The International Guitar Congress, which also included
composition contests for guitar with other instruments and for solo guitar, a
performance contest for amateurs and promising young musicians,
and a guitar making
contest, took place in Modena on October 10th,
11th and 12th.
During the three evenings were
held the concertss
of the guitarists
Marga Bauml from Graz and Maria Luisa Anido
from Buenos Aires and of lutenist Heinz
Bischoff from Salzburg.
The prizes in the composition
contest for guitar with other instruments and
in the contest for concert performers were not
awarded. The other prizes were distributed as
follows:
Composition contest for
solo guitar: 1) Pezzoli Giorgio
from Bologna; 2) Cesare Lutzemberger
from Trento; 3) Antonino Graffeo from
Tunis.
Performance
contest for amateurs and promising young
musicians: 1) joint winners Paolo Bilia
from Milan and Mario Benigni from
Trento; 2) Claudia Tempestini from
Milan; 3) Alberto Paoletto from Trento;
4) Giorgio Buzzi from Milan; 5)
Mario Bertelli from Ostiglia; 6) Sergio
Ruggeri from Milan; 7) Attilio Rossetti
from Bollate; 8) Francesco Amaina
from Librizzi Nasidi.
Guitar making
contest: first absolute prize, and first
prize A Enrico Piretti from Bologna;
first prize B Pietro Gallinotti from
Solero; 2) Nicola De Bonis from
Bisignano; 3) Pietro Gallinotti; 4)
Nicola De Bonis; 5) Nicola De Bonis;
6) Mario Filippini from Rome; 7)
Leone Sanavia from Liettoli; 8) Leone
Sanavia; 9) Mario Filippini; 10)
Fausto Maria Bertucci from Rome.
During the evening concert
on Saturday 10th October Miss Marga Bauml
performed in the Theatre of St. Charles
College, playing compositions of Bach, Coste,
Sor, Legnani, Turina, Malats, Albeniz,
Friessnegg and getting warm applauses
especially for her performance in Bach, Sor,
Legnani e Friessnegg, revealing great
interpretational qualities and a polished
technique which excited the admiration of the
audience.
Renowned concert performer
Maria Luisa Anido played on Sunday
11th, filling the audience of enthusiasm by
her exceptional virtuosity, her noble
interpretational art, particularly expressive
in compositions of Galilei, Sanz, Rameau,
Bach, Mozart, Sor, Villa Lobos, Tarrega, etc.
Miss Anido, as reported by
«Il Giornale dell’Emilia», met a great
personal success and gave several encores.
In the evening of October 12th,
closing the congress, lutenist prof. Heinz
Bischoff held the latest concert,
establishing himself as a very good executant
and an excellent performer of ancient music
for lute, of Bach compositions and of a
«Double Royal Fugue» by Prof Romolo Ferrari,
which got a great round of applause from the
audience.
Convegno Chitarristico
Internazionale di Modena, in «L’Arte
Chitarristica», VII, n. 40-41, 1953, p. 16
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