DR Symfoniorkestret 7.-12

Malko Competition 2021

19. Malko Konkurrence DR Symfoniorkestret 7.-12. juni 2021

THE NICOLAI MALKO COMPETITION FOR YOUNG CONDUCTORS

1 Malko Competition 2021 Program

DR Koncerthuset ÅBNINGSKONCERT/Opening Concert Koncertsalen/The Concert Hall in Lørdag 5. juni kl. 19.30/ DR Koncerthuset Saturday June 5th 7.30 pm

DR Symfoniorkestret/ 1. RUNDE, 1. DEL/1st round, part 1 Danish National Symphony Orchestra Mandag 7. juni kl. 10.30 - 16.30/ Monday June 7th 10.30 am - 4.30 pm Koncertmestre/Concertmasters: 12 kandidater/12 candidates Soo-Jin Hong & Christina Åstrand 1. RUNDE, 2. DEL/1st round, part 2 Solist 3. runde/Soloist 3rd round: Tirsdag 8. juni kl. 10.00 - 16.00/ Johannes Søe Hansen, violin Tuesday June 8th 10 am - 4 pm 12 kandidater/12 candidates Scenevært/Presentation: Rie Koch (alle runder/all rounds) 2. RUNDE/2nd round & Mathias Hammer (kun Finale/only Final) Onsdag 9. juni kl. 10.00 - 16.00/ Wednesday June 9th 10 am - 4 pm 12 kandidater/12 candidates

3. RUNDE/3rd round Torsdag 10. juni kl. 10.00 - 16.20/ Malko Konkurrencen er støttet af/ Wednesday June 10th 10 am - 4.20 pm Malko Competition is supported by 6 kandidater/6 candidates

A.P. Møller og hustru Chastine McKinney JURYENS AFGØRELSE/ Møllers Fond til almene Formål The Jury´s decision Tirsdag kl. 17.30/Tuesday 5.30 pm Beckett-Fonden, som har doneret 1. prisen/ Onsdag kl. 17.00/Wednesday 5 pm which has donated the 1st Prize Torsdag kl. 17.15/Thursday 5.15 pm

FINALE/Final Styregruppe 2021/The Board 2021: Lørdag 12. juni kl. 18.30 - 21.30/ Mikael Beier, Generalsekretær/ Saturday June 12th 6.30 pm - 9.30 pm Secretary-General Gert Herzberg, Generalsekretær Emeritus/Secretary-General Emeritus Caitriona Yeats Kim Bohr Tatjana Kandel #malko2021 2 Malko Competition 2021 Åbningskoncert/ Opening Concert

DR Koncerthuset, Koncertsalen Program The Concert Hall in DR Koncerthuset

Lørdag 5. juni kl. 19.30/ Saturday June 5th 7.30 pm Unsuk Chin (f. 1961/b. 1961) DR Symfoniorkestret Danish National Symphony Orchestra Subito con forza (2020) Koncertmester/Concertmaster: Varighed/Duration – 5’ Johannes Søe Hansen Klaverkoncert/Piano Concerto Dirigent/Conductor: (1996-97; rev. 2019) – 25’ Fabio Luisi I – II – III – IV Varighed/Duration – 25’ Solister/Soloists: Siobhan Stagg, sopran/soprano Francesco Piemontesi, klaver/piano Pause/Interval (30’) ca. 20.00/8 pm

Overrækkelse af Léonie Sonnings Musikpris 2021/ Presentation of the Léonie Sonning Music Prize 2021

Puzzles and Games from Alice in Wonderland (2017) Varighed/Duration – 23’

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3 Malko Competition 2021 Kære publikum

Velkommen til den 19. udgave af Vi vil gerne fra DR Symfoniorkestrets side sige DR Symfoniorkestrets internationale Malko en varm tak til A.P. Møller Fonden og Beckett- Konkurrence. Fonden. Uden deres generøse støtte ville vi ikke have kunnet løfte det store arbejde, der Fra den første Malko Konkurrence blev ligger bag Malko Konkurrencen 2021. afholdt i 1965 til i dag har det været et grundlæggende princip for DR Symfoni- orkestret, at vi skal tage ansvar for og være God fornøjelse! med til at udvikle de næste generationer af dirigenter. DR Symfoniorkestret

Det er de unge dirigenter, der skal bære den Mikael Beier klassiske musik ind i fremtiden, og i Generalsekretær for Malko Konkurrencen DR Symfoniorkestret brænder vi for at give dem de allerbedste betingelser. Derfor Kim Bohr vil I se, at orkestrets musikere følger de Chef for DR Koncerthuset, Den levende musik unge dirigenter helt ud til kanten i deres og DR P2, P5 & P8 fortolkninger, for at deres talent kan udfolde sig frit gennem hele konkurrencen. Samtidig bliver dirigenterne bedømt af en professionel fagjury ledet af vores dybt dedikerede chefdirigent Fabio Luisi, som også er personlig mentor for konkurrencens vinder i en periode på tre år efter konkurrencen.

