The cciMB 2018 Jury will be joined by Prof. Michael R. Hampel, vice-director of the Musikhochschule Trossingen, Germany, and head of the Guitar Department. An active performer, both as soloist and in chamber ensembles, Hampel is also dedicated to the promotion of young guitarist. In 1990, he founded the Open Source Guitars, a prestigious guitar ensemble of the Trossingen University of Music.