TROMP Repertoire Days offers the possibility for percussionist students to attend master classes led by jury members and laureates in various locations throughout the world.
For more than a decade, TROMP Percussion has been building international connections through its Repertoire Days – a series of events that bring young percussionists, professors, and world-class artists together in masterclasses, lectures, and concerts. After twelve years of close collaboration with IPEA at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, TROMP now expanded this initiative to multiple cities across Asia. For the first time in its history, the tour also included South Korea.
In autumn 2025, TROMP’s Artistic Director Dominique Vleeshouwers (winner TROMP 2014), together with prize winners SeongYeon Kong (2nd prize 2024), Xia Yuan (1st prize 2024) and Kai Strobel (1st prize 2018), visited leading universities and concert halls in Shenzhen, Xi’an, Shenyang, Seoul, Shanghai, and Tokyo.
Each city hosted a tailor-made program, created in collaboration with local professors and institutions:
Shenzhen – The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (Prof. Le Yu)
Xi’an – Xi’an Conservatory of Music (Prof. Han Xiaojing), Shaanxi Normal University (Prof. Du Juan)
Shenyang – Shenyang Conservatory of Music (Prof. Zhengdao Lv)
Seoul – Korea National University of Arts (Prof. Eunhye Kim)
Shanghai – IPEA & Shanghai Conservatory of Music (Prof. Ruwen Yang)
Tokyo – Showa University of Music (Prof. Nanae Mimura), Tokyo College of Music (Prof. Momoko Kamiya)
Through masterclasses, group lessons, lectures, and collaborative concerts with local students and musicians, TROMP Repertoire Days Asia 2025 continued to inspire the next generation of percussionists, while strengthening an international community that connects East and West on the way to the TROMP Competition in Eindhoven.
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WE ARE LOOKING BACK AT A WONDERFUL TOUR
VLOGS TROMP Repertoire Days Asia Tour 2025
First stop of the TROMP Repertoire Days Asia Tour 2025 at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in Shenzhen, China
Second stop of the TROMP Repertoire Days Asia Tour 2025 at the Xi’an Conservatory of Music in China
Third stop of the TROMP Repertoire Days Asia Tour 2025 at the Shenyang Conservatory of Music in China
Fourth stop of the TROMP Repertoire Days Asia Tour 2025 at the Korea National University of Arts in Seoul, South Korea
Fifth stop of the TROMP Repertoire Days Asia Tour 2025 at IPEA and the Shanghai Conservatory of Music in China
Sixth and last stop of the TROMP Repertoire Days Asia Tour 2025 at the Showa University of Music and the Tokyo College of Music in Japan
"It was truly amazing. This was my first time stepping out of the student role to give masterclasses to other students. It was a huge step forward for me. Without this trip, I would probably still see myself mainly as a student at the Stuttgart University of Music, where I’m currently in the Konzertexamen program. After the masterclasses, workshops, and concerts in Tokyo, I realized it’s time to start making the transition from being a student to becoming a professional musician. This tour was a turning point for me — it allowed more people in the world to get to know me and hear my music.”
Yuan Xia - 1st prize winner 2024
LATEST EDITION
TROMP REPERTOIRE DAYS - ASIA TOUR 2025
SEPTEMBER 16-19, 2025 | The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen | CHINA
with SeongYeon Kong, Dominique Vleeshouwers and Prof. Le Yu
SEPTEMBER 20-23, 2025 | Xi'an Conservatory of Music | CHINA
with SeongYeon Kong, Dominique Vleeshouwers, Prof. Han Xiaojing and Prof. Du Juan
SEPTEMBER 24-26, 2025 | Shenyang Conservatory of Music | CHINA
with SeongYeon Kong, Dominique Vleeshouwers and Prof. Zhengdao Lv
SEPTEMBER 27-30, 2025 | Korea National University of Arts, Seoul | SOUTH KOREA
with SeongYeon Kong, Dominique Vleeshouwers and Prof. Eunhye Kim
OCTOBER 1-6, 2025 | IPEA & Shanghai Conservatory of Music | CHINA
with Kai Strobel, SeongYeon Kong, Xia Yuan, Dominique Vleeshouwers and Ruwen Yang
OCTOBER 8, 2025 | Showa University College of Music, Tokyo | JAPAN
with Xia Yuan, Dominique Vleeshouwers and Prof. Nanae Mimura
OCTOBER 9, 2025 | Tokyo College of Music, Tokyo | JAPAN
with Xia Yuan, Dominique Vleeshouwers and Prof. Momoko Kamiya
Yuan Xia - 1st prize winner 2024
"I took a big step in my life — from being a competition-winning student toward becoming a professional musician."