Vi oplever igen i år en stor international bevågenhed omkring Malko Konkurrencen, som livestreames af bl.a. verdens førende musiktidsskrift Gramophone og Medici TV. Det giver selvfølgelig en særlig spænding for både orkester og deltagere at vide, at hundredtusindvis af seere følger deres mindste bevægelser – men intet slår dog den særlige magi, som opstår i rummet, når musikken opleves af et rigtigt, levende publikum.

4 Malko Competition 2021 Dear guests

Welcome to the 19th edition of the Danish We would like to express our warm thanks National Symphony Orchestra’s international to A.P. Møller Fonden and Beckett-Fonden. Malko Competition. Without their generous support, we would not have been able to carry out the great amount Ever since the first Malko Competition was of work and effort that underlies Malko held in 1965, it has been a fundamental Competition 2021. principle for the Danish National Symphony Orchestra to take responsibility for and to help develop the next generations of conductors. We hope you will enjoy the competition!

It is these young conductors who are to carry The Danish National Symphony classical music into the future and we at the Orchestra Danish National Symphony Orchestra eagerly and enthusiastically seek to give them the very Mikael Beier best possible conditions. So you are sure to Secretary-General of the Malko Competition see the musicians of the orchestra follow the young conductors to the farthest limit of their Kim Bohr interpretations, so that their talent can unfold Chief Executive and Artistic Director, freely throughout the entire competition. At the DR Koncerthuset, Ensembles & radio channels same time, the conductors will be adjudicated – P2, P5 and P8 by a professional, expert jury led by our deeply dedicated chief conductor Fabio Luisi, who will also be a personal mentor for the winner during a period of three years after the competition.

This year we are once more experiencing considerable international interest in the Malko Competition, which is streamed live by such leading musical media as Gramophone and Medici TV. It naturally gives rise to a special excitement for both orchestra and participants to know that hundreds of thousands of viewers are following their every movement – although nothing can match the unique magic that takes place in a concert hall when the music is experienced by a proper, live audience.

5 Malko Competition 2021 Priser/Prizes

1. PRIS/1st PRIZE

• 20.000€ • Fabio Luisi som personlig mentor i en periode på tre år/ Fabio Luisi as personal mentor for a period of three years • Karrierevejledning af den britiske musikkonsulent Jessica Ford/ Advice and support from special Malko career consultant and artist liaison Jessica Ford, U.K. • Koncertarrangementer med følgende orkestre/ Contracts with the following orchestras:

– Arctic Philharmonic – National Polish Radio Symphony – Beijing Symphony Orchestra Orchestra – Dallas Symphony Orchestra – Norwegian Radio Orchestra – Danish National Symphony Orchestra – Oslo Philharmonic – Estonian National Symphony – RAI National Symphony Orchestra Orchestra – Romanian National Radio Orchestra – Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra – Royal Stockholm Philharmonic – Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra Orchestra – Iceland Symphony Orchestra – South Denmark Philharmonic – Lithuanian National Symphony – Sydney Symphony Orchestra Orchestra – Teatro Carlo Felice – Malmö Symphony Orchestra – Tianjin Symphony Orchestra – Malmö Opera – Aalborg Symphony Orchestra – NAC Orchestra Canada – Aarhus Symphony Orchestra

2. PRIS/2nd Prize: 15.000 €

3. PRIS/3rd Prize: 12.000 €

Publikumspris/Audience Prize: 1.500 € Børnejurypris/Children’s Jury Prize

6 Malko Competition 2021 Repertoire/Repertoire

1. RUNDE/1st Round

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791): Don Giovanni, Overture Cosi fan tutte, Overture Joseph Haydn (1732-1809): Symphony No. 104, 1st movement Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826): Der Freischütz, Overture

2. RUNDE/2nd Round

Carl Nielsen (1865-1931): Symphony No. 5 Gustav Mahler (1860-1911): Symphony No. 4 Johannes Brahms (1833-1897): Symphony No. 3

3. RUNDE/3rd Round

Britta Byström (b. 1977): A Drama in the Air (2020, uropførelse/ World Premiere) Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Apres midi d’un faune Igor Stravinskij (1882-1971): Firebird suite Richard Strauss (1864-1949): Till Eulenspiegel Jean Sibelius (1865-1957): Violin Concerto, 1st movement

Finale/Final

Peter Tjajkovskij (1840-1893): Symphony No. 4, 1st movement Symphony No. 5, 1st movement Symphony No. 6, 1st movement Carl Nielsen: Maskarade Overture

