Georgia Tech's Guthman Musical Instrument Competition is an annual event aimed at identifying the world's next generation of musical instruments. Every year the competition serves as a showcase for unveiling the best new ideas in musicality, design, and engineering.

Wired magazine called the competition an "X-Prize for music," and contestants liken it to a TED Conference for new musical instrument designers. Some of our previous finalists include the OP-1, Roli Seaboard, Guitarbot and many other groundbreaking musical instruments which have since become successful commercially and artistically.

Previous judges include artists such as Pat Metheny, Laurie Anderson, Richard Devine, Daedelus , and Young Guru, academic leaders such as David Wessel, Elaine Chew, and Tod Machover, and Music Technology industry leaders such as David Zicarelli, Eran Egozy, Mike Adams, and Tom Oberheim. The competition has received wide publicity from media outlets such as The New York Times, Fast Company, The TODAY Show among others. 

Judges for the 2018 competition will be:

• Perry Cook - Professor Emeritus, Princeton University
• Suzanne Ciani - 5 time Grammy Nominee Electronic Music Pioneer
• Jesper Kouthoofd - Founder, Teenage Engineering

Read More about the Judges

Submissions are currently closed.