Press Releases
September 10, 2007
The highly anticipated documentary of Pepperdine University's inaugural Parkening International Guitar Competition will air on KCET-TV PBS Los Angeles Monday, September 10, at 10 p.m.
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June 2, 2006
Pablo Sáinz-Villegas from Logroño, Spain wins 2006 Parkening International Guitar Competition, the world’s preeminent classical guitar competition with largest prize purse June 2, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA.
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Malibu, March 22
Tickets for the 2006 Parkening International Guitar Competition, May 30-June 2, 2006 on the campus of Pepperdine University, go on sale Monday, April 3 at 11 a.m. Tickets for the Young Guitarist Competition are also available for purchase.
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March 7, 2006
Pepperdine University today announced the finalists for the first Parkening International Guitar Competition. The Parkening, the world’s preeminent guitar competition with the largest prize purse of any classical guitar competition, takes place Tuesday, May 30, through Friday, June 2, 2006, on the University’s campus in Malibu, California.
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February 15, 2006
The Parkening International Guitar Competition announced the philanthropists that have underwritten major prizes for the May – June 2006 event at Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA. These donors are in addition to Howard and Robert Ahmanson, who are major funders for the entire competition.
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September 28, 2005
Judges selected for inaugural Parkening International Guitar Competition 2006 -- Eliot Fisk, Thomas Frost, Lynn Harrell, Gilbert Hetherwick, and Miryam Yardumian.
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June 16, 2005
Pepperdine University announces inaugural Parkening International Guitar Competition named for guitar virtuoso Christopher Parkening, world’s preeminent classical guitar competition with largest prize purse.
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