56th "MICHELE PITTALUGA" INTERNATIONAL CLASSICAL GUITAR COMPETITION

The most important Italian international classical guitar competition, the "Michele Pittaluga", returns to Alessandria from 23 to 28 September. Now in its 56th edition, the competition will see the participation of 20 young contestants from all corners of the globe (Switzerland, Russia, Poland, China, South Korea, Serbia, Brazil, Spain, Italy).


PROGRAM 2024

The 56th edition of the Pittaluga international guitar competition will open on the 23rd September and will coincide with the conclusion of the 13th International Composition Competition focused on the piece "i Mille regretz" by the 16th century composer Josquin Desprez. 33 works were submitted.

On the eightieth anniversary of his death, the 56th edition of the "Pittaluga" remembers Augustin Barrios Mangoré, a genial composer born in Paraguay who assimilated the technical composition of the greats of the past connecting it to the indigenous Guarani musical rhythm, He was also author, among others, of the first historic recordings on record in the 1930s. The competition will see 20 contestants from many countries around the world.

As a result, several pieces of his vast repertory have been inserted in the elimination and semi-final stages and the docufilm "MANGORE'" produced by Leo Rubin will be screened during the week.

For more information see the documents attached.

International JURY
This year's jury will include concert players and teachers of the six-string instrument: this year, the judges are American guitarist Marta Masters, CEO of Guitar Foundation of America, the Spaniard Francisco Bernier teacher in Seville and winner of the competition in 1996, the German Hubert Kaeppel important representative of the German guitar and teacher in Cologne, Simone Fontanelli composer and teacher of contemporary instrumental music in Salzburg and at the Chigiana of Siena. Eric Franceries, French composer, Frédéric Zigante guitarist and Italian-French musicologist, Min Zhanqi teacher at the Conservatory of Shanghai, Paolo Ferrara orchestra conductor and teacher at the Vivaldi Music Conservatory of Alessandria, Micaela Pittaluga, President of the Competition. Some of them (Fontanelli, Bernier, Franceries, Zigante and Ferrara) will be part of the composition jury, others of the interpretation jury (Masters, Min, Bernier, Kaeppel, Pittaluga, Franceries and Fontanelli). Three important agreements have been signed in recent times and are related to the collaboration with the Antonio Vivaldi Music Conservatory, the University Hospital Santi Antonio e Biagio and University UPO.

Winners tour
Thanks to Gioventù Musicale of Milan, and to the international relations established over time, the competition winner will be invited to play at important national and international music Festivals such as Todi, Modena, Alba, Turin, Portogruaro, Lago Maggiore, Asti, Rome, Milan. Over the years, these tours have also included New York, Tokyo, Verbier, St. Petersburg.


The Competition is held with the support of:
Supporters and sponsors: With the support of Fondazione CRAL, Fondazione CRTO, the Regional Authority of Piedmont and the Municipality of Alessandria with the contributions of Firms and Companies of the town such as Metlac, Solvay, AMAG and several service clubs such as Rotary, Innerwheel and Soroptimist, the Pittaluga Competition was awarded the Medal of the President of the Republic in 1997 and is held under the Auspices of the Council of Ministers, the UNESCO National Commission, the Municipality and Provincial Authority of Alessandria, University A. Avogardo, the A. Vivaldi Conservatory, the University Hospital of Alessandria (Medical Humanities project).


Agreements and partnerships: important agreements are in place with Music Academies, cultural organizations, including foreign, with the Contrastes record label in Seville (Spain), with the Sigall Competition in Chile, with Klagenfurt in Austria, Amarante in Portugal and Brussels in Belgium, the organizers also actively participate in the cultural life of the town offering collaborations with Confcommercio and Confesercenti (Aperto per Cultura, Guitar corner), with the Hospital (Chitarre in corsia) and with many local municipalities (Cassine, Tortona, Valenza, Solero, Sezzadio, Acqui).



For more information refer to the documents attached.

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