7 Malko Competition 2021 A Drama in the Air

Da jeg fik til opgave at skrive et bestillings- When I received a commission for a piece værk til Malko Konkurrencen kom jeg til to the Malko Competition 2021, my thoughts at tænke på Jules Vernes ”A Drama in the went to Jules Verne’s short story “A Drama in Air” fra 1851 – en historie om en dramatisk the Air” (1851) – a story about a dramatic flyvetur i en luftballon. Da fortælleren skal til balloon ride. As the narrator starts the ascent at lette med ballonen, springer en fremmed of his balloon, a stranger jumps in. The pludselig ind. Den fremmede vil bringe bal- stranger’s intent is to take the balloon as high lonen så højt op i luften som muligt for en as possible, even at the cost of their lives. I hver pris – også hvis det koster dem livet. Jeg have tried to capture this dangerous ascent in har forsøgt at fange denne farlige opstigning music, alternating with calmer passages where i musikken, afbrudt af roligere passager, the narrator temporarily persuades the intruder hvor fortælleren kortvarigt får overbevist den to descend. Maybe there are similarities fremmede om, at det er bedre at begynde between flying a balloon and conducting an nedstigningen. Måske er der ligheder mellem orchestra? And a conducting competition may at flyve i luft-ballon og dirigere et orkester? in itself be regarded as a kind of drama in the Og en dirigentkonkurrence kan måske i sig air, since the competitors lead the music by selv ses som en slags drama in the air, da movements in the air! deltagerne styrer musikken med bevægelser (Britta Byström) i luften! (Britta Byström)

Britta Byström

Svensk komponist/Swedish composer Født 1977/Born 1977

Udvalgte værker/Selected works: – A Walk After Dark, viola concerto (2014) – Infinite Rooms, concerto for violin and double bass (2016) – Notes From the City of the Sun, song cycle (2017)

8 Malko Competition 2021 Malko i medierne/ Malko in the media

#malko2021

WEB WEB Malko Konkurrencen bliver live-streamet hele Malko Competition is streamed with live ugen på reporting at • DR Koncerthusets Youtube-kanal: • youtube.com/user/Koncerthuset youtube.com/user/Koncerthuset • malkocompetition.dk • malkocompetition.dk • gramophone.co.uk • gramophone.co.uk

TV TV Semifinalen sendes live på Medici TV The Semi Final can be followed live on Medici Finalen sendes live på Medici TV TV Finalen sendes 13. juni kl. 19.00 på DR 2 The Finale can be followed live on Medici TV The Finale can be followed on DR2 on June 13th at 7 pm

RADIO, DR P2 RADIO, DR P2 • Mandag-torsdag kl. 12.15 – 16.00: • Monday - Thursday 12.15 - 4 pm: Live fra DR Koncerthuset Live from DR Koncerthuset • Mandag kl. 19.20 – 20.00: • Monday 7.20 – 8 pm A roundup Opsamling • Tuesday 7.20 – 8 pm • Tirsdag kl. 19-20 – 20.00: A roundup of the day and the Opsamling og juryens afgørelse verdict of the jury • Onsdag kl. 21.20 – 22.00 • Wednesday 9.20 – 10 pm Opsamling og juryens afgørelse A roundup of the day and the • Torsdag kl. 19.20 – 20.00 verdict of the jury Opsamling og juryens afgørelse • Thursday 7.20 – 8 pm • Lørdag 12. juni kl. 18.03 – 22.00: A roundup of the day and the Finale live fra DR Koncerthuset verdict of the jury • Saturday June 12th 6.03 – 10 pm The Finale live from DR Koncerthuset

9 Malko Competition 2021 Deltagere/Participants

Daniel Gyuseo Lee

• Sydkorea/South Korea • 27 år/age 27

Photo: Shin-joong Kim

Daniel Gyuseo Lee begyndte at spille Daniel Gyuseo Lee is Founder and violin som 5-årig, og gennem hele sin Chief Conductor of the Orchestral Ensemble barndom var han koncertmester i sin hjembys Seoul, the Governmental Arts Organization ungdomsorkester. Hans dirigentdebut fandt designated by Seoul City. He is currently sted i Seoul Arts Center da han var 20 år, og working on the Beethoven Symphonies Cycle som 22-årig dirigerede han for første gang with his orchestra at the Seoul Arts Centre. Incheon Filharmonikerne. Daniel er uddannet Lee studied at the Seoul National University som dirigent ved universiteterne i Seoul og and is currently at the University of Music & Wien, og har også modtaget undervisning af Performing Arts Vienna. He was also taught by bl.a. Marin Alsop og Riccardo Muti. Han har maestros such as Marin Alsop, Riccardo Muti, i en årrække været chefdirigent for Seouls Tadaaki Otaka, David Robertson and Andrés Kammerorkester (Orchestral Ensemble Seoul), Orozco-Estrada collaborating with the Wiener som han stiftede i 2014. I 2018 blev han Symphoniker. He made his conducting debut tildelt den ærefulde pris som Årets Kunstner at the Seoul Arts Centre at the age of 20 and af de forenede koreanske kunstkritikere. conducted the Incheon Philharmonic at 22. He is the recipient of the Award for Remarkable Artist of the Year 2018, presented by the Committee of Korean Arts Critics.

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Andrei Feher

• Rumænien/Romania • 30 år/age 30

Photo: Matthieu Gauchet

Rumænske Andrei Feher er både kendt At the age of 26 Andrei Feher was for sine evner på dirigentpodiet og for sin appointed as the new Music Director of the kreative måde at sammensætte repertoire Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra, på. Som kun 26-årig blev han udnævnt a position he assumed in August 2018. som chefdirigent for Kitchener-Waterloo He worked with the BBC Symphony Symfoniorkestret, en stilling som han overtog Orchestra, RTVE Symphony Madrid, Tokyo i 2018. Symphony and Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Andrei Feher har arbejdet med et utal af Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, orkestre over hele verden: BBC Symfonikerne, Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre RTVE Symfonien i Madrid, Tokyo Symphonique de Montréal, Orchestre Symfonikerne, NRK’s Kringkastingsorkestret i Symphonique de Quebec, Les Violons du Roy, Norge, Lausanne Kammerorkestret, Montréal Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Symfonikerne, Quebecs Symfoniorkester, Orchestre National d’Ile de France and Monte Carlo Filharmonikerne og mange flere. Orchestre Métropolitain Montreal.

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Aleksei Rubin

• Rusland/Russia • 33 år/age 33

Aleksei Rubin har siden 2015 været Since 2015 Aleksei Rubin has been assistent for Moskva Filharmonikernes appointed as assistant of Yuri Simonov – chefdirigent Yuri Simonov, og siden 2018 chief conductor of the Moscow Philharmonic har han været tilknyttet Ruslands Nationale Orchestra. Since 2018 he collaborates Ungdomsorkester. Han har også assisteret with the Russian National Youth Symphony store navne som Valery Gergiev, Mikhail Orchestra. Aleksei regularly appears as a Jurowski, Daniele Gatti and Leonard Slatkin. guest conductor with the Rostov–on–Don Aleksei optræder regelmæssigt som Academic Symphony Orchestra, the Moldova gæstedirigent for bl.a. Moldavien Philharmonic Orchestra, Siberian State Filharmonikerne, Sibiriens Statssymfonikere, Symphony Orchestra, Surgut Symphony Skt. Petersborg Ungdomssymfoniorkester Orchestra, Ulyanovsk Symphony Orchestra, og Saratov Operaen. I koncertsæsonen Saint-Petersburg Youth Symphony Orchestra, 2020-21 har Aleksei Rubin debuteret med Saratov Opera and Ballet Theater. He is bl.a. Det nye Russiske Statssymfoniorkester, planning his debut in the season 2020/21 Ural Ungdomssymfoniorkester og Belgorod with the State Symphony Orchestra Novaya Statsfilharmonikerne. Rossiya, Ural Youth Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra of Belgorod State Philharmonic.

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Sergey Akimov

• Rusland/Russia • 31 år/age 31

Sergey Akimov er uddannet fra Sergey Akimov currently serves as staff konservatoriet i Moskva og er assisterende conductor of Moscow Operetta Theatre and dirigent for Ruslands Nationale Studio for New Music. He was finalist of the Filharmonikere og ved Moskvas Operette latest Nestlé & Salzburg Young Conductors Teater. Sergey nåede finalen i den seneste Award and is fellow conductor at the National Nestlé & Salzburg Konkurrence for unge Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia. After his dirigenter, og i 2018 fik han stor succes på graduation from the Moscow Conservatory, Salzburg Festivalen, da han dirigerede et he was invited to Moscow Operetta Theatre, bemærkelsesværdigt program med orkestret where he leads classical masterpieces as Camerata Salzburg. Han har også dirigeret well as modern musicals. In 2018 he made uropførelsen af en ny version af Stravinskijs a great success at his Salzburg Festival debut Le sacre du printemps for kammerorkester by presenting an extraordinary program with og den første russiske opførelse af Gershwins orchestra Camerata Salzburg. In 2019 he opera Blue Monday. Sergey Akimov er fast was appointed as a conductor in Studio dirigent for ensemblet Studio New Music. New Music - a world-known Ensemble of contemporary music. He gave the Russian premiere of a chamber arrangement of Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du Printemps and the first Russian performance of Gershwin’s opera Blue Monday.

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Timur Zangiev

• Rusland/Russia • 27 år/age 27

Timur Zangiev er født i Ossetien ved Timur Zangiev conducted the Symphony Kaukasus-bjergene. Allerede som syvårig Orchestra of the Vladikavkaz Philharmonic prøvede han at stå på dirigentpodiet already at the age of seven. He completed foran Vladikavkaz Filharmonikerne, og his conductor training at the Tchaikovsky han uddannede sig siden på Tjajkovskij Conservatory with Gennady Rozhdestvensky. Konservatoriet hos dirigenten Gennady Currently works as a staff conductor with Rozhdestvensky. the Stanislavsky Theatre in Moscow. 20/21 For tiden er Timur Zangiev ansat som season includes Sadko at the Bolshoi Theatre dirigentassistent på Stanislavskij Teatret i Moscow, premieres of Der Freischütz and Moskva. Sæsonen 2020-21 har omfattet Iolanta, revivals of Don Giovanni and Il Rimskij-Korsakovs opera Sadko på Bolsjoj Barbiere di Siviglia at Stanislavsky Theatre. Teatret i Moskva, premierer på bl.a. At the concert platform in the 20/21 season, Tjajkovskijs opera Jolanta og genopsætninger he will appear with Evgeny Svetlanov State af Don Juan og Barberen I Sevilla på Academic Symphony Orchestra and the Stanislavskij Teatret. I koncertsalene vil han I Russian National Orchestra. denne sæson optræde med Evgeny Svetlanov Statsakademiets Symfoniorkester, Det Russiske Nationalorkester og violinisten Carolin Widmann.

