CLASSICAL GUITAR DIVISION

SATURDAY 25 JUNE 2022, 10.30 a.m. – ca. 5.00 p.m.

Venue: Unley Park Baptist Church, Bellevue Place, Unley Park SA 5061

        Admission: $10

2021/22 Adelaide Eisteddfod Members and children 12 years & under free of charge

Convenor: Dr Oliver Fartach-Naini (Elder Conservatorium of Music)

Phone: 0414 597 228, email: oliver.fartch-naini@ adelaide.edu.au

Adjudicator: Duo Agostino (Sydney)

Raffaele Agostino is a freelance musician, teacher and an examiner for the A.M.E.B. He has performed in

the Musica Viva “Music In Schools” project, appeared for Opera Australia, and as soloist with Sydney Youth

Orchestra and the Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra. Raffaele has made several recordings for the ABC

and Radio Fine Music. He has released a CD “Whispering from the cedar top” of solo guitar music by

Australian composers Richard Charlton and Phillip Houghton. He is currently the Artistic Director of the

Classical Guitar Society, Sydney.

Janet Agostino is currently a Diverse Learners teacher with degrees in Special Education and Gifted

Education. Janet conducts the Sydney Classical Guitar Society Orchestra and is also Adjunct Lecturer in

Guitar at UNSW, where she directs the UNSW Guitar Ensemble. Collaborative works have been a feature of

Janet’s career, having performed and arranged music for numerous mixed-instrument ensembles in addition

to guitar ensembles. In 2021, Janet completed a PhD at UNSW, researching the transformation of the

classical guitar ensemble through transcription.

Raffaele and Janet have been active in the Sydney Classical Guitar scene over the last four decades,

beginning with the founding of the Sydney Guitar Quartet in 1981, a group that performed extensively for a

period of over 10 years and was the first ensemble of its kind in Australia. They share a strong interest in the

development of the guitar as an ensemble instrument and have been the driving force behind the Sydney

Guitar Society Summer School for more than 25 years. Together with fellow guitarist and composer Richard

Charlton, they form the “Sydney Guitar Trio”, an ensemble that has performed widely around Australia and

overseas. Duo Agostino and the Sydney Guitar Trio have been regular performers at five Darwin

International Guitar Festivals,and they have taught and performed in Argentina, Italy, the UK, Vietnam and

New Zealand. Duo Agostino have been featured artists at the Dillington, West Dean, Winchester and World

Youth Guitar Festivals in the UK and the Classical Guitar Corner Summer Schools in Boston USA in 2017-

2019. More recently, the Duo’s programs have included concerts with cellist Rachel Scott in the popular

“Bach in the Dark” concert series. Raffaele and Janet each hold a Fellowship from the Trinity College of

London and have been awarded Life membership of the Classical Guitar Sydney for ‘Significant and

Sustained contribution’. Janet and Raffaele play guitars by Greg Smallman.

IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT ALL ENTRANTS READ THE RULES AND THE CONDITIONS FOR EACH SECTION, AND THE GENERAL COMPETITION RULES. 

ENTRIES AND FEES
The Adelaide Eisteddfod Council advises that the closing date/time for all entries is Thursday April 14th 2022, 5 pm Adelaide Time.   Late entries or late payments will not be accepted.   Payment may be safely made on-line. All entries are to be made and paid on-line via www.stardom.com.au using the Stardom payment system. Each competitor pays a fee per section entered, as printed on the computer-generated invoice, plus a single administration fee appearing on the invoice after all required sections have been entered. Upon payment the Stardom invoice becomes the Stardom receipt.

Guitar competitors are encouraged to enter the chamber music section E801.

Please note section E801 will take place  8-12 August 2022 at the same time as the Ensemble Event.