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2006 JoAnn Falletta International Guitar Concerto Competition

WNED-FM and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
are pleased to announce the
2006 JoAnn Falletta International
Guitar Concerto Competition

Joanne Castellani and Michael Andriaccio, CoDirectors
June 5-10, 2006 in Buffalo, New York, USA

First Prize:
$7500.00 US.
Return engagement with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.
Recording Contract with Fleur de Son Classics, Ltd.
A concert Guitar by Kamil Jaderny, Canada.

Second Prize:
$3,000.00 US

Third Prize:
$1,500.00

Audience Favorite Award
Musicians’ Favorite Award

Judges:

Joanne Castellani & Michael Andriaccio, USA: Guitar duo, internationally acclaimed touring and recording artists.
Marcin Dylla, Poland: Winner of the 2004 JoAnn Falletta International Guitar Concerto Competition.
Eduardo Pascual Diez, Spain: Guitarist, musicologist, Director of the Festival Aranda.
Jeff Cogan, USA: Guitarist, Director of GFA International Guitar Competition.
David Dusman, USA: Award winning recording engineer.
David Frost, USA; 2 time Grammy Award winning producer.
John Landis, USA: Radio producer WNED-FM, conductor.
Miguel del Aguila, USA: Internationally acclaimed composer.

Milen Parashkevov: Winner of the JoAnn Falletta International Guitar Competition for Composers. His work, “Evocation” will be compulsory repertoire for the Competitors.

This event is one of the most visible performance competitions in the world with national and international broadcast visibility. The winners of the 2004 Competition were:

First Prize: Marcin Dylla, Poland
Second Prize: Pablo Garibay, Mexico
Third Prize: Rene Izquierda, USA/Cuba

Application deadline is February 15, 2006 (postmark).

For an application, rules, copy of compulsory work, and more information,
e mail: www.fallettacomp@aol.com. Web site: www.fallettacompetition.org or Tel: 716.681.8106 or Fax: 716.681.9208.