17th national competition for young musicians

The Associazione Musicale Diapason announces and organises the 17th National Music Competition "Città di Bardolino" to be held in Bardolino in the former Church of the Discipline dedicated to young musicians of all ages and instruments, which awards prizes to the best budding concert performers on the basis of careful selections and evaluations by experts and professionals.

The competition, which runs until Monday, is now a cultural reality in Italian artistic events. Once again this year, more than one hundred competitors from all over Europe will compete in the categories of piano, violin, viola, cello, guitar, transverse flute, accordion, horn, clarinet and bassoon. The competition founded in the 1970s by maestro Jan Langosz was taken over by Florentine musician Giuseppe Fricelli, who taught for six years at the Verona Conservatory and now Florence. One of the reasons why Fricelli decided to revive the artistic event was to remember "his dear and unforgettable Bardolin friends Jan Langosz and Nicolino Branciforti".

The young artists will be judged by a commission made up of teachers from various Italian music conservatories and talented concert performers. Every evening, for three days, at 9 p.m. in the Sala della Disciplina, with free admission, there will be concerts by the winners of the competition. The auditions of the contestants can also be followed during the day, again with free admission.