Hanse Guitar Festival - Auftaktkonzert "20 Jahre JugendGitarrenOrchester Hamburg"

A central component of GitarreHamburg’s program to promote young talent is “Hamburg’s flagship guitar ensemble” (Akustik Gitarre magazine)—the Hamburg Youth Guitar Orchestra (JGOH)—which won first prize at the German Orchestra Competition in 2025. In 2026, the JGOH will celebrate its 20th anniversary.

Hamburg Youth Guitar Orchestra | With the Hamburg Youth Guitar Orchestra, the JGOH Junior Team North, and the JGOH Junior Team East—founded in 2020—GitarreHamburg —a recognized provider of independent youth services since 2025—organizes three free ensemble programs for Hamburg’s children and teenagers.  In recent years, the members have won well over 350 prizes in the “Jugend musiziert” competition, including first prizes with perfect scores in the national finals. In 2025, the Hanseatic City’s “unofficial” youth guitar ensemble was awarded first place in the German Orchestra Competition, where it had already been among the prize winners in 2012. In 2011, 2015, 2019, and 2024, it won first prize four times in a row at the state orchestra competition “Orchestrale.” In addition to concerts at the Elbphilharmonie, Laeiszhalle, Rolf Liebermann Studio, and Die Fabrik, as well as tours both domestically and abroad, the young ensemble has drawn attention with six CD and DVD productions it has produced independently. With the JGOH Junior Teams East and North, it has two of its own youth ensembles where children can prepare for future participation in the “full-scale” JGOH. 

Further information:
Website –www.jgo-hamburg.de
Facebook – www.facebook.com/gitarrenorchester
Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/jgo_hamburg/
YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/gitarrehamburg

Organizer – GitarreHamburg.de gGmbH | GitarreHamburg.de gemeinnützige GmbH istheorganizer of several successful guitar-related projects in Hamburg. In addition to its intensive work with the Hamburg Youth Guitar Orchestra and its youth ensembles, the organization hosts affordable or free concerts, courses, and workshops featuring internationally renowned guitarists representing a wide variety of styles. Free open masterclasses are held regularly with top guitarists such as Pepe Romero, the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, Carlo Marchione, and many others. From 2003 to 2025, the young guitarists supported by the program went on to win well over 300 prizes in the “Jugend musiziert” competition, including first-place national awards with perfect scores. In 2022, GitarreHamburg, in collaboration with the Haspa Music Foundation, will host the HANSE GUITAR CUP competition for young guitarists for the first time. The website www.gitarrekonkret.de also offers a wealth of information about the guitar. More information about GitarreHamburg’s programs is available at www.gitarrehamburg.de and on the websites of the individual projects.