14th International Guitar Competition and festival of Sernancelhe 

27th  to  30th - June, 2012

Concerts:

27.06.2012 - 21:30 - Auditório Municipal

1st Part

Marko Topchii

Marko TopchiiMarko was born into a family of musicians 1991 in Kyiv, Ukraine. At the age of 4 he started studying guitar under the direction of Volodymir Homenyuk and then Boris Belskiy. At this time young artist comes into building his own way of music interpretation. As a true musician and creative performer he takes precise attention to musicality of each interpreted piece. Every work becomes a unique creation in the words of fingering, nuances and articulation. In 2011 Marko graduated from the I. Kotlyarevsky National University of Arts in Kharkiv (under the teaching of Professor Volodymir Dotsenko, Honored Artist of Ukraine).

In addition, he attended master classes with Marcin Dylla, Tania Chagnot, Carlo Marchione, Judicael Perroy, Aniello Desiderio, Elena Galuzevskaya, Yuri Fomin, Natalia Marunich and other talented teachers.

The early career of artist has started in 2002 and includes about twenty prizes in junior category of national and international competitions. In February 2009, Marko successfully held his first solo concert in the Lysenko Column Hall of the National Philharmonic of Ukraine. The second concert was presented on March 2010. Here guitarist introduced his new concert program, which includes a "Pictures at an Exhibition" - a famous suite in ten movements composed for piano by Modest Mussorgsky in 1874, then originally transcribed for guitar by Kazuhito Yamashita and now rearranged by Marko. As the beloved artist he actively gives recitals in Ukraine and abroad: Italy, Spain, Germany, France, India, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, etc.

At the age of 20 Marko already a laureate and finalist in many international competitions in professional category, including:

2007:

1st International Competition of Guitarists in Ukraine "National Philharmonic of Ukraine" [Kiev, Ukraine] – 1st prize and the youngest performer

2008:

3rd International Guitar Competition “Dniprovski suzir’ya” [Ukrainka, Ukraine] – 1st prize

7th International Competition of Musical Personalities “Alexander Tansman” [Lodz, Poland] – Finalist and the youngest performer

2009:

6th European Classical Guitar Competition “Citta di Gorizia” – Premio Enrico Mercatali [Gorizia, Italy] – 1st Prize, Enrico Mercatali Prize, Audience prize

3rd International Guitar Competition Heinsberg [Heinsberg, Germany] – 1st Prize, Audience Prize, Junior Jury Prize

2nd International Guitar Competition “GuitAs” [Kiev, Ukraine] – 1st Prize

2010:

18th Mottola Guitar Competition [Mottola, Italy] – 1 st Prize

International Guitar Competition "Ciudad de Coria" [Coria, Spain] – 2nd Prize

Calcutta International Guitar Competition “Nikita Koshkin” [Calcutta, India] – 2nd Prize

13th Jan Edmund Jurkowski Memorial Competition [Tychy, Poland] – 3rd Prize

15th Forum Guitarre Wien [Vienna, Austria] – Best interpretation of a classical work prize

2011:

12th Guitar Art Competition [Belgrade, Serbia] – 1st Prize

Le Concours International de Guitare “Ville d’Antony” [Antony, France] – 1st Prize

6th International Ligita Guitar Competition [Eschen, Liechtenstein] – 1st Prize

3rd International Robert J. Vidal Guitar Competition [Charente, France] – 1st Prize

13th International Sernancelhe Guitar Competition [Sernancelhe, Portugal] – 1st Prize

5th International Guitar Competition in Singapore [Singapore] – 2nd Prize

7th International Guitar Competition “Guitarmania” [Almada, Portugal] – 3rd Prize

1st International Guitar Competition "Heitor Villa-Lobos" [Salamanca, Spain] – Best young performer prize

2nd Part

Quarteto Parnaso

The Parnaso Guitar Quartet was formed in 2010 and emerged from the initiative of the
guitarist Augusto Pacheco, with the purpose of creating a type of instrumental formation that, although it’s common abroad, it’s unusual in Portugal.

Each element from the Quartet, besides graduating from Superior Music Schools in Portugal, continued their specialization abroad. Their great personal and musical complicity, associated with a high-level of teaching and chamber music experience, contains essential values and fundamental human qualities and techniques for making music of excellence.

