Categoría 2. Guitarra: Flamenco

  A big thanks to Antonio for always organising this great competition - besides it being a lot of fun and encouraging, it’s so wonderful to hear the amazing music from all over the world that I otherwise would’ve never discovered. I’m looking forward to participate again next time!

Karlijn Langendijk Castricum (The Netherlands)

   ¡Muchas gracias y de igual forma felicidades por lograr un concurso exitoso! Es un gusto poder oír piezas de personas que, sin haber sido por este concurso, jamás habría oído de ellas.

De verdad que este concurso tiene un esquema interesante, original, y es más dinámico para los compositores. Sin querer menospreciar otros concursos, este es el único que conozco donde el criterio y sistema de votación son claros y la puntuación asignada es transparente. No solo eso, si no que los ganadores se deciden por los votos colectivos de nuestros prójimos – y no por los gustos u opiniones muy particulares de un pequeño comité selecto. Espero que este concurso siga creciendo, y que otros concursos adopten sistemas similares"

Gabriel Gutiérrez Arellano Mexico D.F

   "Many thanks for all your work organising the event. Like last year, it was a great opportunity to listen to new and wonderful works for the guitar and – like last year – I’ve discovered some new composers whose work I look forward to exploring further"

Aran Corcoran Co Wicklow (Ireland)

  "Muchísimas gracias por todo, ha sido un placer poder participar en vuestro concurso. He disfrutado de poder escuchar y ser partícipe real de la competición. Enhorabuena para usted y el resto de organizadores por tan complejo trabajo, sobre todo con tantos números"

Miguel Véliz Fonseca Cáceres (Spain)

  "My publisher informed me about this competition. I'm so happy and proud to have participated, because there are a lot of many talentuous composers. I think it's a big chance to discover such real masterpieces. And most of all, the originality is that each candidate can vote! That's sure, I will do it again"

Damien Aribert Fleury (France)

  "It was a pleasure to be part of the Fidelio guitar contest and hear the wide range of original compositions from other guitarists. This competition is an incentive for guitar enthusiasts to compose new works. My thanks to the organisation, and I look forward to taking part again next year".

Paul Cherrington Raunds (England)

  " I would like to thank you for the great work with the competition you make!. It was pleasure and fun to hear all the compostions and vote, it was inspirating and motivating. Also congratulations to the winners! "

Antonin Pevala Hradec Králové (Czech Republic)

  "I just wanted to say a big thanks for running an excellent competition. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to all the pieces. Some of the playing was outstanding and it was also a great opportunity to listen to other composers and get a feel for the zeitgeist of guitar today. Thanks again and I look forward to your next venture. Very well done"

Paul Martin Exeter (England)

  "It’s such a positive venture,  great publicity and interesting to hear what people around the world are creating.  Thanks and I look forward to the next one "

Matthew Sear Sidcup (England)

  "I want to thank you for the tremendous organization and administration so far.

It was a pleasure to join and gave me a lot of insights in the creative dimension of the acoustic guitar scape"

(photo by Marjolein van Rotterdam).

Olaf Taresnskeen Den Haag (Holland)