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International Guitar Competition 'Omaggio a Niccolò Paganini' (Paganini Guitar Festival)
Next edition
No future edition is announced on the official pages we could check.
Overview
International guitar competition held annually at the Paganini Guitar Festival in Parma, with categories for soloists, chamber music and romantic (period) guitar. Preliminary rounds take place at the Casa della Musica, finals are public.
- Organiser
- Società dei Concerti di Parma
- Instruments
- Guitar, Romantic guitar, Chamber music with guitar
- Category
- Solo guitar, Guitar in chamber music, Other ensembles
Rules & repertoire
Registration & fee
Online form plus payment of the registration fee.
Rounds & time limits
- Elimination rounds per category
- Public final
Repertoire
Not published on the official pages we could check.Jury & prizes
Jury
- Frédéric Zigante (president)
- Pavel Steidl
- Pablo Márquez
- Dale Kavanagh
- Thomas Kirchhoff
- Nicola Montella
- Lucio Matarazzo
- Qingchuan Li
- Arody Garcia
- Oman Kaminsky
Prizes
Not published on the official pages we could check.Past editions
- 2026 — Parma (finals 31 May 2026, Auditorium del Carmine) source
Summarised from official sources, last checked 10 Nov 2026. Main source