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The Universal Marimba Competition is an international music competition in Belgium, founded in 2001 by Belgian marimba virtuoso Dr. Ludwig Albert. It dedicates to develop the Marimba Art and to foster cross cultural understanding. The competition received the High Patronage of Her Majesty Queen Paola of Belgium from 2011. It is a competition for classical marimbists in the disciplines marimba solo, marimba duo and marimba Chamber music. It also used to hold the Universal Marimba Competition for composition. Eriko Daimo (JP), Simone Rubino (IT), Noriko Tsukagochi (JP), Rodrigo Fernandes Marques (PT), Axoum duo (FR/PL), Marianne Bednarska (PL) and Lucid duo (BG/PL) were, amongst many other marimbists, winning laureates in the past. Since its foundation it has been profiled as one of the most challenging and prestigious competitions for instrumentalists and composers. The competition presents marimba music as its main theme, and presents many schools and styles that boast artistic attainments and possess international professional standards, all representing innovation and skills.

Universal Marimba Competition Belgium
High Patronage Her Majesty Queen Paola
Country
Belgium
Location Academiezaal Sint-Truiden  
Artistic director Dr. Ludwig Albert
Website: www.marimbacompetition.com

Organization

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The competition has taken place since 2001 in Sint-Truiden. The repertoire consists of compositions by the most prominent composers worldwide and the compulsory work included compositions by Keiko Abe (JP),  Igor Lesnik (HR), Ludwig Albert (BE), Jan Van Landeghem (BE), Eckhard Kopetzki (PL), Rodrigo Fernandes Marques (PT), Francois Glorieux (BE) and Piet Swerts (BE).  This competition consists of 4 rounds. In the final, 3 to 5 finalists are admitted for each discipline and are awarded the title of laureate. The first 3 laureates will be as well ranking Prize Winners. For the final round, the finalists must play the imposed works and a short recital with their own choice of compositions. Participants must have a broad knowledge of repertoire and physical endurance. The prize pool of 70,000 Euro also includes concert instruments, cash prizes, product prizes, recordings and international publishing. A large number of the laureates also received an endorsed artist contract with leading marimba and mallet manufacturing companies such as Yamaha Corporation (JP), Adams Musical Instruments (NL), Innovative percussion (US) , which gives them the opportunity to develop an international career. The laureates are also invited to perform at cooperating festivals abroad.

The competition rounds take place in the wooden acoustic historical Aula or "Academiezaal" of the minor seminary in Sint-Truiden build by the Belgian architect Louis Roelandt in 1843-1846. The participants are judged by an international jury of renowned musicians and marimbists. The jury chairmen of the competition were successively: Francois Glorieux, Ludwig Albert, Jan Pustjens and Igor Lesnik.

Universal Marimba Competition Belgium
Solo: 2001 . 2004 . 2007 . 2011 . 2013 . 2015 . 2017 . 2021 . 2024

Duo: 2001 . 2004 . 2007 . 2013 . 2024

Chamber music: 2011 . 2017 . 2021

Composition: 2009 . 2010 . 2011 . 2013 . 2015 . 2017 . 2021 . 2024

Laureates Marimba Solo

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Year Solo
2001
  • Hidemi Murase (JP)

1st Prize laureate Solo

  • Keiko Kotuko (JP) 

2nd Prize laureate Solo

  • Mayumi Sekizawa (JP)

3rd Prize laureate Solo

2004
  • Eriko Daimo (JP)

1st Prize laureate Solo

  • Noriko Tsukagoshi (JP)

2nd Prize laureate Solo

  • Chin-Cheng Lin (TW)  

3rd Prize laureate Solo

2007
  • Mi Youne Kim (KR)

  1st Prize laureate Solo

  • Iwami Reina (JP)

2nd Prize laureate Solo

  • Hiromi Shigeno (JP)

3rd Prize laureate Solo

2011
  • Rostislav Sharaevskiy (RU)

2nd Prize laureate Solo

  • Elisabeth Galvan (US)

3rd Prize laureate Solo

2013
  • Han-Yen Kao (TW)

1st Prize laureate Solo

  • Filip Mercep (HR)

2nd Prize laureate Solo

  • Nina Fujisawa (JP)

3rd Prize laureate Solo

2015
  • Bak Hyeji (KR)

1st Prize laureate Solo

  • Fan Ni (CN)

2nd Prize laureate Solo

  • Kann Elten Anders (DK)

3rd Prize laureate

2017
  • Yao- Te Hsieh (TW)

1st Prize laureate

  • Marianne Bednarska (PL)

2nd Prize laureate

  • Huang Po-Yuan (TW)

3rd Prize laureate

  • Yi Sun (CN)

