The 26th International Guitar Festival gathers in Istanbul. Peter To more than 80 national and international musicians and artists at 22 concerts on 8-22 July. And as a novelty, the winner of the 22nd José Tomás Competition will be able to record a CD with a symphony orchestra for the first time.
The festival’s director, Petrer Mayor Irene Navarro, Cultural Council Member Pepe Payá, Fernando Portillo and the director of the José Tomás Competition Marina Payá were responsible for the presentation of the festival. 26th edition José Tomás–Villa de Petrer International Guitar Festivalwhich will take place from 8 to 22 July.
“Diversity, great artists and it will be a very successful edition under the slogan”Always Mobile”ever-moving guitar,” explained the director of the Pepe Payá Festival, and detailing that “there will be all kinds of guitars”: old music, tango, symphony orchestra, scoop where we go back to the temporary guitar orchestra, one of the stellar activities…”.
Festival will meet at Petrer More than 80 musicians, artists and bands from Spain and around the worldfrom countries like Uruguay, Mexico, Italy, Switzerland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Germany, Norway, France, Cuba, USA, Paraguay, Turkey, Argentina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Bosnia, Slovenia… More than 80 musicians and artists to present A total of 22 concerts in open-air stages, in the iconic corners of the municipality, in indoor venues such as the Cervantes Theater and the Cultural Center..
Squad of “Great Artists”
The festival director also introduced some of the “great artists” who will be at Petrer this year. Manuel Barruecowho will receive the José Tomás Honorary Award; Witch Love Enrike Solinis; Child Joselea very important guitarist in the flamenco scene; Order; Edin Karamazov and Pavel Steidllutenist who recorded the album Songs from the Labyrinth with Sting; Mak Grigicrecently nominated for two Grammys; bertha rojasWinner of 2 Latin Grammy awards in 2022, among others.
Also, the great classical masters, for example Margarita Ecarpa, Alex Garrobé, Marco Socías, Fernando Espi, Giampaolo Bandini, Jusicael Perroy, Aniello Desidero, Zoran Dukik, Carlo Marchione, Anders Clemens…
This opening It will be performed with a large symphonic concert by local artists from Spanish Philharmonicpermanent orchestra of the festival.
During the presentation of the cycle, Mayor Irene Navarro stated that “talking about culture at Petrer means talking about the guitar and we are proud of that”. In fact, as stated in the municipality’s First Youth Plan, which was presented to the public a few weeks ago, “young people value the importance of big events like the Guitar Festival, which shows the depth that the culture in Petrer has and the depth it has in our society”.
José Tomás guitar competition
Marina Payá, the director of the competition, announced the big innovation of this 22nd edition. first place professional award will record a CD with the Symphony OrchestraBesides having the opportunity to perform with the Orchestra the following year, something that makes the Petrer festival a pioneer among all international competitions.
The competition also takes back its awards from international tours. Spain, Mexico, Brazil and ArgentinaMore than 30 concerts divided into three categories make it one of the most outstanding competitions on the world guitar scene.
Currently, the competition already has artist entries from: USA, Canada, Philippines, France, China, Italy, Mexico, Denmark, Portugal, Ukraine… and different Spanish regions.