Frank Bungarten is a classical guitarist from Germany, in 1981, he got noticed in the international guitar scene, when Andrés Segovia Torres, 1st Marquis of Salobreña, a virtuoso Spanish classical guitarist from Linares, Spain, honored him with the first prize at which event?
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Frank Bungarten Frank Bungarten is a classical guitarist from Germany. Born in Cologne in 1958, Bungarten had his early influence of Guitar music when he was a teenager. In 1981, he got noticed in the international guitar scene, when virtuoso guitarist Andrés Segovia honored him with the first prize at the Guitar Competition of Granada, combined with an extensive concert tour of Spain. To date, he has performed in more than 40 countries. Among his recordings, “J.S.Bach ~ Sonatas and Partitas for Violin solo”, got serious recognition. Although he is often regarded as a Bach expert on the Concert Guitar, Bungarten claims to love and play a wide & diverse repertoire.
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Andrés Segovia Andrés Segovia Torres, 1st Marquis of Salobreña (] ) (21 February 18932 June 1987), known as Andrés Segovia, was a virtuoso Spanish classical guitarist from Linares, Spain. He is regarded as one of the greatest guitarists of all time and the grandfather of the classical guitar. Many professional classical guitarists today are students of Segovia, or students of his students.
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Deutscher Spiele Preis The Deutscher Spielepreis (German for "German Game Prize") is an important award for boardgames. It was started in 1990 by the German magazine "Die Pöppel-Revue", which collects votes from the industry's stores, magazines, professionals and game clubs. The results are announced every October at the "Spiel" game fair in Essen, Germany. The Essen Feather is awarded at the same ceremony.
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Romantic guitar The early romantic guitar, the guitar of the Classical and Romantic period, shows remarkable consistency from 1790 to 1830. Guitars had six or more single courses of strings while the Baroque guitar usually had five double courses (though the highest string might be single). The romantic guitar eventually led to Antonio de Torres Jurado's fan-braced Spanish guitars, the immediate precursors of the modern classical guitar.
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Turespaña Masters The Turespana Masters was a European Tour golf tournament which was played from 1992 to 2000 in several different regions of Spain. Turespana is the Spanish national tourism authority, and it sponsored several golf tournaments in the 1980s and 1990s to promote Spain's role as a major warm weather golfing holiday destination in Europe. The winners of the Turespana Masters included the major championship winners Vijay Singh and José María Olazábal. The prize fund fluctuated, but was generally below average for a European Tour event.
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Calvó-Armengol International Prize The Calvó-Armengol International Prize is awarded every two years by the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics in cooperation with the and the Fundació Crèdit Andorrà to "a top researcher in economics or the social sciences younger than 40 years old for his or her contribution to the theory and comprehension of the mechanisms of social interaction."
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Jascha Heifetz Competition International Jascha Heifetz Competition – a competition for violinists of all nationalities in Lithuania. First International Jascha Heifetz Competition for Violinists was held in 2001, commemorating 100th birth anniversary of the violinist. The competition was organised by together with Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre.
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Marco Sartor Marco Sartor (born 22 February) is an award winning Uruguayan classical guitarist.
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Spanish World Scrabble Championship The Spanish World Scrabble Championship (Spanish: "Campeonato del mundo de Scrabble en español" ) is an international Scrabble tournament organised by the "Federación Internacional de Scrabble en Español" (FISE). The competition takes place each year in a different city in a Spanish-speaking country. The first championship was held in Madrid in Spain. The number of players has varied, from 32 players in 1997 to 70 in 2007.
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International Fritz Kreisler Competition The International Fritz Kreisler Competition is a violin competition dedicated to the memory of violinist and composer Fritz Kreisler.
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Carlos Bonilla Chávez Carlos Galo Raúl Bonilla Chávez better known as Carlos Bonilla (March 21, 1923 – January 10, 2010) was one of the pioneers of the Ecuadorian classical guitar and an important figure in 20th-century Ecuadorian music.
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Ricardo Cobo Ricardo Cobo (born 1962 in Cali, Colombia to Lebanese parents) is a classical guitarist, considered one of the leading guitarists of his generation. He gave his professional debut with the Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá at age seventeen. Cobo was the first Latin American to win the Guitar Foundation of America Solo International Competition (in 1987) according to the foundation's website, and to date, only one other Latin American-born guitarist has won the prestigious award.
