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Orchestra's Conductor Competition 2025 & Masterclass
The 4rd edition of the Orchestra’s Conductor Competition took place in Bucharest in May 2025, in cooperation with the Radio Chamber Orchestra Bucharest.
ROUND 2
Congratulations to the 12 candidates who made it to the semifinals!
ROUND 1
Completed initial phase
The initial phase of the Orchestra's Conductor Competition has been completed.
More than 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 are invited to the final phase, taking place in Bucharest between 9th and 14th of May 2025:
Semifinalists from the previous editions:
Noris Borgogelli
Daniel Hasaj
Heo Seojoon
Samuel Tamarit Otero
Ken-Wassim Ubukata
New candidates:
Levent Altuntas
Bonnetot Arnaud
Jakob Aspenström
Elijah Barrison
Eladio Barreto Aguilar
Marcos Rangel
Yuriy Bekker
Dina Bensaid
William Birkbeck
Laurentiu Bischin
Robert Boardman
Ching Wang Brian Choi
Matheus Coelho do Nascimento
Iliia Diakov
Mark Edwards
Alec Frank-Gemmill
Michel Galante
Andrés González
Cristóbal Maximiliano González Ramírez
Yuki Hasegawa
Luke Janzen
Garcia Cuenllas Jorge
Jihye Kim
Na Eun Kwon
Minsung Kwon
Mario Lamberto
Tsai-Ju Lee
Elora Grace Lencoski
Brian Liao
Sirui Liao
Matthew Lloyd-Wilson
Nattawat Luantampol
Masahiko Maeda
Emanuele Marino
José Colomé Márquez Pérez
Carmen Más Arocas
Yojiro Matsueda
Hidetaka Niiyama
Lorenzo Padrin
GyeongMin Park
Martijn Pepels
Martín Rincón Botero
Daniel Rodríguez Álvarez
Francisco Corrales Rubio
Shintaro Sakabe
Mingyan Sally Yu
Yishang Sheng
Bedros Shetilian
Hyunsik Shin
Scho Sidney
Costa Simpson
Bartosz Staniszewski
Nicolò Jacopo Suppa
Chiu Tak Shun
Claverie Thomas
Giorgos Tsilidis
Yutaka Tsukui
Oscar Javier Vargas Orbegozo
Ivan Vinogradov
Tsz Chun Jason Wong
Bradley Wood
Yueh-Heng Wu
Gan Xiong
Xinjie Yang
Öykü Yanik
Tsui Hok Yin
Xincao Zhang
Benjamin Zwick
Invited managers
The following orchestra managers and artist agents expressed their interest to attend the final round of our competition in Bucharest:
Marin Cazacu, the manager of "G.Enescu" Philharmonic Orchestra Bucharest
Norbert Trawöger, the manager of Bruckner Orchester Linz
Radu Chișu, the manager of Royal Camerata Bucharest
Cristina Uruc, the manager of Artexim Agency
James Brown, the managing director of JBM Agency
Mia Sperber, the manager of Abiry Management Agency
Svilen Simeonov - Principal Conductor of Sofia Sinfonietta Orchestra & Vidin State Philharmony
Rustem Abyazov - Artistic director & main conductor of Kazan Chamber Orchestra
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