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A Guitar Competition That Will Launch Your Career

Friday, 3 April, 2009

Hi,

Winning a competition is not a start to a performing career. More often, the winners do not have the visibility they deserve and are dreaming about. Once the competition is done and the prize is won... nothing happens!

Alhambra Guitar USA along with D'Addario and Carl Fisher Publishing to organize a competition that will really launch your career!

First of all: you will have concerts in international venues. That means you will be accessing to an international visibility!

One of your key to success is... a great guitar and you will have one! An Alhambra Guitar Concert Model, hand made in Spain. The best Planet Waves guitar accessories and maintenance kit to take care of it. You will also be provided with the best strings ever - D'Addario - for 4 years, which means a lot of performances ahead!

Ready to launch your dream career as a performing artist? Let's do it!

Philippe Bertaud (artistic director)

Go to the website:

http://www.alhambraguitarcompetition.philippebertaud.com/

Download the Brochure

http://www.alhambraguitarcompetition.philippebertaud.com/

http://www.alhambraguitarcompetition.philippebertaud.com/Alhambra_Guitar_Competition_Brochure.pdf

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	Author: bettyw Date: Wednesday, July 1, 2009 @ 19:22		[Reply]

	BARRIOS WORLD WIDE WEB COMPETITION! New guitar competition calls on young guitarists to participate via internet Entries to first round will be accepted starting Wednesday, July 1st Contestants should upload their video entries to YouTube The Grand Finale will be held on December 6th in the Teatro Municipal in Asunción, Paraguay Starting Wednesday, July 1st until Deceber of this year, PARAGUAY and its greatest musical genius, AGUSTÍN PÍO BARRIOS, will be the center of attention for young classical guitarists around the world... The first edition of the BARRIOS WORLDWIDEWEB COMPETITION will launch as a unique new genre of musical competition. Guitarrists from 18 to 30 years of age, in any country of the world, can participate by using the easiest and most accessible tool, the Internet, by simply uploading videos showing their performance of "Allegro Sinfónico" and "Choro da Saudade" by the great Mangoré. A panel of international judges, more than qualified for this competition, will use their criteria of excellence to choose the best from the many. Judges include CARLOS BARBOSA-LIMA (Brazil), RICHARD STOVER (USA), EDUARDO FERNÁNDEZ (Uruguay), CARLOS PAYÉS (El Salvador), and representing Paraguay, the extraordinary guitarist and creator of this original venture, BERTA ROJAS. The first of the three rounds of the BARRIOS WORLDWIDEWEB COMPETITION, ends on September 1st, coinciding with the closing of the entry period and the uploading of the first round entries. On September 15, the judges will announce the 20 semifinalists to compete in the second round, which requires the submission of a third video showing their interpretation of a Barrios composition that will be announced on the website. From these 20 semifinalists, the judges will select 3 finalists to compete in the third round, in which they will fly to Barrios' homeland, Paraguay, for the Grand Finale on December 6th in the Teatro Municipal Ignacio A. Pane in Asunción. The winner of the competition will receive a prize of US $5,000 in cash, a trophy and a certificate of recognition; the second place prize is US $2,500 in cash, a trophy and a certificate of recognition ,and the third place prize is US $1,000 in cash, a trophy and a certificate of recognition. In addition, a prize of US $1,000 will be awarded to the semi-finalist with the greatest number of votes on his YouTube video entry. The 20 semi-finalists will also receive certificates of recognition for having participated in the competition. For more details on how to enter the competition, visit www.barriosworldwide.com. The website also contains detailed information about prizes, judges, the life and works of Agustin Barrios, and the country of Paraguay.

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