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Panaji: Goa, where every second household boasts of having a guitar that initiated people into music, is hosting a 5-day International Guitar Festival for the first time, combining national level western classical competitions in music from February 19. More than 20 participants from Goa, Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Pune and other places are expected to participate in the fiesta in which top rated maestros Piero Bonaguri from Italy, Roger Zimmermann and young Florian Moritz from Germany would render their concerts to enthrall the audience. Briefing reporters here yesterday, Guitar Guild of Goa's (GGG) founder Schubert Cotta said the festival features, apart from concerts, master classes, workshops, exhibitions showcasing various styles of guitar playing. The selected competitors would be judged in musical sense, technique, stage presence and programme notes during the competitions by a jury consisting of at least two outstanding musicians, including one or more guitarists of international repute.