Competitions
Calls for entries, finals, results, and reports.
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The 2026 festival combines Lancaster County concerts and presentations with a large marimba orchestra and an optional PASIC appearance in Indianapolis.
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The Italy Percussive Arts Society's 23rd online competition runs from September 20 to November 20, 2026, with marimba among seven solo percussion sections. The current organizer subscription page lists September 7 as the application deadline.
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Applications close September 15, 2026; the final-round events take place February 15–18, 2027 at Suntory Hall Blue Rose in Tokyo.
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Greg Giannascoli leads a public PASIC 2026 Keyboard Masterclass on the music of Clair Omar Musser. Applications close September 15, 2026.
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The percussion discipline runs through four rounds in Munich from September 4 to 13, with marimba repertoire in the first round and semifinal, and a final with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
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Ten selected professional percussionists compete across four public jury rounds in Eindhoven from September 20 to 27, concluding with three individual final recitals.
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The Italy Percussive Arts Society's 23rd online competition runs from September 20 to November 20, 2026, with marimba among seven solo percussion sections. The current organizer subscription page lists September 7 as the application deadline.
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Young mallet players from around the world perform self-written and chosen works on marimba, vibraphone, or both in Eindhoven.
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The 2026 festival combines Lancaster County concerts and presentations with a large marimba orchestra and an optional PASIC appearance in Indianapolis.
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Three days of individual lessons, chamber music, workshops, lectures and concerts for marimba students in Lusławice, Poland.
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Greg Giannascoli leads a public PASIC 2026 Keyboard Masterclass on the music of Clair Omar Musser. Applications close September 15, 2026.
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Applications close September 15, 2026; the final-round events take place February 15–18, 2027 at Suntory Hall Blue Rose in Tokyo.
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Zivkovic's International Summer Academy & Festival for Marimba & Percussion is scheduled in Vienna from August 22 to 28, 2026, with masterclasses, lectures, concerts, and guest teachers across marimba and percussion.
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The organizer has announced the results of the 41st Japan Wind and Percussion Competition marimba final, held on August 21, 2026. 小嶋義貴 received first prize.
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A two-day Cape Town gathering for marimba ensembles, with competitions, workshops, panel discussions, an opening ceremony and a finale showcase.
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LUO CHENXUAN won first prize and CHIN SUNGMIN second prize in percussion at the 21st Jeju International Brass & Percussion Competition. The final-round required work was Permafrost Concerto for marimba solo and wind orchestra.
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The final round of the 9th Tokyo International Marimba Competition, held on July 30, 2026 at Tobu Friend Hall in Tokyo, open to the public with free admission.
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The organizer announced the Solo Category results and the first- and second-prize Marimba Duo laureates.
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The Universal Marimba Competition & Festival 2013 included solo and duo marimba disciplines in Sint-Truiden, Belgium; the official results list its laureates and prize winners.
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International Marimba Competition took place July 30–August 5, 2012, at Mozarteum Salzburg in Salzburg, Austria.
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The Universal Marimba Competition 2011 fourth edition was for marimba solo and chamber music; its official results list the laureates and prize winners.
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The Marimba Education Foundation announced the 1st International Solo Marimba Competition in collaboration with the 5th National/1st International Marimba Festival in South Africa.
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Ivana Bilic Marimba Week with Emmanuel Sejourne was scheduled for September 27–30, 2009, in Samobor, Croatia.
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Aurora Borealis announced its 2009 Composition Competition for soprano and percussion.
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The International Marimba Competition & Festival was scheduled for August 20–28, 2004, at the Academic Hall and Cult.Centre in Sint-Truiden, Belgium.
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Keiko Abe's master class took place at EURAC (Accademia Europea), Via Druso, Bolzano, Italy, on October 18, 2003.
Competition · Application deadline
The 9th Tokyo International Marimba Competition, organized by the Japan International League of Artists. A single open marimba category; applications run March 1 to May 31, 2026, and the final is held on July 30 at Tobu Friend Hall in Tokyo.
