The 2018 MIGF Concert Artist Performance Competition Semifinal round is completed and the finalists are announced. Read More
The 2018 MIGF Concert Artist Performance Competition preliminary round is completed and the semifinalists are announced. Read More
The 2018 MIGF Concert Artist Performance Competition schedule is updated to be held from February 23-25 and the registration deadline is extended until February 17th! Read More
After evaluating 59 submissions by composers from 23 different countries, the MIGF Composition Competition Jury announced the results:
Winner: Hakkı Cengiz Eren (Turkey)
Composition: Three Portals for solo guitar (I. Tense and Fluid, II. Resonant, III. Hommage to Georg Friedrich Haas) Read More
The 2018 MIGF Concert Artist Performance and Composition Competitions with $10,000 prizes are now open for registration! The MIGF will be celebrating Miami’s Cuban heritage in the upcoming 2018 festival “A lo cubano”. Read More
The Classical Guitar Magazine published a review of the MIGF 2017 written by Dr. Sam Desmet on April 10, 2017:
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After evaluating 58 submissions by composers from 22 different countries, the MIGF Composition Competition Jury announced the results:
Winner: Hachè Costa (Spain)
Composition: Õ | Omaggio to Federico García Lorca for solo guitar Read More
The Stocker AstroScience Center presents a Benefit Concert for the Miami International GuitART Festival, featuring guitarists Mesut Ozgen, Celso Cano, Felipe Carvajal, James Webb, and Palmer Graves, as well as FIU Guitar Ensembles on Sunday, January 22, 2017 at 4:00pm. Read More
On December 13, 2016, National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu has approved more than $30 million in grants as part of the NEA’s first major funding announcement for fiscal year 2017. Included in this announcement is an Art Works grant of $15,000 to FIU School of Music for the Miami International GuitART Festival. Read More
On November 28, 2016, the Miami International GuitART Festival and FIU School of Music were recognized as one of the Knight Arts Challenge award winners at their 9th annual celebration at the New World Center in Miami Beach. Matt Haggman, Miami Program Director for Community and National Initiatives with Knight Foundation and Victoria Rogers, Vice President/Arts for Knight Foundation, presented the award to the MIGF Director Mesut Özgen. Read More