The Maastricht Guitar Society is excited to present the Ukranian guitar phenom Marko Topchii in the groote zaal of the Gasthuis Calvarienberg, Abtstraat 2a. Marko is one of the most successful competition winners on the international circuit at the moment with more than 50 awards in competitions and a recent performance in Carnegie hall. The concert opener will be the Conservatorium Guitar classe’s own Alexander Feldman!

Tickets: €12/€6 To reserve email maastrichtguitarsociety@gmail.com.

Marko Topchii biography:
Marko Topchii; 1st Prize, Lausanne (Switzerland) Int. Guitar … Marko Topchii – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Marko has won more than 50 awards worldwide in the international guitar competitions in the professional category. Among them, 26 first places in the competitions in United States, Mexico, Japan, China, Taiwan, South Korea, Indonesia, Germany, Switzerland, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Liechtenstein, Serbia and Ukraine. The most notable prizes is available in the “awards” section. He plays guitars made by Karl-Heinz Roemmich, Yuichi Imai, Sakurai Kohno and Hong Sik Uhm. Marko is a D’Addario artist since 2012. Marko actively performs around the world, regularly gives concerts with the orchestra; he is desired teacher of the master classes and constantly mentioned in the mass media. Marko Topchii was born into a family of musicians in Kiev, Ukraine and is started studying guitar at the age of four. He is 24 years old and is currently pursuing a doctorate degree at the Tchaikovsky National Academy of Music in Kiev under the guidance of Prof. Yuri Alexik, Honored Artist of Ukraine. He completed his master degree in the National University of Arts in Kharkov in 2011, where he studied under Prof. Volodymir Dotsenko, Honored Artist of Ukraine. First prizes: 7th Daejeon International Guitar Festival Competition 2015 (Daejeon, South Korea) 5th Concurso Internacional de Guitarra Clasica Gredos San Diego (Madrid, Spain) 4th Concours de Guitare en Pays Tarnais (Albi, France) 6th JoAnn Falletta International Guitar Concerto Competition (Buffalo, NY, USA) Taiwan International Guitar Festival & Competition 2014 (Taipei, Taiwan) 3rd Changsha International Guitar Competition (Changsha, China) 7th International Guitar Competition “Ruggero Chiesa – Città di Camogli” (Camogli, Italy) 1st Jakarta International Guitar Competition (Jakarta, Indonesia) 12th Annual Texas Guitar Competition and Festival (Dallas, TX, USA) 6th International Guitar Competition “Culiacán 2013” (Culiacán, Mexico) 1st International Guitar Competition Victor Pellegrini (Lausanne, Switzerland) 42nd International Guitar Competition “Fernando Sor” (Rome, Italy) 5th International Guitar Competition Claxica 2013 (Castel D’Aiano e Montese, Italy) 56th Tokyo International Guitar Competition (Tokyo, Japan) 4th International Guitar Competition “Ferdinando Carulli” (Rome, Italy) 12th Guitar Art Competition (Belgrade, Serbia) 12th Le Concours International de Guitare “Ville d’Antony” (Antony, France) 6th International Ligita Guitar Competition (Eschen, Liechtenstein) 13th International Guitar Competition of Sernancelhe (Sernancelhe, Portugal) 3rd International Robert J. Vidal Guitar Competition (Barbezieux, France) 18th Mottola Guitar Competition (Mottola, Italy) 6th European Classical Guitar Competition “Città di Gorizia” (Gorizia, Italy) 3rd International Guitar Competition Heinsberg (Heinsberg, Germany) 3rd International Guitar Competition “GuitAs” (Kiev, Ukraine) 3rd International Guitar Competition “Dniprovski suzir’ya” (Ukrainka, Ukraine) 1st International Competition “National Philharmonic of Ukraine” (Kiev, Ukraine) ©2015 www.topchii.com

Fingerstyle Academy Awards 2016
Fingerstylers kunnen via YouTube een inzending doen en de 5 beste inzenders mogen in het voorprogramma hun stuk (van max. 4 minuten) spelen. Een jury bestaande uit Gerard Boontjes (voorzitter en oprichter van de RockAcademie in Tilburg), Lars de Rijck (Hollands Got Talent 2e prijs, 2009) en Karlijn Langendijk (docent Fingerstyle Academy) bepaalt wie de winnaar wordt en een duet met Tommy mag spelen.
Inschrijven: www.fingerstyleacademy.nl
Deadline inzendingen Awards: 14 september 2016
Bekendmaking deelnemers awards: 21 september 2016
Prijzen t.w.v. €2770
Iedere deelnemer valt in de prijzen.
De nummer 1 wint een duet met Tommy Emmanuel en mag als eerste een gitaar kiezen. 
De no. 2 en no. 3 daarna!
– Mayson MS1/SCE2 Steelstring t.w.v. €1270, helemaal van massief hout gemaakt, mahonie zij-en achterkant, Engelmann spruce top, mahonie hals en ebben toets en brug. Ze heeft een cutaway en een LR Baggs Anthem elementsysteem.
– Ortega Acacia Suite C/E Model Nylon string guitar t.w.v. €700
– Ortega Acacia Suite Nylon string guitar t.w.v. €500
4. Gitarist jaar abonnement
5. Ortega Accesoires Package

Het is zover! Op 18 april nemen Leen, An, Willemijn en Lore de gitaren opnieuw ter hand. Laat je door dit vurige kwartet meevoeren naar warme zomeravonden. Droom weg bij adembenemende gitaarmuziek en dans op het ritme van de deinende golven!

Met Danse d’Eau heeft Four Times a Lady een nieuw programma klaar, dat heerlijk nazindert tot de zomer écht begint.