Tariq Harb just won the 2nd prize at the Tokyo 55th International Classical Guitar Competition! Prize money and a trophy from the Japan Federation of Guitarists, the Governor of Tokyo Prize, a custom made concert classical guitar, and a package of strings from Savarez were all part of the prize! The 55th Tokyo International Guitar Competition results are:
1st prize : Sanel Redzic (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
2nd prize : Tariq Harb (Jordan)
3rd prize : Florian Larousse (France)
4th prize : Andrey Parafinovich (Russia)
5th prize : Hiroshi Kogure (Japan)
Disqualification : Marco Topchii (Ukraine)
(didn’t play the last page of set piece / Failure in score preparation)
Jury:
Mr.Teruyuki Noda (composer)
Mr.Jiro Hamada (critic, Latin music authority)
Mr.Takuo Ikeda (music journalist, critic)
Ms.Soju Nosaka (Koto player)
Ms.Toshiko Kiriu (Pianist)
Ms.Sugako Kusanagi (Violinist)
Jury Guitarists:
Takao Kaneko, Yuji Konno,
Kiyoshi Shomura,
小原 聖子 and Shin-ichi Fukuda
Congratulations to my colleagues for a fantastic night of music making!