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Young Guitar Player Award
06.10.2010
The winner of the Tiit Paulus' Young Guitar Player Award and grant was Laur Joamets.
At the Viljandi Guitar Festival which was held during Spetember 21-25, the winner of the Tiit Paulus' Young Guitar Player Award was announced and the winner was Laur Joamets.
Laur Joamets started playing the guitar when he was 9 and he has been taught by his father, guitar player Andres Joamets and Peeter Prints, Ain Agan, Oleg Pissarenko and Ain Varts.
Laur Joamets has played in the backup band for the "Estonia Is Looking for a Superstar" show and collaborated with several pop-artists like Ott Lepland, Luisa Värk, Jana Kask, etc. In addition to that, he is the founding member of the band Dramamama.
The aim of this year's Viljandi Guitar festival was to improve improvisational and pan-stylistic guitar play. Several virtuosos of improvisational guitar play from home and abroad performed during the week. Among other performers, the audiences could enjoy Ulf Wakenius from Sweden together with Estonian Dream Big Band conducted by Örjan Fahlström.
The renowned virtuosos had to share their spotlight with the young guitar players from Estonia, Lithuania and Finland who took part in different workshops during the week and presented theirs skills at concerts and jam-sessions.
The concerts took place in the Traditional Music Center, St John's church and the puppet theatre.