Competition location

The second edition
The second edition of the Orchestra’s Conductor Competition took place in Ploiesti (Romania), in June 2023.
ROUND 2
Congratulations to the 18 candidates who made it to the semifinals!

Libi
Lebel

Erle
Kont

Charles
Latshaw

Yuri
Karavaev

Wei-Chung
Chen

Pavle
Zajcev

Kara
Piatt

Feifan
Jiang

Cecilia
Castagneto

Samuel
Tamarit Otero

Nicola
Colafelice

Patrick
Tuttle

Noris
Borgogelli

Piotr
Kościk

Pawel
Piotr Gorajski

Matěj
Voda

Geoffrey
Loff

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:

Abraham
Padilla Benavide

Akihiro
Nakajima

Andris
Rasmanis

Andrzej
Mandryka

Assaf
Leibowitz

Benjamin
Zwick

Cecilia
Castagneto

Charlesc
Latshaw

Chun
Kit Leung

Consuelo
Bolio Vera

Daijiro
Ukon

Daniel
Hasaj

David
Platt

Ein-Habar
Eyal

Erle
Kont

Fan
Yeung

Feifan
Jiang

Francesco
Massimi

Frédéric
Chaine

Geoffrey
Loff

Gilbert
Sak

Hung-I
Wu

Inchul
Shin

Jaco
Wong

Jaehyuck
Choi

Jin
Andrew Park

Joost
Smeets

Kanako
Hirota

Kantert
Benedikt

Kara
Piatt

Laurențiu
Bischin

Libi
Lebel

Luca
Incerti

Marcus
Luomala

Mario
Lamberto

Martin
Barthélemy

Massimo
Incarbone

Matej
Voda

Matija
Matijevic

Michael
Kravtchin

Michel
Galante

Mimma
Campanale

Motoki
Tanaka

Nicola
Colafelice

Noris
Borgogelli

Patrick
Tuttle

Pavle
Zajcev

Pawel
Piotr Gorajski

Petr
Kiselev

Piotr
Koscik

Raimonds
Gulbis

Samuel
Tamarit Otero

Seojoon
Heo

Simard
Pierre

Tobias
Drewelius

Tong
Zhang

Viktor
Granström

Vladyslav
Vorobel

Wei-Chung
Chen

Wojciech
Semerau-Siemia

Yerry
Park

Yuki
Hasegawa

Yuri
Karavaev

Zhongling
Fang
Invited International Agents
Two representatives of international artist agencies have been invited to the final round of our competition:
- Karina Lundström, director of Lundström Arts Management - 𝐃𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧 https://lundstrom-am.com/
- Danijel Gasparovic, director of Cristoforiumart - 𝐙𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐛 https://www.cristoforiumart.com/
Invited managers
Managers of respected orchestras in Romania came to the final round of the competition, in order to discover new conducting talents:
- Daniel Jinga, director of Bucharest National Opera
- Florin Estefan, director of Cluj National Opera
- Kovacs Emoke, director of “Dinu Lipatti” Philharmonic Orchestra
- Carmen Rus, director of Oradea Philharmonic Orchestra
- Mihai Badiu, director of Bacau Philharmonic Orchestra
- Ovidiu Florian Andris, director of "Banatul" Philharmonic Orchestra
- Constantin Grigore, principal conductor of "Ion Dacian" National Operetta and Musical Theater - Bucharest and conductor and founder of Royal Camerata Bucharest