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Hankyeol Yoon

• Sydkorea/South Korea • 27 år/age 27

Hankyeol Yoon er ansat som 2. kapel- Hankyeol Yoon is working as 2. mester ved Mecklenburg Statsteatret i Kapellmeister at the Theatre and Orchestra Tyskland. I august 2019 vandt han Neeme Neubrandenburg/Neustrelitz. In August 2019 Järvi Prisen som den yngste vinder ved he won the Neeme Järvi Prize at Gstaad Gstaad Menuhin Festival og Akademi under Menuhin Festival & Academy under Manfred Manfred Honeck og Johannes Schläfli. Honeck and Johannes Schläfli. As the prize I januar 2019 vandt han 3. prisen ved winner he will conduct Sinfonieorchester ”CAMPUS Dirigieren”, den tidligere Tysklands Basel, as well as Kammerorchester Basel in Dirigentkonkurrence, hvor han dirigerede June. In January 2019 he was awarded the Nürnberg Statsfilharmonikerne. Hankyeol 3rd prize of “CAMPUS Dirigieren”, where he Yoon var assisterende dirigent ved Nürnberg conducted the Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg. Statsteater i 2017-18 og ved Grand Théâtre Recently he worked with Beethoven Orchester i Génève i 2018-19. Han er medlem af Bonn, Staatskapelle Weimar, Dortmunder Dirigentenforum i Tyskland. Philharmoniker, Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, Münchener Symphoniker and Norddeutsche Philharmonie. Hankyeol worked as assistant conductor at Staatstheater Nürnberg 2017/18 and at the Grand Théâtre de Genève 2018/19. He is a member of the German Music Council’s Dirigentenforum.

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Teresa Riveiro Böhm

• Østrig/Austria • 31 år/age 31

Photo: Theresa Pewal

Spansk-østrigske Teresa Riveiro Böhm Austrian-Spanish conductor Teresa Riveiro har studeret violin i Moskva, og derefter Böhm studied violin in Moscow and church kirkemusik og orkesterdirektion i Wien. I Music and conducting in Vienna. She is dag er hun dirigentstipendiat ved BBC’s currently a Leverhulme Conducting Fellow Skotske Symfoniorkester og Skotlands with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Kgl. Musikkonservatorium. Teresa vandt in partnership with the Royal Conservatoire i 2019 Neeme Järvi Prisen på Menuhin of Scotland. She was awarded the Neeme- Festivalen i Gstaad og blev efterfølgende Järvi-Prize at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival udvalgt til at deltage i et akademi for unge 2019. She was chosen to participate in dirigenter med Paavo Järvi og Tonhalle the Conductors´ Academy with Paavo Järvi Orkestret. Hun har dirigeret BBC’s Skotske and the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich this May Symfoniorkester, Basel Kammerorkester and as Tanglewood Conducting Fellow og Skt. Petersborg Kammerfilharmoni. this summer. Orchestral highlights include Kommende engagementer omfatter the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Spaniens Nationalorkester, Spaniens Basel Chamber Orchestra, St. Petersburg Radiosymfoniorkester, Genève Chamber Philharmonic and Südwestdeutsche Kammerorkester og Aalborg Symfoniorkester. Philharmonie Konstanz. Upcoming engagements include the National Orchestra of Spain, Spanish Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, Geneva Chamber Orchestra and Aalborg Symphony Orchestra.

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Chloe Rooke

• England/U.K. • 24 år/age 24

Den kun 24-årige Chloe Rooke er allerede British conductor Chloe Rooke is studying kendt for sine innovative opførelser på tværs on a Dutch National Master of Orchestra af opera- og orkesterrepertoiret. Hun har Conducting, having previously completed an en Master’s Degree i orkesterledelse fra MA in Orchestral Conducting at the Royal Royal Academy of Music i London, og nu Academy of Music. Chloe has conducted the studerer hun direktion på Hollands Nationale BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Residentie Musikkonservatorium. Orkest, Noord Nederlands Orkest, Southbank Chloe har dirigeret BBC’s Walisiske Sinfonia, Britten Pears Orchestra and Royal Nationalorkester, Southbank Sinfonia, Britten Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra, and Pears Orkestret og de hollandske Noord has assisted conductors including Sir Mark Nederlands Orkest og Residentie Orkest. Hun Elder, Edward Gardner, Marin Alsop, Jac Van har assisteret dirigenter som Sir Mark Elder, Steen, John Wilson and Anthony Hermus. Edward Gardner og Marin Alsop. Chloe Passionate about music being for ‘anyone, brænder for, at den klassiske musik skal være everywhere’, Chloe also conducts Street for “hvem som helst og hvor som helst”, og Orchestra Live: a young professional orchestra derfor dirigerer hun også orkestret Street which brings music to communities around the Orchestra Live, et ungt professionelt orkester U.K. in locations outside of the concert hall. som bringer musikken ud af koncertsalen og rundt til lokalsamfund i England.

