CANTELLI AWARD
The award that consecrated Riccardo Muti and Eliahu Inbal has now come to its 13th edition
Applications closed on April 22, 2024. The Cantelli Award is 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
Deadline for applications postponed to 22 April 2024; Preliminary phase and semi-finals: Milan, Cariplo Foundation Auditorium, 3-5 October 2024; Finals: Novara, Coccia Theatre, 6 October 2024
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
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 (Breitkopf edition)
Ludwig van Beethoven, Egmont op. 84 (Breitkopf edition)
Franz Schubert, Sinfonia n. 9 in do maggiore D944 “La grande” (Breitkopf edition)
Gioachino Rossini, Guillaume Tell (Breitkopf edition)
Friday, 4 October 2024 - Semifinals
Béla Bartók, Concerto per orchestra Sz 116 (Boosey & Hawkes edition)
Igor Stravinskij, L'Oiseau de feu (Schott edition)
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 (Breitkopf edition)
Richard Strauss, Don Juan op. 20 (Kalmus edition; Peters material reprint)
Giuseppe Verdi, Ouverture da I Vespri siciliani (Ricordi edition)
Commissioned piece winner of the Call for Composers of the Cantelli Award
Sunday, 6 October 2024 - Final concert
Johannes Brahms, Sinfonia n. 3 in fa maggiore op. 90 (Breitkopf edition)
Richard Strauss, Don Juan op. 20 (Kalmus edition; Peters material reprint)
Giuseppe Verdi, Ouverture da I Vespri siciliani (Ricordi edition)
Commissioned piece winner of the Call for Composers of the Cantelli Award
CALL FOR COMPOSERS
The Cantelli Award aims to actively contribute to the renewal of the symphonic repertoire by creating an ideal connection with Guido Cantelli’s commitment to the music of his time, emphasising his role as an innovator and lively interpreter of his time.
Hence our decision to commission each year a newly composed symphonic piece that candidates for the Cantelli Award will be required to perform during the preliminary phase.
The call, open to composers of all nationalities and with no age limit, is for the composition of a symphonic work that will be part of the programme of the 13th edition of the “Guido Cantelli” International Conducting Award.
Scores must be submitted through the form by midnight GMT+1 on 15 April 2024.