Young Jazz Talent Award 2025 - Guitar Only
GUITAR ONLY - the JOUNG JAZZ TALENT AWARD enters its 4th round. In the late evening of 10 May 2025, it will once again be "The winner is ...".
Four exceptionally talented guitarists - two of whom are studying at the HfMT . Hochschule für Musik und Tanz in Cologne, the other two at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen - will compete against each other. A four-person jury and the public vote will decide who will be the 2025 Jazz Talent of the Year on the guitar. As in previous years, it will probably not be easy to choose the winner. Because one thing is clear: all the nominees are extremely good at playing their instrument, the guitar. All of them are highly talented, highly motivated, love and live music, jazz and their instrument. What happens on this evening is a milestone in the careers of the young musicians - as the winners of the past three years confirm with their statements.
We are expecting an exciting, musically high-calibre evening at the Jazz-Schmiede in Düsseldorf. If you want to be there, book your ticket now. Because we already know who will be there. And there are quite a few of them.
Jury
Ella Zirina . Jazz guitarist and composer from Latvia
Philipp van Endert . Guitarist, composer and assistant professor for jazz and electric guitar at the Institute for Music and Media at the Düsseldorf University of Music
Peter Weiss . Initiator and organiser of the YOUNG JAZZ TALENT AWARD . Jazz drummer
Jürgen Ringbeck . Initiator and organiser of the YOUNG JAZZ TALENT AWARD . Jazz enthusiast
the audience at the "Jazz-Schmiede Düsseldorf" on the evening of the competition event
Jens Düppe Quartet
Culture Club