WNED-FM and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

are pleased to announce the

2008 JoAnn Falletta International

Guitar Concerto Competition

 

Joanne Castellani and Michael Andriaccio, CoDirectors

June 9-13, 2008 in Buffalo, New York, USA

 

First Prize:             $7500.00US.

Return engagement with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.

Recording Contract with Fleur de Son Classics, Ltd.

A concert Guitar Dake Traphagen, USA.

Karura Flight Case.

 

Second Prize:        $3,000.00US

 

Third Prize:            $1,500.00

 

Audience Favorite Award   ~   Musicians’ Favorite Award

 

Judges:        Joanne Castellani & Michael Andriaccio, USA: Guitar duo, internationally acclaimed touring and recording artists.

                        Eduardo Fernandez, Uruguay: International concert guitarist.

David Leisner, USA: Virtuoso guitarist and Composer.

Tony Morris, USA:  Producer and Host of “Classical Guitar Alive”, an internationally syndicated radio program dedicated to the guitar.

David Dusman (Preliminary Round), USA: Award winning recording engineer.

David Frost, USA; 2 time Grammy Award winning producer.

John Landis, USA: Radio producer WNED-FM, conductor.

Enrique Muñoz Teruel, Spain: Concert guitarist and Festival/Competition Director.

 

This event is one of the most visible performance competitions in the world with national and international broadcast visibility. 

 

Winners of the 2006 Competition               Winners of the 2004 Competition

 

First prize: Pablo Garibay, Mexico               First Prize: Marcin Dylla, Poland

Second Prize: Masao Tanibe, Japan           Second Prize: Pablo Garibay, Mexico

Third Prize: Isaac Bustos, USA                  Third Prize: Rene Izquierda, USA/Cuba

 

Application deadline is March 15, 2008 (postmark).

 

For an application, rules and more information, contact the CoDirectors at

e mail: www.fallettacomp@aol.com. Web site: www.fallettacompetition.org or Tel: 716.681.8106 or Fax: 716.681.9208.