Guitarduo Competition
14th International MARTINEZ Guitarduo Competition Iserlohn 2025
A look back: 2024, participants and prizes. Photo ©: Gerald Garcia
Set piece in first round: One of two compositions by Dale Kavanagh "The Ghost of Peggy’s Cove" or "Kaleidoscope, op. 17".
Zoran Dukic, Aniello Desiderio and Amadeus Guitar Duo with the Martinez Godoy3 - this guitar ist part of the 1st prizes.
Thomas Kirchhoff on Martinez Guitars.
1st round
The first round will take place on Monday, July 28th, 2025 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Aula (Forum) of the Stenner-Gymnasium (Stennerstrasse 5).
15 guitar duos will be accepted - first come, first serve. You need to register as an active participants (Variant 4 - 300 Euros for the duo – 2 people) by March 31st the very latest.
Set piece – one of two compositions by Dale Kavanagh "The Ghost of Peggy’s Cove" or "Kaleidoscope, op. 17" plus free duo program of a maximum 10 minutes – in total 17 to 19 minutes playing time. Both pieces will be sent to you after you have signed up.
2nd round
The second round will take place on Wednesday, July 30th, 2025 from 9.30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Free guitarduo 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 1st, 2025 at 7.00 p.m. in the Oberste Stadtkirche Iserlohn.
This is a public concert, the finalists present a guitarduo program of at least 25 minutes and a maximum of 28 minutes in length. All pieces of the first two rounds may be repeated.
The prizes will then be awarded by the jury.
Participants of the competition will receive 3 duo 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 4-5 teachers of your choice).
Part of 1st prize: A Case from Qingchuan Li.
Prizes
1st prize
- 2,000 euros in cash
- 2 guitar cases by Leona Case (Qingchuan Li)
- one Guitar by MARTINEZ - Godoy3 - value: 5,500 Euros)
- D’Addario, Savarez and Royal Classic strings
2nd prize
- 2,000 Euros in cash
- one Guitar by MARTINEZ - Godoy2 - value: 4,500 Euros
- D’Addario, Savarez and Royal Classic strings
3rd prize
- 1,000 Euros in cash
- one 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
- Dale Kavanagh, Canada
- Andrea & Leopoldo Lipstein, Argentina / Germany
- Juan Carlos Arancibia, Peru / Germany
- Danielle Cumming, Canada / USA
- Tom Johnson, USA
- Gregor Adamek, Germany
- Qingchuan Li, China