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INTERNATIONAL

COMPETITION

International Double bass Competition

Galicia Graves International Double bass Competition was born in 2015 with the spirt to reward the musical excellence of the double-bass students and find out new generations of young talented players.

 

We have ONE single prize in each category consisting in our sponsor's products :

 

- Galicia Graves Young Talent Award (14 years old or less).

 

- Galicia Graves Performance Prize (over 14 years old).

Competition Rules 2019

Here you can read and download the V Galicia Graves International Double bass competition 2019 rules

2018 GG  Competiton Finalists

V Galicia Graves Intenational Double bass Competition 2019

The Final round of the previously video selected finalists of the V Galicia Graves International Competition 2019, will take place at the Gustav Mahler Auditorium of the Conservatory of Music in Culleredo (Spain) on March 29, 2019.

 

JURORS:

 

- Selection round: Diego Zecharies and Simón García.

 

- Final round: Jason Heath, Andrés Martín, Edmond Cheng, Jonathan Camps, Diego Zecharies and Simón García.

 

Imposed Works in both categories will be by John Alexander

 

- 2019 Galicia Graves Young Talent Award, 

 

- 2019 Galicia Graves Performance Prize, 

 

Finalists (categories and alphabetical order):

 

2018 Galicia Graves Young Talent Award finalists:

 

Víctor Chávez García, Ricardo de Sousa Silva, Santiago Esturao Alzate, Susana González Julías, Herndl Lysander, María Carolina Rodrígues Aguiar, Sara Romero Rial, Beatriz Veloso Guedes.

 

2018 Galicia Graves Performance Prize Finalists:

Juliana Araújo Gonçalves, Daniel Chiva Sanz, Joaquín Marcelo D´uva, Alexander Heather, Zhixiong Liu.

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PAST EDITIONS
 
I Galicia Graves International
Double bass Competition 2015

 

JURORS:

 

- Selection round: Diego Zecharies, Carlos Méndez and Simón García.

 

- Final round: Szymon Marciniak, Claus Freudenstein, Stephan Bauer and Emilio Yepes.

 

Composers of Imposed Works:

 

- David Heyes, "Sahara".

 

- Simón García, "Muiñeira".

 

*Both works are available in Recital Music

 

 

WINNERS:

 

- Dina Durán. 2015 Galicia Graves Young Talent Award.

 

- Víctor Pablo Estrada. 2015 Galicia Graves Performance Prize.

 

Finalists (categories and alphabetical order):

 

2015 Galicia Graves Young Talent Award finalists:

 

Santiago Esturao, Mar Gil, Susana González, lía López, Jessica Paz and Sara Romero.

 

2015 Galicia Graves Performance Prize Finalists:

 

Yannick Adams, Juan Antonio Balcázar, Chaemun Lim and Juan López.

 

 

*Click on names for watch the videos

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II Galicia Graves International

Double bass Competition 2016

 

JURORS:

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- Selection round: Diego Zecharies and Simón García.

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- Final round: Teppo Hauta-aho, Thierry Barbé, Giorgi Makhosvili, Diego Zecharies and Simón García.

 

Imposed Works in both categories will be by Teppo Hauta-aho to commemorate his 75th Anniversary:

 

- 2016 Galicia Graves Young Talent Award, "Erkon Elegia".

 

- 2016 Galicia Graves Performance Prize, "Kadenza".

 

WINNERS:

 

- Diego de Santiago Botta. 2016 Galicia Graves Young Talent Award.

 

- Nuno Marques. 2016 Galicia Graves Performance Prize.

 

Finalists (categories and alphabetical order):

 

2016 Galicia Graves Young Talent Award finalists:

 

Javier Clemén (Special Mention), Santiago Esturao, Iago López, Jessica Paz y Sara Romero.

 

2016 Galicia Graves Performance Prize Finalists:

 

Valentina Ciardelli, Chia-Hua Lee, Vanessa Lima, Jose Sebastiao Trigo.

 

 

*Click on names for watch the videos

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III Galicia Graves International

Double bass Competition 2017

 

JURORS:

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- Selection round: Diego Zecharies and Simón García.

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- Final round: Gabriele Ragghianti, David Heyes, Michael Klinghoffer, Diego Zecharies and Simón García.

 

Imposed Works in both categories will be by David Heyes.

 

- 2016 Galicia Graves Young Talent Award, "Finnish Sketches".

 

- 2016 Galicia Graves Performance Prize, "Ilmarinen".

 

WINNERS:

 

- Maite Mellino. 2017 Galicia Graves Young Talent Award.

 

- José Sebastiao Trigo. 2017 Galicia Graves Performance Prize.

 

Finalists (categories and alphabetical order):

 

2017 Galicia Graves Young Talent Award finalists:

 

Catarina Azevedo, Lois Barreiro, Víctor Chávez, Javier Clemén, Santiago Esturao, Diogo Lima (Special Mention), Jessica Paz and Sara Romero.

 

2017 Galicia Graves Performance Prize Finalists:

 

Jesús Bustamante, Hiu Yee Lau and Julio Pastor.

 

 

*Click on names for watch the videos

Competition 2018 Sponsors.

 

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