The Quartet presents a repertoire that goes through different periods of
Music History, with special emphasis on the nationalist composers – Rimsky-Korsakov and Pyotr Tchaikovsky - through transcriptions of orchestral pieces, but also pieces originally composed for guitar quartet, mainly Roland Dyens.

28.06.2012 - 21:30h - Auditório Municipal

1st Part

André Madeira

photos © Da Maia Nogueira.

André Madeira began his musical studies with Américo Fernandes and the study of classical guitar with Ragner Tovar.

He attended the Conservatory Calouste Gulbenkian of Aveiro with the teacher Miguel Lelis. After that, he joined to the Department of Communication and Art of the University of Aveiro getting the Graduation with Professor Paulo Vaz de Carvalho.

In 2000, André Madeira was accepted at the Hochschule für Musik Köln in Germany pursuing his studies in guitar and chamber music under the supervision of Roberto Aussel, getting the "Diplom Instrumentalausbildung" in 2005. He also studied for five years at the same school with "Contemporary Music" under the supervison of the pianist Paulo Álvares, integrating the "Ensemble of Improvisation and Alaeatoric Music" of "Hochschule für Musik Köln" performing in cities in Germany, Belgium and Italy.

In 2005 continues his postgraduate studies with Odair Assad at the Conservatoire Royal de Mons, École Supérieure dés Arts, Musique Théâtre Déclamation and, after that began the Master in Guitar with Odair Assad too finishing with in 2010.

During his artistic career participated in several courses of guitar with David Russel, Costas Cotsiolis, Roberto Aussel, Leo Brouwer, Eduardo Issac, Robert Brightmore, Ricardo Gallen, Álvaro Pieri, Joaquin Clerche, Josef Zsapka, Eduardo Baranzano, Carles Trepat and Pablo Marquez.

André Madeira has won prizes at international guitar competitions in Spain and Romania and has performed as a soloist at various locations in Portugal, France, Italy, Germany and Belgium, as well as concerts at the RTP1 and in concerts at the Radio Antena2.Currently lives in Portugal and lecturing at the Institute Piaget of Viseu, Music Conservatory Music of Porto and Music Conservatory of Coimbra.

2nd Part

Goran Krivokapic

Goran Krivokapic, born 1979, is one of the leading guitarists of the new, young international guitar scene. The reasons for this are not only his technical virtuosity, which sets new standards in the guitar world, but also his characteristical interpretation of old and new repertoire.

Apart from winning eighteen international competitions, he received several awards at the annual "International Guitar Convention in Alessandria”, Italy: 2005 as the best young guitarist of the year and 2006 for his debut CD "Best CD of the Year". Thus, by the age of 25, he had received the highest honors in the International guitar scene.

At age 14 he won his first competition, but his breakthrough came in 2004 as winner of the two most prestigious guitar competitions in North and South America ("Guitar Foundation of America in Montreal, Canada, and" Dr. Luis Sigall International Competition of Musical Performance " in Viña del Mar, Chile). Since then he has performed all over the world and plays as a soloist in the most prestigious halls such as the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow, Lubkowitz Palace in Vienna, Auditorio Conde Duque in Madrid...

As an artist, lecturer and adjudicator, he is a frequent guest at many international festivals in Europe and America.
Goran Krivokapic's musical focus is on the development of new works for classical guitar, mainly through making his own transcriptions from the Baroque and Classical works, but also collaborating with contemporary composers.

Since 2010 he is working as a lecturer at the prestigious Koblenz International Guitar Academy, in which professional players get the opportunity to complete a post-graduate course of studies in his class.

29.06.2012 - 21:30h - Auditório Municipal

Fábio Zanon

Fabio Zanon is one of the pre-eminent guitarists of today. As a solo and chamber player, author, conductor, teacher and broadcaster, he has sought to expand the perception of the guitar in the concert scene.

His latest CD release, Francis Hime’s massive Guitar Concerto, recorded live with the Sao Paulo Symphony conducted by Alondra de la Parra, has been nominated for the 2011 Latin Grammy as Best Classical Recording. Last November his CD containing the complete guitar works by Villa-Lobos was awarded the Bravo Prize in Brazil as ‘Best Classical CD of 2010’; on that occasion he was also shortlisted as Artist of the Year.

Fabio Zanon has performed in some of the most prestigious halls of Europe, Asia, North and South America and released several recordings with critical acclaim. An inspiring teacher, he has taught at most of the major conservatoires from Los Angeles to Moscow. In 2008 he was appointed a Visiting Professor at the Royal Academy of Music in London.

