The five members who make up the jury, José Miguel Moreno from España, Irina Kulikova from Russia, Gabriel Estarellas from España, Joao Moita from Portugal and Andrea Vettoretti from Italia, awarded the following prizes:
FIRST PRIZE
Rafael Aguirre Miñarro from España
SECOND PRIZE
Srdjan Bulat from Croacia
THIRD PRIZE
Jorge Caballero from Perú
SPECIAL SPANISH MUSIC PRIZE
Srdjan Bulat from Croatia
FINALIST
Fernando Espí Cremades from España
The public decided to award the AUDIENCE PRIZE to: Fernando Espí and Srdjan Bulat
Competitors
1 – WOJCIECH DABROWSKI – Poland
2 – SANEL REDZIC – Bosnia-Herzegovina
3 – ANDREY PARFINOVICH – Russia
4 – MARCOS VICTORA-WAGNER – Brazil
5 – LEANDRO ACEVEDO SILVERA - Uruguay
6 – SAIED MAKVANDI – Iran
7 – BORIS TESIC – Slovenia
8 – SRDJAN BULAT – Croatia
9 – TATIANA TARASOVA – Russia
10 – OTTO TOLONEN – Finland
11 – FERNADO ESPI CREMADES – Spain
12 – ARTYOM DERVOED – Russia
13 – EMANUELE BUONO – Italy
14 – NORIYUKI MASUDA – Japan
15 – BENJAMIN VALETTE – France
16 – WU YOU – China
17 – JOSÉ MARÍA RAMÍREZ MARTÍN – Spain
18 – IVA NEZIC – Croatia
19 – ANTONIO FERNANDEZ SORIANO – Spain
20 – JORGE CABALLERO – Peru
21 – NICOLAS PAPIN – France
22 – RUBÉN ABEL PAZOS – Spain
23 – JOSE MARIA CORREDOIRA DE CORA – Spain
24 – JOAO CARLOS VICTOR ALVES – Brazil
25 – VLADIMIR GORBACH – Russia
26 – ARKAITZ CHAMBONNET – France
27 – NATALIA LIPNITSKAYA – Belarus
28 – RAFAEL AGUIRRE MIÑARRO – Spain
MEMBERS OF THE JURY OF THE Xth ALHAMBRA INTERNATIONAL GUITAR COMPETITION
Irina Kulikova (Russia) with a large array of prestigious awards and highly acclaimed performances on renowned guitar festivals, Irina Kulikova is widely considered one of the most gifted musicians on classical guitar. Irina won the last edition of the International Guitar Competition of Alhambra.
Gabriel Estarellas (Spain) is considered as the heir to Spanish guitar school and the most prestigious relating to Spanish Contemporaneous guitar. He has performed almost 200 premiers in all around the world, has composed several works and has recorded 17. He is a guitar professor at the “Real Conservatorio Superior de Música” in Madrid and honorary professor at the “Universidad Nacional de San Agustín” in Arequipa, Perú.
José Miguel Moreno (Spain) started his musical studies together his father and developed his career as self-taught, specializing in historic performance. Nowadays, he is unanimously considered as one of the top players in the world in this area. He plays regularly all around the world and his recordings have got the most important awards by critics and specialised magazines.
João Moita (Portugal) has a musical studies (musicology area) degree from the University Nova of Lisbon, with a degree in guitar at Conservatory in Lisbon and doctor of music from the University in Aveiro. As a performer, he has a large trajectory as a soloist as well as a member of chamber group. He usually is invited to take part as a member of prestigious Internationals guitar competitions.
Andrea Vettoretti (Italy) develops a wide musical activity and that is the reason because he is the best ambassador for the guitar in several countries of the world and he is also considered by critics as one of the most important guitarist in Europe. He has 6 CD published and he regularly plays in prestigious festivals and auditoriums.
TUESDAY 13
MARTIN Y SOLER HALL
11:00
Opening Ceremony
Public drawing to determinate the order of appearance of the competitors
17:00 - 21:00
The first round starts
WEDNESDAY 14
MARTIN Y SOLER HALL
11:00 - 14:00
17:00 - 19:00
The first round follows
19:30
Reading of the minutes of the Jury
Conference by José Miguel Moreno: “Alonso Mudarra y Gaspar Sanz, dos ilustres músicos españoles”
Concert-Presentation of Guitars: Rafael Reig & Juan Luis Nicolau
THURSDAY 15
RODRIGO HALL
17:00 - 21:00
The second round starts
LUCRECIA BORI HALL
11:00 - 14:00
17:00 - 20:00
EXHIBITION OF GUITARS
FRIDAY 16
RODRIGO HALL
11:00 - 14:00
17:00 - 19:00
The second round follows
LUCRECIA BORI HALL
19:30
Reading of the minutes of the Jury
Round Table: “Presente y futuro de la Música para Guitarra Española”. Speakers: Emilio Calandín, Gabriel Estarellas, Jesús Piles & Vicente Roncero
11:00 – 14:00
17:00 – 20:00
EXHIBITION OF GUITARS
SATURDAY 17
RODRIGO HALL
19:00 - 22:30
Final of the Competition
Presentation of finalists
Drawing of Guitars
Reading of the minutes of the Jury
Prizegiving ceremony
LUCRECIA BORI HALL
11:00 - 14:00
17:00 - 19:00
EXHIBITION OF GUITARS