International Besançon Competition for Young Conductors
The International Besançon Competition for Young Conductors, is a music competition for young conductors in the city of Besançon, France.
History[]
The competition was organized for the first time in 1951 by the music and film critic and composer Émile Vuillermoz, as part of the Besançon International Music Festival, founded three years before. Many conductors who won the competition have established successful international careers, including Seiji Ozawa, Ali Rahbari, Jesús López-Cobos and Sylvain Cambreling.[1]
The first prize consists of a cash prize and engagements with important orchestras such as the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble orchestral contemporain, Dresden Philharmonic and Opera North Sinfonia.
Winners[]
The winners of the competition are:[2]
- 1951 Reinhard Peters
- 1952 Jean Périsson
- 1953
- 1954
- 1955 Jerzy Katlewicz
- 1956 Zdeněk Košler, first mention Sergiu Comissiona
- 1957
- 1958 Martin Turnovsky
- 1959 Seiji Ozawa
- 1960 Poul Jorgensen
- 1961 Pierre Hetu
- 1962
- 1963
- 1964 Emil Simon
- 1965 Zdeněk Mácal
- 1966 no first prize awarded
- 1967 Yuval Zaliouk, junior section Luis Antonio García Navarro
- 1968 Jesús López-Cobos and Philippe Bender
- 1969 no first prize awarded
- 1970
- 1971 no first prize awarded
- 1972
- 1973 no first prize awarded
- 1974 , 2nd prize Sylvain Cambreling
- 1975 Marc Soustrot
- 1976 Patrick Juzeau
- 1977 and Ali Rahbari
- 1978 Yoel Levi
- 1979
- 1980
- 1981
- 1982 and Osmo Vänskä
- 1983 , mention for Carlo Rizzi
- 1984
- 1985 , 2nd prize Rodolfo Saglimbeni.
- 1986
- 1987 Nicolás Pasquet
- 1988 Lü Shao-chia
- 1989 Christopher Gayford and Yutaka Sado
- 1990
- 1991 George Pehlivanian
- 1992
- 1993 and
- 1995
- 1994 Lü Shao-chia
- 1997
- 1999
- 2001
- 2003 no first prize awarded
- 2005 Lionel Bringuier
- 2007
- 2009 Kazuki Yamada
- 2011
- 2013
- 2015 Jonathon Heyward
- 2017 Ben Glassberg[3]
- 2019
References[]
- ^ International Besançon Competition for Young Conductors — Official website
- ^ "Laureats du concours international de jeunes chefs d'orchestre 1951 / 2015" (PDF). festival-besancon.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 September 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
- ^ "Ben Glassberg wins prestigious Besançon International Competition for Young Conductors". University of Cambridge, Faculty of Music. Cambridge. 19 September 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
External links[]
Categories:
- Conducting competitions
- Besançon International Music Festival