He has performed more than 40 different works for guitar and orchestra, and his chamber music repertoire and partners range from the most traditional to the most adventurous. In 2009 he released Yanomami, a CD for choir and guitar with Coro Cervantes. In 2009 he also published his first book, Villa-Lobos, to mark the 50^th anniversary of the death of the great Brazilian composer.

Born in Brazil, he started his musical studies in early age with his father, and completed his education at the São Paulo University and at the Royal Academy of Music in London. His main teachers were Antonio Guedes, Henrique Pinto, Edelton Gloeden and Michael Lewin, and he also attended the Julian Bream master classes in London.

Although not greatly drawn to competitions, his career had a significant impulse after he won the first prize at both major competitions in the world, the GFA Competition in the USA and Tarrega Competition in Spain, within weeks of each other in 1996. He has received many awards for his concerts and recordings, the most unexpected being the award as best concert performance of 2006 in Brazil for his debut as an operatic conductor in Michael Nyman’s The Man who Mistook his Wife for a Hat.

30.06.2012 - 21:30h - Auditório Municipal

1st Part

Machina Lírica

"Machina Lírica Ensemble" début took place during the prestigious Música Viva Festival (Lisbon) and immediately the ensemble received excellent reviews both from the audience and specialized press: "one should highlight the spectacular musicians Monika Streitová (flute) and Pedro Rodrigues(guitar) that showed how the contemporary music scene has superb musicians in Portugal." (Público Journal, Lisbon).

Monika Streitová and Pedro Rodrigues premiered over 170 works, many of these works dedicated to them. The works range from solo pieces to solo with electronics, duos, wider chamber music formations and orchestral concerti.

These two musicians performed in renowned concerts halls such as New York's Carnegie Hall, Salle Cortot (Paris), National Concert Hall (Taipei), Ateneo (Madrid), Endler Hall (Cape Town), Centro Cultural de Belém, Gulbenkian Foundation (Lisbon), Casa da Música (Oporto) and contemporary music festivals such as Warsaw Autum, Elektronische Frűhling in Vienna, MUSICA VIVA in Lisbon, Coimbra and Oporto, MELOS-ETHOS, the Bratislava Musical Festival, Forfest Kromeríz, the Ostrava Days of New Music, Evenings of New Music Bratislava, Musica Iudaica Prague, NEW MUSIC MARATHON Prague, the International Festival of Contemporary Music in Krakow, the Silesian Festival in Katowice, Festival de século XX e XXI, the City of London festival, Festivais de Outono – Aveiro, Festival Internacional de Música Contemporânea de Salvador (Brazil).

"Machina Lírica Ensemble, composed of exceptional soloists, is a unique representative of the new generation of musicians. Along with their surprising technical e interpretative capacities, there is a special commitment to the musical creation stated by a close complicity and collaboration with composers and indeed expressed by the huge number of premieres they have performed." Miguel Azguime, composer.

"The name «Machina Lírica» defines a character of this ensemble: precision and sensitivity. It is a pleasure to listen to these two musicians. They define themselves by their professionalism and thorougnes in the musical interpretation. " João Pedro Oliveira, composer.

2nd Part

Guitarrafonia - Guitar Orchestra

Guitarrafonia is a guitar orchestra made by students and teachers of Artistic teaching of Music. This orchestra was born on 2006 with the combine effort of 3 schools: Conservatório de Música de S. José da Guarda, Conservatório Regional de Castelo Branco and Academia de Música e Dança do Fundão. Among the years more schools, like Conservatório Regional Doutor José Azevedo Perdigão, Conservatório de Música de Águeda, Conservatório de Música de Coimbra, Academia de Música do Orfeão de Ovar, Academia de Música de Santa Maria da Feira, Companhia da Música, Academia de Música de Lagos and Conservatório de Música David de Sousa has joined this orchestra.

Guitarrafonia has performing with regularity in several schools and theatres of Portugal with special interest for a big events like “MIMA”, a very important Music Schools encounter in 2009 at “José Lúcio da Silva” Theater - Leiria; in 2010 at Centro de Artes e Espectáculos - Figueira da Foz; in 2011 at Conservatório de Música de Coimbra Auditorium; and in a Guitar Festival “Elogio da Guitarra” - Guarda. All the concerts has been conducted by the maestro Rogério Peixinho.

Conductor : Fábio Zanon