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Besançon International Competition for Young Conductors
from WFIMC Yearbook 2023
by WFIMC
2023/ Conducting
2025/ Conducting
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Registration period: 18.01.-31.01.2023
Competition Dates: 18-23.09.2023
Total Prize Money: 12.000 € Travel support: Restricted
Other Awards: Coaching, Professional integration Streaming: tbc
Jury: Yutaka Sado, Hans Graf, Juliette Kang, Yulia Kopylova, Alexandros Markeas, Elena Schwarz, JeanFrancois Verdier, Débora Waldman, Jacques Mercier
Artists: tbc
Established in 1951 by the Besançon Music Festival, the Besançon Competition is the most complete competition in the world with a repertoire which spans classical, Romantic, 20th century, and contemporary music, as well as symphony, oper and concerto. The Besançon Competition is open to all artists under 35 who wish to become professional conductors, whatever their training or their experience. It is the only Competition where all candidates are selected during live auditions. Alexander Gibson, Sergiu Comissiona, Gerd Albrecht, Seiji Ozawa, Michel Plasson, Zdenek Macal, Jesus Lopez Cobos, Sylvain Cambreling, Yutaka Sado and more recently Lionel Bringuier, Ben Glassberg and Nodoka Okisawa are among the prestigious winners of the Competition.
WFIMC Member since 1958
Bolzano, Italy Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition
www.busoni-mahler.eu / info@busoni-mahler.eu
2024-2025/ Piano Competition Dates: 21.10.-31.10.2024 Global Piano Project 27.08.-07.09.2025 Finals in Bolzano
Total Prize Money: 60.000 € Travel support: restricted Other Awards: Concerts, Masterclasses Streaming: yes
Jury: tbc
Artists: Isidore String Quartet, Haydn Orchestra
The final stages of the 2022-2023 competition will take place from 23 August to 3 September 2023
Founded in 1949, the Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition is rich in both tradition and innovation, and is regarded as one of the most successful institutions of its kind. Its biennial structure includes the Glocal Piano Project and multi-stage finals that are both followed and experienced live by audiences worldwide. The Glocal Piano Project of the 64th Busoni Competition was held in 12 cities around the world in 2022 in a hybrid format (live and online streaming). In 2023 the competition’s final stage will see the invitation to Bolzano of an outstanding group of finalists, performing solo, with the Isidore String Quartet and with the Haydn Orchestra. The competition is firmly against any nationalist appropriation or political propaganda and instead promotes an understanding of musicians as Weltbürger, independent transnational citizens, in the spirit of its namesake Ferruccio Busoni.
Founding member
Bonn, Germany
www.telekom-beethoven-competition.de
