international competition for a guitar composition

FIRST INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
OF GUITARISTIC COMPOSITION

“Suoni di Legno”

Art. Director M. Alessio Monti

RULE :

- The Competition is open to the Italian or foreign composers without age limits, that will present a composition for solo guitar or with other instruments (maximum ten), duration no longer than 20 minutes.
- The opera must be unpublished.
- The score can be accompanied with a recording tape .
- The registration fee is EURO 40,will sent by cheque, name Elena Monti, with the score, a photo, some news about the composer, to this address: Elena Monti, via Cavalieri 31, 50610 Pappiana, S. GiulianoTerme, Pisa (Italy), not later than August 20th 2008.
- The competitors will be advised about the results of the Competition before September 20h 2008.


PRIZES:

WINNER:
EURO 1.000+ publication and insertion in the international catalogue by the Publisher "Berben" in Ancona, one of most celebrated for the guitaristic production + Certificate of merit.
M. AlessioMonti will perform the composition in Bangkok, New York, Oslo next 2009. If the composition require also other instruments will be performed only in Bangkok.

SECOND:
EURO 500 +Certificate of merit and plate.

THIRD:
EURO 200 + Certificate of merit

Is is the faculty of the Jury to mention the most original pieces, to which will be released a special Certificate.

For further enquiries,
info@alessiomonti.com

im sorry but this does not convince me as a secure competition. Send 40 euros to Elena Monti, via Cavalieri 31, 50610 Pappiana, S. GiulianoTerme, Pisa (Italy). Why would anyone be stupid enough to do that.

To send to a school or university or faculty would be more trustworthy...but to send a cheque to ELENA?!?!
AS IF.

Another thing - there is NO such word as Guitaristic...according to dictionary.com.
The Opera must be unpublished? WTF. I thought it was a composition for solo guitar or with other instruments.

The score can be accompanied with a recording tape? Don't you mean a record of the performance?!?!?! And in a competition, it would usually be REQUIRED.

Berben...does exist.

Allisio has a website...so at least he exists. But he cant be that fantastic. I may be judgemental, but his website is shocking for someone who is a professor. If he were one, would he not have a website based on a university website?

It will be performed in Bangkok, New York and Oslo...why those places, and WHERE at those places.

Im sorry, but a competition requiring 40 Euros sent with a photo, some 'news' about the composer, and an entirely unaccredited original piece of work - seriously needs to be more professionally approached. The english is absolutely shocking. A competition would require more information than that which is given. It is untrustworthy...and I can assure you, i am not going to enter!

It's quite reasonable to be skeptical of -anything- on the internet that tells you to send money to some person, so I understand that concern well.

But the presentation of this competition seems to be a rather normal one. Sure there are lots of English errors, but something like that is frequent. "Guitaristic" may not be a standard English term, but it's a very logical way to build an adjective out of guitar. And they just didn't know that "opera" in English doesn't mean any piece as it does in Italian.

It's pretty usual not to require a recording. Most competitions only require the score.

I don't see anything wrong with the website of Alessio Monti, or the fact that there are three planned concerts in Bangkok, New York and Oslo either: Maybe Mr. Monti is going to have concerts himself in these cities and plans to include the winning composition in these concerts. Just a possible guess.

Now, after all of this, I still do not disagree with you about staying sceptical. I just don't think that overly unprofessional presentation of the competition should be the reason for it, since it seems pretty standard.

There isn't any specification on what kind of guitar is acceptable! Can I finally put my "Concerto for Pedal Steel Guitar" to use?