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 28^th, 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 max. 8 minutes of free program in total 15-16 minutes. Both pieces will be sent to you after you have signed up.

2nd round

The second round will take place on Wednesday, July 30^th, 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 1^st, 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
• Strings from D’Addario, Savarez, Royal Classic and Alice Strings

2nd prize

• 2,000 Euros in cash
• one Guitar by MARTINEZ - Godoy2 - value: 4,500 Euros
• Strings from D’Addario, Savarez, Royal Classic and Alice Strings

3rd prize

• 1,000 Euros in cash
• one Guitar by MARTINEZ - Godoy1 - value: 3,500 Euros
• Strings from D’Addario, Savarez, Royal Classic and Alice Strings

4th prize

• 500 Euros in cash (special price from SAVAREZ)
  
• Strings from D’Addario, Savarez, Royal Classic and Alice Strings

5th prize

• 500 Euros in cash (special price from SAVAREZ)
  
• Strings from D’Addario, Savarez, Royal Classic and Alice Strings

Special Prize by Alice Strings

• 500 Euros
  Best Interpretation of Dale Kavanagh‘s piece in the first round
  

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
• Laura Young, Canada
• He Qing, China