GUITAR DUO COMPOSITION COMPETITION 2019 - 2020
The Prized Works

  • Editions by Les Productions d’ OZ
  • CD recording by Small Great Music (QBK Records)
EDITIONS PREFACE
The present editions include a body of works composed for two classical guitars. It is part of the realisation of the vision of the Veria International Guitar Festival (VIGF) and its organizing authorities – of both the Cultural Enterprise of the Municipality of Veria (KEPA Verias) and the Municipal Conservatory of Veria in Greece -, to enrich the literature of the duo guitar repertory with new music, a field of high potential for further exploration. This publication is made possible thanks to the generous sponsorship of the music publishing house Les Productions d’ OZ.
Twenty-seven worldwide entries of exceptionally high level – according to the renowned composer, guitarist and chairman of the jury Dusan Bogdanovic  where submitted at the VIGF 2019-2020 Guitar Duo Composition Competition. A selection of six prized works are placed here, aiming to form part of the music that professional guitar duos are performing at venues internationally.
As from 2021, the music of the current edition is to be found in the form of a first world recording by established guitar duos Duo Melis,
D&A GuitarDuo and Duo Kontaxakis-Ivanovic on a CD by Polish recording label QBK records, sponsored by VIGF.
Dimitris Kourzakis-VIGF Artistic Director

Hard copies of the CD are available on request at
 info@veriaguitarfestival.gr

World Premieres of the Prized Works at VIGF 2022

VIGF at Studio D of the HELLENIC BROADCASTING CORPORATION (ERT)

Within the context of the ERT TV show “En Sinolo”, VIGF presents the 2017-2018 Guitar Concerto Competition winners
Hiroshi Kogure (JPN), 1st Prize 2017,
Antigoni Baxe (GRE), 2nd Prize 2017,
Sotirios Athanasiou (GRE), 1st Prize 2018 and
Shin-ichiro Tokunaga (JPN), 1st Prize 2018.
Winners performed different movements from the Concierto de Aranjuez by Joaquin Rodrigo and the Concerto in D major op. 99 by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, with the National Symphony Orchestra of the Greek Radio under the baton of conductor Pavlos Sergiou.

TV shooting kindly sponsored by ERT

Watch the show at VIGF YouTube Channel video