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TROMP Percussion Eindhoven

Discover upcoming talents at the TROMP international percussion competition and experience today's leading artists at the TROMP Percussion Eindhoven Festival.

Next edition: 19-27 September 2026. Be there! Founded in Eindhoven in 1971 by dr Theo TROMP, former Vice President of Philips, the biennial TROMP competition creates opportunities and an international stage for talented musicians. Specialising in percussion in 2010, the Dutch competition has become the world’s leading competition for solo percussion. Investing in the future of its laureates and p

ercussion in general, TROMP also provides in master classes, new repertoire and increasing audiences.

20/12/2025

A small snippet from ‘Shadow & Light’ by , performed by with our 2nd prize winner 2024 at Podium Klassiek!
Next Saturday December 27th at , TheDutchBrewhouse, the new project by , will premiere its new program IMAGINE, featuring music by Nils Frahm and Matthijs Kieboom.
IMAGINE is a musical ode to the imagination, to drift away, let your thoughts roam, and feel your emotions flow.
Nils Frahm blends neoclassical, minimal, and electronic music in adventurous, unconventional ways, reaching millions of listeners worldwide. For this concert, his music is reimagined in a brand-new, intimate arrangement for string trio and percussion.
The program is completed with new works by Dutch film composer Matthijs Kieboom (NaturVision Film Festival winner), whose music sparks creativity and invites you to let your imagination run free.
Tickets are available via our link in bio.
If you can’t make it in December, there will be another three concerts in Utrecht, Eindhoven and Den Bosch in January.

12/12/2025

Here’s another handy flowchart explaining our second competition: the Next Gen: Mallet Competition. Feel free to save it and share it with your colleagues!

11/12/2025

Has the new competition setup got you wondering what’s required and happening when and where? This flowchart has got your back. Save it to have it right on hand when you prepare your application!

08/12/2025

We are also very happy to announce that we have commissioned Malika Kishino to write a new work for the final of the 2026 edition of the Tromp International Percussion Competition.�
Malika Kishino is a Japanese-born, Germany-based composer whose work explores sound as a living, evolving organism. After studying law in Kyoto, she continued her musical education in Paris and Lyon, including research in electronic music at IRCAM. Kishino is known for her refined and architectural approach to composition, often blending acoustic instruments with electronics to create vivid, organic sound worlds. Her music ranges from solo and chamber works to orchestral pieces and sound installations, and is performed internationally by leading ensembles. Kishino is regarded as one of the distinctive, forward-looking voices in contemporary music today.

📷 Keiko B Goto

04/12/2025

We are delighted to announce that Yannis Kyriakides , Cypriot-Dutch composer and sound artist whose work bridges acoustic tradition and digital innovation, will write the set piece of Round 3 of the Tromp International Percussion Competition 2026!

His new work Seismisms is a score that translates daily seismic activity into a notated form for solo percussion. Drawing on data from the USGS earthquake database, each day’s seismic events are mapped visually onto a single page. Over time, these daily pages accumulate into a score: a year comprises 365 pages, each one a unique snapshot of global tectonic movement
The score is conceived as open: it does not prescribe fixed rhythms, but rhythmic relationships, no fixed pitches, but relative pitches and textures. It also provides the performer with visual translations of seismic activity. The performer responds sonically through three families of sound, which are encoded in the score.

After studies with Louis Andriessen and Dick Raaijmakers in The Hague, Yannis Kyriakides developed a distinctive voice combining instruments, live electronics, language and media. Kyriakides is co-founder of the label Unsounds and teaches composition at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague. His works—ranging from chamber music and installation to opera—are performed worldwide and invite listeners to rethink what music can mean in a multimedia world.

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26/11/2025

Do not forget: tomorrow, 27th of November, CvA Percussion, small hall of the Muziekgebouw Eindhoven! Get your tickets here: https://mge.nl/agenda/cva-percussion/

20/11/2025

Not only the age limit of the TROMP International Percussion Competition 2026 has changed but the age limit of the TROMP Next Gen: Mallet Competition has been broadened too. The mallet competition is now open to percussionists from 15 years to 30 years old! We are looking forward to welcoming you in Eindhoven! Visit our website for full details.

18/11/2025

Have you heard the exciting news? The TROMP International Percussion Competition 2026 is now open to percussionists aged 18–35. Visit our website for full details.

14/11/2025

This Sunday at 18:15 on NPO 2, Tromp Percussion will be on national TV! 📺
SeongYeon Kong, 2nd Prize Winner of TROMP Percussion 2024, joins The Dutch Brewhouse, the newest project by violinist Lonneke van Straalen, at Podium Klassiek. The Dutch Brewhouse will present the new five-part work IMAGINE by Dutch film composer Matthijs Kieboom—a composition inspired by silence, light & dark, dreams, the unknown, and infinity. ✨
You can watch via NPO 2 or NPO Start: https://tinyurl.com/2beb7umz

📷 SeongYeon Kong Claudia Hansen

13/11/2025

So many of you reached out in the past months — younger talents eager to join, and emerging artists just above the previous limit.
We listened.
➡️ Mallet Next Gen 2026 is now open to percussionists aged 15–30, and
➡️ the TROMP International Percussion Competition 2026 is now open to percussionists aged 18–35.
More details on our website.
We look forward to hearing your music!

📷 Claudia Hansen

11/11/2025

Our next concert is coming up! We are looking forward to welcoming CvA Percussion on the 27th of November in the small hall of the Muziekgebouw Eindhoven. The percussion ensemble of the Conservatorium van Amsterdam will present a varied program full of energy, rhythm, and color. During this lunchtime concert, the students will showcase the versatility of contemporary classical music. A wonderful opportunity to experience the surprising sounds and endless possibilities of percussion with works by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Hoffmann, Mendelssohn, Westlake and Xenakis.
Want to join us? Via this link you can get your tickets: https://mge.nl/agenda/cva-percussion/

06/11/2025

Big News! Applications for Tromp 2026 will be open via Muvac from January 19, 2026 until February 19, 2026. In June 2026 we will announce the selected candidates.

TROMP uses Muvac, a professional online platform for musician applications and competition management. Through Muvac, you’ll find all details about the repertoire, program requirements, and video submissions. You can create your Muvac account starting January 19, 2026. Make sure you have prepared your videos, repertoire selections, and program details, so you can submit everything smoothly within the timeframe between January 19 and February 19, 2026.

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About TROMP

Dr. Ir. Theo Tromp founded the Tromp Biennial in Eindhoven in 1970 because he felt young people had too few opportunities. Over forty years later the TROMP International Percussion Competition has become the leading competition for solo percussion in the world, the ideals of its founder close at heart, creating opportunities and a stage for young percussionists from around the world.

TROMP also invests in new audiences and repertoire for percussion. Every edition, compositions are commissioned to leading composers and new audiences are invited to visit the festival. TROMP provides master classes in solo percussion repertoire with members of the jury and laureates for potential candidates in Boston, Shanghai, Moscow and Tokyo during the Repertoire Days, previous to the competition.