Cadaqués Orchestra International Conducting Competition
The Cadaqués Orchestra International Conducting Competition is a music competition for young conductors organized by the Orquestra de Cadaqués in Catalonia .
target
The aim of the Cadaqués Orchestra International Conducting Competition is to discover, promote and develop young conductors from all over the world.
organization
The competition, which is organized by the Orquestra de Cadaqués, has been held essentially every two years since 1992. Conductors of all nationalities can take part in the competition, provided they are under 36 years of age. Each competitor must go through five qualification rounds in which he conducts the chamber ensemble of the Cadaqués Orchestra or the Cadaqués Orchestra. Each qualification round has a different focus: works of chamber music , a work for string orchestra , a work with a soloist as well as contemporary and symphonic works must be conducted. The competition repertoire combines famous orchestral works with lesser known pieces from the Spanish repertoire. Including unpublished or restored historical music that, despite its quality, has been forgotten or has not been performed since its premiere. One of the works in the competition is a new piece of music that has been commissioned and premiered especially for the competition.
Guest composer
The following guest composers have worked for the competition to date: Héctor Parra, Ramón Lazkano, Jesús Torres, Jesús Rueda, Xavier Montsalvatge , Cristóbal Halffter , Luis de Pablo, Joan Guinjoan, Leonardo Balada , David del Puerto and José María Sánchez Verdú . The commissioned composer for the 12th competition was Gabriel Erkoreka, who wrote the work “Tramuntana” for it.
Competition jury
Internationally renowned conductors sit on the jury for the competition. Gennady Rozhdestvensky and Sir Neville Marriner took turns as presidents of the international jury until the 11th competition. Lutz Koehler, Philippe Entremont , Jorma Panula , Alexander Rahbari , Adrian Leaper and Gianandrea Noseda were already members of the jury. The Orquestra de Cadaqués is represented on the jury with two votes.
At the 12th competition in 2017, Jury Gianandrea Noseda was the chairman of the jury, at that time chief conductor of the Cadaqués Orchestra. Other jury members were: Annette Mangold (Berliner Philharmoniker), Nicholas Kenyon ( Barbican Center ), Lutz Köhler (orchestra conductor), Jaime Martín (chief conductor of the Cadaqués Orchestra), Jun-ichi Nihei (President COO Japan Arts Corporation) and the Cadaqués Orchestra itself.
First price
The winner of the Cadaqués Orchestra International Conducting Competition receives, in addition to a cash prize, the opportunity to conduct at least twenty different orchestras over a period of three years. This includes twenty Spanish orchestras that work regularly with the competition, including the Bilbao Symphony Orchestra, Radio Symphony Orchestra Spain , Spanish National Orchestra and the Barcelona Symphony and Catalonia National Orchestra. This also includes other renowned ensembles from abroad, such as the Vienna Chamber Orchestra , the Royal Philharmonic of Flanders , the BBC Philharmonic in Manchester, the Orchester National de Lille , the Gävle Symphony Orchestra , the Danish National Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic .
winner
The previous winners of the Cadaqués Orchestra International Conducting Competition were:
- 1st competition 1992: First prize: Charles Peebles. Second prize: Alejandro Posadas.
- 2nd competition 1994: First prize: Gianandrea Noseda. Second prize: Christopher Gayford.
- 3rd competition 1996: First prize: Achim Fiedler. Second prize: Zsolt Hamar.
- 4th competition 1998: First prize: Gloria Isabel Ramos. Second prize: not awarded.
- 5. Competition 2000: First prize: not awarded. Second prize: Christoph Müller.
- 6. Competition 2002 First Prize: Vasily Petrenko. Second prize: Jonathan Pasternack.
- 7. Competition 2004: First prize: not awarded. Second prize: Hans Leenders.
- 8th competition 2006: First prize: Pablo González. Second prize: Justin Doyle.
- 9th competition 2008: First prize: Michal Nestorowicz. Second prize: Daniele Rustioni.
- 10th competition 2010: First prize: Andrew Gourlay. Second prize: Domingo Garcia Hindoyan.
- 11th competition 2013: First prize: Lorenzo Viotti. Second prize: Vlad Vizireanu.
- 12th competition 2017: First prize: Nuno Coelho . Second prize: Felix Mildenberger .
Web links
- Official website of the Cadaqués Orchestra International Conducting Competition
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Cadaqués Orchestra International Conducting Competition. Retrieved January 18, 2018 .
- ↑ a b c Ninth Cadaqués Orchestra Conducting Competition. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 27, 2008 ; accessed on January 21, 2018 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
