The 2017 Concorso Bottesini competition will take place April 18-24.  Enrico Fagone and Francisco Donati chat with Jason about the details surrounding this event.

The jury members for this event are:

• Salvatore Accardo
• Thierry Barbé (previous podcast guest)
• Jeff Bradetich (previous podcast guest)
• Enrico Fagone (previous podcast guest)
• Eugene Levinson
• Dorin Marc
• Franco Petracchi

Be sure to check out the website for Associazione Bottesini and follow along with this organization!

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