March 22 and 23, 2023

 

1st Prize: € 2000 + 1 concert

2nd Prize: € 800

3rd Prize: € 400

Public Prize: € 200

 

Rules

 

Live Art Association (aps ets) organizes the 6th MIGC - 2023 Mantovani International Guitar Competition inside the 14th MIGF – 2023 Mantovani International Guitar Festival.

 

Application

- The competition is open to classical guitar soloists of any age and nationality.

- First Prize Winners of previous editions are not admitted to the competition.

- Application fee is € 50,00. 

- Participants must pay the application fee using the following bank account (write on the money order: an application fee for the 6th  Mantovani guitar competition):

Associazione Live Art 

IBAN: IT16T0100572240000000003173

SWIFT: BIC BNL IITRRZ

Banca Nazionale del Lavoro BNL agenzia di Follonica, via Massetana 3

 

- Participants must send the following:

1) receipt of the money order;

2) signed and filled application form.  

Items must be sent by e-mail at the following address: alessandronobili76@gmail.com

- Deadline is March 10th 2023.

 

Rounds

- Competition is divided into two rounds: eliminatory and final; both will occur in the “Bonarelli” Music School, 2 Argentarola street, Follonica.

- Eliminatory round will take place on March 22nd 2023. 

- Final round will take place on March 23rd 2023.

All rounds are open to the public. A Detailed schedule will be sent to each participant after the deadline.

 

Program

- Eliminatory round: free program, max 10 minutes; transcriptions are permitted.

- Final round: free program, max 20 minutes; transcriptions are permitted; participants cannot repeat pieces of the eliminatory round.

 

Jury

- Decisions of the jury are definitive.

- The Jury can stop a performance at any moment and ask for further auditions in case of complex decisions.

- Members of the jury cannot decide on competitors who have some family relationships or had didactic relationships in the last two years with them.

 

Prizes

- 1st Prize: euros 2000 + 1 concert; one of them will be in the 2024 edition of the Mantovani Festival; diploma.

- 2nd Prize: euros 800; diploma.

- 3rd Prize: euros 400; diploma.

Winners of these Prizes must perform in a public concert on the evening of March 23rd 2023, at the Sala Leopoldina, inside the Teatro “Fonderia Leopolda” in Follonica, during which the Public Prize (euro 200) will be assigned.

 

 

 

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