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Chamber Concert

Manoa QuartetSonidos de El Dorado

With Manoa Quartet, the IGT 2026 presents four outstanding musicians from Venezuela and Brazil who bring together the richness of Latin American music in a vibrant and deeply distinctive sound. Miguel Siso on cuatro, Matheus Donato on cavaquinho, Leo Montana on piano, and Manuel Sánchez on double bass create a musical dialogue filled with energy, warmth, and rhythmic sophistication.
The quartet combines deep musical roots with fresh contemporary creativity. Folk traditions, urban grooves, improvisational freedom, and delicately interwoven melodies merge into a sound that feels both deeply rooted in tradition and entirely present.
Miguel Siso, awarded a Latin Grammy for his album Identidad, is regarded as one of the leading voices of contemporary Venezuelan instrumental music. Together with Matheus Donato, Leo Montana, and Manuel Sánchez, he forms an ensemble whose collective sound allows diverse musical personalities, influences, and forms of expression to come together naturally.
The concert journeys through musical landscapes between Venezuela and Brazil, revealing the vitality and richness of these cultural worlds. Here, tradition and contemporaneity do not appear as opposites, but as part of the same living musical movement — full of expression, openness, and presence.

In the spirit of Raíces, this evening becomes a vibrant sonic journey filled with virtuosity, closeness, and shared musical joy.

Manoa Quartet

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Miguel Siso

Cuatro

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Matheus Donato

Cavaquinho

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Leo Montana

Piano

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Manuel Sánchez

Double Bass

instagram.com/manuelsanchezmusica

 

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Classic Talent

CompetitionIGT 2026

For many years, the IGT Competition has been a central part of the International Guitar Festival Tübingen, bringing young guitarists from all over the world together in Tübingen.
The focus is not solely on virtuosity and technical precision, but above all on musical personality, expressiveness, and the search for a unique artistic voice. Diverse cultural backgrounds and musical influences come together here in an open and inspiring way, making the rich diversity of the international guitar scene truly audible.
The competition considers itself not just a musical contest, but also a space for encounter, exchange, and mutual inspiration. Young musicians share their music, listen to each other, and forge new artistic connections.
The event concludes with the Prize Winners' Concert in the evening, where the awarded guitarists from the previous year take the stage once again—a concert full of musical presence, new discoveries, and extraordinary talent.

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Young Talents

Award Ceremony & Laureates in Concert

With the award ceremony and the subsequent Laureates in Concert, the International Guitar Festival Tübingen dedicates a special evening to young artists. Here, the present and continuity meet: The current competition reaches its festive conclusion, while simultaneously, the prize winners from the previous year take the stage once again.
Laureates in Concert offers the invited musicians the opportunity to continue their artistic development within the framework of the festival and to present themselves once more in a special concert setting. Thus, the prize winners' concert becomes not only an award but also a form of ongoing support and visibility for young artistic journeys.
The result is an evening full of virtuosity, expressiveness, and musical encounters. Young talents take center stage—not merely as winners, but as independent musical personalities with their own artistic voice and future.

2025 Laureates:

1st Prize - Chenhao Li (China)
2nd Prize - Erwin A. Müller (Romania)
3rd Prize - Siyul Kim (South Korea)

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Matinee Concert

Tübinger Musikschule

The matinee concert featuring young students from the Tübingen Music School has been a cherished part of the International Guitar Festival Tübingen for many years. It creates a welcoming space where these young musicians can share what they have been practicing within an international festival setting, allowing them to feel part of a much larger musical world.
The special charm of this concert lies exactly in this beautiful connection between local music education and an international festival atmosphere. The matinee opens a focused yet relaxed festival morning, shaped by curiosity, enthusiasm, and the pure joy of making music.
This concert represents one of the festival's core beliefs: music is about sharing, learning together, and experiencing something beautiful across generations. This makes the matinee a quieter, yet incredibly touching moment within the festival program—heartwarming, close-up, and full of bright young potential.

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Closing Concert

Residenz Orchester BWLuces y Sombras

Residenz Orchester BW
Conductor: Sven Gnass
Guitar: Cecilio Perera
Bandoneon: Luciano Jungman
Cello: Benedict Klöckner

With the closing concert "Luces y Sombras," the Internationale Gitarrenfestival Tübingen 2026 concludes with a musical celebration that places the guitar at the heart of a program dedicated to the fascinating sound world of Astor Piazzolla.
Under the direction of Sven Gnass, founder and Artistic Director of the Residenz Orchestra Baden-Württemberg, outstanding soloists and orchestra come together in a program that moves between passion, melancholy, and rhythmic vitality. Renowned for his artistic versatility, Gnass combines musical precision with remarkable interpretive sensitivity.
The internationally acclaimed guitarist Cecilio Perera appears as soloist, bringing the exceptional musicianship and technical brilliance that have taken him to leading concert stages across Europe, the Americas, and Asia. Together with Argentine bandoneonist Luciano Jungman, one of today's foremost interpreters of Piazzolla's music, and the award-winning cellist Benedict Klöckner, they form an ensemble that brings the richness and expressive depth of this remarkable repertoire vividly to life.
The program spans traditional tangos, Piazzolla's moving Serie del Ángel, chamber music works, and culminates in the powerful Serie del Diablo. Light and shadow, longing and passion, intimacy and rhythmic energy intertwine in a concert that captures the full expressive richness of Argentine music.

An evening of music, passion, and unforgettable artistic encounters.

 

Residenz Orchester
Baden-Württemberg

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Sven Gnass

Conductor

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Cecilio Perera

Guitar

cecilioperera.com

 

Luciano Jungman

Bandoneon

lucianojungman.com

 

Benedict Klöckner

Cello

benedictkloeckner.de

 

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