The Jorma Panula Conducting Competition, is a music competition for young European conductors held in Vaasa, Finland.[1]
History
editThe first competition, named after the conductor and conducting professor Jorma Panula, was organized in 1999 with the idea of being a platform for young conductors starting their professional careers.[2] The president of the Jury is Jorma Panula and the jury includes several musicians such as Olari Elts, Karsten Witt and Atso Almila.[3] During the competition the contestants conduct the Sinfonia Finlandia and the Vaasa City Orchestra.
Winners
editSource:[4]
| 1st Prize | 2nd Prize | 3rd Prize | |
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| 2024 | /
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Félix Benati | Eric Staiger Kasmir Uusitupa |
| 2021 | Nathanaël Iselin Jascha Von der Goltz Henri Christofer Aavik |
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| 2018 | /
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Angus Webster Johannes Zahn |
Ross Jamie Collins Kaapo Ijas |
| 2015 | Dylan Corlay | Elena Schwarz | Harish Shankar |
| 2012 | /
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Risto Joost Tobias Volkmann |
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| 2009 | Yordan Kamdzhalov | Martins Ozolins | Adriel Donghyuk Kim |
| 2006 | Vytautas Lukočius | Sylvain Gasançon | Petri Komulainen |
| 2003 | Eeva Ollikainen | Lilyan Kaiv | Jukka Iisakkila |
| 1999 | Olari Elts | Tibor Bogányi | Dima Slobodeniouk |
References
edit- ^ "Panula Conducting Competition". Archived from the original on 16 April 2009. Retrieved 7 August 2009.
- ^ "MIZ-Panula Conducting Competition". MIZ. Retrieved 7 August 2009.
- ^ "FOURTH JORMA PANULA COMPETITION". Retrieved 7 August 2009.
- ^ "IX Jorma Panula International Conducting Competition". IX Jorma Panula International Conducting Competition. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
External links
editOfficial website (in English, Finnish, and Swedish)