Marimba Festiva
Registration for the Preliminary Round – Deadline November 15th, 2024
Marimba Festiva
Dear marimba community,
The international marimba competitions in the UNESCO world heritage town Bamberg/ Germany have repeatedly influenced and partly shaped the international marimba scene over the last few years. Participants from different countries and continents have constantly provided an excellent level of expertise as well as numerous opportunities of international interchange.
Organiser of these wonderful events is the International Marimba Festiva Association, whose goal it is to continuously promote both young artists and marimba culture worldwide. Even with the restrictions which had been enforced during the Covid pandemic, we kept the competitions going in an online version, whose benefits we have come to appreciate.
Now we would like to invite you again to join our competition, which will take place in a hybrid form to offer the best experience possible for our participants. We will start with online rounds, which make it possible for every young, engaging student to take part without having to spend unnecessary time and money on travel and without harming the environment, as we consider the marimba to be a part of nature, too.
The following, subsequent rounds will take place live in Bamberg in April 2025 to ensure that the finalists can still experience the excitement and intensity of live performance in front of a jury.
With best wishes, Slawomir Mscisz and the Competition Team
Marimba Festiva
General Information:
Competition for young marimba soloists up to the age of 28
The registration starts on 1st October 2024
The Deadline for the registration and preselection round is on 15th November 2024
Live competition / Final rounds – 23rd – 25th April 2025 at Music House Thomann, Treppendorf / Bamberg – Germany
Congress and Festival – 26th – 27th April 2025 in Bamberg.
Prizes of a total value of up to 14.000 €
1. The competition is addressed to young marimba soloists and is divided into five age groups up to the age of 28 years.
2. The Marimba Festiva Competition is a hybrid competition, in which video rounds and a live competition in Bamberg / Germany are included.
3. There are separate registration fees for pre-selection round, online competition and live competition.
4. There is a discount for members of Marimba Festiva Association – Preliminary Round Free
5. Marimba pieces with audio accompaniment can only be performed during the live competition.
6. Marimba pieces with piano accompaniment can only be performed during online competition – video recordings
Marimba Festiva
The Heads of the Jury teams of the Online Competition 2024-2025
The online competition is supervised by 3 jury teams, each consisting of 3 members. Our very honored guests are: (from left) Philippe Spiesser, Nanae Mimura, Daniel Berg, Israel Moreno, Rachel Xi Zhang, Juan David Caviedes
Online Competition – jury guests
Marimba Festiva
Welcome
Marimba Festiva
Timetable
Jury Members – Online Competition
Jury Members – Live Competition – Bamberg 2025
Age Groups and Rounds
Registration and Fees
Repertoire
Special Prizes – lists of pieces
Awards and honors
Further information
Marimba Festiva