Gustav Mahler Conducting Competition

The Gustav Mahler Conducting Competition is one of the most important music competitions of its kind worldwide and is held in Bamberg, Germany.[1] Conductors no older than 35 years may enter.

History

The competition was founded by the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, with the idea of helping young conductors at the start of their conducting careers. The first prize includes a cash prize and engagements with several orchestras.[2]

It started in 2004 with Gustavo Dudamel’s decisive win[3] and since then has taken place every three years.

Winners
Year1st prize2nd prize3rd prize4th prize
2004Venezuela Gustavo DudamelBulgaria Ivo VenkovUkraine Oksana Lyniv
Japan Toshihiko Matsunuma		Not awarded
2007Not awardedSouth Korea Shi-Yeon SungUnited States Benjamin ShwartzPoland Ewa Strusinska
2010Latvia Ainars RubikisUzbekistan Aziz ShokhakhimovBulgaria Yordan KamdzhalovNot awarded
2013Israel Lahav ShaniAustria David Danzmayr

Taiwan Tung-Chieh Chuang

 Not awardedNot awarded
2016Singapore Kahchun WongRussia Sergey NellerRussia Valentin UryupinNot awarded
2020 United Kingdom Finnegan Downie Dear Germany Thomas Jung Hong Kong Wilson Ng

United Kingdom Harry Ogg

Austria Katharina Wincor

 Not awarded

2004

Jury
  • Marina Mahler (Patronesse of the Competition and Honorary Member of the Jury)
  • Jonathan Nott (Principal Conductor of the Bamberg Symphony and President of the Jury)
  • Leon Botstein (Principal Conductor and Artistic Director of the American Symphony Orchestra)
  • Lawrence Foster (Artistic Director of Orchestra of the Gulbenkian Foundation Lisbon)
  • Esa-Pekka Salonen (Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of Los Angeles Philharmonic and Composer)
  • Magnus Lindberg (Composer)
  • Paul Müller (Managing Director and CEO of the Bamberg Symphony)
  • Ernest Fleischmann (Consultant and former Managing Director of the San Francisco Symphony)
  • Rolf Beck (Head of NDR Orchestras and Choir Hamburg and Director of the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival)
  • Serge Dorny (General Director of L’Opéra National de Lyon)
  • Peter Pastreich (Consultant)
  • Markus Mayers (Member of the Board of the Bamberg Symphony)

2007

The Second Bamberg Symphony Orchestra Gustav Mahler Conducting Competition took place on 23-28 April 2007 at Sinfonie an der Regnitz, Joseph-Keilberth-Saal, Bamberg.

Jury
  • Marina Mahler (Honorary member)
  • Jonathan Nott (Jury President; Principal Conductor, Bamberg Symphony Orchestra)
  • Herbert Blomstedt (Honorary Conductor for Life, Bamberg Symphony Orchestra)
  • Hans Graf (Music Director, Houston Symphony Orchestra)
  • Mark-Anthony Turnage (Composer)
  • Paul Müller (Intendant, Bamberg Symphony Orchestra)
  • Rolf Beck (Intendant, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival)
  • Serge Dorny (Director-General, L'Opéra National de Lyon)
  • Ernest Fleischmann (Consultant)
  • Peter Pastreich (Consultant)
  • Christian Dibbern (Member of the Orchestra Board of the Bamberg Symphony)

2010

The 3rd competition took place in Bamberg, Germany, from February 26 to March 7, 2010.

Competitors
  • United States Elizabeth Askren
  • Germany Cornelius Heine
  • South Korea Seokwon Hong
  • Bulgaria Yordan Kamdzhalov
  • Italy Francesco Lanzillotta
  • England Russia Alexander Prior
  • Latvia Ainars Rubikis
  • United States Scott Seaton
  • Uzbekistan Aziz Shokakimov
  • Germany Lam Tran
  • Japan Kosuke Tsunoda
  • Russia Xenia Zharko

Jury

Repertoire

2013

From 7 to 14 June 2013 the Bamberg Symphony held The Mahler Competition for the fourth time. 407 young conductors applied to compete.

