Timetable of the Competition
23 – 25 April 2025 – International Marimba Festiva Live Competition in Treppendorf b. Bamberg – Musikhaus Thomann
26 – 28 April 2025 – International Marimba Festival Resonances in Bamberg – Germany
April 27, 2025, 4 pm – Award Ceremony – Address: Volkshochschule Bamberg, Tränkgasse 4, 96052 Bamberg
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Schedule of the Competition
Wednesday, April 23, 2025 – AG IV / semi final
10:00 – Cheng-Ju Chang – Taiwan
10:30 – Chiaki Matsumoto – Japan
11:00 – Francisco Guerreiro – Portugal
11:30 – Hyunsong Lee – South Korea
12:00 – 13:30 Break
13:30 – Joey Eng – Australia
14:00 – Samuel Gogniat – Switzerland
14:30 – Viktor Olinberger – Russia
15:00 – 16:00 – Break
16:00 Xiao Liu – Switzerland
16:30 Yi-Ling Cai – Taiwan
17:00 Ying Hua – China
17:30 Yuta Yanagisawa – Japan
Thursday, April 24, 2025
10 am -Start of the auditions of AG IV / final round
AG V / semi final
14:00 – Ching-Yun Lin – Taiwan
14:30 – Christian López Soriano – Mexico
15:00 – Jingxue Ren – China
15:30 – Ririka Shimaoka – Japan
16:00 – Sheng-Yuan Wang – Taiwan
AG I / final round
17:00 – David Cagnazzo – Slovenia
17:15 – Ege Basabak – Turkey
17:45 – Martins Heislers – Latvia
18:00 – Savio Tam – China
18:15 – Wojciech Grzegorczyk – Poland
Friday, April 25, 2025
AG II / final round
10.00 – Batu Özcan – Turkey
10:20 – Joao Fialho – Portugal –
10:40 – Manuel Joäo Dias – Portugal
11:00 – Wojciech Klag – Poland
11:20 – Mirai Katsuda – Japan
11:40 – Yufan Liang – China
1 pm – Start of the auditions of AG V – final round
AG III / final round
15:00 Glenn Choe – USA
15:25 Hedi Yang – China –
15:50 Jeanne Chebret – France
16:15 Joseph Jang -South Korea
16:40 Luiz Tomás – Portugal
17:05 – Steije Maurer – Netherlands
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Special Prizes
Best interpretation of the pieces by Keiko Abe
Participants
1 Batu Özcan – Turkey – Variations on Japanese Children’s Songs
2 Wojciech Klag – Poland – Marimba d’Amore
3 Luiz Tomás – Portugal – Variations on Japanese Children’s Songs
4 Cheng-Ju Chang – Taiwan – Wind Sketch
5 Samuel Gogniat – Switzerland – Variations on Japanese Children’s Songs
6 Xiao Liu – Switzerland – Variations on Japanese Children’s Songs
7 Yuta Yanagisawa – Japan – Marimba d’amore
8 Christian López Soriano – Mexico – Marimba d’amore
9 Ririka Shimaoka – Japan – Variations on Japanese Children’s Songs
10 Sheng-Yuan Wang – Taiwan – Marimba d’amore
Participants
1 Mirai Katsuda – Japan – Takatsugu Muramatsu, LAND
2 Hedi Yang – China – Ludwig Albert – Feel the Sunlight
3 Jeanne Chebret – France – Ameline – Erick Sammut
4 Samuel Gogniat – Switzerland – Emmanuel Séjourné, Prélude n°1
5 Viktor Olinberger – Russia – Prélude n°1
6 Yi-Ling Cai – Taiwan – Anna Ignatowicz-Glińska – Toccata
7 Yuta Yanagisawa – Japan – Heng Liu – Vermilion Bird
8 Jingxue Ren – China – Eric Sammut – Mussetta’s Waltz
9 Sheng-Yuan Wang – Taiwan – Heng Liu – Vermilion Bird
Further information.
For the competitions, music notes such as the original edition and two copies are required.
It is recommended that you come to Bamberg the day before the first competition to familiarize yourself with the organizational aspects.
The competition office is located at Musikhaus Thomann.
A meeting with the organizers of the competition in Bamberg will also be possible on the evening before the first audition. The location of the meeting will be announced soon.
The warm-up before the competition is possible around 45 minutes before the audition and will take place in 3 phases:
Phase 1 – 15 minutes in a preparation room (practice pad)
Phase 2 – 15 minutes warm-up on an instrument that is unknown to everyone: Musser 500
Phase 3 – Warm up on the competition instrument (Yamaha, Adams, Studio 49) The length of the warm-up is the same as the length of the round.
