Competition location

First edition
The first edition of the Orchestra’s Conductor Competition took place in the most beautiful city of Romania, Brasov, in June 2022.
ROUND 2
Congratulations to the 18 candidates who made it to the semifinals!

Eyal
Ein-Habar

Elias
Lamar

Daniel
Hasaj

Andreja
Solar

Andras
Derecskei

Alexandr
Iradyan

Wing
Kwang Tang

Simon
Chalk

Sebastian
Zinca

Myron
Romanul

Marcin
Mirowski

Luping
Dong

Kin
Szeto

Jozef
Smeets

Josephine
Korda

Jeisson German
Segura Herrera

Jasper
Lecon

Frédéric
Chaine
ROUND 1
Completed initial phase
The initial phase of the Orchestra's Conductor Competition has been completed.
132 candidates from 45 countries have successfully registered.
A great amount of interest and enthusiasm was shown by all candidates towards our new concept in orchestral conducting competitions; our thanks and congratulations to all who applied!
The following candidates were invited to the final phase, taking place in Brașov (România) between 18 and 23 June 2022:

Elias
Lamar

Benjamin
Le Heux

Jasper
Lecon

Hanna-Mari
Lehtonen

Yijie
Li

Emmelin
Loic

Dong
Luping

Dane
Madrigal

Jose
Juan Marzal Fernandez

Marcin
Mirowski

Rachael
Montesino Young

Emmanuel
Niubo

Masafumi
Odate

George
Ogata

Sandra
Ragusa

Michelle
Rakers

Myron
Alexander Romanul

Masahiro
Sagayama

Peter
Schreiber

Segura Herrera
German Jeisson

Jozef
Smeets

Andreja
Solar

Kin
Szeto

Wing
Kwang Tang

Rodica
Trandafir

Lucia
Vallesi

Cezar
Verlan

Francesco
Viviano

Timothy
Wu

Moyue
Zhou

Sebastian
Zinca

Argyrios
Adamopoulos

Henoc del Cristo
Acosta Santana

Vlad
Baciu

Mariia
Berlad

Sarah
Bisely Schneider

Berit
Cardas

Frédéric
Chaine

Simon
Chalk

Dmitrii
Chiricov

David
Cutts

Joaquin
de la Cuesta

András
Derecskei

David
Dinya

Gaddiel
Dombrowner

Paul
Drouet

William
Dutton

Asier
Eguskitza

Eyal
Ein-Habar

Christophe
Eliot

Michel
Galante

Dominic
Grier

Daniel
Hasaj

Seojoon
Heo

Yuichi
Honda

Yusuke
Ichihara

Massimiliano
Iezzi

Alexandr
Iradyan

Lo
Kit-yu

Josephine
Korda

Fang-Ju
Kuo
Invited International Agents
Three representatives of international artist agencies have attended the final round of our competition:
- Hylke van Lingen, Managing partner of Interartists Amsterdam - www.interartists.nl
- Mark Stephan Buhl, Managing Director of Mark Stephan Buhl Artists Management Vienna - www.msbuhl.com
- Uri Zur, Director of ArtPro Artists Management & Artistic advisor of Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra: - https://www.artpro.co.il
Invited managers
Managers of respected orchestras in Romania came to the final round of the competition, and some of them have chosen conductors from the finalists, for their future seasons:
- Liliana Staicu, director of radio orchestras and choirs in Bucharest
- Bujor Prelipcean, director of Moldova Philharmonic Orchestra Iasi
- Kovacs Emoke, director of “Dinu Lipatti” Philharmonic Orchestra
- Vlad Mateescu, director of Ploiesti Philharmonic Orchestra
- György Levente, manager of the Tg.Mures Philharmonic Orchestra
- Cristian Lupes, manager of Sibiu Philharmonic Orchestra