History of the World Deaf Magicians Festival!
| Edition | Where | When |
| 1st | Leipzig, East Germany | April 15-19, 1986 |
| 2nd | Leipzig, East Germany | April 8-12, 1988 |
| 3rd | Leipzig, Germany | March 26 - April 1, 1990 |
| 4th | Kiev, Ukraine | September 10-15, 1992 |
| 5th | Leipzig, East Germany | April 20-24, 1994 |
| 6th | Rochester, New York USA | April 14-22, 1996 |
| 7th | London, England | May 11-18, 1998 |
| 8th | Nagpur, India | January 17-24, 2000 |
| 9th | Moscow, Russia | April 14-21, 2002 |
| 10th | Leipzig, East Germany | March 28 - April 4, 2004 |
| 11th | St. Petersburg, Russia | May 28 - June 4, 2006 |
| 12th | Riverside, California USA | April 6-13, 2008 |
| 13th | Cattolica, Italy | May 23-30, 2010 |
| 14th | Western Europe | Spring 2012 |
History of Festivals
Winners of the World Deaf Magicians Festivals (1986-2008)
1 st world deaf magician festival - Leipzig, East Germany 1986
Gran Prix
Zbigniew Maruszczak - Poland (Stage Magic and Comedy Magic)
Stage Magic
1) Gyorgy Koltai - Hungary
2) A. Miroslav – Bulgaria
3) Helmut Schoenke - East Germany
2nd World Deaf Magician Festival - Leipzig, East Germany 1988
Gran Prix
Edgar Schade - East Germany (Stage Magic)
Stage Magic
1) Zbigniew Maruszczak - Poland
2) Gyorg Koltay (Duo Team) - Hungary
3) Kay Muecke - East Germany
3rd World Deaf Magician Festival - Leipzig Germany 1990
Gran Prix
Priyantha Gamage - Sri Lanka
Stage Magic
1) Simon J. Carmel - (USA)
2) Kay Muecke - Germany
3) Pandhi Madhavji Shupstial - India
Stage Magic (Duo)
1) Edgar and Rita Schade – Germany
2) Oleg and Izene Nestvad – Ukraine
3) Horst Heinrich & Bettina Franz – Germany
Comedy Magic
1) Danny Johnson – USA
2) Anatoly Reznik and Marya Pankesva – Ukraine
3) Gyorgy Koltai – Hungary
Micromagic
1) Ken Glickman – USA
Illusion Magic
1) Anatoly Nimerochenko and Elene Dovga – Ukraine
4th World Deaf Magician Festival - Kiev, Ukraine 1992
Gran Prix
Edgar Schade and Horst Bormann - Germany
Stage Magic
1) Simon J. Carmel (USA)
2) Edgar Schade – Germany
3) Anatoly Nemirovchenko – Ukraine
Comedy Magic
1) Gyorgy Koltai – Hungary
2) Pierre Petit – Canada
3) Ruben Velasces – Russia
Micro-magic
1) Simon J. Carmel (USA)
2) Ken Glickman USA
3) Pierre Petit (Canada)
5th World Deaf magicians Festival - Leipzig, Germany 1994
Gran Prix
Edgar Scade and Horst Bormann – Germany
Close-up magic
1) Simon J. Carmel USA
2) Matthew Morgan USA
3) Tony Knight USA
Stage Magic
1) Josef Schimd – Germany
2) Anatoly REznik – Ukraine
3) Anatoly Nemirochenko Ukraine
Comedy Magic
1) Gyorgy Koltai and Konkoly Sandor – Hungary
2) Alexander Filimonov, Alexander Kashin, Vkladimir Zakharov, Alexander Kataystev and Ruben Velasces - Russia
3) Simon J. Carmel USA
Illusion Magic
1) Matthew Morgan USA
2) Thomas Geissler and Simone Greiner – Germany
6th World Deaf Magicians Festival - Rochester, New Yory USA 1996
Gran Prix
Matthew Morgan USA
Close-up Magic
1) Matthew Morgan USA
2) Thomas Geissler – Germany
3) Zbigniew Maruszczak – Poland
Stage Magic
1) Manuel Gomez – Spain
2) Norihiro Toshima – Japan
3) Thomas Geisseler – Germany
Comedy Magic
1) Zbigniew maruszczak – Poland
2) Anatoly Reznik and Anatoly Nemirovchenko – Ukraine
7th World Deaf Magician Festival - Greenwich, London, England 1998
Gran Prix
Simon J. Carmel USA
Micro-Magic
1) Simon J. Carmel USA
2) Vadim Kirukhin – RUSSIA
3) Nicholai Chaushian RUSSIA
Stage Magic
1) Vadim Kirukhin – Russia
2) John Gapp – Great Britain (England)
