Presentation
Crespi Bonsai, leading company in Europe, organizes for the year 2010 the 9th
International Bonsai and Suiseki Meeting, from 10th to 19th September, an event already very expected.
Conceived in 1995 by Crespi Bonsai has soon
become an event of great importance in Europe, thanks to the wealth of its contents, quality and organization.
 For
this occasion the Enthusiasts' Exhibition
(amateurs' bonsai trees) is planned in the first week-end, from 10th to 12th September, while the exhibitions
Crespi Bonsai Cup
and Crespi Shohin Cup
(professionals' and collectors' bonsai trees) will be held in the week-end from 17th to 19th September. From 10th to 19th September
the following competitions will be planned: the competitions
Crespi Suiseki Cup,
for all suiseki collectors, and the
Crespi Pot Cup, dedicated
to bonsai pot collectors and pot masters. The prizes introduced in the previous editions are confirmed: the
Coppa Kaneko Memory, in honour of the Japanese master
Kaneko Noboru, will be awarded to the best tree selected not only for its technical quality but also for its naturalness and artistic
quality among the bonsai in competition for the Crespi Bonsai
Cup; the Coppa Yokohama will be awarded to
the best conifer bonsai and the Coppa Masakuni to the
best deciduous bonsai, selected among all the bonsai exhibited in the
Enthusiasts' Exhibition.
 Therefore
five are the exhibitions (competitions) which will offer prizes for over 10.000,00 €: the
Crespi Bonsai Cup and
Crespi Shohin Cup for collectors and professionals who
can present a bonsai or a shohin bonsai of high quality, the
Enthusiasts' Exhibition for all bonsai amateurs, the
Crespi Suiseki Cup for all the suiseki collectors
and the Crespi Pot Cup dedicated to pot collectors and
pot artists.
To the already consolidated international character of the Crespi Cup will contribute the presence of amateurs from all over Europe,
as it happened on the last edition. This aspect gives importance to the International Bonsai and Suiseki Meeting, since it helps
to join people of different nationality, giving the enthusiasts a meeting opportunity and a constructive competition, thanks to
the exchange of suggestion, opinion and experience.
A wonderful opportunity to show your own bonsai, suiseki and pots in the exclusive Crespi Bonsai exhibition place and to enter the
annals of the most prestigious event dedicated to the bonsai and suiseki world.
For information
CRESPI BONSAI - Corso Sempione, 35 - 20015 Parabiago (Mi) ITALY
Tel. 0039 0331 491850  Fax 0039 0331 559410
crespicup@crespibonsai.it
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Under the patronage of
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Special guests
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Kentaro Shino
at the age of 18, after the high school, he started the usual 5 year apprenticeship with a bonsai
master and at the age of 24 he founded his own garden, the Tamaju-en. Last year one of his masterpieces, a Camellia, gained the Kokufu Exhibition prize,
being the first Camellia bonsai that received the prize, in 83 editions!
Masakuni Kawasumi III took over the chair of the famous bonsai tool factory after his father’s death in 2002.
Among his last recognitions the Grand Prize given by the Kawaguchi City Industrial Engineers and Technicians Association in 1998 and, in the same year,
the official appointment as Tree Doctor obtained by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.
Nobuyuki Kajiwara has been teaching bonsai art in Italy at the Crespi Bonsai University since its establishment
in 1992 and he takes care of the development of the Crespi Bonsai Museum masterpieces. He regularly gives lectures and courses in various European and
non-European countries, where he also takes care of important bonsai collections. His sensible approach to bonsai trees is the result of the long experience
gained in different geographic conditions and of his great respect for nature.
Willi Benz
has played a major part in popularizing the art of suiseki in
his native Germany and throughout Europe. He established the German
Suiseki Society and the German Bonsai Club. In addition, he is
member of Bonsai Club International - proving his devotion to yet
another popular Oriental art. He wrote a number of books about
suiseki and bonsai. He gives many conferences all over the world.
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