4th finalist

2021
  • Yiyeon Kim (KR)

1st Prize laureate Solo

  • Maho Ishida (JP)

2nd Prize laureate Solo

  • Ting-Ni Li (TW)

3rd  Prize laureate Solo

  • Machi Ishida (JP)

4th laureate Solo

  • Lorenzo Manquillet (FR) 

5th laureate Solo

  • Jorge M.E. Rodriguez (MX)

6th laureate Solo

Laureates Marimba Duo & Chamber music

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Year Duo / Chamber music
2001
  • Juan Martinez & Miguel Gonzales Zaragosa (MX)

1st Prize laureates Duo

2004
  • Johan Bridger & Patrick Raab (SE)

1st Prize laureates Duo

  • Elwira Slazak & Gabriel Collet (PL/FR)

2nd Prize laureates Duo

2007
  • Emiko Uchiyama (JP) & Petrov Vladimir (BG)

1st Prize laureates Duo

  • Rina & Mieko Kano (JP)  

2nd Prize laureates Duo

2011
  • Lucid duo: Irena Manolova & Tomasz Golinski (BG/PL)

1st Prize laureates Chamber Music

  • Taknara Ensemble (ES)

2nd Prize laureates Chamber music

2013
  • Keiko Kotoku & Roberto Palomeque (JP/MX)

1st Prize laureates Duo

  • Claire Litzler & Ryoko Kondo  (FR/JP)

2nd Prize laureates Duo

2017
  • Ni Fan (CN) & Lukas Bohm (DE)

1st Prize laureates

  • FLAMA Duo: Luis Camacho Montealegre (ES) & Francesco Mazzoleni (IT)

2nd Prize laureates

2021
  • Amazul Duo: Rodrigo Fernandes Marques (PT) & Astrid Espinosa Bordón (ES)

1st Prize laureates

  • Catatumbo Marimba Quartet (VE): Garcia Jose - Cañizales Yuth - Perez Sebastian- Fernandez David

2nd Prize laureates

  • Koinot Duo (UZ): MukhammaAziz Akbarov & Kabdurahmanov Alibek

3rd Prize laureates

Laureates Composition

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Year Composer Composition
2009 2nd  Prize Laureate
  • by Kazumi Tsukamoto (JP)
'CENOTE' for Marimba Solo
2009 3rd  Prize Laureate
  • by Saverio Tasca (IT)
'AHA OHO' for Marimba Solo
2010 1st Prize Laureate
  • Tomasz Golinski (PL)
'LUMINOSITY' for Marimba Solo
2010 2nd Prize Laureate
  • Ting-Chuan Chen (TW)
'CONSTANTINE' for Marimba Solo
2011 1st Prize Laureate
  • Tomasz Golinski (PL)
'PURITY' for Marimba Solo
2011 3rd  Prize Laureate
  • Emilia Di Pasquale (IT)
'MOVIMENTI' for Marimba Solo
2013 3rd  Prize Laureate
  • Zurazak Ut-SA (TH)
'CITYSCAPES'  for Marimba Solo
2015 1st Prize Laureate
  • Guntars Freibergs (LV)
'BALLADE OF SPRING' for Marimba Solo
2017 1st Prize Laureate
  • Rodrigo Fernandes Marques (PT)
'ULULARDEL TIGRE' for Marimba Solo
2017 3rd  Prize Laureate
  • Ji-Hoon Lee (KR)
'WHITE NIGHT' for Marimba Solo
2021 1st Prize Laureate
  • Richard Percival (NZ)
'THREE SHORT PIECES' for Marimba Quartet
2021 2nd Prize Laureate
  • Kai Stensgaard (DK)   
'CONCERTO' for Marimba Solo & Orchestra
2021 2nd Prize Laureate
  • Wen Chi Tsai (TW)
'LE TOURBILLON MUET' for marimba Duo
2021 3rd  Prize Laureate
  • Chinatsu Hasegawa (JP)
'HALLUCINATION' for Marimba Solo
2021 3rd  Prize Laureate
  • Julio Acosta (MX)
'THREE PIECES' for Marimba Solo

Extra prizes: The Ludwig Albert talent Prize

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The Ludwig Albert talent Prize was awarded to candidates for their exceptional talent and musically.

