Sir Georg Solti International Conductors' Competition

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The Sir Georg Solti International Conductors' Competition is a German competition for conductors that occurs biennially in Frankfurt, at the Alte Oper. The cooperating music organisations are the Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester and the hr-Sinfonieorchester. The competition was founded in memory of Sir Georg Solti, who led the Frankfurt Opera during 1952–1961. The patroness of the competition for many years was Valerie, Lady Solti, the widow of Sir Georg Solti.

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Prize winners

YearEditionFirst PrizeSecond PrizeThird Prize
20021Not awarded Tomáš Netopil (Czech Republic) Paul Chiang (Taiwan)
Ruben Gazarian (Armenia)
20042 James Gaffigan (United States)
Ivo Venkov (Bulgaria)
Johannes Gustavsson (Sweden)Not awarded
20063 Shi-Yeon Sung (Korea) Shizuo Z Kuwahara (United States) Matthew Coorey (Australia)
20084 Shizuo Z Kuwahara (United States) Eugene Tzigane (United States) Andreas Hotz (Germany)
20105 José Luís Gómez Ríos (Spain) Kevin Griffiths (United Kingdom) Tito Muñoz (United States)
20126 Daye Lin (China) Daniel Smith (Australia) Brandon Keith Brown [1] (United States)
20157Not awarded Tung-Chieh Chuang (Taiwan) (Audience award)
Elias Grandy (Germany)
Toby Thatcher [2] (Australia)
20178 Valentin Uryupin [3] (Russia) (Audience award) Wilson Ng (Hong Kong) Farkhad Khudyev [4] [5] (Turkmenistan)
20209 Tianyi Lu [6] (New Zealand) Gábor Hontvári (Hungary)
Johannes Zahn (Germany) (Audience award)
Not awarded

Prize money

As of 2020 the prize money is: [7]

The audience award is linked to the symbolic handover of an original conducting baton from Sir Georg Solti from his time in Frankfurt.

The winners of the first and second prizes are given the prospect of conducting the Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra (concert and opera) and the Frankfurt Radio Symphony. Other orchestras are holding out the prospect of guest conductors or assistance.

References

  1. Franks, Rebecca (25 September 2012). "Winners of International Conductors' Competition Sir Georg Solti announced". Classical music (BBC Music Magazine). London. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  2. Sternburg, Judith von (23 February 2015). "Drei Ouvertüren und noch eine". Frankfurter Rundschau (in German). Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  3. "Valentin Uryupin gewinnt Solti-Dirigentenwettbewerb". Musik Heute (in German). Berlin. 12 February 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  4. "Farkhad Khudyev wins third prize in Solti International Conducting Competition". Yale School of Music. New Haven. 23 March 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  5. Shuler, Barbara Rose (23 February 2017). "Intermezzo: Remembering Nathalie; Khudyev's prize; Carmel Bach's upcoming 80th birthday". Monterey Herald . Monterey. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  6. Romahn, Ilse (12 October 2020). "Tianyi Lu gewinnt Dirigentenwettbewerb". frankfurt-live.com (in German). Frankfurt. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  7. "Ausschreibung". Internationaler Dirigentenwettbewerb Sir Georg Solti (in German). Retrieved 16 October 2020.