JoAnn Falletta International Guitar Concerto Competition


The JoAnn Falletta International Guitar Concerto Competition is a competition for classical guitarists from all over the world. The competition was launched in 2004 by PBS member stations WNED-FM, WNED-TV and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. It was named in honor of the BPO's music director, JoAnn Falletta. It was the world’s first concerto competition for classical guitarists with accompaniment by a full symphony orchestra. The art directors are Joanne Castellani and Michael Andriaccio and Donald K. Boswell.
To date there have been only three absolute winners of the competition who won all possible awards : 2004: Marcin Dylla, 2014: Marko Topchii and 2016: Anton Baranov.

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