2001 Solo Min Jeong Song (KR)
2001 Solo Chin-Cheng Lin (TW)
2007 Solo Rostislav Sharaevskiy (RU)
2007 Solo Taiko Saito (JP)
2007 Solo Sabrina Suk Wai (HK)
2007 Duo Chin-Cheng Lin & Chen Yin Chun (TW)
2007 Duo Tchiki duo (CH): Jacques Hostettler a Nicolas Suter
2011 Solo Simone Rubino (IT)
2011 Duo Insert Title (US): Ben Duinker & Greg Samek
2013 Solo Xizi Wang (CN)
2013 Solo Tomi Emilov (BG)
2013 Solo Sebastian Efler (AT)
2013 Duo Milosz & Magadalena K. Pekala (PL)
2013 Duo Florent Duverger & Lucie Delmas (FR)
2015 Solo Bernstein Colleen (US)
2015 Solo Huang Po-Yuan (TW)
2017 Solo Alvaro Alves (PT)
2017 Solo Rodriguez Morales (MX)
2021 Solo Diego Casado Rodriguez (ES)
2021 Solo Li Ka Wai (HK)

Extra Prizes: best performance Prize

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The Sabam Prize was awarded to finalists for their best performance of the set piece.

2007 Solo Mi Youne Kim (KR)

Set piece: “Nimbostratus” - L. Albert

2007 Duo Emiko Uchiyama (JP) & Petrov Vladimir (BG)

Set piece: “the Kundalini of the playing Koala’s” - J. v. Landeghem

2013 Solo Sebastian Efler (AT)
2013 Duo Ling Lu & Hao-Yun Hsieh (TW)
2015 Solo Zhang Jinshuang (CN)
2015 Solo Bak Hyeji (KR)
2017 Solo Huang Po-Yuan (TW)

Set piece: “Feel the Sunlight” - L.Albert

2017 Solo Marianne Bednarska (PL)

Repertory piece: “LA Concerto” - Piet Swerts

2021 Duo Rodrigo Fernandes Marques (PT) & Astrid Espinosa Bordon (ES)

Set piece: “Magic Sphere” - R. F. Marques

2021 Solo Tzu-Yin Lin (TW)

Repertory piece: “Feel the Sunlight” - L. Albert

Extra prize: Public Prize

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The public Prize was awarded to:

2007 Solo Mi Youne Kim (KR)
2007 Duo Emiko Uchiyama (JP) & Petrov Vladimir (BG)
2011 Solo Simone Rubino (IT)
2013 Solo Nina Fujisawa (JP)
2015 Solo Bak Hyeji (KR)
2017 Solo Marianne Bednarska (PL)
2017 Duo Ni Fan (CN) & Lukas Bohm (DE)

Extra Prizes: Keiko Abe Prize

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2007 Duo Emiko Uchiyama (JP) & Petrov Vladimir (BG)
2007 Duo Rina & Mieko Kano (JP) 
2011 Solo Kann Elten Anders (DK)

Extra prizes: Originality Prize

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The ‘Originality Prize’ (publishing of best new composition) is awarded to candidates performing a new composition.

2004 Solo Taiko Saito (JP)
2004 Solo Zhengdao Lu (CN)
2007 Solo Mi Youne Kim (KR)
  • “Back to the Time” for marimba solo by Chin-Cheng Lin
2007 Duo Mieko & Rina Kano (JP)
  • “W=Mirror” for marimba duo by Hirotake Kitaka
2015 Dolo Fan Ni (CN)
2017 Duo Carmen Alfaro (CR) & William Gomez (CR)
2017 Solo Rodrigo Fernandes Marques (PT)
  • “Garden of Irises” by Rodrigo Fernandes Marques

Past jury members

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Keiko Abe (JP), Ludwig Albert (BE), Nebojsa Jovan Zivkovic (RS), Mark Ford (US), Ney Rosauro (BR) , Nancy Zeltsman (US), Axoum duo (PL), Rebecca Kite (US), Foo Pui Yee (HK), Angel Frette (AR), David Friedman (DE), Daniella Ganeva (UK), Momoko Kamiya (JP), Kuniko Kato (JP), Igor Lesnik (HR), Chin-Cheng Lin (TW), Anders Loguin (SE), Frédéric Macarez (FR), Nanae Mimura (JP), Biao Li (CN), Michael Burritt (US), William Moersch (US), Hidemi Murase (JP), Zefferino Nandayapa (MX), Bogdan Bacanu (AT), Leo Ouderits (BE), Jan Pustjens (NL), Emmanuel Séjourné (FR), Klaus Tresselt (DE), Pei-Ching Wu (TW), Seung-Myeong Oh (KR), Sergey Golovko (AU), Filippo Lattanzi (IT), Tanasit Siripichwattana (TH), Israel Moreno (MX), Joy Yung-Ping Liu (TW).

