Dear Friends,

The 2nd round ended : Samuel Burstin, Mikhail Gerts, Kalle Kuusava and Lio Kuokman are the finalists of the 3rd Svetlanov Conducting Competition.

We hope to see you tomorrow at the Salle Pleyel to share with us this great event of the musical life.

For the ones you can not, the live will be broadcasted on the Svetlanov’s official website.

Dear Friends,

The members of the Jury announced the results!

The following candidates will participate at the 2nd round and will have 30 min each to rehearse and perform the work they chose :

– Chen Lin / Stravinsky : Petroushka
– Stanislav Kochanovsky / Tchaikovsky : 5th Symphony
– Mihhail Gerts / Tchaikovsky : 5th Symphony
– Andris Rasmanis / Brahms : 1st Symphony
– Samuel Burstin / Tchaikovsky : 5th Symphony
– Lio Kuokman / Brahms : 1st Symphony
– Kalle Kuusava / Stravinsky : Petroushka
– Leandro Carvalho / Stravinsky : Petroushka

More photos and videos tomorrow!

Dear Friends,

Today, the last 12 candidates perform with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France for the first round. At 17:00 (french time), the members of the Jury will announce the results.

– Marzena Diakun (Poland) / Beethoven : Egmont, overture

– Alexey Kirillov (Russia) / Beethoven : Egmont, overture

– Ivan Cherednichenko (Ukraine) / Beethoven : Egmont, overture

– Vasily Valitov (Russia) / Beethoven : Egmont, overture

– Stanislas Kochanovsky (Russia) / Weber : Freischütz, overture

– Andris Rasmanis (Latvia) / Weber : Freischütz, overture

– Ayyub Guliyev (Azerbaidjan) / Weber : Freischütz, overture

– Kalle Kuusava (Finland) / Weber : Freischütz, overture

– Ena Shin (South Korea/USA) / Beethoven : Egmont, overture

– Lio Kuokman (Macau) / Beethoven : Egmont, overture

– Ksenia Zharko (Russia) / Beethoven : Egmont, overture

– Chen Lin (China) / Weber : Freischütz, overture

Some photos :

Dear Friends,

Yesterday, the Competition started and the first group of 6 candidates performed with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France the following works :

– Julien Masmondet (France) / Mozart : Don Giovanni, overture

– Quentin Hindley (France) / Beethoven : Coriolan, overture

– Mihhail Gerts (Estonia) / Beethoven : Coriolan, overture

– Leandro Carvalho (Brazil/Italy) / Weber : Freischütz, overture

– Samuel Burstin (Great Britain) / Beethoven : Coriolan, overture

– Vladimir Kulenovic (USA/Serbia) : Beethoven : Coriolan, overture

Dear Friends,

This coming edition is marked by an extremely large number of applications : we attained 510 applications from more than thirty countries and the level of potential candidates proved to be very high as well.

The selected candidates are :
– Samuel Burstin (UK)
– Leandro Carvalho (Brazil/Italy)
– Ivan Cherednichenko (Ukraine)
– Marzena Diakun (Poland)
– Mihhail Gerts (Estonia)
– Ayyub Guliyev (Azerbaidjan)
– Quentin Hindley (France)
– Alexey Kirillov (Russia)
– Stanislav Kochanovsky (Russia)
– Vladimir Kulenovic (USA/Serbia)
– Lio Kuokman (Macao)
– Kalle Kuusava (Finland)
– Chen Lin (China)
– Julien Masmondet (France)
– Andris Rasmanis (Latvia)
– Ena Shin (South Korea/USA)
– Vasily Valitov (Russia)
– Kseniya Zharko (Russia)

The finals, open to the audience, will be held at the prestigious Salle Pleyel (258 rue du Faubourg St Honoré, Paris) on 28th June 2014 from 14:00-17:00 and 18:30-21:30. We are waiting for you to share this exciting event!