The entire jury for guitar: chairman Prof. Thomas Müller-Pering (Germany), Prof. Joaquín Clerch (Cuba), Prof. Timo Korhonen (Finland), Prof. Raphaella Smits (Belgium), Prof. Julius Berger (Germany), Prof. Jozsef Eötvös (Hongary), Mr. Ricardo Gallén (Spain) and Prof. Massimo Scattolin (Italy).


Raphaella Smits and Prof. Berger

Villa Mertz in Markneukirchen

International Instrumental Competition MARKNEUKIRCHEN 2009, Germany.

The International Instrumental Competition Markneukirchen was held from the 7th through the 16th of May 2009 in a world famous centre of the making of musical instruments.

The International Instrumental Competition is held in a change of string instruments and wind instruments every year and it is to support new recruits of musicians.
The competition of 2009 is for CELLO and GUITAR.

The competition has a high artistic level and it is estimated as an important event among experts. Taking first places means for the participant to get an international reputation and it can be seen as an international quality mark. The good reputation and its high attraction is shown by the raising number of participants.

The first price for Guitar 2009 went to the Finn Otto Tolonen.
The first price for Cello 2009 went to the Pole Tomasz Daroch.


More info at:
Stadt Markneukirchen
Internationaler Instrumentalwettbewerb Markneukirchen e. V.
Am Rathaus 2
08258 Markneukirchen
GERMANY
phone: +49 (0) 37422-41160 or 41161
fax: +49 (0) 37422 41169
e-mail: instrumentalwettbewerb@markneukirchen.de
website: www.instrumental-competition.de


Musical instruments have been built in high quality in Markneukirchen for 350 years. The competition started with the modest beginning of a violin contest from 1950 to 1965. The competition has developed to a performance of international meaning and in 1993 it was admitted to the "WORLD FEDERATION OF INTERNATIONAL MUSIC COMPETITIONS".