Eduard Leata Wins the VIIIth Transilvania International Guitar Festival

The prizes of the guitar competitions are:

IV Category, Solo Competition:

  • First Prize: Eduard Leata (Pitesti, Romania)
  • Second Prize: Nahornyi Stanislav (Chernivtsy, Ukraine, prof. Hryhoriy Maksymiuk)
  • Third Prize:
    • Marian Balan (Cluj-Napoca, prof. Constantin Andrei)
    • Dragos Horghidan (Bucuresti, prof. Catalin Stefanescu-Patrascu)

II-MC Category, Chamber Music Competition

  • First Prize:
    • Alhambra Cvartet: Dragomirescu Daniel, Tampau Marius, Zugrav Ilie, Lefter Cezar (Iasi, Romania)
    • Duo Britta Schmitt & Carles Guisado Moreno (Cologne, Germany/ Barcelona, Spain, prof. Andreas Von Wangenheim)
  • Second Prize: not awarded
  • Third Prize: Duo Dragos Horghidan & Alexandra Petrisor (Bucharest, prof. Catalin Stefanescu-Patrascu)
  • Honourable Mention:
    • Duo Laura Platon, Viorela Filimon (Cluj-Napoca, prof. Stefan Trifan)
    • Duo Farkas Szabolcs, Kelemen Gabor (Miercurea Ciuc, prof. Istvan Beke)

III Category, Solo Competition

  • First Prize: Alecu Ciapi (Cluj-Napoca, prof. Stefan Trifan)
  • Second Prize:
    • Sergiu Hudrea (Cluj-Napoca, prof. Stefan Trifan)
    • Tudor Lazaruc (Botosani, prof. Carmen Cojocariu, prof. Stefan Trifan)
    • Patricia Nicula (Cluj-Napoca, prof. Stefan Trifan)
  • Third Prize:
    • Eugen Tobos (Suceava, prof. Ilie Zugrav)
    • Mihai Tanta (Cluj-Napoca, prof. Stefan Trifan)

II Category, Solo Competition

  • First Prize: Alecu Ciapi (Cluj-Napoca, prof. Stefan Trifan)
  • Second Prize: Sergiu Hudrea (Cluj-Napoca, prof. Stefan Trifan)
  • Third Prize: Soare Vlad (Cluj-Napoca, prof. Stefan Trifan)
  • Honourable Mention: Bogdan Stefan Marin (Bucharest, prof. George Popescu)
  • Special Prize:
    • Alexandra Albeanu (Craiova, prof. George Mitrache)
    • Andrei Condor (Cluj-Napoca, prof. Stefan Trifan)
  • ACT Special Prize for the Most Talented First Time Participant: Staicu Teodora (Bucharest, prof. George Popescu)

I Category, Solo Competition

  • First Prize:
    • Alexandru Grecu (Bistrita, prof. Valentin Pop)
    • Matei Tudose (Brasov, prof. Gheorghe Petrovan)
    • Gabriela Sanda (Craiova, prof. George Mitrache)
    • Cristian Roman (Cluj-Napoca, prof. Cezar Cimpeanu)
    • Paul Justinian Dreghici (Alba Iulia, prof. Maria Badea, prof. Dragos Tudor)
  • Special Prize:
    • Ioana Savu (Cluj-Napoca, prof. Cezar Cimpeanu)
    • Emilia Cordos (Cluj-Napoca, prof. George Muntean)
    • Eusebiu Crisan (Cluj-Napoca, prof. George Muntean)
    • Stefan Sabou (Cluj-Napoca, prof. George Muntean)
  • ACT Special Prize for the Youngest Participant: Paul Justinian Dreghici (Alba Iulia, prof. Maria Badea, prof. Dragos Tudor)

I-MC Category, Chamber Music Competition

  • First Prize: Duo Patricia Nicula & Tudor Lazaruc (Cluj-Napoca, prof. Stefan Trifan)
  • Second Prize: Duo Sergiu Hudrea & Alecu Ciapi (Cluj-Napoca, prof. Stefan Trifan)
  • Third Prize: Duo Plaian Iulia, Prozsa Reka-Renata (Cluj-Napoca, prof. Biro Ludovik)
  • Honourable Mention: Duo Mihai Tanta & Vlad Soare (Cluj-Napoca, prof. Stefan Trifan)