Assad Brother from Brazil were awarded with Pro Guitarra prize Tampere Guitar Festival gives an annual Pro Guitarra prize for the work to guitar culture. This year the prize goes to a Brazilian guitar duo Sérgio and Odair Assad. Previous Pro Guitarra artists were Jukka Savijoki, 20…

The 2nd International Classical Guitar Competition of Finland and no age limit category started on June 5th with Round 2. The 1st round was a video contest. The Semifinalist from Round 2 are (in random order): Jere Rostedt (FIN) Teuvo Taimioja (FIN) Joona Lintunen (FIN) Luis Kevin Ortiz Marti…

In no age limit category of Guitar Competition of Finland Teuvo Taimioja got the biggest number of likes for his competition video of Round 1. For this he receives free participation to the competition. Concratulations!…

Katso kitarakonsertteja ja -kilpailua YouTube-kanvaltamme suorana. See concerts and guitar competition live via TGF's YouTube Channel. Live-streams: - Ma | Mon 3.6. 19:00 CONCERT- Ti | Tue 4.6. 17:00 CONCERT- Ti | Tue 4.6. 19:00 CONCERT- Ke | Wed 5.6. 14:00 COMPETITION, Round 2, Day 1- …

Maestro Timo Kirjonen will give master classes on June 7-8 at Tampere Music Academy. He will also play a solo recital on Thursday 6th at Kangasala Hall. Lesson of 45 minutes cost 50 €. Also Sérgio & Odair Assad are giving master classes on Thu June. Their lessons are fully booke…

The prizes of the Guitar Competition of Finland are tax free – it's written into the law of Finland.  …

The competitors for 2nd International Classical Guitar Festival of Finland are now selected. Round 1 was a video contest from which 18 competitors from Finland, Sweden, Italy, Russia, Mexico and Brazil were chosen for Round 2, that will be held in Tampere, Finland on June 5-8. See the videos a…

15th Anniversary of International Tampere Guitar Festival in Finland Tampere Guitar Festival, the most prestige guitar event in Finland, celebrates its 15thAnniversary this summer. The festival is dedicated for guitar culture, especially for acoustic guitar. The event takes place on June 3rd–…

Due to short notice time Tampere Guitar Festival has extended the application time for the 2nd International Classical Guitar Competition of Finland until April 4th 2019. Read more at http://www.tgf.fi/guitar_competition…

We are pleased to announce Nicolas Khan (France) is the winner of the first EuroStrings Composition Competition.   His prize-winning work, a set of miniatures, is entitled Les Arcanes. Sergio Assad, a EuroStrings ambassador and member of the competition jury, describes them as appealing &lsquo…