Final will be broadcast live on medici.tv 23 March, 7pm from LSO St Luke’s
Three competitors have today [22 March] been announced to compete in the Final of the 17th Donatella Flick LSO Conducting Competition. Chosen by an expert jury which includes David Alberman (jury Chair), Sally Beamish, Martyn Brabbins, Sian Edwards and Juliana Koch, the three finalists are:
Nicolò Umberto Foron – 25, Germany
Jiří Habart – 30, Czechia
Jakub Przybycień – 27, Poland
These conductors will conduct the London Symphony Orchestra in the Final Round tomorrow [23 March] at LSO St Luke’s, where they will conduct pieces by Wagner, Grieg and Berlioz. Sir Antonio Pappano will also join the jury for the Final Round. The Final will be streamed on medici.tv on 23 March from 7pm, where viewers from around the globe will be able to catch the excitement of the Competition and see the winner announced live. The livestream will be hosted by Gramophone Editor-in-Chief James Jolly.
The winner is awarded £15,000 by Donatella Flick and will have the opportunity to become Assistant Conductor with the London Symphony Orchestra for up to one year. One of the competitors will also become a Welsh National Opera Associate Conductor for a season, where they will have the opportunity to work with WNO’s Music Director, Tomas Hanus, as well as on a range of productions, concerts and engagement activity in Cardiff and at some of the Company’s touring venues in Wales and England.
Previous winners of the Donatella Flick LSO Conducting Competition include Elim Chan (2014 winner), François-Xavier Roth (2000 joint winner) and Clemens Schuldt (2010).
https://www.medici.tv/en/concerts/donatella-flick-lso-conducting-competition-2023-finals