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Lion Music Official Guitar Contest 2026

This contest is worldwide and open to all players of all ages, genres and skills.

Your entry will be evaluated by:

Musicality
Technique
Originality
Phrasing


Please be aware that we will be looking for originality way more than ability to shred fast, we believe the world does not need more Yngwie clones for example.

How to take part:
The participant shall register by paying a registry fee of Euros 8.00 (this money will be spent promoting the contestants but will at no terms be refunded) here below:


Guitar Master 2026 Registration




€8.00


$9.80

Euro

USD
 


After payment has been received participant shall sign a simple agreement (granting us the rights to the submitted maretial) which you can download here:
Guitar Master 2026 Agreement

After this the participant shall deliver to us (as soon as possble for better visibility but no later than October 31, 2026) :

1. A photo and a short biography (just explaining who you are musicially)

2. A never before published either solo appearance or a full song or that shall be at least 45 seconds long but no longer that 3 minutes (180 seconds) both as a video clip and audio (WAV or mp3).
This piece shall either be an original composition by the artist or a public domain compostion. This is simply so we will not run into unnecessary problems over publishing rights later.

3. A signed copy of the above mentioned agreement

Participant may not publish or have anyone else publish it's appearance anywhere unless approved by Lion Music who shall publish all material by all participants during the run of Guitar Master 2026 but no later than October 31 2026.

The contest will be open from February 27 2026 to October 31 2026.

The winner who will be chosen by a group of industry professionals will receive:

Besides from the publicitiy gained from your victory Lion Music will offer a contract to release your next album and promote it at it's best (you will be able to choose not to opt in for this.