The final activity of Summer Arts in Granada and usually one of the final activities of the Granada Guitar Festival is the concert by the students of guitar after studying here for three months. Friday night they played to a full house in the patio of the Town Council and did a fine job of Bach, Telemann, Boccherini and some flamenco. Congratulations to them and their teachers: The Romero Quartet, Mabel Millán, Vicente Coves, Scott Morris, Chika Inoue, and Kai Narezo.
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Summer Arts and the Guitar-makers Association
Every year the Association asks for a meeting between the Granada makers and the guitar students of Summer Arts. This year we had a good turnout of makers and caught most of the students in the classrooms where they have their masterclasses. Seems a shame for them to come all the way here and not get to know the makers and their work.
Most of them tried my copy of the Invencible by Torres and enjoyed the sound and playability.
And the winner is…
Classical competition:
First prize – Darragh O’Connell (Switzerland)
Second prize – Youri Soroka (France)
Third prize – Honori Fukuda (Japan)
Flamenco competition:
First prize – Victor Quintanilla (Spain)
Second prize – Mijail Kharash (Granada, Spain)
Third prize – declared vacant
Final phase of the guitar-making competition
Today is the big day when we find out the winners of the competition. Tonight in the Lorca theatre the three finalist flamenco guitars will be played and the jury will assign first, second and third prizes. Guitars made by Mijail Kharash, a Granada-based maker, Victor Quintanilla, and Alessandro Perciaccante will be judged. Also, the fnalists in the classical category will be played and the three prizes determined by the jury. In this case the guitars were made by Victor Quintanilla, Youri Soroka, Valerio Licari, Narongsak Visesnut, Honori Fukuda, and Darragh O’Connell. May the best maker win.
Guitar-making competition
The first part of the competition involves a private interview for each participant with David Collet from Guitar Salon International and these interviews took place over the course of this morning and afternoon. This year Granada is represented by only two makers, Valerio Licari and Mijail Kharash. Nine countries in total are represented. At 9h30 tomorrow morning the guitars will be presented and the jury will examine and listen to each of the guitars. By Wednesday they will have eliminated some of them and will then choose the best among the remaining instruments. The finalists will be those remaining on Thursday evening at which time each guitar will be played in the concert hall before the jury announces the winners. A short programme will then be played on the first prize guitar. You can find more information on 