"Before visiting Showa University, I only knew about Professor Nanae Mimura through YouTube, and at the Tokyo University of the Arts, Momoko Kamiya had been one of the jurors at the 2024 Tromp Competition. Before the tour, they both felt somewhat distant figures to me. But after spending almost two full days at these two schools, sharing discussions, and exchanging musical ideas with the percussion professors, I felt we built meaningful and genuine connections."
PAST EDITIONS
JANUARY 16-21, 2024 | Taipei University & National Taiwan Normal University | TAIWAN
with Johannes Fischer, Kai Strobel and Emil Kuyumcuyan
The year 2024 started with another successful edition of the TROMP Repertoire Days, hosted by the Taiwan Normal University and the University of Taipei. In this edition, Johannes Fischer and former TROMP competition winners Kai Strobel (Germany, 1st prize winner 2018) and Emil Kuyumcuyan (Turkey/Croatia, 1st prize winner 2016) took the lead. They gave several masterclasses to aspiring TROMP competition participants and joined forces with NaNaFormosa Percussion Duo (Taiwan) and local TROMP-laureates Yi-Ping Yang (Taiwan, 1st prize winner 2006) and Meng Fu Hsieh (Taiwan, 3rd prize winner 2020) in a spectacular concert on 21 January.
FEBRUARY 13-15, 2023 | Liszt Ferenc Academy, Budapest | HUNGARY
with Peter Prommel, Szabolcs Joó, Gabriel Michaud and Dominique Vleeshouwers
Three full days of masterclasses, lectures and clinics by Peter Prommel (The Netherlands), Szabolcs Joó (Hungary) and Tromp laureates Gabriel Michaud (France, 1st winner 2022) and Dominique Vleeshouwers (The Netherlands, 1st winner 2014).
OCTOBER 1-6, 2018 | Shanghai Conservatory of Music | CHINA
with Dan DeSimone, Emil Kuyumcuyan and Ramon Lormans
The TROMP Repertoire Days in Shanghai were a part of the International Percussion Festival. Concerts and masterclasses were held by the TROMP laureates Dan DeSimone (USA, 2nd prize winner 2016), Emil Kuyumcuyan (Turkey/Croatia, 1st prize winner2016) and Ramon Lormans (The Netherlands, 3rd prize winner 2006).
AUGUST 27-28, 2018 | Escola De Música Do Estado De São Paulo | BRAZIL
with Nancy Zeltsman, Emil Kuyumcuyan and Dominique Vleeshouwers
MARCH 28-30, 2017 | Tokyo College of Music & Senzoku Gakuen College of Music | JAPAN
with Dominique Vleeshouwers and Emmanuel Séjourné
SEPTEMBER 21-22, 2016 | São Paulo | BRAZIL
with Dominique Vleeshouwers, Nancy Zeltsman and Emmanuel Séjourné
MARCH 2016 | Kawasaki | JAPAN
with Dominique Vleeshouwers and Emmanuel Séjourné
MARCH 6-8, 2016 | Shanghai | CHINA
with Dominique Vleeshouwers and Yi-Ping Yang
MARCH 9-11, 2016 | Moscow | RUSSIA
with Dominique Vleeshouwers, Niels Meliefste and Momoko Kamiya
JANUARY 23-24, 2016 | The Boston Conservatory | USA
with Christian Dierstein, Arnold Marinissen and Brandon Ilaw
