Music Festival
Global Guitar Gita 2018
Now in its 6th year, the All India Fingerstyle, organised by long-standing partner Infinite Souls, expands to an international competition and becomes Global Guitar Gita (GGG), open to guitarists of all styles and forms, from anywhere in the world. GGG will not only offer a platform to budding artists but also provide them the long term vision of how to be authentic creators in a global market. Through constant advocacy for guitar and provision of learning and expression opportunities, we want to contribute to the growth of a community.
Other artists performing at WGN include: Konarak Reddy (India), Sándor Szabó (Hungary), Adam Tvrdý (Czech Republic) and John Ainsworth (UK).
Schedule:
♦ Day 1 - October 19, 8.00 p.m.
Opening in the presence of Bangalore's guitar maestros Dr. Prakash Sontakke and Tony Das
World Guitar Nights by Heiko Plank, Konarak Reddy, Sándor Szabó & Adam Tvrdý
Entry: Rs. 250
♦ Day 2 - October 20, 8.00 p.m.
World Guitar Nights by Heiko Plank, Konarak Reddy, Sándor Szab, Adam Tvrdý & John Ainsworth
Entry: Rs. 250
♦ Day 3 - October 21, 10.00 a.m. to 2.00 p.m.
Guitar Clinic
Fee: Rs. 2000 | 10 % discount for schools & colleges
The Guitar Clinic led by the WGN artists has become an Infinite Souls tradition, offering foreign artists and local musicians the opportunity to network and interact with the local performance community.
♦ Day 3 - October 21, 8.00 p.m.
Global Guitar Gita Competition LIVE Finals + Awards
Entry: Pay what you like / Rs. 100 on Instamojo
Inauguration by 2016 All India FingerStyle WINNER Joey Sharma
Opening Performance by guitarist Zui Kumar-Reddy & singer/songwriter Kaya Rao Shetty
Competition finalists:
Shashank Verma (Bhopal)
Tamish Pulappadi (Bangalore)
Divtej Singh (Chandigarh)
Vishnu R (Bangalore)
Abhishek Goswami (Jaipur)
Legsang Sherpa (Bangalore)
Nanda Kishore (Bangalore)
Benry Moses Odyuo (Nagaland)
Suvankar Ghosh (Mumbai)
Aditya Aloysius Roy (Darjeeling)
Rohan Raveesh (Bangalore)
Details
Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Bangalore
716, CMH Road
Indiranagar 1st Stage
Bangalore
560038
India
Price: Entry for the Concert: Rs. 250