为推动我国艺术教育面向世界，鼓励年轻的艺术学习者更多地参加国际艺术赛事，文化部在2015年1月颁布了《2015—2017年国际艺术比赛获奖选手奖励办法》，对2015年至2017年在国际艺术比赛中获奖的我国选手进行奖励。在推荐参加的赛事名单中，若该项目被定为A/B类国际赛事，相应奖励请参见奖项设置。
美国吉他基金会演奏大师比赛是由美国吉他基金会于1982年开始创办的比赛。美国吉他基金会成立于1973年，是美国最重要的吉他协会之一，是一个通过表演、教育、研究等方法，激发创作激情，提升古典吉他演奏水平的国际性组织。这个组织有40年的历史，是一个在美国弦乐教师协会赞助下创办的非盈利性组织。该协会每年举办一届国际古典吉他比赛，现在已经成为世界上最著名的比赛之一，并且每年在美国举办大约50场音乐会。美国吉他基金会演奏大师比赛面向全世界18周岁以上的吉他弹奏爱好者开放，与各地吉他弹奏家们同台竞技，于吉他琴弦上展现音乐风采。来自中国的选手范云翔（音）和张腾跃（音）分别在2009年和2010年获得过美国吉他基金会演奏大师比赛的奖项！
2016年第34届美国吉他基金会演奏大师比赛将于2016年6与20日-6月25日日举行，欢迎来自世界各地的你们参加！
比赛类别：吉他
比赛地点：美国，科罗拉多州（丹佛市）
比赛时间：2016年6月20日 - 2016年6月25日 （共计6天）
报名截止时间：2016年5月1日
参赛要求：面向18周岁以上吉他艺术家开放，以2017年6月1日为界，不限国籍
参赛曲目：
Required Piece:
"El sue?o de la razón produce monstruos" from Caprichos de Goya by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco.
1. PRELIMINARY ROUND
June 20-22, 2016: performance before a panel of five (5) judges. This round is closed to the public.
Each candidate must perform the following in the order of their choice:
1) Set Piece; a work specially composed for the competition, herein after referred to the "set piece". Each registered competitor will receive the set piece on May 2 after receipt of all registration fees and materials by the declared Deadline Date.
2) A free choice program not to exceed ten (10) minutes.
The judges have the option of stopping the candidate during any of these performances. All works in all rounds are to be performed from memory with the exception of the set piece, for which memorization is optional. Should you choose to read the score, a page-turner will be permitted.
Twelve (12) competitors from this round will advance to the Semifinal Round. Announcement of the twelve competitors to advance will be made Thursday evening at the beginning of Intermission. All decisions by the judges are final.
2. SEMIFINAL ROUND
June 23, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm: Performance order for this round will be determined by a Lottery - numerical order draw. The twelve (12) candidates will perform before a panel of seven (7) new judges. This round is open to the public.
The selections for this round will be:
1） Free choice piece(s) not to exceed ten (10) minutes
2） Required Piece:"El sue?o de la razón produce monstruos" from Caprichos de Goya by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco.
Pieces from previous rounds may NOT be repeated in later rounds.
The competitor may choose to play their free choice or the required piece first, at their discretion. The total performance time, including the required piece, must not exceed the length of the required piece plus the ten (10) minute free choice program. Players will be timed from the moment the first note is played (initial entry/tuning time will not be counted provided it is within reason), and the timer will run throughout the performance, including the time between pieces. The timer will be stopped at the first note of the required piece and resume at the conclusion of the required piece. Players who exceed the ten (10) minute time limit on their free choice program will be stopped.
Four (4) competitors from this round will advance to the Final Round. Announcement of the four (4) competitors to advance will be made Friday evening at the beginning of Intermission.
3. FINAL ROUND
June 25, 2016 6:30 pm, with live webcast: Performance order for this round will be determined by a Lottery - numerical order draw. Four (4) candidates will perform before a panel of the same seven (7) judges. This round is open to the public.
Finalists will perform their free choice program along with the Set Piece.
The total performance time, including the Set Piece, must not exceed the length of the Set Piece plus the twenty-five (25) minute program. Players will be timed from the moment the first note is played (initial entry/tuning time will not be counted provided it is within reason), and the timer will run throughout the performance, including the time between pieces. The timer will be stopped at the first note of the set piece and resume at the conclusion of the Set Piece. Players who exceed the twenty-five (25) minute time limit on their free choice program will be stopped.
Pieces from previous rounds may NOT be repeated in later rounds. All decisions by the judges are final.
评委组成：具体评审团成员名单待公布
备注：
ü 比赛艺术总监为Martha Masters；
ü 初赛评审团由5位国际资深评委组成；
ü 半决赛和决赛评审团由另外7名国际资深评委组成；
ü 每一年的评审环节均会受到组委会的审查，组委会在比赛前期有权改进比赛相关规则；
ü 评审团通过投票对各环节比赛进行评审，票数最多的参赛选手将晋级下一轮（半决赛/决赛）比赛；
ü 决赛中根据选手所获票数，排名一/二/三/四名奖项；如果出现平局，评审团仅对平局选手进行二次投票；
ü 评审团的决定是最终的，不容置疑。
奖项设置：
1. 主要奖项：
一等奖：
1) 现金奖励10000美元；
2) 50余场音乐巡回演出，分别在美国、加拿大、墨西哥、南美洲、波斯尼亚、黑塞哥维那、英国和中国；
3) 奥路菲颁发的500美元礼品兑换券；
4) Naxos CD 唱片录制；
5) GHA CD 唱片录制；
6) Mel Bay 出版；
二等奖：现金奖励7000美元
三等奖：现金奖励5000美元
四等奖：现金奖励3000美元
除上述声明的奖项以外，获奖选手还将获得下列赞助礼品：
1） 行星波吉他配件，以及免费支持三年的达达里奥吉他弦（提供52根/一等奖/年，26根/二三四等奖/年）；
2） Savarez提供的通用琴弦包；
3） Augustine提供的通用琴弦包；
备注：
ü 所有国际获奖者均需依法缴纳30%联邦所得税；美国获奖者将发行IRS-1099；
ü 所有赠送的礼品均有赞助商提供，组委会将尽全力颁发所有声明的奖项，但是如果赞助商未提供相应礼品支持，组委会将不承担任何安全责任；
ü 所有晋级半决赛的选手均奖励500美元旅行津贴，国际选手需提供交通凭证。
