300 young people from 50 countries have applied to enter the Cadaqués Orchestra International Conducting Competition
The event, held for the 12th time this year, will take place from 11 to 18 December
35 international orchestras collaborate with the competition
The application deadline to enter the 12th Cadaqués Orchestra International Conducting Competition has closed with 301 applications from over 50 countries around the world. The aim of the competition, which will take place from 11 to 18 December in Cadaqués and Barcelona, is to present and promote the international careers of orchestral conductors under 35 years old.
Out of all the applications received, 50 candidates have been selected to participate directly in the competition, while a further 60 will take part in a preliminary round, 10 of whom will pass on to the main part of the competition. The final rounds will take place at the Auditori de Barcelona, in sessions open to the public.
The first prize, unparalleled anywhere in the world, consists of a three-year tour during which the winner will have the opportunity to conduct 35 prestigious orchestras from Europe, America and Japan. (See below for the complete list of collaborating orchestras).
The members of the competition jury, presided over by orchestral conductor Gianandrea Noseda, are as follows: the orchestral conductors Lutz Köhler, Jaime Martín and Anu Tali; the managing director of Barbican Centre in London, Nicholas Kenyon; the artistic director of the Berlin Philharmonic, Annette Mangold; and the president of Japan Arts, Jun-ichi Nihei. The Cadaqués Orchestra also sits on the jury and has two votes cast by agreement among all the musicians in the ensemble. The artistic director of the competition, Llorenç Caballero, will act as technical secretary, without the right to vote.
List of collaborating orchestras:
- Bilbao Orkesta Sinfonikoa
- Joven Orquesta Nacional de España
- Orquesta de Extremadura
- Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid
- Orquesta de Valencia
- Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia
- Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra
- Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife
- Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias
- Orquestra de Cadaqués
- Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya
- Orquestra Simfònica de Castilla y León
- Orquestra Simfònica del Vallès
- Euskadiko Orkestra Sinfonikoa
- Orquesta Ciudad de Granada
- Real Filharmonía de Galicia
- Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria
- Orquesta Sinfónica de la Región de Murcia
- Orquestra Simfònica de les Illes Balears
- Danish National Symphony Orchestra
- Orchestre National de Lille
- Ulster Symphony Orchestra
- Antwerp Symphony Orchestra (Royal Flemish Philharmonic)
- BBC Philharmonic (Manchester)
- Residentie Orkest the Hague
- Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
- Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
- Stresa Festival Orchestra
- Orchestra Filarmonica del Teatro Regio di Torino
- Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg
- Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse
- Orquesta Filarmónica de la UNAM
- Orquesta Sinfónica de Yucatán
- Yamagata Symphony Orchestra
- Osaka Symphony Orchestra
