2nd to 6th July 2013: Biennial Guitar Competition with Mastercourses Kutná Hora (CZ)
17. International Biennial are started. Here is more informations: rerepertoire and prizes, mastercourses, registration form, our partners atc.

2 to 10 July 2011: Guitar Festival Mottola (Italy)
19th International Guitar Festival (2/10 July 2011) & 17th International Competition of Guitar (7/10 July 2011) & 17th International Competition "YOUNG GUITAR PLAYERS" in Mottola; Italy (9/10 July 2011).

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May 4th, 2013 - Important notice:

Dear participants,

since today, the capacity of the competition has been filled up. The competitors who send their application starting May 4th 2013 and later will be placed on the list of alternates and receive an email whether they can participate in the competition or not after the deadline May 31st but no later than June 10th.

Please, do not pay the nonreturnable deposit in the amount of 35,- Eur.

In case of any questions please do not hesitate to contact us via email: teamkutnahora@seznam.cz,
or phone number +420 603 300 287 – Anna Hronová, artistic manager.

Thank you for understanding!

Team Kutna Hora.

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Pavel Kříha: “My dream is making guitars for professional guitarists“
To admire a classical guitar it doesn’t only mean hard practising the guitar, but you should admire it another way. Pavel Kříha finds his fatal relation to the classical guitar as a guitarmaker. We asked him about his way to the guitar and the secret of its making.

Interview with guitar maker John van Gool
John van Gool started his career as a guitar maker in 1978. He builds his guitars according to the principles of Antonio Torres, which he believes lead to optimal results in terms of balance and quality of sound.

Interview with Eduard Leata: “I didn`t expect such a success”
The young Romanian guitarist Eduard Leata came back to Kutná Hora after two years to win again – this time in the highest category. After his triumph we asked him several questions. Some people aren´t talkative…

Hedvika Švendová says: „I´m competitive”
In the interview with Hedvika Švendová - the winner of the category to the age of 20 - we asked about the celebration of this outstanding success and about her attitude to the guitar competitions. Finally the young guitarist revealed us her next guitar plans.

Interview with I. Babackova: „it isn‘t easy to be successful in the field of the classical music”
Irena Babáčková is very good czech guitar player and she took the second place in the category with no age limit in this year´s International Biennial Guitar Competition. We ask her…

The guitar biennial Kutna Hora 2011 has three laureates
Kutná Hora 4th July 2011 – This year´s International Biennial Guitar Competition has three laureates. The first place in the category with no age limit took Eduard Leata from Romania and the second was Irena Babáčková from the Czech Republic. The third laureate is Hedvika Švendová, the winner of the category to the age of 20. Prof. Štěpán Rak was awarded for lifelong contribution to Czech guitar.

Short Interview with guitarist Stepan Rak
An icon in the world of contemporary guitar composition, Stepan Rak has been composing, performing and teaching all around the world for decades.

New artists´ biographies in the Personalities´ Gallery
There are newly a few biographies of Czech and foreign guitarists in the Personalities´ Gallery. Many of them you can meet personally within the mastercourses and concerts by the Biennial in Kutná Hora.

Inauguration of the International Guitar Academy Berlin
Between 26th - 28th November 2011 there was a ceremonial inauguration of the International Guitar Academy Berlin. Below you can find more information about it as well as a few statements of the participants.

Petra Polackova: Defeating the stagefright completely is impossible
We continue in interviews with young successful guitarists, who succeeded in the International Guitar Biennial in Kutna Hora. We asked Petra Poláčková, laureate from 2007.

Sanel Redžić: Kutna Hora started my international carreer
Within the International Biennial Guitar Competition with Mastercourses Kutna Hora, there are young guitarists playing, competing for the title of the laureate. Why they compete, why they choose Kutna Hora and what is the benefit for them from taking part in the competition - we asked Sanel Redzic (BiH), one of the promising young talents of today´s guitar scene.

Guitar night Kutna Hora 2010 in photogalery
The Concerts Guitar night Kutna Hora 2010 was 1st October 2010 in the Corpus Christi Chapel, refectory of the Jesuit College. You can see some pictures...

Interview and articles

CONTACTS:

Anna Hronová-Lauterbachová (English, German) +420 603 300 287,
Petr Saidl (German) +420 737 617 471;
E-mail: teamkutnahora@seznam.cz

PARTNERS OF THE PROJECT GUITAR KUTNA HORA:

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