5 September 2018

Candidates of the Second Qualifying Round

We are happy to present you the candidates of the Second Qualifying Round:

1. Bruno Campo – Guatemala, 36 y.o.
2. Harish Shankar – Germany, 34 y.o.
3. Fuad Ibrahimov – Azerbaijan, 36 y.o.
4. Wilson Ng – Hong Kong, 29 y.o.
5. Anna Rakitina – Russia, 29 y.o.
6. Haoran Li – China, 32 y.o.
7. Dmitry Filatov – Russia, 39 y.o.
8. Murat Cem Orhan – Turkey, 37 y.o.

Congratulations!

 

See you on Thursday 7th of September at 10.00 a.m. for the Second Round.

Keep following us on live video broadcast on francemusique.fr and medici.tv.

 

30 August 2018

Final Round open to the public – RESERVATIONS

Dear Friends,
We are happy to invite you to the Final Round of the 4th Evgeny Svetlanov Competition which will be held on September 8, 2018, at the Auditorium of Radio France.

The Final Round will be composed of two sessions :
2.00-5.30 p.m. (2 candidates)
6.00-9.00 p.m. (2 candidates)

=> Free admission upon prior reservation.

=> Reservations are open from August 20th, 2018 on Radio France webiste, here

=> Your reservation is valid for both sessions of the Final Round.

=> At the end of the Final Round, the audience will vote for their favorite candidate to recieve the Audience Prize.

Enjoy this truly exceptional experience !

Each of the 4 finalists will conduct an original programme with the Orchestre Philahrmonique de Radio France :

EVGENY SVETLANOV: “Daugava”, symphonic poem

OLGA VICTOROVA: “Svetlanov Planet”  (jointly commisioned work by the Radio France and the Evgeny Svetlanov Competition)

A MAJOR SYMPHONIC WORK chosen by each finalist in the next list:

1. BALAKIREV: Symphony n°2 in D-Minor
2. BARTOK: Concerto for orchestra Sz. 116 
3. CHAUSSON : Symphony in B-flat Major opus 20
4. D’INDY: “Jour d’été à la montagne” , symphonic poem opus 61
5. DVORAK: Symphony n°7 in D-Minor opus 70
6. DVORAK:  Symphony n°8 in G-Major opus 88
7. DUKAS: Symphony in C-Major
8. FRANCK: Symphony in D-Minor 
9. MENDELSSOHN: Symphony n°3 in A-Minor opus 56 “Scottish” 
10. MOZART: Symphony n° 41 in C-Major K. 551 “Jupiter”
11. REGER:  Variations and fugue on a Theme by Mozart opus 132 
12. RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Symphony n°2 opus 9 “Antar”
13. ROUSSEL: Symphony n°1 in D-Minor opus 7 “Le Poème de la forêt”
14. SCHUBERT: Symphony n°8 in B-Minor D. 759 “Unfinished”
15. SCHUMANN: Symphony n°3 in E-flat Major opus 97 “Rhenish”
16. SIBELIUS: Symphony n°2 in D-Major opus 43
17. SIBELIUS: Pelléas et Mélisande opus 46
18. STRAUSS: Aus Italien, symphonic poem in G-Major opus 16
19. TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony n°2 in C-Minor opus 17 “Little Russia”

Hurry up and book your place! The number of tickets is limited.

See you on the Radio France website from August 20th.

30 August 2018

6th of September: Concert tribute to Evgeny Svetlanov

 

On September 6th, 2018, the musical world will celebrate the 90th anniversary of Maestro Evgeny Svetlanov.

Renowned Russian musicans such as Boris Berezovsky (piano), Vadim Repin (violin), Dmitri Makhtin (violin), Alexander Kniazev (cello) and Andrei Korobeinikov (piano) will get together on this occasion on stage of the Auditorium de Radio France in Paris.

You will enjoy works by Medtner, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky and a beautiful  piece written by Evgeny Svetlanov himself: Poem for violin and orchestra in memory of David Oistrakh.

This unique event will culminate in Romeo & Juliet by Tchaikovsky, presented by the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and conducted by Andris Poga (First Prize of the Svetlanov Competition 2010).