3) Yiannis Hadjiyiannis – Cyprus
Comedy Magic
1) Simon J. Carmel – USA
2) Colin Bunting – Great Britain (England)
3) Anatoly Reznik – Ukraine
Illusion Magic
1) John Gapp (Great Britain) England
8 st World Deaf Magicians Festival - Nagpur, India 2000
Gran Prix
Vadim Kirukhin – Russia
Micro Magic
1) Vadim Kirukhin – Russia
2) Samuel Ruiz, Jr. – USA
3) Pandhi Bhupatlal – India
Stage Magic
1) Pandhi Bhupatlal – India
2) Vadim Kirukhin – Russia
3) James Casey – USA
Comedy Magic
1) Vadim Kirukhin – Russia
2) Horst Bormann and Juergen Dietz – Germany
3) Ioannis Ioannoiu – Cyprus
Stage Magic (under age of 17)
1) Ravichandra Cheruvu – India
2) Kiran Chaudary – India
9th World Deaf Magician Festival - Moscow, Russia 2002
Gran Prix
Matthew Morgan (USA)
Micro Magic
1) Vadim Prisekin - Ukraine
2) Samuel Ruiz, Jr. – USA
3) Steven Longacre – USA
Stage Magic
1) Tamara Maximenko – Ukraine
2) Andrei Turin – Russia
3) Evgeny Danilov – Ukraine
Comedy Magic
1) Steven Longacre and Greg Koppel USA
2) Vadim Kirukhin – Russia
3) Mime Group “Mirror” – Russia
Illusion Magic
1) Vadim Kirukhin – Russia
2) Valery Maruchak – Ukraine
3) Manfred Dorfer and Monika Deichfuss- Germany
10th World Deaf Magician Festival 2004 - Leipzig , Germany 2004
Gran Prix
Andrei Turin – Russia
Micro Magic
1) Vadim Prisekin – Ukraine
2) Steven Longacre – USA
3) Douglas Bates – England
Stage Magic
1) Andrea Truffa Italy
2) Thomas Geissler & Simone Greiner Germany
3) Steve Longacre & Greg Koppel – USA
Comedy Magic
1) Steven Longacre and Greg Koppel – USA
2) Anatoly Nemirovchenko & Len Kim – Ukraine
3) Juergen Dietze & Sebastian Koenig – Germnay
ILLUSION MAGIC
1) Franz &Elisabeth Paulus – Germany
2) Juergen Dietze & Ilona Koenig – Germany
3) Manfred Doerfer & Monika Deichfuss – Germany
WOMEN in MAGIC
1) Lena Kim – Ukraine
2) Sigrid Thiel – Germany
Young Magicians’ Magic
1) Sebastian Koenig – Germany
11th World Deaf Magician Festival - St. Petersburg, Russia 2006
GRAN PRIX
Andrei Turin – Russia
Stage Magic
1) Andrea Truffa – Italy
2) VAdim Kirukhin – Russia
3) Ildar Mamatov – Russia
Comedy Magic
1) Vadim Kirukhin – Russia
2) Anatoly Nemirovchenko & Elena Kim – Ukraine
3) Ioannou Ioannis – Cyprus
Micro Magic (Close-up magic)
1) Matthew Morgan – USA
2) Vadim Prisekin – Ukraine
3) Franz Paoulus – Germany
Special Award for young Magicians Magic
1) Sean Lance Berdy & Tyler Blaine Berdy – USA
Illusion Magic
1) Sammy Ruiz and Teresa Maxwell
2)
Franz & Franz and Elisabeth Paulus
12th World Deaf Magicians Festival - Riverside California USA 2008
Stage Magic (GRAN PRIX)
1) Vadim Kiruykhin – Russia
2) Kamizuru Nobuo – Japan
3) Andrea Truffa – Italy
ILLUSION MAGIC (GRAN PRIX)
1) Sammy Ruiz and Teresa Maxwell – USA
2) Franz and Elisabeth Paoulus – Germany
3) Ioannis Ioannou – Cyprus
Comedy Magic (GRAN PRIX)
1) Vadim Kiruykhin – Russia
2) (tie) Petelin Dmytro-Nemyrovchenko Anatoliy – Ukraine
2) (tie) John Gapp- England
3) (tie) Ravi Chandra – India
3) (tie) Steve Longacre/Greg Koppel – USA
Merlin Stage Magic (GRAN PRIX)
1) John Gapp – England
2) Ricky Rowray USA
3) Morton Feldman –USA
WOMAN MAGIC Stage Magic (GRAN PRIX)
1) Elena Evstratova/Anastasia Volnova –Russia
2) Maikop Oleksandra/Kirash Olga – Ukraine
3) Kim Olena – Ukraine
Micro-Magic (GRAN PRIX)
1) Nemyrovchenko Anatoliy – Ukraine
2) Vadim Kiruykhin –Russia
3) Andreij Turin – Russia
CHIDREN STAGE MAGIC (GRAN PRIX)
1) Tyler Berdy –USA
2) Artem Turin –Russia
3) Dalton Kramer –USA