We are very pleased to announce our new partnership with French string manufacturer Savarez. The company has generously agreed to support the cciMB 2018 Competition & Festival, contributing € 1 000.- to the First Prize and donating a free set of Savarez guitar strings to all semifinalists and a special gift box to the winner. Savarez is one of the oldest and most celebrated string makers in the world, producing a large variety of strings for classical guitar, Gypsy jazz guitar, mandolin and mandola.