Guitar-Competition
13th International MARTINEZ-Guitar-Competition Iserlohn 2024
Thomas Kirchhoff on Martinez Guitars.
A look back: 2022, participants and prizes.
Zoran Dukic, Aniello Desiderio and Amadeus Guitar Duo with the Martinez Godoy3 - this guitar ist part of the 1st prizes.
1st round
The first round will take place on Monday, July 29 th, 2024 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. A maximum of 30 participants will be accepted - first come, first serve. You need to register as an active participant (Variant 4 - 170 Euros).
Free program of a maximum of 10 minutes in total.
2nd round
The second round will take place on Wednesday, July 31st, 2024 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free program of a maximum of 15 minutes - no pieces from the first round may be repeated.
3rd round - final
The third round, and thus the finale of the competition, will take place on Friday, August 2nd 2024 from 7.30 p.m. in the Oberste Stadtkirche Iserlohn.
This is a public concert, the finalists present a program of at least 25 minutes and a maximum of 28 minutes in length. Pieces from the first two rounds may be repeated. The prizes will then be awarded by the jury.
Participants of the competition will get 2 lessons (on days without competition rounds) with teachers of their choice. (please understand that capacity is limited - we ask you to cross a section of 3-4 teachers of your choice).
Part of 1st prize: A Case from Qingchuan Li.
Prizes
1st prize
- 3,000 euros in cash
- a Guitar by MARTINEZ - Godoy3 - value: 5,500 Euros)
- D’Addario, Savarez and Royal Classic strings
2nd prize
- 2,000 Euros in cash
- a Guitar by MARTINEZ - Godoy2 - value: 4,500 Euros
- Voucher worth 300 euros - sheet music from the catalogue: Guitar Heritage Editions (Ed. Michael Macmeeken)
- D’Addario, Savarez and Royal Classic strings
3rd prize
- 1,000 Euros in cash
- a Guitar by MARTINEZ - Godoy1 - value: 3,500 Euros
- D’Addario, Savarez and Royal Classic strings
4th prize
- 500 Euros in cash (special price from SAVAREZ)
- D’Addario, Savarez and Royal Classic strings
5th prize
- 500 Euros in cash (special price from SAVAREZ)
- D’Addario, Savarez and Royal Classic strings
The Jury
- Jeffrey MacFadden, Canada
- Dale Kavanagh, Canada
- Andrea Lipstein, Germany
- Leopoldo Lipstein, Argentina/Germany
- Danielle Cumming, Canada/USA
- Tom Johnson, USA
- Gregor Adamek, Germany
- Qingchuan Li, China