The Viseu International Guitar Competition takes place every two years, interspersed with the Viseu International Piano Competition. Both seek to bring the world’s new talents in their respective instruments to the region and to reward those who stand out among them.

1st Viseu Int. Guitar Competition Winners (2014)

1st Prize – Xavier Jara (U.S.A)
2nd Prize – Bogdan Mihailescu (Romenia)
3rd Prize – Marko Topchii (Ukraine) e Jérémy Peret (France)
Audience Award – Marko Topchii (Ukraine)

2nd Viseu Int. Guitar Competition Winners (2016)

1st Prize – Davide Giovanni Tomasi (Italy)
2nd Prize – Marko Topchii (Ukraine)
3rd Prize – Raphael Feuillatre (France)
Audience Award – Davide Giovanni Tomasi (Italy)
Best Portuguese Guitarist – Ruben Bettencourt (Portugal)

3rd Viseu Int. Guitar Competition Winners (2018)

1st Prize – Marko Topchii (Ukraine)
2nd Prize – Gian Marco Ciampa (Italy)
3rd Prize – Nicola Montella (Italy)
Audience Award – Marko Topchii (Ukraine)
Honorable Mention – Taiki Matsumoto (Japan)
Best Portuguese Guitarist – João Robim Rocha (Portugal)

4th Viseu Int. Guitar Competition Winners (2020)

1st Prize – Carlo Curatolo (Italy)
2nd Prize – Vera Danilina (Russia)
3rd Prize – Luka Lovreković (Croatia)
Best Portuguese Guitarist – Francisco Lopes (Portugal)

5th Viseu Int. Guitar Competition Winners (2022)

1st Prize – Luis Alejandro García (Espanha)
2nd Prize – Álvaro Toscano (Espanha)
3rd Prize – Eric Meier (Canadá)
Audience Award – Álvaro Toscano (Espanha)
Best Portuguese Guitarist – Diogo João (Portugal)

6th Viseu Int. Guitar Competition Winners (2024)

1st Prize + Best Portuguese – Francisco Almeida Luís (Portugal)
2nd Prize – Manuel Toucinho (Portugal)
3rd Prize + Audience Award – Álvaro Toscano (Spain)
Honourable Mention – Tohi Harada (Japan)
Honourable Mention – Timothée Vinour-Motta (France)

7th Viseu Int. Guitar Competition (2026)

Main Category

1st Prize + Best Portuguese – Timothée Vinour-Motta (France)
2nd Prize + Best Portuguese + Audience Prize – Manuel Toucinho
3rd Prize – Julio César Robles (Mexico)
Honourable Mention – Gwenyth Aggeler (USA)

Junior Category

1st Prize – Artemii Argamakov (Russia)
2nd Prize – Beatriz Abrunhosa (Portugal)
3rd Prize ex aequo – Vitória Pereira (Portugal) and Martín González (Spain)