Don’t miss this exceptional celebration and take advantage of a special offer!
You can obtain tickets for 30€/ticket in the best categories by typing code SVETLANOV here.*

Happy Birthday, Maestro!

More information about the concert on the website of Radio France.

* The offer is open until 03/09/2018 included, limited to 2 tickets/person and subject to ticket availability.

27 August 2018

Ticket sales for the “Svetlanov – Universe !” Festival are open

 

Dear Friends,
hurry up to buy tickets for the exceptional concerts, in tribute to Maestro Svetlanov. Enjoy not only Evegny Svetlanov’s own compositions (Poem in memory of David Oistrakh, Daybreak in the field, “Memories” in memory of Alexander Yurlov, romances, chamber music), but also Maestro’s favourite works, such as Piano Concerto n°1 and Francesca da Rimini by Tchaikovsky, Petrushka by Stravinsky, Kol Nidrei by Bruch, choral works by Sviridov, romances by Medtner, The Bells by Rachmaninov and many others.

Among the artists who will participate in the musical celebration: Vadim Repin, Boris Berezovsky, Alexandre Kniazev, Dmitri Makhtin, Alexander Rudin, Andrei Korobeinikov, Ekaterina Morozova, Petr Migunov, the Yurlov Choir, Yaron Herman (jazz) and many others.

The laureates of the Evgeny Svetlanov Competition – Robert Trevino, Roberto Fores Veses, Kalle Kuusava and Lio Kuokman – will conduct the Evgeny Svetlanov Russian State Symphony Orchestra, the Moscow Conservatory Orchestra and the Ural  Youth Symphony Orchestra.

 

The tickets will be also available at the Box Office of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory and on the website https://svetlanovfest.ru

All the information about festival is available on https://svetlanovfest.ru

 

9 August 2018

Who is in the Jury?

 

President of the Jury

Alexander Vedernikov
Chief Conductor of the Royal Danish Opera, Chief Conductor of the Odense Symphony Orchestra (Denmark), former Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Bolshoi Theatre (Russia)
   
  Jury Members
   
Andrey Boreyko
Music Director of the Naples Philahrmonic (USA)
   
Mauro Bucarelli
Artistic Director of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia Orchestra (Italy)
   

Gidon Kremer
Violinist, Founder of the Kremerata Baltica Orchestra (Latvia)
   
Jorma Panula
Conductor, Professor and Founder of the Panula-Academy Conducting Workshops (Finland), Composer
   
Cristina Rocca
Vice-President for Artistic Planning of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (USA)
   
Nathalie Stutzmann
Chief Conductor of the Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra (Norway), Principal Guest Conductor of the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra (Ireland), Associated Artist of the São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra, Singer
14 June 2018

Candidates of the Svetlanov Competition 2018

We are happy to announce the candidates of the First Qualifying Round:

1. TEYCHENNÉ GABRIELLA United Kingdom    
2. NG WILSON Hong Kong    
3. ORHAN MURAT CEM Turkey         
4. PETRENKO PAVEL Russia    
5. RAKITINA ANNA Russia    
6. AHOKAS LAURI Finland    
7. LI HAORAN China    
8. GLATARD ANTOINE France    
9. KÁLI GÁBOR Hungary            
10. SHANKAR HARISH Germany    
11. FILATOV DMITRY Russia    
12. IBRAHIMOV FUAD Azerbaijan    
13. KHUKHUNAISHVILI MIRIAN Georgia    
14. PITKÄNEN JOONAS Finland    
15. CHEREDNICHENKO IVAN Ukraine            
16. YASHIMA ERINA Japan    
17. GUDEFIN JORDAN France    
18. CAMPO BRUNO Guatemala    

 

12 June 2018

Press-Conference / Announcement of Candidates

 

Dear Friends, we would like to thank all 350 conductors from 57 countries who have sent us their applications.

The Artistic Committee has almost completed the arduous task of choosing 18 candidates among the scores of amazing conductors who applied.

 

The names of the 18 candidates who will participate in the  First Qualifying Round of the 4th Evgeny Svetlanov International Conducting Competition 2018 will be announced on June 14th, at 5.30 p.m. (UTC+2), during a press-conference at Radio France in Paris.

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31 May 2018

Svetlanov Competition & Social Media

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