JoAnn Falletta International Guitar Concerto Competition: Semi-finalists!

Festival season is already under way and one of the biggest international competitions, which takes place in the United States, the JoAnn International Guitar Concerto Competition, has announced its eight seminfinalists—and it’s quite a list!

• Anton Baranov, Russia
• Silviu Octavian Ciulei, Romania/United States
• Thomas Csaba, France
• Andras Csaki, Hungary
• Alec Holcomb, United States
• Paul Psarras, Greece/United States
• Oscar Somersalo, Finland
• Thomas Viloteau, France

These fine guitarists will take stage June 8–9, so keep your ears to the ground—this one looks like it will be exciting.