CONDUCTING
COMPETITION
2023

Competition location

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The second edition

The second edition of the Orchestra’s Conductor Competition took place in Ploiesti (Romania), in June 2023.

ROUND 3

The winners

1st Prize
1st Prize
3rd Prize
3rd Prize

ROUND 2

Congratulations to the 18 candidates who made it to the semifinals!

LibiLebel
Libi
Lebel


ErleKont
Erle
Kont


CharlesLatshaw
Charles
Latshaw


YuriKaravaev
Yuri
Karavaev


Wei-ChungChen
Wei-Chung
Chen


PavleZajcev
Pavle
Zajcev


KaraPiatt
Kara
Piatt


FeifanJiang
Feifan
Jiang


CeciliaCastagneto
Cecilia
Castagneto


SamuelTamarit Otero
Samuel
Tamarit Otero


NicolaColafelice
Nicola
Colafelice


PatrickTuttle
Patrick
Tuttle


NorisBorgogelli
Noris
Borgogelli


PiotrKościk
Piotr
Kościk


PawelPiotr Gorajski
Pawel
Piotr Gorajski


MatějVoda
Matěj
Voda


GeoffreyLoff
Geoffrey
Loff


EyalEin-Habar
Eyal
Ein-Habar


ROUND 1

Completed initial phase

The initial phase of the Orchestra's Conductor Competition (second edition) has been completed.

170 candidates from all over the world have successfully registered. 
A great amount of interest and enthusiasm was shown by all candidates towards our concept.
Our thanks and congratulations to all who applied!

The following candidates were invited to the final phase, taking place in Ploiesti (România) between 23 and 29 June 2023:

AbrahamPadilla Benavide
Abraham
Padilla Benavide


AkihiroNakajima
Akihiro
Nakajima


AndrisRasmanis
Andris
Rasmanis


AndrzejMandryka
Andrzej
Mandryka


AssafLeibowitz
Assaf
Leibowitz


BenjaminZwick
Benjamin
Zwick


CeciliaCastagneto
Cecilia
Castagneto


CharlescLatshaw
Charlesc
Latshaw


ChunKit Leung
Chun
Kit Leung


ConsueloBolio Vera
Consuelo
Bolio Vera


DaijiroUkon
Daijiro
Ukon


DanielHasaj
Daniel
Hasaj


DavidPlatt
David
Platt


Ein-HabarEyal
Ein-Habar
Eyal


ErleKont
Erle
Kont


FanYeung
Fan
Yeung


FeifanJiang
Feifan
Jiang


FrancescoMassimi
Francesco
Massimi


FrédéricChaine
Frédéric
Chaine


GeoffreyLoff
Geoffrey
Loff


GilbertSak
Gilbert
Sak


Hung-IWu
Hung-I
Wu


InchulShin
Inchul
Shin


JacoWong
Jaco
Wong


JaehyuckChoi
Jaehyuck
Choi


JinAndrew Park
Jin
Andrew Park


JoostSmeets
Joost
Smeets


KanakoHirota
Kanako
Hirota


KantertBenedikt
Kantert
Benedikt


KaraPiatt
Kara
Piatt


LaurențiuBischin
Laurențiu
Bischin


LibiLebel
Libi
Lebel


LucaIncerti
Luca
Incerti


MarcusLuomala
Marcus
Luomala


MarioLamberto
Mario
Lamberto


MartinBarthélemy
Martin
Barthélemy


MassimoIncarbone
Massimo
Incarbone


MatejVoda
Matej
Voda


MatijaMatijevic
Matija
Matijevic


MichaelKravtchin
Michael
Kravtchin


MichelGalante
Michel
Galante


MimmaCampanale
Mimma
Campanale


MotokiTanaka
Motoki
Tanaka


NicolaColafelice
Nicola
Colafelice


NorisBorgogelli
Noris
Borgogelli


PatrickTuttle
Patrick
Tuttle


PavleZajcev
Pavle
Zajcev


PawelPiotr Gorajski
Pawel
Piotr Gorajski


PetrKiselev
Petr
Kiselev


PiotrKoscik
Piotr
Koscik


RaimondsGulbis
Raimonds
Gulbis


SamuelTamarit Otero
Samuel
Tamarit Otero


SeojoonHeo
Seojoon
Heo


SimardPierre
Simard
Pierre


TobiasDrewelius
Tobias
Drewelius


TongZhang
Tong
Zhang


ViktorGranström
Viktor
Granström


VladyslavVorobel
Vladyslav
Vorobel


Wei-ChungChen
Wei-Chung
Chen


WojciechSemerau-Siemia
Wojciech
Semerau-Siemia


YerryPark
Yerry
Park


YukiHasegawa
Yuki
Hasegawa


YuriKaravaev
Yuri
Karavaev


ZhonglingFang
Zhongling
Fang


Invited International Agents

Two representatives of international artist agencies have been invited to the final round of our competition:

Invited managers

Managers of respected orchestras in Romania came to the final round of the competition, in order to discover new conducting talents: