Through cooperation with Zaječar and Demo Masters competition, Guitar Art Expo presents the best bands in the competition and evening concerts, organizes rock clinics and rock photos.
HOW TO APPLY, RULES, ACCOMMODATION:
(for candidates from abroad)
1. The deadline for submission of applications is March 1st, 2015.
2. The candidates are obligated to submit the following:
- duly completed application form
- proof of payment of the first installment of the registration fee
- a copy of identity card or passport (competitors only)
- the program (for both stages - competitors only)
3. The application together with the above listed documents should be:
*brought personally in Guitar Art Festival office (Sava centar, Milentija Popovića 9, Delegatska 1, Belgrade, phone: +381 11 220 6244), working days from 12.00 till 20.00, starting from December 15th 2014.
*sent by e-mail to: office@gaf.rs
*sent to the following address (until March 1st 2014 at the latest):
UDRUZENJE KLASICNIH GITARISTA SRBIJE
530 Bulevar Kralja Aleksandra St.
11000 Belgrade, Serbia
4. After sending the application form with documents all together by e-mail or post, candidates who do not receive any response within 10 days should call the Guitar Art Festival office to: +381 11 220 6244 or +381 11 220 6245
5. The registration fee for participants are the following:
a) For PASSIVE CANDIDATES the registration fee is 120 € (tickets for all the concerts, Guitar Art Expo, Guitar Art World, Guitar Art Midnight Cafe Club, and passive presence on master classes, lectures, meetings and exhibitions); if the candidate wishes to compete he is obliged to pay additional fee in the amount of 30 to 80 €, depending upon the category he competes in;
b) For ACTIVE CANDIDATES the registration fee is 180 € (3 individual master classes (40 min each), tickets for all the concerts, Guitar Art Expo, Guitar Art World, Guitar Art Midnight Cafe Club, and passive presence on master classes, lectures, meetings and exhibitions); if the candidate wishes to compete he is obliged to pay additional fee in the amount of 30 to 80 €, depending upon the category he competes in.
6. Payment should be made in two installments:
First installment: 50 Euro per participant is the amount for reservation, for all passive and active candidates and guitar in chamber music candidates, and should be paid latest until the March 1st, 2014. In order to remit EUR amounts to our account with OTP BANKA SRBIJA A.D. NOVI SAD Serbia, please proceed according to the bellow instructions:
56A: Intermediary
DEUTSCHE BANK AG, FRANKFURT AM MAIN
SWIFT CODE: DEUTDEFF
57A: Account With Institution
OTP BANKA SRBIJA A.D. NOVI SAD, Serbia
SWIFT CODE: OTPVRS22
59: Beneficiary Customer
/RS35325934170034772386
BOŠKO RADOJKOVIĆ
Bulevar kralja Aleksandra 530
11000 BEOGRAD
Srbija
Payment purpose: First installment for Guitar Art Festival 2015
Second installment: should be paid in cash at Guitar Art Festival desk on the first day of the festival (March 10th 2014, 09.00-17.00, Belgrade Youth Center)
Passive participants: 70 €
Active participants: 130 €
(+ possible extra payment for the competition and 3 individual classes)
for candidates from Belgrade (and for those who are staying in Belgrade) February 28th and March 1st 2015 in Guitar Art Festival's office (Sava centar, Milentija Popovića 9, Delegatska 1, Beograd) from 09.00 till 18.00.
- rest: March 10th 2015 in Belgrade Youth Center from 09.00 till 17.00.
7. Groups of 4 or more interested candidates (students and professors) from a music schools or academy must be self-organized and officially sign the same day along with all required documents and fees. Individual registration of candidates from the group will be accepted.
8. The total number of master classes during the festival is 240. It means that the number of candidates for the individual master classes is limited to 80, since 3 individual master classes (40 minutes each) are provided for every candidate.
Applying starts on December 15th, 2014 and first 80 candidates will have 3 individual master classes provided, no matter the age, success, school or country of the candidate.
Candidate specifies the names of 6 professors he/she would like to have the master class with, and then the festival committee decides on 3 professors (subject to availability) for 3 individual master classes and makes the schedule candidate agrees with.
9. In case of cancellation by the candidate, the registration fee will not be returned.
10. For parents and guests of the festival will be available to a limited number of sets of cards at a price of 60 €, which includes all concerts on the Guitar Art Expo, Guitar Art World and Guitar Art Cafe Midnight Club.
11. The candidates themselves bear travel and accommodation expenses in Belgrade.
12. Accommodation is available in partner hotels and student hostels located in Belgrade (bed and breakfast cost from 10 to 90 €). Reservation by e-mail: office@gaf.rs or by phone / fax to: +381 11 220 6244.
13. Daily program of the festival activities with all the materials and information will be distributed when registering on the March 10th, 2015 from 09.00 to 17.00 in Belgrade Youth Center.
14. Please contact us for suggestions and questions to:
phone/ fax: +381 11 220 6244 +381 11 220 6245
e-mail: office@gaf.rs
web: www.gaf.rs
15. The festival is subject to change.
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