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Adelaide International Classical Guitar Competition
Next edition
No future edition is announced on the official pages we could check.
Overview
International classical guitar competition run within the Adelaide Guitar Festival, with a video audition, live semi-final and public final. Held in recent editions in September of odd years.
- Organiser
- Adelaide Festival Centre Trust (Adelaide Guitar Festival)
- Instruments
- Classical guitar
- Category
- Solo guitar
- Age limits
- Aged 35 or younger (as of 14 September 2025 for the 2025 edition)
Rules & repertoire
Registration & fee
Online application, fee AUD 100 + GST.
Rounds & time limits
- Audition: video, up to 16 advance
- Semi-final: live, up to 8 advance
- Final: public performance
Repertoire
Audition: set Cawrse piece, Bach BWV 997 Prelude, 10 min free; Semi-final: Mompou 'Muniera' plus 10 min free; Final: Cawrse piece plus up to 15 min free (one piece before 1850, one after).
Jury & prizes
Jury
Not published on the official pages we could check.Prizes
- 1st prize: AUD 10,000 plus Jim Redgate guitar (valued AUD 23,000)
- 2nd prize: AUD 4,000
- 3rd prize: AUD 2,000
Past editions
- 2025 — Adelaide source
Summarised from official sources, last checked 11 Nov 2026. Main source