CANTELLI AWARD
The award that consecrated Riccardo Muti and Eliahu Inbal has now come to its 13th edition
Applications closed on April 22, 2024. The Cantelli Award is a prestigious international competition for young conductors of all nationalities, aged 18 to 35.
The jury, headed by Günter Neuhold, brings together representatives from prestigious institutions such as the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Hungarian Radio Sym-phony Orchestra. Candidates will measure themselves by conducting the Milan Symphony Orchestra
Deadline for applications postponed to 22 April 2024
Preliminary phase and semi-finals: Milan, Cariplo Foundation Auditorium, 3-5 October 2024
Finals: Novara, Coccia Theatre, 6 October 2024
WINNER OF THE CALL FOR COMPOSERS 2024
It is aimed at composers for the composition of a symphonic work which will be an integral part of the program of the 13th edition of the "Guido Cantelli" International Conducting Award.
COMMISSIONED PIECE WINNER OF THE CALL FOR COMPOSERS OF THE CANTELLI AWARD:
Gianluca Piombo - Variazioni Sinfoniche.
WINNERS OF THE XIII EDITION OF THE CANTELLI AWARD
MAIN JURY
First Prize - Min Gyu Song
Second Prize - Giovanni Conti
Third Prize - Aram Khacheh
JURY OF CRITICS
- Aram Khacheh
JURY OF MANAGEMENT
- Min Gyu Song
JURY OF THE CITY
- Aram Khacheh
FRIENDS OF THE COCCIA THEATRE JURY
- Aram Khacheh
YOUNG JURY
- Aram Khacheh
MILAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
- Min Gyu Song
List of the 4 finalists on Sunday 6 October
Giovanni Conti – 28 years old, Italy
Aram Khacheh – 27 years old, Italy
Luka Hauser – 26 years old, Germany
Min Gyu Song – 31 years old, South Korea
List of the 8 Candidates admitted to the semi-finals on Friday 4 October
Sergey Akimov – 34 years old, Russia
Giovanni Conti – 28 years old, Italy
Anthony Fournier – 30 years old, Switzerland
Luka Hauser – 26 years old, Germany
Aram Khacheh – 27 years old, Italy
Richard Octaviano Kogima – 33 years old, Brazil
Min Gyu Song – 31 years old, South Korea
Toby Thatcher – 35 years old, Australia/Great Britain
List of the 18 Candidates admitted to the Elimination phase
Sergey Akimov – 34 years old, Russia
Sebastian Almanzar – 29 years old, Colombia
Giovanni Conti – 28 years old, Italy
Matteo Dal Maso – 26 years old, Italy
William Dutton – 29 years old, Great Britain
Anthony Fournier – 30 years old, Switzerland
Leon Frantzen-Malesani – 25 years old, Netherlands/Italy
Maria Kurochkina – 35 years old, Russia
Luka Hauser – 26 years old, Germany
Daniel Ros Hernández – 31 years old, Spain
Aram Khacheh – 27 years old, Italy
Richard Octaviano Kogima – 33 years old, Brazil
Mason Lubert – 34 years old, USA
Giacomo Pomati – 26 years old, Italy
Alvin Ho – 31 years old, Hong Kong
Min Gyu Song – 31 years old, South Korea
Pietro Mazzetti - 28 years old, Italy
Toby Thatcher – 35 years old, Australia/Great Britain
Final Open to the Public: October 6, 2024, Teatro Coccia - Novara
HONORARY COMMITTEE
HONORARY ARTISTIC COMMITTEE
JURY
Conductor
Music Director of the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Art Group – HRSO
Music Director of the Donizetti Opera festival, Bergamo
Superintendent and Artistic Director of the Lucerne “Le Piano Symphonique” Festival
Music Director of the Philadelphia Opera Company
CALENDAR
THE PRIZES
MUSICAL PROGRAMME OF THE PRELIMINARY STAGE / SEMI-FINALS / FINALS OF THE CANTELLI AWARD
Thursday, 3 October 2024 - Preliminary stage programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Overture from Die Zauberflöte K620 (Breitkopf edition)
Ludwig van Beethoven, Egmont op. 84 (Breitkopf edition)
Franz Schubert, Sinfonia n. 9 in do maggiore D944 “La grande” (Breitkopf edition)
Gioachino Rossini, Overture from Guillaume Tell (Breitkopf edition)
Friday, 4 October 2024 - Semifinals
Béla Bartók, Concerto per orchestra Sz 116 (Boosey & Hawkes edition)
Igor Stravinskij, L'Oiseau de feu (Schott edition, 1919 suite)
Gianluca Piombo, Variazioni Sinfoniche, Commissioned piece winner of the Call for Composers of the Cantelli Award
Saturday, 5 October 2024 - Finals
Johannes Brahms, Sinfonia n. 3 in fa maggiore op. 90 (Breitkopf edition)
Richard Strauss, Don Juan op. 20 (Kalmus edition; Peters material reprint)
Giuseppe Verdi, Ouverture da I Vespri siciliani (Ricordi edition)
Gianluca Piombo, Variazioni Sinfoniche, Commissioned piece winner of the Call for Composers of the Cantelli Award
Sunday, 6 October 2024 - Final concert
Gianluca Piombo, Variazioni Sinfoniche, Commissioned piece winner of the Call for Composers of the Cantelli Award
Giuseppe Verdi, Ouverture da I Vespri siciliani (Ricordi edition)
Richard Strauss, Don Juan op. 20 (Kalmus edition; Peters material reprint)
Johannes Brahms, Sinfonia n. 3 in fa maggiore op. 90 (Breitkopf edition)