CONDUCTING
COMPETITION
2024

Competition location

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Third edition: April 2024
Oradea, Romania

The 3rd edition of the Orchestra’s Conductor Competition took place in Oradea (România), in May 2024, in cooperation with the Oradea Philharmonic Orchestra. 

ROUND 3

The winners

ROUND 2

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

Alvin Arumugam
Alvin
Arumugam


Jiannan Cheng
Jiannan
Cheng


Elias Corrinth
Elias
Corrinth


Daniel Hasaj
Daniel
Hasaj


Seojoon Heo
Seojoon
Heo


Hanna Hurkot
Hanna
Hurkot


Noris Borgogelli
Noris
Borgogelli


Piotr Koscik
Piotr
Koscik


Sungchan Lee
Sungchan
Lee


Victor Hugo Lopez Aguirre
Victor
Hugo Lopez Aguirre


Marion Leleu
Marion
Leleu


Daisuke Nagamine
Daisuke
Nagamine


Sergey Ostrovsky
Sergey
Ostrovsky


Dorian Pawełczak
Dorian
Pawełczak


Giuseppe Prete
Giuseppe
Prete


Kota Sakaguchi
Kota
Sakaguchi


Leif Tse
Leif
Tse


Ken-Wassim Ubukata
Ken-Wassim
Ubukata


ROUND 1

Completed initial phase

More than 200 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 Oradea (România) between 26 April and 2 May 2024:

Semifinalists from the previous editions:
Noris Borgogelli
Noris
Borgogelli


Piotr  Koscik
Piotr
Koscik


Daniel  Hasaj
Daniel
Hasaj


New candidates:
Roberto  Baltar Gardón
Roberto
Baltar Gardón


Giuseppe  Prete
Giuseppe
Prete


Jaehyuck  Choi
Jaehyuck
Choi


Ivan  Kostiakhine
Ivan
Kostiakhine


Kota  Sakaguchi
Kota
Sakaguchi


Maxime  Maurer
Maxime
Maurer


Kanako  Hirota
Kanako
Hirota


Leif  Tse
Leif
Tse


Samuel  Emanuel
Samuel
Emanuel


Dorian  Pawełczak
Dorian
Pawełczak


Seojoon  Heo
Seojoon
Heo


Pedro  Ordieres Suarez
Pedro
Ordieres Suarez


Munkhbayar  Erdenebaatar
Munkhbayar
Erdenebaatar


Marion  Leleu
Marion
Leleu


Jiannan  Cheng
Jiannan
Cheng


Bartosz  Staniszewski
Bartosz
Staniszewski


Rüdiger  Lotter
Rüdiger
Lotter


Elias  Corrinth
Elias
Corrinth


Joe  Davies
Joe
Davies


Alvin  Arumugam
Alvin
Arumugam


Nicolas  Kuhn
Nicolas
Kuhn


Alberto  García López
Alberto
García López


Louise  Müller-Monod
Louise
Müller-Monod


Hanna  Hurkot
Hanna
Hurkot


Daisuke  Nagamine
Daisuke
Nagamine


Victor Hugo  Lopez Aguirre
Victor Hugo
Lopez Aguirre


Gonghui  Yang
Gonghui
Yang


Yuki  Hasegawa
Yuki
Hasegawa


Reo  Mizumura
Reo
Mizumura


Igor  Znatokov
Igor
Znatokov


Sungchan  Lee
Sungchan
Lee


George  Ogata
George
Ogata


Yoshiaki  Ito
Yoshiaki
Ito


Francesco  Raspaolo
Francesco
Raspaolo


Cathal  Garvey
Cathal
Garvey


Daniel  Kadlec
Daniel
Kadlec


Chuanhong  Dong
Chuanhong
Dong


Sergey  Ostrovsky
Sergey
Ostrovsky


Francesco  Acquista
Francesco
Acquista


Vinicius  Guimaraes Barbosa
Vinicius
Guimaraes Barbosa


Koval  Vasyl
Koval
Vasyl


Yuki  Urabe
Yuki
Urabe


WU  SHI YI
WU
SHI YI


Josef  Javora
Josef
Javora


Tomomichi  Hanaoka
Tomomichi
Hanaoka


Jingyi  Zhang
Jingyi
Zhang


Georg  Thaler
Georg
Thaler


Masahiko  Maeda
Masahiko
Maeda


Harmen  Cnossen
Harmen
Cnossen


Loïc  Emmelin
Loïc
Emmelin


Kushtrim  Gashi
Kushtrim
Gashi


Ken-Wassim  Ubukata
Ken-Wassim
Ubukata


Hayato  Toyofuku
Hayato
Toyofuku


Chan  Tsz Yin Raphael
Chan
Tsz Yin Raphael


Jeanzem  Eli Salazar Marcano
Jeanzem
Eli Salazar Marcano


Rodrick  Barillot
Rodrick
Barillot


Hiroki  Morita
Hiroki
Morita


Shilong  Ye
Shilong
Ye


Olena  Korolenko
Olena
Korolenko


Bartlomiej  Szulc
Bartlomiej
Szulc


Elora  Grace Lencoski
Elora
Grace Lencoski


Chan  Nga Man
Chan
Nga Man


Grigore  Ciobanu
Grigore
Ciobanu


Cristina  Inmaculada de Frutos Alonso
Cristina
Inmaculada de Frutos Alonso


Magdalena  Cichoń
Magdalena
Cichoń


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 came to the final round of the competition, in order to discover new conducting talents:

Orchestra's Conductor Competition

Main partners:

Oradea State Philharmonic
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Oradea City Hall
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Bihor County Council
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Vizit Oradea
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Partners:

Szigligeti Theatre
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Regina Maria Theatre
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Hotel Astoria
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Union of Interpretive Creation of Musicians from Romania
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Media partners:

Radio România Cultural
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Radio România Muzical
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Radio Trinitas
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Radio Transilvania
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Crișana newspaper
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Bihoreanul newspaper
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