The 13th ARTE International Mandolin Festival & Competition

Competition Outline

There are two categories, Mandolin solo and Mandola, Mandoloncello, and Liuto Moderno Solo.
Please check the guidelines PDF for more details
 

• Guidelines PDF file

• October 10-11, 2026 (Sat-Sun)

• Kadoma Civic Cultural Hall “Lumiere Hall” (Small Hall), Osaka, Japan

• Category A: Mandolin Solo
• Category B: Mandola, Mandoloncello, and Liuto Moderno Solo

• JPY 10,000 (per a category).

• • Keigo Fujii
  • Annika Hinsche (Germany)
  • Takayuki Ishimura
  • Ayako Kojima
  • Kenzo Kumei
  • Chiaki Masukawa
  • Ekaterina Mochalova (Russia)
  • Kozo Onishi
  • Kenji Suehiro

• APPLICANT ELIGIBILITY:
• Participants must be under 35 years of age as of October 10, 2026.
• Preliminary Round (Video Screening):
• Set Piece: One of the following works by Raffaele Calace:
• Prelude No. 1, Op.45;
• Prelude No. 2, Op.49;
• Prelude No. 3, Op.63;
• Prelude No. 5, Op.74.
• SEMI-FINAL:
• Set Piece: Osamu Kawakami (b.1979) – Black Ghost (2014).
• The sheet music will be distributed via a download site after the editing is completed.
• Program must include this piece and total program time must be over 15 minutes and under 20 minutes, including entrance and exit. For the free-choice piece, accompaniment is optional, and the choice of accompanying instrument is unrestricted.
• FINAL:
• Free-choice program.
• Total program time must be over 20 minutes and under 30 minutes, including entrance and exit. Accompaniments are optional, and the choice of accompanying instrument is unrestricted.

• APPLICANT ELIGIBILITY:
• No age limit.
• Preliminary Round (Video Screening):
• Free-choice unaccompanied program up to 10 minutes.
• FINAL:
• Free-choice program.
• Total program time must be over 15 minutes and under 20 minutes (no repetition of preliminary piece). Accompaniments are optional, and the choice of accompanying instrument is unrestricted.

• A Division:
• 1st Prize 200,000 yen 2nd Prize 100,000 yen 3rd Prize 50,000 yen
• B Division:
• 1st Prize 50,000 yen 2nd Prize 30,000 yen 3rd Prize 10,000 yen

• First-prize winners in both divisions will be invited to perform as guest artists in a future ARTE MANDOLINISTICA concert.

ARTE MANDOLINISTICA. The pieces to be performed in this concert will be decided through discussion between the performer and the Organizing Committee.