Applications
The selection process for the 2020 competition has been completed.
The finalists are:
Gábor Hontvári, Hungary
Tianyi Lu, New Zealand
Johannes Zahn, Germany
PRIZES
1st prize 15,000 Euro
2nd prize 10,000 Euro
3rd prize 5,000 Euro
Audience Prize
The winner of the Audience Prize will receive as a symbol one of Sir Georg Solti’s batons from his Frankfurt era, to be returned to the organisers after the Competition.
The winners of 1st and 2nd prize may be invited to conduct the Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester (concert or opera) and the Frankfurt Radio Symphony. Further orchestras may offer guest engagement or assistance positions.
JURY
Preselection, 1st Round and Semi-Final
- Dr. Burkhard Bastuck (Chair), Director of Competition and President, Frankfurter Museums-Gesellschaft
- Prof. Vassilis Christopoulos, Professor of conducting, HfMDK Frankfurt (Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts)
- Ingo de Haas, 1st Concertmaster, Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester
- Carola Reul, General Manager, Junge Deutsche Philharmonie
- Michael Traub, Head of Music and Orchestra division at Hessischer Rundfunk; General Manager, The Frankfurt Radio Symphony
Finale
- Lady Valerie Solti (Chair), Competition Patroness
- Michael Becker, Executive Director, Tonhalle Düsseldorf and Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra
- Prof. Ulrich Edelmann, 1st Concertmaster, The Frankfurt Radio Symphony
- Dr. Markus Fein, incoming Artistic and Managing Director, Alte Oper Frankfurt
- Stephen Maddock OBE, Chief Executive, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
- Frauke Roth, General Manager, Dresdner Philharmonie
- Michael Sanderling, incoming Chief Conductor, Lucerne Symphony Orchestra
- Michael Traub, Head of Music and Orchestra division at Hessischer Rundfunk; General Manager, The Frankfurt Radio Symphony
DIRECTION OF COMPETITION
Artistic Direction:
- Dr. Burkhard Bastuck (responsible), President, Frankfurter Museums-Gesellschaft
- Michael Traub, Head of Music and Orchestra division at Hessischer Rundfunk; General Manager, The Frankfurt Radio Symphony
- Bernd Loebe, Artistic and Manging Director, Oper Frankfurt
- Dr. Markus Fein, Artistic and Manging Director, Alte Oper Frankfurt
Organisation:
- Annemarie Burnett, Office of Artistic Management, Zurich Opera
RESPONSIBLE
Alte Oper Frankfurt Konzert- und Kongresszentrum GmbH, The Artistic and Managing Director (Intendant)
Frankfurter Museums-Gesellschaft e.V., The Board
Hessischer Rundfunk, The Executive Director (Intendant)
Oper Frankfurt, The Artistic and Managing Director (Intendant)
COMPETITION OFFICE
International Conductors’ Competition Sir Georg Solti
c/o Frankfurter Museums-Gesellschaft e.V.
Goethestrasse 32
60313 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Tel.: +41 76 536 39 93
info@dirigentenwettbewerb-solti.de
www.dirigentenwettbewerb-solti.de
