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