CANTELLI INTERNATIONAL CONDUCTING COMPETITION

The 14th edition will take place in 2026, marking the 70th anniversary of the death of Guido Cantelli

DATES

Preliminary and Semifinal Rounds: October 1–3, 2026, Auditorium Fondazione Cariplo, Milan
Final: October 4, 2026, Teatro Coccia, Novara

Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano

MAIN JURY

Donato Renzetti
President

Roanna Gibson
Concerts Director, London Philharmonic Orchestra

Didier de Cottignies
Artistic Manager, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo

Riccardo Frizza
Artistic Advisor, Cantelli Award
Principal Conductor, Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Patrick Fournillier
Music Director of the Polish National Opera, Teatr Wielki

Cristina Rocca
Vice President, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Corrado Rovaris
Music Director, Opera Philadelphia

Ryuichiro Sonoda
Artistic Director, Fujisawa City Opera
Principal Conductor, Pacific Philharmonia Tokyo Tokyo

TRIAL MUSICAL PROGRAM

PRELIMINARY ROUND

Gioachino Rossini, Overture from La Cenerentola
[critical edition Ricordi]
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Overture from Die Zauberflöte, K. 620
[Bärenreiter edition]
Ludwig van Beethoven, Overture Fidelio, Op. 72
[Breitkopf edition]
Franz Schubert, Symphony No. 4 in C minor, D. 417 “Tragic”
[Breitkopf edition]
 

SEMI-FINAL

Winning piece – Call for composers
[Sconfinarte edition]
Béla Bartók, Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116
[Boosey & Hawkes edition]
Igor Stravinsky, The Firebird (1919 Suite)
[Schott edition]
 

FINAL

Vincenzo Bellini, Overture from Norma
[Luck’s reprint of Ricordi edition]
Winning piece – Call for Composers
[Sconfinarte edition]
Richard Strauss, Don Juan, Op. 20
[Kalmus edition; reprint of Peters materials]
Antonín Dvořák, Symphony No. 9 in E minor “From the New World”, Op. 95
[Breitkopf edition]

CONTACTS

segreteria@premiocantelli.it