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Guitar Competition Gets Women'sTouch

By Joyce Kryszak

Buffalo, NY – This week some of the top guitarists from around the world are in Buffalo for the third biennual JoAnn Falletta International Guitar Concerto Competition. But the competition stage looks a little different this year. For the first time, the list of semi-finalists included three female guitarists.

One of the women, Laura Klemke, made it to the finals round.

Falletta, who is the competition's namesake, is herself a concert guitarist. WBFO's Joyce Kryszak talked with the women competitors about overcoming the macho guitarist stereotype.

She also had a conversation with the competition's founder, BPO Music Director JoAnn Falletta. She shared her thoughts on what the competition means to her - and what she hopes it will mean to the concert guitar world.

Click the "listen" icon above to hear Joyce Kryszak's story and her interview with Faletta now or use your podcasting software to download it to your computer or iPod.