International Guitar Competition & Festival Berlin

The International Guitar Competition & Festival Berlin is a competition for classical guitarists from around the world. It takes place in Berlin since 2006 every 2 years. The artistic director is the composer and guitarist Dang Ngoc Long.

The participants must not be older than 32 years old. In addition to self-selected music tracks the participants must be able to play certain compulsory pieces by heart.

To date, participated in the competition over 100 participants from different countries participated, such as from Germany, Brazil, England, Poland, New Zealand, Ukraine, Israel, Belarus, Russia, France, Bulgaria, Belgium, Republic of China, Spain, Thailand, Chile, Slovenia, South Korea, Ireland, Japan, Vietnam and Austria.

Award winners

• 2006 1st prize: Shiri Coneh (Israel )
• 2nd Prize: Noriyuki Masuda (Japan)
• 3rd prize: Karoline Kumst ( Germany )
• 3rd prize: Gaku Yamada (Japan)

• 2008 1st prize: Ekachai Jearakul (Thailand)
• 2nd Prize: Mateus Dela Ponte ( Brazil)
• 3rd prize: Nohyoung Lee (South Korea)

• 2010 1st prize: Chia -wei lin (Taiwan)
• 2nd Prize: Bilodid Denys (Ukraine )
• 3rd Prize: Claire Sananikone (France)

• 2012 1st Prize: Claire Sananikone (France)
• 2nd Prize: Igor Dedusenko ( Belarus )
• 3rd prize: Nejc Kuhar (Slovenia )
• Special Price: Svetoslav Kostov ( Bulgaria) ( Best presentation of Compositions from Dang Ngoc Long)