Result – Candidates selected for the Preliminary Round of the 6th Svetlanov Competition 2026
Download the press kit First of all, we would like to express our gratuity to all conductors applied for the 6th Svtelanov Competition. We received around 350 applications from 54 countries. This year, the level of the applicants is particularly high, therefore the choice proved to be extremely difficult. Following a rigorous evaluation, we are […]
Application Overview for the 6th Svetlanov Competition 2026
Buy Tickets To know more about 2026 applicants This year, the competition received in total 350 applications. The talent pool consists of young professionals, primarily aged between 31 and 40, though the full age range of participants spans from 20 years old. We also saw encouraging growth in gender diversity, with 49 female conductors applying. […]
Press Conference – 18 selected candidates
Buy Tickets Selected Candidates of the Competition 2026 9 June 2026 – The Evgeny Svetlanov International Conducting Competition has announced the 18 conductors selected to participate in its sixth edition, which will take place from 3 to 6 September 2026 in Birmingham, United Kingdom, in partnership with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO). Under […]
Applications Closed for the 6th Svetlanov Competition 2026
The application period for the 6th Evgeny Svetlanov International Conducting Competition officially closed on April 22, 2026. We are pleased to announce that, despite the difficult international context and the global attention currently focused on political crises, the Svetlanov Competition received around 350 applications from 54 countries across Europe, Asia, North America, South America, and […]
Extension of the Application Period – 6th Evgeny Svetlanov International Conducting Competition 2026
Dear conductors, In light of the current geopolitical situation and the difficulties encountered by some of our candidates to submit their applications , the Evgeny Svetlanov International Conducting Competition has decided to extend the application deadline until 22 April, which will be the final deadline. We want to make your experience throughout the application process as […]
Applications Open – 6th Evgeny Svetlanov International Conducting Competition 2026
To know more about the 6th Svetlanov Competition 2026 Dear conductors, the application period for the 6th Evgeny Svetlanov International Conducting Competition is open from 1st March to 15th April. The Competition will take place from 3–6 September 2026 in Birmingham, in partnership with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO). For the first time, […]
Tickets now available for the 6th Svetlanov Competition 2026
Buy Tickets The Evgeny Svetlanov International Conducting Competition is happy to announce the openning of the box-office on 27th February 2026. From now, all the passionate music lovers who want to discover the Art of conducting are welcome to buy tickets to attend one of the major classical music events and enjoy a battle of […]
The 6th Evgeny Svetlanov International Conducting Competition 2026
The next Evgeny Svetlanov International Conducting Competition will be held from September 3 to 6, 2026, in Birmingham.
“The Svetlanov Planet” by Olga Victorova conducted by Dmitry Filatov
On December 7th, 2018, in Belgorod (Russia), Dmitry Filatov conducted a concert tribute to Evgeny Svetlanov. One of the pieces of the programme was a new work by Olga Victorova The Svetlanov Planet. These beautiful pages of contemporary music were first performed in 2018, during the Final Round of the 4th Svetlanov Competition in Paris, […]