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Nürtingen International Guitar Competition

Nürtingen, Germany · Internationaler Gitarrenwettbewerb Nürtingen

Next edition

No future edition is announced on the official pages we could check.

Overview

A competition within the Nürtingen International Guitar Festival with International, Junior and Bambini sections. The International competition has two rounds and a public final with an audience award.

Organiser: Nürtingen International Guitar Festival
Instruments: Classical Guitar (International), Classical Guitar (Junior), Classical Guitar (Bambini)
Category: Solo guitar
Age limits: International: born after 4 Aug 1990 (2025); Junior: after 6 Aug 2007; Bambini: after 3 Aug 2013

Rules & repertoire

Registration & fee

Fee EUR 170 (EUR 105 competition only) for International; Junior EUR 105; Bambini EUR 60. Round 1 programme due 25 July.

Rounds & time limits

International: Round 1, Round 2 (up to 14 players), Final (4 players)

Repertoire

Not published on the official pages we could check.

Jury & prizes

Jury

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Prizes

International: 1st EUR 3,500 plus Montoya guitar (EUR 6,500) and concerts; 2nd EUR 2,000; 3rd EUR 1,000 in non-cash prizes
Junior: 1st EUR 500 plus Montoya guitar; 2nd EUR 300; 3rd EUR 200

Past editions

To protect minors, we do not show the names of winners in categories open to under-18s. Category, age range and prize are always shown.

2025 — Nürtingen source
International · born after 4 Aug 1990
- 1st prize — Torrin Williams (Great Britain)
- 2nd prize — Émilie Fend (France)
- 3rd prize — Maya Descheemaeker (Belgium)
Junior · born after 6 Aug 2007
- 1st prize — name not shown (category open to under-18s)
- 2nd prize — name not shown (category open to under-18s)
- 3rd prize — name not shown (category open to under-18s)

Summarised from official sources, last checked 10 Nov 2026. Main source