We are proud to announce that the International Guitar Festival Nuertingen became partner in the Euro Strings Project – an international collaboration in the field of the classical guitar founded by Zagreb Guitar Festival. Its aim is to promote and support young emerging guitarists.
Euro Strings is supported by the programme “Creative Europe” of the European Commission in the time period from 2017-2021.
The other festivals collaborating are: Festival Guitarra Guimaraes, Portugal; Internationales Gitarrenfestival Rust, Austria; Zagreb Guitar Festival, Croatia; Szeged Guitar Festival, Hungary; Sarajevo International Guitar Festival, BiH; Twents GitaarFestival, The Netherlands; Nikšić Guitar Festival, Montenegro; Tampere Guitar Festival, Finland; Sofia GuitArt Festival, Bulgaria; Tallinn Guitar Festival, Estonia; International Guitar Festival Mottola, Italy; International Festival Of Guitar José Tomás Villa De Petrer, Spain; London Guitar Festival, UK.
For the International Guitar Festival Nuertingen and our participants, this means: The winner of our international competition will win the title of the EuroStrings Young Star and take part in the Young Stars exchange programme. Through this programme the Young Stars will embark on a concert tour to several EuroStrings festivals and challenge each other at the annual EuroStrings Competition with other winners of EuroStrings Festivals. The winner of EuroStrings Competition will get a prize of €5000 and will be offered one or more concerts in the US organised by the Guitar Foundation of America, and in China organised by Altamira Guitar Foundation and Opus 119.
More info at eurostrings.eu
