Malko Competition

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The Malko Competition is an international competition for young conductors. It is held every three years by the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, to commemorate its founding conductor, Nicolai Malko. [1]

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Recipients

YearRecipientLifetimeNationalityNotes
1965 Ralf Weikert b. 1940Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
1968 Avi Ostrowsky b. 1939Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
1971 Winston Dan Vogel b. 1943Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
1974 Gotthard Lienicke
1977 Philip Barry Greenberg Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States [2]
1980 Maximiano Valdés b. 1949Flag of Chile.svg  Chile [3]
1983 Claus Peter Flor b. 1953Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
1986 Kazufumi Yamashita b. 1961Flag of Japan.svg  Japan [4]
1989 Fabio Mechetti b. 1957Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil [5]
1992 Jin Wang b. 1960Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
1995 Jan Wagner Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela [6]
1998 Seikyo Kim b. 1970Flag of Japan.svg  Japan [7]
2001 Josep Caballé Domenech [note 1] b. 1973Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
2005 Mei-Ann Chen b. 1973Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States [8]
2009 Joshua Weilerstein b. 1987Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States [9]
2012 Rafael Payare b. 1980Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela [10]
2015 Tung-Chieh Chuang b. 1982Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan [11]
2018 Ryan Bancroft b. 1989Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States [12]
2021 Dmitry Matvienko b. 1990Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus [13]
2024Samuel Seungwon Leeb. 1990Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea [14]

Notes

  1. ↑ No first prize was awarded in 2001, and Caballé-Domenech was appointed the highest (2nd) prize.

References

  1. ↑ "Denmark's top orchestra plays". Columbus Ledger-Enquirer . Vol. 165, no. 313 (Final ed.). April 9, 1993. p. B-1.
  2. ↑ Written at Copenhagen. "Award to Greenberg". Detroit Free Press . Vol. 147, no. 12 (metro ed.). Detroit. Associated Press. May 16, 1977. p. 16-B.
  3. ↑ Written at Copenhagen. "Chilean named top conductor". The Montana Standard . Vol. 104, no. 356. Butte, Montana. Associated Press. May 21, 1980. p. 2.
  4. ↑ "Japanese Maestro Top Prize Winner". Los Angeles Times . July 1, 1986. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
  5. ↑ MacMillan, Kyle (February 3, 1994). "Brazilian Is Faithful to Composers". Omaha World-Herald . Vol. 129. pp. 31–32.
  6. ↑ "Hot conductor". the ticket. The Miami Herald . Vol. 85, no. 288 (Palm Beach ed.). September 14, 1995. p. 7E.
  7. ↑ "ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 21/7". Look at Vietnam. July 21, 2010. Archived from the original on September 25, 2010. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
  8. ↑ Johnson, Lawrence A. (4 August 2010). "Mei-Ann Chen named music director of the Chicago Sinfonietta". Chicago Classical Review. Chicago. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  9. ↑ Eriksen, Jon Bonde (1 May 2015). "Former winner: Malko was the start of my conducting career". dr.dk. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  10. ↑ Mellor, Andrew (14 May 2012). "Venezuelan Rafael Payare wins Malko Competition". Gramophone. Haymarket Media Group. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
  11. ↑ "Tung-Chieh Chuang er vinder af Malko Konkurrencen 2015". DR (in Danish). 1 May 2015.
  12. ↑ "28-årige Ryan tager 1. plads i stor dansk musikkonkurrence: Nu vil jeg fejre det med en middag!". DR (in Danish). Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  13. ↑ "Congratulations to the winners of the Malko competition 2021!". Malko Competition. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  14. ↑ Rosenmeier, AfCecilie (2024-04-22). "Samuel Seungwon Lee wins Malko Competition 2024". DR (in Danish). Retrieved 2026-01-18.

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