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Viseu International Guitar Competition

Viseu, Portugal

Official website Rules & repertoire

Next edition

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

Overview

A biennial international classical guitar competition held in Viseu during the Music of Spring festival, with an Open category and a Junior category. The Open category has an online pre-selection followed by three live rounds.

Organiser
Viseu International Music of Spring Festival (Música da Primavera)
Instruments
Classical Guitar (Open/Professional), Classical Guitar (Junior)
Category
Solo guitar
Age limits
Open: born 1990 or later (2026 edition); Junior: up to 18

Rules & repertoire

Registration & fee

2026 edition: Open fee EUR 120 (registration by 7 March 2026); Junior fee EUR 100 (by 15 March 2026).

Rounds & time limits

  • Open: pre-selection video ~15 min; Round 1 ~15 min; Round 2 ~20 min; Final ~20 min
  • Junior: Round 1 ~12 min (incl. one etude); Final ~15 min

Repertoire

Open: Villa-Lobos etude in the first two rounds; final includes works by listed composers (e.g. Bach, Tárrega, Brouwer); up to 10 minutes of earlier repertoire may be repeated in the final.

Jury & prizes

Jury

  • Open: Paulo Vaz de Carvalho (President), Martin Krajčo, Thomas Viloteau, Cleyton Fernandes, Goran Krivokapić, André Cardoso
  • Junior: Pedro Rodrigues (President), Martin Krajčo, José Carlos Sousa, Pedro Rufino, Francisco Berény, André Cardoso

Prizes

  • Open: 1st EUR 7,000 plus guitar and concerts; 2nd EUR 3,000; 3rd EUR 2,000; Best Portuguese EUR 500; Audience EUR 500
  • Junior: 1st EUR 1,500; 2nd EUR 1,000; 3rd EUR 500

Past editions

To protect minors, we do not show the names of winners in categories open to under-18s, or of winners whose category the official source does not state (this competition also has under-18 categories). Category, age range and prize are always shown.

  • 2026 — Viseu source
    Open · born 1990 or later
    • 1st prize — Timothée Vinour-Motta (France)
    • 2nd prize — Manuel Toucinho (Portugal)
    • 3rd prize — Julio César Robles (Mexico)
    Junior · up to 18
    • 1st prize — name not shown (category open to under-18s)
  • 2024 — Viseu source
    Category not stated by the source
    • 1st prize — name not shown (category not stated) — Open or Junior not stated
    • 2nd prize — name not shown (category not stated)
    • 3rd prize — name not shown (category not stated)
  • 2022 — Viseu source
    Category not stated by the source
    • 1st prize — name not shown (category not stated) — Open or Junior not stated
    • 2nd prize — name not shown (category not stated)
    • 3rd prize — name not shown (category not stated)
  • 2020 — Viseu source
    Category not stated by the source
    • 1st prize — name not shown (category not stated) — Open or Junior not stated
    • 2nd prize — name not shown (category not stated)
    • 3rd prize — name not shown (category not stated)
  • 2018 — Viseu source
    Category not stated by the source
    • 1st prize — name not shown (category not stated) — Open or Junior not stated
    • 2nd prize — name not shown (category not stated)
    • 3rd prize — name not shown (category not stated)

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