Tromp
Next Gen: Mallet Competition 2026

23 - 26 September 2026 | Eindhoven, the Netherlands

Featured Musicians

Tromp Next Gen: Mallet Competition 2026

Amy Weyand (USA)

Jiajun Chen (CN)

Elsa Roth (FR)

Alois Marti (CH)

Chi Chun Chuang (TW)

Zheng Cui (CN)

Haopeng Jia (CN)

Borna Brekalo (HR)

Michael Crane (USA)

Dane Franolic (HR)

Florentin Klingelschmitt (FR)

Hedi Yang (CN)

Dennis Smith (USA)

Gonçalo Reis (PT)

Enaitz Manso (ES)

Giorgia D'Angelo (IT)

Yifan Du (CN)

Leonardo Antòn Bertolino (IT)

Moritz Wiedenmann (DE)

Ivaylo Koychev (BG/JP)

Shirui Chen (CN)

Mihail Babus (USA)

Zhouyunuo Wang (CN)

Joey Eng (AU)

Maria Flader (PL)

Runhang Zhou (CN)

You-Chun Tung (TW)

Mirai Katsuda (JP)

Wojciech Klag (PL)

Samuel Hsu (USA)

Yoshitaka Kojima (JP)

Sophia Stehlik (USA)

Yun-Shan Lin (TW)

Xingyue Xue (CN)

Sheng-Yuan Wang (TW)

Neža Jezernik (SI)

Shuangyi Li (CN)

Xingyao Xue (CN)

Yuth Canizalez (VE)

YiTong Chen (CN)

Bowen Dong (CN)

Chiaki Matsumoto (JP)

Sung-En Chi (TW)

ChenYing Wu (TW)

Ting Ni Li (TW)

Siao-Yan Su (TW)

Timothée Aubry (FR)

Shunhe Wang (CN)

Wang Hsiang-En (TW)

Ying Hua (CN)

Competiton Schedule

Jury Rounds

Wed 23 - Fri 25 Sept
CKE - Cultuur & Kunst Eindhoven

Round 1

Fifty participants, selected through an online preliminary round, will perform recitals of up to 15 minutes over three days at CKE Eindhoven. Each candidate is required to present an original composition of 3–4 minutes—often their first experience with composing—alongside 10 minutes of repertoire of their own choosing.

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Sat 26 Sept
CKE - Cultuur & Kunst Eindhoven

Final

After three days of Round 1 performances by 50 international mallet players, five finalists plus one wildcard entrant will take the stage at CKE Eindhoven. Each finalist will perform a 20–25 minute program of their own choosing — on marimba and/or vibraphone, with all styles permitted.

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