ROUND 1 (1 – 7.8.2021)
From Round 1 two independent Juries from Finland and Spain will select the semifinalists for two competitions:
Classical Guitar Competition of Finland and José Tomás Villa de Petrer Guitar Competition in Spain.
You may attend to the 2 in 1 Online competition in 2 ways:
- By receiving a scholarship from Scholarship round for Round 1
- By applying directly for Round 1
Your steps
- Apply during May 15th – July 1st 2021 for the Round 1
- Pay the registration fee 170 € (or 120 € if you attended to Scholarship round and didn’t receive a scholarship) by due date. Invoice will be sent to your email when confirming your participation.
- Prepare your video (the same video from Scholarship round can be used again). Read the video requirements first.
- Upload the video to your YouTube channel by July 25th (or inform us if you want us to use the video link from Scholarship round again).
- IMPORTANT: Read also our YouTube settings and follow all the steps such as filling in the program form!
- Start sharing your video from the playlist to gain audience votes.
Our steps
- Your video link will be added to the playlist of Round 1, which can be found on both competition’s YouTube channels.
- Video contest of Round 1 is open at the TGF’s YouTube channel during August 1st – 7th.
- The Juries of Finland and Spain will each select 20 of their favourite performances (20 + 20) for the separate Semifinals of Finland and Spain. The same competitor may be selected to both Semifinals.
Results (here you can see the result of Round 1)
- The results of Round 1 will be announced in the results page on August 9th.
- Special offer for all attendants of Round 1: deducted fee for master classes in Spain (online or live)
Requirements & tips for video recording
Youtube | Scholarship & Round 1
- Upload the video to your YouTube channel
- Use the following settings:
– Unlisted (you may change to Public when the round officially starts)
– No, it’s not made for kids - Copy/paste the following texts to corresponding fields and do required edits
a) Title
The International Classical Guitar 2 in 1 Online Competition 2.0
b) Descriptions:
Competition video for The International Classical Guitar 2 in 1 Online Competition
International Classical Guitar Competition of Finland & International Guitar Contest, José Tomás Villa de Petrer
COMPOSER 1: COMPOSITION 1
COMPOSER 2: COMPOSITION 2, etc
c) Tags (copy/paste all tags one by one to Tags field):
International Classical Guitar Competition of Finland
Tampere Guitar Festival
International Guitar Contest, José Tomás Villa de Petrer
EuroStrings
Creative Europe
- Fill in the program form at https://www.gest.fi
– Program
– Link to your YouTube video
– Sheet music of your program in playing order on 1 PDF file - Before the competition, check that your video appears on the playlist
- For any assistance or questions, please email competition@tgf.fi