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Nils Erik Måseidvåg

• Norge/Norway • 28 år/age 28

Nils Erik Måseidvåg vandt i 2018 Third prize winner of Princess Astrid 3. prisen i Prinsesse Astrids Internationale International Music Competition, Nils Musikkonkurrence. Han er uddannet på Erik Måseidvåg has worked with Det Kgl. Danske Musikkonservatorium many Norwegian orchestras, such as Oslo hos Michael Schønwandt og Giordano Philharmonic, Bergen Philharmonic, Trondheim Bellincampi, og på Norges Musikkhøgskole SO, Kristiansand SO, Stavanger SO and The hos Ole Kristian Ruud. Nils Erik Måseidvåg Norwegian Radio. Being part of the national har dirigeret en lang række norske talent program «Opptakt» he has worked with orkestre, fx Oslo Filharmonikerne, Arctic Philharmonic on several occasions. He Bergen Filharmonikerne, Trondheims has attended international masterclasses such Symfoniorkester, Stavangers Symfoniorkester as Gstaad Menuhin Conducting Academy og NRK’s Kringkastingsorkestret. Han har and the Järvi Academy. During 2018 and været del af det nationale talentprogram 2019 he performed as assistant conductor of ”Opptakt” og herigennem arbejdet med det the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, working Arktiske Filharmoniske Orkester. I 2018-19 closely with chief Conductor Ed Gardner. Nils var han assisterende dirigent for Bergen Erik has studied at the Royal Danish Academy Filharmonikerne og arbejdede tæt sammen of Music, under the guidance of Giordano med orkestrets chefdirigent Ed Gardner. Bellincampi and Michael Schønwandt, and at the Norwegian Academy of Music with Ole Kristian Ruud.

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Valentin Egel

• Tyskland/Germany • 26 år/age 26

Valentin Egel er 1. kapelmester og Valentin Egel is First Kapellmeister and 2. chefdirigent på Kroatiens Nationalteater. Deputy General Music Director of the Croatian Han har studeret orkesterdirektion på National Theatre. He studied conducting at Franz Liszt Universitetet i Weimar og the Franz Liszt University of Music in Weimar har vundet MDR Symfoniorkestrets and has been Artistic Director of the KHG Dirigentkonkurrence, CAMPUS Dirigieren Student Orchestra Freiburg and conductor og den internationale Lovro von Matačić of the Young Chamber Philharmonie Berlin. Konkurrence. Han er en del af Det Tyske He worked with the Radio Symphony Kunstråds talentprogrammer Deutsche Orchestra Leipzig, the German Radio Dirigentenforum og Maestros von Morgen. Philharmonie Saarbrücken, the Radio-Television Valentin Egel har været dirigent for Berlins Orchestra of Croatia, the BBC Philharmonic Unge Kammerfilharmoni og kunstnerisk Manchester, and the Philharmonic Orchestra leder af Freiburgs KHG Studenterorkester of Belgrade. Valentin is first prize winner of og har dirigeret Radiosymfoniorkestret i the 7th International Competition for young Leipzig, Radiofilharmonikerne i Saarbrücken, Conductors Lovro von Matačić and of Kroatiens Radio- og TV-orkester, BBC the MDR Sinfonieorchester and CAMPUS Filharmonikerne i Manchester og Beograds Dirigieren Conducting Competitions. He is a Filharmoniske Orkester. member of the Deutsche Dirigentenforum and part of the artists list Maestros von morgen of the Deutsche Musikrat.

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Mirian Khukhunaishvili

• Georgien/Geogia • 31 år/age 31

Mirian Khukhunaishvili har fået Dr. Mirian Khukhunaishvili earned sin doktorgrad og master i direktion fra his doctoral and master’s degrees in Musikkonservatoriet i Krakow. Han har også orchestral conducting at the Academy of en master i kordirektion fra Konservatoriet Music in Krakow (under the supervision i Tbilisi. Mirian er grundlægger, of prof. Stanislaw Krawczyński). He also kunstnerisk leder og chefdirigent for Tbilisi got a master’s degree from Tbilisi State Ungdomsorkester. Siden 2012 har han Conservatoire in choral conducting. Mirian arbejdet med orkestre som Det Franske holds the position of Founder, Artistic Director Radioorkester, Makedoniens og Podkarpacka and Chief Conductor of the Tbilisi Youth Filharmoniske orkestre, Beethoven Academy Orchestra. Since 2012, he has worked with Orkestret, Tbilisi Opera og Balletorkester og various orchestras and choirs, including Radio Georgiens Nationalorkester. I næste sæson France Philharmonic Orchestra, Macedonian dirigerer Mirian i Musikverein i Wien og i Philharmonic Orchestra, Podkarpacka Konzerthaus Berlin. Philharmonic Orchestra, Beethoven Academy Orchestra, Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State Theatre’s Orchestra, Georgian National Philharmonic, Tbilisi State Orchestra, Tbilisi State Chamber Orchestra – Georgian Sinfonietta, and others. In the 2021/22 season, Mirian will perform at the Musikverein in Vienna and at the Konzerthaus in Berlin.

