Prize Winners – Guitar Department

Carlos Arturo Bedoya (DM candidate) won 1st place at Chicago Guitar Festival and Competition
Carlos Arturo Bedoya (DM candidate) won 3rd place at Art Farm at Serenbe National Guitar Competition
Carlos Arturo Bedoya (DM candidate) won 2nd place at Appalachian State Guitar Festival and Competition
Carlos Arturo Bedoya (DM candidate) won 2nd place at University of Memphis International Guitar Competition
Carlos Arturo Bedoya (DM candidate) won 2nd place at Sinaloa International Guitar Festival and Competition
Carlos Arturo Bedoya (DM candidate) won 4th place at Hong Kong International Music Talent Online Competition (Open Class)

Carlos Arturo Bedoya (DM candidate) won 3rd place at Sarajevo International Guitar Competition
Carlos Arturo Bedoya (DM candidate) won 1st place at Northern Lights Music Festival Concerto Competition
Carlos Arturo Bedoya (DM candidate) won 3rd place at Southern Guitar Festival
Carlos Arturo Bedoya (DM candidate) won 1st place at Florida State University Guitar Competition
Jack Osborne (BM) won 1st Prize in Collegiate Division 2021 University of Louisville Guitar Competition
Carlos Arturo Bedoya (DM candidate) won 1st Prize in the open division of the Florida Guitar Festival and Competition
Marisa Sardo (MM) and Anton von Sehrwald (BM) for receiving first prize at the 2021 Twisted Spruce Music Competition
Carlos Arturo Bedoya (DM candidate) won 3rd Prize at 2021 Southern Guitar Festival and Competition
Jack Osborne, first year BM student won the First Prize at Houston Classical Guitar Festival and Competition
Marisa Sardo, first year MM won Second Prize at the USA Classical Music International Competition held by IYMC

Thomas Aquino (Guitar DM) won 1st Prize at the 2020 Twisted Spruce C-G Competition

Thomas Aquino (Guitar DM) won 2nd Prize at 2018 Wilson Center International Guitar Competition, Milwaukee

Stephen Brew (DM candidate) won 3rd Prize at Philadelphia Classical Guitar Society Competition 2017
Nikola Begovic (MM student) won 1st Prize Graduate Instrumental Category of the Indianapolis Matinee Musicale Collegiate Scholarship Competition.

Carlo Fierens (DM stdent) won 1st Prize in in Indianapolis Matinee Musicale Open Graduate Competition (all orchestral instruments category)
Eli Schille Hudson (BM student) won 2nd Prize in Indianapolis Matinee Musicale Open Undergraduate Competition (all orchestral instruments category)

Rodrigo Lara (PD) conducting and playing with the Guitar Ensemble SICARU won:1st Prize12° Concurso Internacional de Guitarra de Uruguay “Raúl Sánchez Clagett”
1st Prize Concorso Internazionale “Musica Insieme”, Musile di Piave (Italy)
1st Prize Concorso Musicale Europeo Citta di Filadelfia,Filadelfia(Italy)
1st Prize.Concorso Internazionale di Musica Euterpe,Corato(Italy)
Daniel Duarte (DM candidate) recepient of the 2014 Presser Graduate Award

Nemanja Ostojic (DM candidate) won First Prize at 2013 Wilson Center Guitar Competition, WI
Mihajlo Djordjevic (PD Undergraduate) won 4th place at Appalachian GuitarFest Solo Guitar Competition 2013
Mihajlo Djordjevic (PD Undergraduate) won Donald Neal Memorial Award in the Bloomington Chapter of the 2013 National Society of Arts and Letters instrumental competitions held at the Jacobs School of Music
Mihajlo Djordjevic (PD Undergraduate) won 2nd Prize at Matinee Musicale Indianapolis 2013 Competition

NASL Prize for Rodrigo Almeida (DM student) and Erol Ozsever (DM student)
Prize at Travel Grant Competition for Guitar Duo Villa (Daniel Duarte-Rodrigo Almeida)

Jonathan Godfrey’s (DM student) Sonatina wins Grand Prize in 2011 Boston GuitarFest Composition Competition
Erol Ozsever (DM student) won 3rd Prize at the 2011 Tennessee Guitar Festival and Competition
Nemanja Ostojic (DM student) won 2nd Prize at the 2011 East Carolina University Guitar Competition

