CANTELLI AWARD
The award that consecrated Riccardo Muti and Eliahu Inbal has now come to its XIII edition
From 26 February to 15 April 2024, applications can be made for the 13th edition of the Cantelli Award, a prestigious international competition for young conductors of all nationalities, aged 18 to 35.
The jury, headed by Günter Neuhold, brings together representatives from prestigious institutions such as the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Hungarian Radio Sym-phony Orchestra. Candidates will measure themselves by conducting the Milan Symphony Orchestra
Applications: from 26 February to 15 April 2024 Preliminary phase and semi-finals: Milan, Cariplo Foundation Auditorium, 3-5 October 2024 Finals: Novara, Coccia Theatre, 6 October 2024
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HONORARY COMMITTEE
HONORARY ARTISTIC COMMITTEE
JURY
Conductor
Music Director of the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Art Group – HRSO
Music Director of the Donizetti Opera festival, Bergamo
Superintendent and Artistic Director of the Lucerne “Le Piano Symphonique” Festival
Music Director of the Philadelphia Opera Company
CALENDAR
THE PRIZES
- FIRST PRIZE 12.000 Euros
- SECOND PRIZE 8.000 Euros
- THIRD PRIZE 5.000 Euros
- JURY OF CRITICS 2.000 Euros
- JURY OF AGENTS - MANAGERS 2.000 Euros
- JURY OF THE CITY 1.500 Euros
- FRIENDS OF THE COCCIA THEATRE JURY AWARD 1.500 Euros
- YOUNG JURY 1.000 Euros
MUSICAL PROGRAMME OF THE PRELIMINARY STAGE / SEMI-FINALS / FINALS OF THE CANTELLI AWARD
Thursday, 3 October 2024 - Preliminary stage programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Die Zauberflöte K620 (Ouverture)
Ludwig van Beethoven, Egmont op. 84 (Ouverture)
Franz Schubert, Sinfonia n. 9 in do maggiore “La grande” D944
Gioachino Rossini, Guillaume Tell (Ouverture)
Friday, 4 October 2024 - Semifinals
Béla Bartók, Concerto per orchestra Sz116
Igor Stravinskij, L'Oiseau de feu
Commissioned piece winner of the Call for Composers of the Cantelli Award
Saturday, 5 October 2024 - Finals
Johannes Brahms, Sinfonia n. 3 in fa maggiore op. 90
Richard Strauss, Don Juan op. 20
Giuseppe Verdi, I vespri siciliani (Sinfonia)
Commissioned piece winner of the Call for Composers of the Cantelli Award
Sunday, 6 October 2024 - Final concert
Sunday, 6 October
Richard Strauss, Don Juan op. 20
Giuseppe Verdi, I vespri siciliani (Sinfonia)
Commissioned piece winner of the Call for Composers of the Cantelli Award