SIERRA NEVADA CLASSICAL GUITAR FESTIVAL & COMPETITION 2009 PHOTOS

Thanks also to Mike Abel, photographer, Mike Kennedy and Craig Logan for their contributions to the Festival.


Youth Competitor Dylan Furr Rehearses


Youth Competitor Ian Zamora


Adult Competitor Jeffrey Gleason Rehearses


Daniel Roest Performance at Trinity Episcopal Church


Arina Burceva Performance at Trinity Episcopal Church


Arina Burceva Workshop on Composition and Improvisation


Vasil Chekardzhikov Rehearses


Tobin Roye tries a Gil Carnal Guitar


Larry Aynesmith tries a Kenny Hill Guitar


Youth Competitor Masha Lepire Rehearses


Youth Competitors. Youth Competition First Prize Winner Ashwin Krishna at bottom right.


Festival Director LarryA, center back, wants to know why some of those teenagers are taller than him


Hunter Mah Afternoon Performance


Evan Hirschelman Performance



Audience at Sands Regency Hotel


Walking to the Performance Hall at Thunderbird Lodge, Lake Tahoe in the Background


Adult Competitor Apolinaro Rojas and our Bus Driver


Larry Aynesmith (fatigued guy on the left) announces competition Finalists Edward Trybek, Austin Moorhead, Antoniy Kakamakov, and Cameron OConnor


Antoniy Kakamakov, second from right, is announced as 2009 Sierra Nevada Classical Guitar Competition First Prize Winner


Audience at Thunderbird Lodge. Mike Abel and Mike Kennedy at right of doorway, Craig Logan standing at back right, Adult competition Judge David Barfield seated in front of Craig Logan


Tim Young, Executive Director of the Reno Philharmonic and Adult Competition Judge Congratulates Antoniy Kakamakov


Ricardo Cobo Performance


Youth Competition Judge Louis Johnson, second from left, with Friends


The Road Leads from the Magnificent Thunderbird Lodge on the shores of Lake Tahoe as we say goodbye to the 2009 Sierra Nevada Classical Guitar Festival & Competition