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Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 Spain was represented by music duo Azúcar Moreno at the Eurovision Song Contest 1990, held in Zagreb, Yugoslavia. Azúcar Moreno were selected internally by Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE), the Spanish broadcaster, to represent the country at the contest in Yugoslavia with the song "Bandido".
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International Guitar Competition &amp; Festival Berlin International Guitar Competition &amp; Festival Berlin
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Jang Daekun Daekun Jang (장대건) is a young Korean guitarist. He began his guitar studies at the age of 13 in Seoul, Korea. Later, he moved to Spain and became a student of Manuel González at the Escola Luthier d´Ars Musicals of Barcelona. He then continued his studies with Jose Tomas at the Óscar Esplá Conservatory Superior of Music in Alicante, where he won the Extraordinary Prize. From 1997 to 2000, Mr. Jang continued his studies with the world-renowned guitarist Oscar Ghiglia in Konzertklasse at Musikhochschule in Basel, Switzerland, obtaining the Solisten Diplom. He also studied basso continuo with lutenist Peter Croton at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. He has attended seminars and master classes with Gustav Leonhardt, Erika Schneidr, Hopkinson Smith, Gerardo Arriaga, and György Kurtág.
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Prix Formentor The Prix Formentor (also known as Premio Formentor de las Letras, Formentor Literature Prize and The Formentor Prize) is an international literary award given between 1961 and 1967. After a long break it was re-established in 2011. In the 1960s, the Formentor Group offered two prizes, the Prix Formentor (The Formentor Prize) and the Prix International (the International Prize); the former was given to previously unpublished works and the Prix International was given to works already in distribution. The prize takes its name from the town of Formentor on the Spanish island of Mallorca that was famous for its literary gatherings.
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Eddie Benitez Eddie Benitez (born November 12, 1962 ) is a guitarist. Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, his family moved to Europe soon after his birth for his father's work. He was raised in Italy and Spain, and while in Spain his father Francisco arranged private lessons for Benitez from classical guitar virtuoso, Andrés Segovia . The family returned to the U.S. when Benitez was 9 and settled in Brooklyn, New York. Benitez began formed his first band at 12 and began competing and winning local battles of the bands in Brooklyn. It was at one such battle of the bands where he was discovered by an AR person from Fania Records. Soon after the teenage guitarist was signed to Fania records.
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Guitar battle A guitar battle (or "guitar duel") is where two or more guitar players take turns soloing, either with or without a rhythm section. The purpose of the guitar battle is to determine who among each of the guitar players present is the most proficient on the instrument. Often, it begins with the guitarists trading licks and phrases, while gradually increasing the complexity of the technique used. A guitar battle can be said to be over when one guitarist outplays (either through skill, endurance or the other guitarist(s) acknowledging that they cannot win) all the other guitar players present. This is also known among guitarists as a "head-cutting" duel or simply as "cutting heads".
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Ensems Ensems (] , meaning "jointly, at the same time") is an annual contemporary classical music festival that takes place every spring in Valencia. Founded in 1978, it is the oldest contemporary music festival in Spain. It centers mostly in chamber music due to budget restrictions.
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Premio Mario Zanfi The Premio Mario Zanfi, also known as the Franz Liszt Competition in Parma, is an international piano competition held at the Parma Conservatory since 1981. Past jurors include Lazar Berman, Louis Kentner, Jenő Jandó, Leslie Howard, Azio Corghi, Gleb Axelrod and Boris Petrushansky. It's a member of the Alink-Argerich Foundation.
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Paterna International Piano Prize The Paterna International Piano Prize (Catalan: Premi Internacional Pianístic de Paterna, Spanish: Premio Internacional Pianístico de Paterna) is a biennial piano competition in Paterna, Valencia, Spain. It first took place April 24–29, 2011 and was won by Yedam Kim of South Korea.
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Handel Music Prize The Handel Music Prize, in German Händel-Preis, is an annual award, instituted in 1956, which is presented by the city of Halle, in Germany, in honour of the celebrated Baroque composer George Frideric Handel. It is awarded, "for exceptional artistic, academic or politico-cultural services as far as these are connected with the city of Halle's Handel commemoration". The prize consists of a diploma, a gold and enamel badge, and 10,000 euros in prize money and is presented during the annual Handel Festival, Halle.