25th Guitar Festival 2016 Iserlohn

7th International Guitar-Competition Iserlohn 2016

Altamira Competition - Prize of the Sparkassenstiftung

Welcome to the web-site of the 25th International Guitar-Festival Iserlohn - one of the largest Guitar Festivals in Europe - and to the 7th International Guitar-Competition Iserlohn 2016 (Altamira Competition / Prize of the Sparkassenstiftung).

The 25th International Guitar-Festival takes place from Sunday, July 17th to Sunday, July 24th 2016 (early arrival possible on Saturday, July 16th).

• All Informationen about the competition.

For our 25th anniversary the festival and the competition will take place at the same time. 30 (by video round) selected guitarists can participate during the festival in the competition.

Venue for both events is newly renovated, historically grown building complex Haus Villigst (in Schwerte, 8 km from Iserlohn), whose origins go back to a manor of the 12th century. In 1948 it was taken over by the Evangelical Church of Westphalia and established one of the first convention centers after the Second World War in Germany. Villigst offers comfortable rooms, well equipped group and meeting rooms and an experienced team that is at your side from the reception of the organization to the technical service.

All concerts will still take place in Iserlohn (Oberste Stadtkirche and Goldsaal of the Schauburg) - free transfers with busses will be organised by the festival.

The Highlights of the 25th Guitar-Festival:

• The 7th International Guitar-Competition - ALTAMIRA Competition
• Concerts on seven evenings in Iserlohn
• More than 600 individual lessons
• Four lectures
• Guitar orchestra with Gerald Garcia (England)
• Yoga with Danielle Cumming

You can sign up here for the 25th International Guitar-Festival and to the 7th International Guitar-Competition.

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The Teachers 2016

• Juan Carlos Arancibia • Bandini & Chiacchiaretta • Danielle Cumming • Aniello Desiderio • Admir Doçi • John Dearman • Duo Fruscella–Debs • Duo McAllister & Agnew • Duo Montes-Kircher • Roland Dyens • Eden Stell Guitar Duo • Eos Guitar Quartet • Jozsef Eötvös • Gerald Garcia • Matt Greif • Waldemar Gromolak • Bruce Holzman • Hans-Werner Huppertz • René Izquierdo • Tom Johnson • Dale Kavanagh • Katona Twins • Bill Kanengiser • Thomas Kirchhoff • Johannes Möller • Stephen Robinson • David Russell • Pavel Steidl • Ulrich Stracke • Scott Tennant • Xu Bao • Xu Tuo • Min Zhenqi • Andrew Zohn •