International ConcertArtist Competition FINALS PROGRAM

Sunday, June 28, 20156:30 PM Petree Recital Hall

The 2015 Finalists:Chiawei Lin (Taiwan)

Armen Doneyan (France)

András Csáki (Hungary)

Thibaut Garcia (France)

Special Thanks to our 2015 Sponsors:

Guitar Foundation of AmericaInternational Convention & Competition

2015 Oklahoma City, OklahomaJUNE 23-28, 2015Oklahoma City University Matthew Denman, Local Host

KANOYDESIGN@northstate.net

T R I LOGYG U I TA R S

A very special thanks to our competition jurors: Preliminary Round Jurors–Matthew Dunne, Dimitri Illarionov, Ewa Jabłczyńska, Dimitris Kotronakis, and Dariusz Kupiński;

Semifinal and Final Round Jurors: Sérgio Assad, Amanda Cook, Artyom Dervoed, Mark Eden, Pavel Steidl, Otto Tolonen, and Xuefei Yang.

Thibaut Garcia (France)

Fanfare Studies Donald Crockett Toccata, from Keyboard Partita No. 6, BWV 830 J.S. Bach

Invocación y danza Joaquín Rodrigo

Aire Vasco Antonio Jiménez Manjón

Biography Born in Toulouse in 1994, Thibaut Garcia began to play the guitar at the age of seven. He studied in Toulouse with Robb Storar, Marc Navarro, and then with Paul Ferret, with whom he received his diploma with the highest honors and the congratulations of the jury in 2011. At sixteen he entered the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, where he currently studies with Olivier Chassain, and privately with Judicaël Perroy. Thibaut has already won several competition prizes, including first prizes in international competitions in Spain, Romania, and Germany. Thibaut is also interested in contemporary music. He often participates in world premieres, including the great project of the presentation of The Complete Sequenzas by Luciano Berio at the Cite de la Musique in Paris. He also collaborates with the French pianist and composer Jean-Frédéric Neuburger.

2015 GFA International Concert Artist Competition FINALS

2015 GFA International Concert Artist Competition FINALS

András Csáki (Hungary)

Forlorn Hope Fancy John Dowland

Fanfare Studies Donald Crockett

Grandes Variations, Op. 6 Jan Nepomucen Bobrowicz

Sonata for Guitar, Op. 42 Miklós Rózsa Moderato Molto moderato Quasi canzone Allegro frenético

Biography András Csáki was born in Budapest in 1981, and began to play the guitar at the age of 11. He graduated at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music with honors in 2007, where his professor was József Eötvös. He later pursued graduate studies in the University of Southern California as a student of Scott Tennant, and received his Doctorate degree in 2014 at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music. During his career prior to 2011, he received 24 prizes. Among those he was awarded the first prize in the Tokyo Interna-tional Guitar Competition, the “Michele Pittaluga” Competition in Alessandria, and the Julian Arcas Competition in Spain. Presently, András is an assistant professor at Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in Budapest. András Csáki performs exclusively on D’Addario strings.

Chiawei Lin (Taiwan)

Fanfare Studies Donald Crockett Sonata No. 3, BWV 1005 J.S. Bach Adagio Fuga Largo Allegro assai

Biography Chiawei Lin was born in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, in 1988. He began playing guitar at four years of age, taking lessons from his father. A few years later, he became the pupil of two highly respected guitarists in Taiwan—Professor Panpei Huang, the leader of a respected guitar ensemble, and Showlee Huang, an in-demand performer and lecturer. Since then Chiawei has managed to earn many prestigious national honors and awards administered by the Taiwan government. Chiawei earned eight first-place prizes and four second-place prizes in the past three years alone—at locations including Germany’s Koblenz International Guitar Festival and the Altamira Competition Iserlohn. Chiawei currently studies guitar performance with the influential teacher and classical guitarist, Professor Hubert Käppel, at the Koblenz International Guitar Academy, and also attends the Cologne University of Music, in Cologne, Germany.

Armen Doneyan (France)

Theme, Variation and Fugue on La Folia Manuel Maria Ponce Fanfare Studies Donald Crockett

Biography Born in 1989, Armen Doneyan began his study of the guitar at the age of six with Alexandre Gérard. He continued his musi-cal education with Daniel Lavialle, then with Ramon de Herrera at the Paris Conservatoire National de Region, and obtained the first prize in 2008. Entering the Aulnay-sous-Bois Conservatoire à Rayonement Départemental the same year, he studied with Judicaël Perroy. He studied for the past five years with Roland Dyens and Jean Marc Zvellenreuther at the Paris Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique, and obtained his masters degree in 2015. He also studies with Jeremy Jouve during summer classes and master classes. Armen has won top prizes in several international competitions in England, Germany, Italy and France. His passion for cham-ber music led him to create Duo Solea in 2009 with the French cellist Michèle Pierre. They explore the existing repertoire for that ensemble while also working with composers.

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