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Norman Huynh

• USA • 32 år/age 32

Photo: Stark Photography

Norman Huynh er for nylig blevet udvalgt American conductor Norman Huynh blandt over 230 ansøgere til stillingen som continues to establish his reputation as chefdirigent for Bozeman Symfonikerne i one of classical music’s most adventurous Montana. Han er assisterende dirigent for ambassadors. Huynh has received equal Oregon Symfonikerne og blev for nylig renown for his ability to attract new udvalgt til at deltage i de amerikanske audiences to the orchestra. The 2020 season symfoniorkestres nationale Bruno Walter- inaugurated his tenure as Music Director of program for unge dirigenter. Norman Huynh the Bozeman Symphony Orchestra, joining an blev udvalgt af dirigenten Kurt Masur til at existing appointment as Associate Conductor studere hos ham i Leipzig i 2015 og modtog for the Oregon Symphony. Huynh has attained det amerikanske Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy international prominence in the first years of his dirigentlegat til at gennemføre opholdet. career, most recently through an invitation to Hans nylige og kommende engagementer the Bruno Walter Young Conductor Preview, omfatter St. Louis Symfonikerne, Detroit a selective showcase hosted by the League of Symfonikerne, Rochester Filharmonikerne, American Orchestras. A proud first generation Eugene Symfonikerne og Prinsesse Galyani Asian-American, Norman makes his home in Vadhana Ungdomsorkestret i Bangkok. Portland, OR, where he enjoys stargazing, board games, and riding his motorcycle.

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Chloé Dufresne

• Frankrig/France • 29 år/age 29

Chloé Dufresne var finalist i Siemens-Hallé Chloé Dufresne was a finalist of the Dirigentkonkurrence i 2020 og semifinalist Siemens-Hallé Conductors Competition 2020, i London Symfonikernes Donatella Flick a laureate of the Tremplin des jeunes cheffes Konkurrence i 2018. Hun er uddannet in La Philharmonie de Paris and semi-finalist dirigent fra Sibelius Akademiet i Helsinki og of the Donatella Flick LSO competition 2018. Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique For the past five years she has studied at the i Paris. Gennem studietiden har hun dirigeret Sibelius Academy and at the Conservatoire Finlands Radiosymfoniorkester, Helsinki National Supérieur de Musique de Paris Symfonikerne, Kungliga Filharmonikerna, from where she graduated last year with Tapiola Sinfonietta og Ensemble a master in orchestra conducting. During Intercontemporain. Chloé er en del af Paris her studies she conducted the Finnish Radio Filharmonikernes talentprogram ‘Tremplin des Symphony, Helsinki City Orchestra, Royal jeunes cheffes’, og hun har dirigeret Toulons Stockholm Philharmonic, Tapiola Sinfonietta Nationalopera, Rouen Operaen, Vichy and Ensemble Intercontemporain. In recent Operaen og med Pasdeloup Orkestret. I years Chloé Dufresne conducted the Opéra denne sæson har hun debuteret på Lorraines National de Toulon, Opéra de Rouen, Opéra Nationalopera, Montpelliers Nationalopera de Vichy and Orchestre Pasdeloup. This og operaen i Tours. season Chloé’s engagements include debuts with Opéra National de Lorraine, Opéra de Tour and Opéra National de Montpellier.

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Dmitry Matvienko

• Belarus • 30 år/age 30

Dmitry Matvienko blev oprindeligt Dmitry Matvienko initially trained as uddannet som korsanger og kordirigent, a chorister and choirmaster. He studied og arbejdede i en sæson for MusicAeterna symphonic conducting at the Moscow koret. Han studerede orkesterledelse Conservatoire and attended master classes of ved konservatoriet i Moskva og deltog Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Vladimir Jurowski, i masterclasses hos bl.a. Gennady Teodor Currentzis and Vasily Petrenko. In 2017 Rozhdestvensky og Vasily Petrenko. I he joined the conductor internship program of 2017 blev Dmitry Matvienko udtaget til the Russian National Philharmonic Orchestra. Ruslands Nationale Filharmonikeres særlige The Svetlanov Symphony Orchestra engaged aspirantprogram for unge dirigenter, han him to assist and prepare programmes for har også assisteret dirigenter som Vasily Vladimir Jurowski, Vasily Petrenko and Michail Petrenko og Michail Jurowski for Svetlanov Jurowski. Both orchestras also entrusted him Symfonikerne. Begge orkestre har ladet with symphony concerts at Moscow’s main ham dirigere koncerter i Moskvas vigtigste concert halls. For the world premiere of koncertsale. Siden april 2020 har Dmitry Vustin’s The Devil in Love at the Stanislavsky været tilknyttet Belarus’ Nationale Opera og Theatre in February 2019 Dmitry first acted as Ballet som assisterende dirigent. Jurowski’s assistant and eventually conducted performances of his own. Since April 2020 he has been an affiliated conductor of the National Opera and Ballet Theatre of Belarus.

