2025
The Polish Percussion Association cordially invites pupils and students of percussion classes to take part in the International Percussion Competitions:
XIX International Vibraphone Competition and
X International Marimb Competition,
which will be held as part of the XXX International DRUM FEST Festival in Opole.
The Competition will be held at
from October 17 (Friday) to October 19 (Sunday) of this year at the State School of Music I and II in Opole.
The Jury of the Competitions will include:
Mark Ford (USA),
Piotr Sutt (Poland),
Juan Alamo (Puerto Rico),
Krzysztof Jaguszewski (Poland),
Anders Astrand (Sweden),
Frederic Macarez (France)
17 – 19 october 2025
Link to the application form for minors:
Link to application form for adults:
Regulations (download)
Each participant in a given Contest is required to fill out an application form at contests.psmopole.pl by September 26, 2025.
Required songs available for download at konkursy.psmopole.pl
After verifying the compatibility of the e-mail address with the address given in the application form, the Contest participant and, in the case of a minor participant, his/her legal guardian will receive a return confirmation of formal acceptance of the application for participation in the Contest.
The organizers are not responsible for the confirmations sent, which the entrant does not receive due to technical reasons or due to an incorrectly entered e-mail address in the application.
Participation in the competition is free of charge for students of public music schools and art institutions and non-public music schools with the privileges of public schools.
For other participants in the competition – foreign students and independent learners – the entry fee is mandatory and amounts to PLN 250 (EUR 60 for foreigners).
The entry fee should be paid to the account:
F. Chopin State School of Music I and II degree in Opole
IBAN: PL75 1600 1329 1833 3208 7000 0006
SWIFT: PPABPLPKXXX
Title: Name of the participant, name of the competition.
Confirmation of payment of the entry fee should be attached as an attachment when filling in the entry form, located on the page indicated in pt. 1 § II.
Note: The entry fee is not refundable.
For paying participants, DRUMFEST organizers are offering free admission to the concerts on October 25 and 26.
Participants will be informed of the results of the preliminaries by email by October 3, 2025.
The audition schedule for the first stage of the competition will be published on the website konkursy.psmopole.pl by October 4, 2025.
Additional information can be obtained from Mr. Maciej Lamm, Head of the Section of Choral Ensembles, Vocal Ensembles, Percussion, Accordion and Organ tel.695687039, e-mail:lammm@psmopole.pl
DRUMFEST Festiwal Perkusyjny Opole i okolice 