Nemanja Ostojic (DM student) won 2nd Prize at the 2010 JoAnn Falletta Guitar Concerto Competition
Efrain Hoyos (DM student) won Special Prize “Mention of Honor” at the V International Competition for young guitarists COMPENSAR in Bogota, Columbia
Stevan Jovic won First Prize (Pyle Prize), and Jonathan Godfrey won Second Prize (Pyle Prize) at the Matinee Musicale Indianapolis 2010 Competition
Jonathan Godfrey won McDonald Merit Award at NSAL Instrumental Music Contestants
Erol Ozsever and Jonathan Godfrey won 2nd Prize Ex Aequo at 2010 Annual Competition in the Performance of Music from Spain and Latin America

Stevan Jovic, MM student won 3rd prize at the Music Academy of Noth Carolina Guitar Festival
Stevan Jovic, MM student won 1st Prize of the International Guitar Festival “L’ ille de Re” in France
Erol Ozsever, DM student won 1st Prize at 2009 Rosario Guitar Competition in Columbia, SC
Nemanja Ostojic, MM student won 1st Prize at 2009 Southwest Guitar Festival International Solo Guitar Competition

Guido Sanchez, DM student won Prize for the Best Performance of the Compulsory work at Joann Falletta International Guitar Concerto Competition
Nemanja Ostojic, MM student won 1st Prize at Allentown Symphony Orchestra competition, and 1st Prize at the competition at University of Texas in Dallas.
Erol Ozsever, MM student won 1st Prize at Matinee Musicale in Indianapolis
Gabriel Gutierrez, BM student won 2nd Prize Matinee Musicale Indianapolis
Andres Saborio, former MM student won 3rd Prize at International Guitar Competition in Culiacan, Mexico
Nemanja Ostojic, MM student won 1st place, and Maja Radovanlija, DM student won 2nd place at 2008 Annual Competition in the Performance of Music from Spain and Latin America

Jonathan Zwi, Senior student won 1st Prize at Competition “BRAVIO”, Brazil
Slobodan Milivojevic, Performer Diploma student won 1st prize at Matinee Musicale, Indianapolis
Slobodan Milivojevic, Performer diploma student has won 1st place at 2007 Annual Competition in the Performance of Music from spain and Latin America

Former Junior student Aleksandr Tsiboulski won 1st Prize at St Joseph’s; 2nd Prize at GFA and 1st Prize at Tokyo International Competition.

Andres Saborio won 2nd place at 2004 Annual Competition in the Performance of Music from Spain and Latin America

Daniel Bolshoy won Debut Atlantic tour of Canadian Maritime provinces (and recording for CBC radio)

Hector Corrada won 2nd prize at M.T.N.A competition and Espen Jensen and Ramsue Lopez, won 1st. Prize (Aex-equo) in the open category of the Forth Annual Competition in the Performance of Music from Spain and Latin America; Espen Jensen won 1st Prize at Indianapolis Matinee Musicale; Daniel Bolshoy won 1st Prize at MTNA and 2nd Prize in Porland

Former junior IU guitar student Alexander Tsiboulski won 1st Prize at the Australian Guitar Competition; Nick Ciraldo won 2nd Prize at M.T.N.A.

Atanas Tzvetkov won 1st Prize at the Second Annual Competition in the Performance of Music from Spain and Latin America (open category); Carlos Saavedra won 2nd Prize at M.T.N.A.; Denis Azabagicwon 1st Prizes at Stotensberg Competition and Allentown Symphony Competition

Petar Jankovic won 3rd Prize at I. Guerrero Competition in Spain and 3rd Prize at M.M. Ponce Competition in Mexico and 1st Prize at First Annual Competition in the Performance of Music from Spain and Latin America; Carlos Saavedra won 1st Prize at Indianapolis Matinee Musicale; Denis Azabagic won 1st Prize at Guitar Foundation of America Competition

Petar Jankovic won 1st Prize at Indianapolis Matinee Musicale; Alan Thomas won 1st Prize among all categories at the Gaudeamus Competition in Holland

Chris Keniff won 1st prize at M.T.N.A. Competition; Ken Price won 2nd Prize in Portland Competition