General Information:
Competition for young marimba soloists up to the age of 28
Video Rounds starting 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
Timetable
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