The competition will take place from October 15 – 19, 2023 in New Delhi

The competition is open to Indians (Indian passport, OCI card holders) Candidates with more than one year of formal study of the classical guitar outside India will be discouraged from entering

Candidates must use a classical guitar with nylon strings for the competition

Candidates must submit their proposed programme for the first and second rounds by September 15 through a separate form which will be emailed to all registered candidates
– Programme proposals will be approved and accepted by the organising team at the very latest by September 30.
– The only criterion for acceptance of the programme will be that it falls under the broad category of acceptable guitar music for classical guitar.
– After initial submission no changes to the proposed programme will be permitted unless the organising team reaches out to the candidate requiring them to alter the programme.

First round:
-Free-choice programme of at least 9 minutes and no more than 15 minutes. Candidates playing less than 9 minutes will not be considered for the second round.
-The free-choice programme must include at least one piece from Opus 6 (12 studies) by Fernando Sor.

Second (final) round:
-Free-choice programme of at least 18 minutes and no more than 25 minutes.
-One piece of short duration (5 minutes), may be repeated from the First Round programme.