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February 16, 2026
Conducting technique with Cristian Orosanu (all the 12 conductors):
10:00 – 12:00
Score Analysis with Leonard Boga (all the 12 conductors):
14:30 – 18:00
February 17, 2026
Conducting technique with Cristian Orosanu (all the 12 conductors):
10:00 – 12:00
Score Analysis with Leonard Boga (all the 12 conductors):
14:30 – 18:00
February 18, 2026
Beethoven with piano (Cristian Orosanu):
10:00 – 10:30: Conductor 1
10:30 – 11:00: Conductor 2
11:00 – 11:30: Conductor 3
Break
12:00 – 12:30: Conductor 4
12:30 – 13:00: Conductor 5
13:00 – 13:30: Conductor 6
Score Analysis with Leonard Boga (all the 12 conductors):
15:30 – 19:00
February 19, 2026
Beethoven with piano (Cristian Orosanu):
10:00 – 10:30: Conductor 7
10:30 – 11:00: Conductor 8
11:00 – 11:30: Conductor 9
Break
12:00 – 12:30: Conductor 10
12:30 – 13:00: Conductor 11
13:00 – 13:30: Conductor 12
Score Analysis with Leonard Boga (all the 12 conductors):
15:30 – 19:00
February 20, 2026
Respighi with string quintet (Cristian Orosanu):
10:00 – 10:45: Conductor 1
10:45 – 11:30: Conductor 2
Break
12:00 – 12:45: Conductor 3
12:45 – 13:30: Conductor 4
Score Analysis with Leonard Boga (all the 12 conductors):
15:30 – 19:00
February 21, 2026
Respighi with string quintet (Cristian Orosanu):
10:00 – 10:45: Conductor 5
10:45 – 11:30: Conductor 6
Break
12:00 – 12:45: Conductor 7
12:45 – 13:30: Conductor 8
Score Analysis with Leonard Boga (all the 12 conductors):
15:30 – 19:00
February 22, 2026
Respighi with string quintet (Cristian Orosanu):
10:00 – 10:45: Conductor 9
10:45 – 11:30: Conductor 10
Break
12:00 – 12:45: Conductor 11
12:45 – 13:30: Conductor 12
Feedback session with the quintet musicians and the two maestros:
15:30 – 18:00
Dinner with everybody in the area, at 18:30
VIDEO GUIDELINES
Respecting these guidelines is in the interest of the candidates. Video materials not corresponding to the guidelines will be more likely to get lower rates in the process of pre-selection.
The Orchestra’s Conductor Competition was established and is managed since several years by Maestro Cristian Orosanu, together with a dedicated team. Its aim is to encourage the discovery of talented conductors.
This new competition concept will give the candidates the unique opportunity of being selected by the orchestra’s musicians, so there is no external jury.
The winners will have the opportunity to conduct the host orchestra during the seasons following the competition. There will also be a possibility for the winners to be invited at different other international orchestras, whose directors will attend the final round of the competition.
Representatives of artists agencies and music journalists will be invited to the final round of the competition.
Beneficiary: Asociatia Geros
Banca Transilvania, address: 13 December street, Brașov, Romania
IBAN: RO90BTRLEURCRT0434868701
SWIFT: BTRLRO22
or via PayPal on the page of the actual edition, with an additional PayPal tax.
A maximum number of 75 candidates (max. 25 conductors/day) will participate in the first round.
Each candidate will have to conduct this compulsory piece:
and choose another piece from the following list:
The candidate should run through the compulsory piece and then rehearse some spots, taking care to organise the timing to conduct also one of the other pieces, in the same way: run through first and then work. The total time for each candidate in the 1st round is 10 minutes.
The eventual short “divisi” passages from the scores will be simplified by the musicians, to fit the string quintet.
A number of 18 candidates (6 conductors/day) will participate in the second round. The president of the competition (or the vice-president) will choose for each candidate two pieces, one orchestral and one with soloist, from the following repertoire, which will also be available for the final concert:
The candidate may decide to run through or rehearse, or both, for a maximum duration of 25 minutes.
There will be a dress rehearsal in the morning and a final concert in the evening of Thursday, 30 April 2026.
The three finalists will draw lots from the following combinations:
The draw will take place in the afternoon of 29 April, immediately after the semi-final result is announced (around one hour after the rehearsal).
The final round is open to the audience, both in the morning and the evening of 30 April 2026.
In the event of cancellation of the Competition due to force majeure (war, civil and political unrest, epidemics, floods, public bereavement etc.), no fees or expenses incurred by candidates may be refunded and no recourse may be taken against the competition organisers or their partners.
These regulations are subject to Romanian law. Any dispute that may arise in connection with the interpretation or execution of these rules will be submitted to the competent Tribunal in Brasov (Romania), after all avenues of conciliation have been exhausted.
Respecting these guidelines is in the interest of the candidates. Video materials not corresponding to the guidelines will be more likely to get lower rates in the process of pre-selection.