Candidates
  • Tung-Chieh Chuang, Taiwan
  • David Danzmayr, Austria
  • Botinis Dimitris, Greece / Russia
  • Gad Kadosh, Israel / France
  • Yoshinao Kihara, Japan
  • Manuel López-Gómez, Venezuela
  • June-Sung Park, South Korea
  • Lahav Shani, Israel
  • Dalia Stasevska, Finland
  • Yuko Tanaka, Japan
  • Zoi Tsokanou, Greece
  • Joseph Young, US

Jury

Repertoire

2016
Main article: 2016 Gustav Mahler Conducting Competition

From 6 to 13 May 2016 the Bamberg Symphony held The Mahler Competition for the fifth time.

Out of 381 applicants from 64 countries, 14 candidates were invited to Bamberg, 11 male and 3 female.[4]

The members of the Jury were Jonathan Nott, President of the Jury and former Principal Conductor of the Bamberg Symphony, Marina Mahler, the composer’s granddaughter and Honorary Member, Marcus Rudolf Axt, Chief Executive of the Bamberg Symphony, the conductors Jiří Bělohlávek, John Carewe and Sir Neville Marriner, the conductor and singer Barbara Hannigan, the conductor and composer Jörg Widmann, the President and CEO of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Deborah Borda, the artist consultant Martin Campbell-White, the Provost and Dean of The Juilliard School Ara Guzelimian and Boris-Alexander Jusa, a member of the Bamberg Symphony.

The Competition’s repertoire consisted of works by Gustav Mahler, Joseph Haydn, Henri Dutilleux, Anton Webern, Jörg Widmann and Georg Friedrich Haas.[5]

Prizes
  • 1st Prize, € 20,000
  • 2nd Prize, € 10,000
  • 3rd Prize, € 5,000

2020

From 29 June to 5 July 2020 the Bamberg Symphony held The Mahler Competition for the sixth time. From 336 applicants 12 candidates where chosen to participate in the competition in Bamberg.[6]

Candidates
  • Yeo Ryeong Ahn
  • Finnegan Downie Dear
  • Killian Farrell
  • Orr Guy
  • Andreas Hansson
  • Thomas Jung
  • Piero Lombardi Iglesias
  • Wilson Ng
  • Harry Ogg
  • Mikhail Shekhtman
  • Christian Vasquez
  • Katharina Wincor

Jury
  • Marina Mahler (Patronesse of the Competition and Honorary Member of the Jury)
  • Jakub Hrůša (Principal Conductor of the Bamberg Symphony and President of the Jury)
  • Pamela Rosenberg (former Managing Director and CEO of the Berlin Philharmonic)
  • John Carewe (Conductor)
  • Martin Campbell-White (Consultant and Founder of Askonas Holt and President of the Mahler Foundation Santa Cruz USA)
  • Ara Guzelimian (Provost and Dean, The Juilliard School, and Artistic Director of the Ojai Music Festival)
  • Barbara Hannigan (Conductor and Singer)
  • Lahav Shani (Chief Conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and Music Director Designate of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra)
  • Juanjo Mena (Principal Conductor of the Cincinnati May Festival and Associate Conductor of the Spanish National Orchestra)
  • Mark Stringer (Professor for Orchestra Conducting at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna)
  • Miroslav Srnka (Composer)
  • Marcus Axt (Managing Director and CEO of the Bamberg Symphony)
  • Martin Timphus (Member of the Orchestral Board of Bamberg Symphony)

Repertoire

Prizes
  • 1st Prize € 30,000
  • 2nd Prize € 20,000
  • 3rd Prize € 10,000

References
  1. "Gustav Mahler Conducting Competition". Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  2. "Bamberger symphoniker:International Gustav Mahler Conducting Prize Competition". Archived from the original on 2009-06-10. Retrieved 21 July 2009.
  3. Klobes, Ulrike (24 April 2015). "Der junge Wilde, Gustavo Dudamel". rbb Kultur. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  4. "14 Candidates At The Mahler Competition 2016". Pizzicato. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  5. "The Mahler Competition starts on 6 May 2016". Mundoclasico. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  6. "Brite gewinnt "Mahler Competition" der Bamberger Symphoniker". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Munich. dpa. 5 July 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
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