Extra jury members for the final round were representatives of the Belgian Cultural scene: Jan Van Landeghem (composer society SABAM), Liesbet Vereertbrugghen (producer classic National Radio Network), Alain Craens (Higher education of music), Stefaan Ottenbourgs (executive director, musicologist), Walter Mertens (composer), Maestro Francois Glorieux (pianist, composer), Eliane Rodrigues, (pianist), Michel Tilquin (conductor), Wilfried Westerlinck (composer).  

Awards of honors

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The award of honor was given to following artists for their tremendous contribution in the marimba & percussion field.

2001 Maestro François Glorieux (BE) Composer, piano virtuoso
2001 Professor Keiko Abe (JP) Professor, Marimba virtuoso
2001 Professor Louis Cauberghs (BE) Percussionist, pedagogue
2001 Professor Dr. Ludwig Albert (BE) Marimba virtuoso, pedagogue
2004 Zefferino Nandayapa (MX) Marimba virtuoso
2004 Mol Percussion Orchestra (BE) Performing ensemble
2004 Professor Jan Pustjens (NL) Percussion virtuoso
2007 Professor Anders Loguin (SE) Percussion virtuoso 
2007 Professor David Friedman (DE) Key-board & jazz virtuoso
2007 Professor Frédéric Macarez (FR) Percussion virtuoso
2011 Professor Igor Lesnik (HR) Percussion virtuoso
2011 Professor Mark Ford (US) Marimba virtuoso
2013 Professor Nebojsa Jovan Zivkovic (RS) Percussion & marimba virtuoso 
2013 Adams Musical instruments (NL) Manufacturer
2013 Aliona Bolkvadze (RU) Organizer - promoter
2015 Pascale de Groote (BE)
  • Co-founder Marimba Master                   
  • Department head Royal Antwerp Conservatoire
2015 Innovative Percussion (US) Manufacturer
2015 Anita Evenepoel (BE) Scenographer
Katrine Druyts (BE)
  • Singer
  • Pioneer duo marimba & voice
2017 Maestro Professor Biao Li (CN) Percussion virtuoso, conductor
2017 Professor Michael Burritt (US) Percussion-keyboard virtuoso
2021 Professor Israel Moreno (MX) Keyboard artist - promoter
2021 Walter Mertens (BE) Percussionist - composer  
2024 Filippo Lattanzi (IT) Percussion virtuoso

Endorsed laureates

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The Universal Marimba Competition could establish an embarking career for most of the laureates and Prize winners which also obtained an endorsing artist contract with major companies such as Yamaha Corporation, Adams Musical Instruments,

University positions such as:

Hidemi Murase (JP) Professor Adams artist
Miguel Gonzales Zaragosa (MX) Professor Marimba One artist
Eriko Daimo (JP) Professor Marimba One artist
Noriko Tsukagochi (JP) Performer Yamaha artist  
Chin-Cheng Lin (TW) Professor Adams artist

Resta signature artist

Splendid arts edition composer

Mi Youne Kim (KR) Professor Marimba One artist
Johan Bridger (SE) & Patrick Raab (SE)   Professor Malletech duo artists  
Uchiyama Emiko (JP) & Petrov Vladimir (BG) Performers Adams duo artists
Elwira Slazak (PL) & Gabriel Collet (FR) Performers Yamaha duo artists
Miko Kano (JP) & Rina Kano (JP) Performers Yamaha duo artist
Sharaevskiy Rostislav (RU) Performer Yamaha artist
Elisabeth Galvan (US) Performer Yamaha artist
Taknara percussion (ES) performers Adams artists
Tomasz Golinski (PL) & Irena Manolova (BG) performers Yamaha duo artist  

Innovative percussion artist

Ni Fan (CN) Professor Yamaha & Sabian artist
Keiko Kotuko (MX) Professor Yamaha artist

Vic Firth & Zildjian artist

Chen Yin Chun (TW) Professor
Dr. Roberto Palomeque (MX) Professor
Claire Litzler (FR) Adams artist
Foo Pui Yee (HK) Adams artist
Simone Rubino (IT) Professor Adams artist
Rodrigo Fernandes Marques (PT) Professor Adams artist

Innovative Percussion artist

Splendid Arts Edition composer

Wins by country

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Russia
2
 
Spain
8
 
New-Zealand
1
 
Japan
27
 
Croatia
1
 
Latvia
1
 
Mexico
6
 
China
8
 
Austria
2
 
Taiwan
14
 
Denmark
2
 
Hong-Kong
2
 
Sweden
2
 
Germany
2
 
Switzerland
2
 
Poland  
9
 
Italy
5
 
Bulgaria
6
 
France
4
 
Portugal
5
 
Costa Rica
2
 
South-Korea
10
 
Uzbekistan
2
 
Denmark
2
 
United States
4
 
Thailand
1

References

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