Aalborg International Guitar Composer Competition 2025

Name: Aalborg International Guitar Composer Competition 2025
Start: 2025-10-12T00:00:00+02:00
End: 2025-10-12T23:59:00+02:00
Location: Hasserisvej 147, 9000, Aalborg, Nordjylland

Schedule

Sun Oct 12 2025 at 12:00 am to 11:59 pm

UTC+02:00

Location

Hasserisvej 147, 9000, Aalborg, Nordjylland | Aalborg, NJ

www.aalborgguitarfestival.com
Aalborg Guitar Festival and Competitions invites entries for the Composers' Competition for the six-stringed classical guitar. The competition has been arranged in collaboration with Bergmann Edition and with the support of the Augustine Foundation and the William Demand Foundation.
One of the aims of the competition is to promote new work and enlarge the classical guitar repertoire. The intention is that the composer will meet the guitarist, and the guitarist will meet the audience.
JURY:
Chairman: Gerald Garcia, Great Britain.
Jury members: Dale Kavanagh, Canada, Lourent Boutros, France
General Guidelines and rules:
Open to composers of all ages and nationalities. Compositions submitted must be written for solo guitar. Compositions must be written for the six-stringed classical guitar. Alternative tunings are acceptable. Fixed media and/or live electronics are not accepted. Compositions submitted must be no longer than 8 minutes. Composers may submit multiple works. Compositions submitted must be previously unpublished (not published by a commercial publishing house). The competition is organized by the society: Aalborg International Guitar Festival & Competitions. The decision of the jury is final. The judging system is an internal system and is not open to public discussion. Remaining regulations:
All potential problems and/or situations not covered by the above rules will be decided by the organizers of the competition Aalborg Guitar Festival and Competitions invites entries for the Composers' Competition for the six-stringed classical guitar. The competition has been arranged in collaboration with Bergmann Edition and with the support of the Augustine Foundation, A.P. Møllers Fond, Lund/Bugge Fonden, William Demant Fonden and the Knud Højsgaard Fonden
One of the aims of the competition is to promote new work and enlarge the classical guitar repertoire. The intention is that the composer will meet the guitarist, and the guitarist will meet the audience.