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Paul Marsovszky

• Tyskland/Germany • 27 år/age 27

Paul Marsovszky har allerede arbejdet Paul Marsovszky is currently working as tæt sammen med en række store navne i Assistant Conductor with Ivan Fischer and the den klassiske musikverden. Han er assistent Budapest Festival Orchestra. Throughout this for det berømte Budapest Festival Orkester experience he had the chance to work closely under dirigenten Ivan Fischer, og har der with Sir András Schiff, Elisabeth Leonskaja, haft mulighed for at dirigere solister som Miah Persson and others. He has participated Sir András Schiff, Elisabeth Leonskaja og in several major conducting competitions, Miah Persson. Paul Marsovszky assisterede such as the Deutscher Dirigentenpreis allerede som 19-årig som dirigent ved en 2019 and the Maestro Solti Conducting operaproduktion på Lübeck Operaen, og competition 2017 in Budapest. For 2021 he hans store interesse for opera har bl.a. was selected to participate in the Donatella ført til et stipendiat fra Richard Wagner Flick - LSO Conducting Competition. Prior to Stipendienstiftung, der også gav ham his graduation in Orchestra Conducting from eksklusiv adgang i Bayreuth Festspillene. Han Franz Liszt Academy of Music Budapest, he har deltaget i flere store dirigentkonkurrencer, was invited to Bernard Haitink’s masterclass bl.a. Maestro Solti Konkurrencen i 2017 og during the Lucerne Easter Festival 2018. Deutscher Dirigentenpreis i 2019.

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Anton Holmer

• Sverige/Sweden • 30 år/age 30

På kort tid har Anton Holmer etableret Since Anton Holmer’s professional debut sig som en af Sveriges lovende unge with the Jönköping Sinfonietta in 2018 he dirigenter. Siden hans professionelle debut has received invitations from many Swedish med Jönköping Sinfonietta i 2018 har han orchestras including the Swedish Chamber fået invitationer fra mange svenske orkestre, Orchestra and the Gävle Symphony bl.a. Det svenske Kammerorkester og Gävle Orchestra. Anton has received several Symfoniorkester. Han grundlagde i 2020 scholarships from the Royal Swedish Academy sit eget orkester “Den svenske symfoni”, of Music and has taken part in masterclasses som spiller klassisk og tidlig romantisk with Bernard Haitink and Jorma Panula. musik på historiske instrumenter. Anton Pursuing his interest in historically informed har studeret orgelspil og orkesterdirektion performance practice, he founded his own på konservatorierne i Stuttgart, Lyon og orchestra “The Swedish Symphony” in 2020, Stockholm. Han kan godt lide at bruge playing classical and early romantic music on sine hænder og fremstiller altid selv de period instruments. Anton studied at the State dirigentstokke, som han tager med på University of Music and Performing Arts in podiet. Anton Holmer deltog også i Malko Stuttgart, the Conservatoire National Supérieur Konkurrencen i 2018. de Musique in Lyon and the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. He is also a trained organist and holds a master’s degree in organ performance.

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Bar Avni-Pallentin

• Israel • 32 år/age 32

Bar Avni-Pallentin har allerede haft Bar Avni-Pallentin was recently awarded prestigefulde opgaver som dirigent for as a Kurt-Masur-Institute Scholar for the year bl.a. Israel Filharmonikerne og Israels 2021. In 2017 she won the 2nd prize and Kammerorkester. Hun studerer på Kurt the desirable orchestra prize in the Fitelberg Masur Instituttet i Leipzig, som i år har Conducting Competition in Poland. In 2018 tildelt hende sit store studielegat for 2021. I she won the Neeme-Järvi Prize of the Gstaad 2017 vandt hun 2. prisen og orkesterprisen Conducting Academy. Among the Orchestras i den polske Fitelberg Konkurrence, og i Avni-Pallentin has conducted are the Israel 2018 vandt hun Neeme-Järvi prisen på Philharmonic, Israel Chamber Orchestra, dirigentakademiet i Gstaad. Hun dirigerer Sinfonia Varsovia, Juventus Symphony jævnligt på IMPULS Festivalen i Østrig, og Orchestra, Ensemble Resonanz, Tiroler hun har også dirigeret europæiske orkestre Festspiele Orchester, Orchestre des Concerts som Hamborg Filharmonikerne, Tyroler Pasdeloup and Hamburger Symphoniker. Festspillenes Orkester, Juventus Symfonikerne og kammerorkestre som Warszawa Sinfonia og Ensemble Resonanz fra Hamborg.

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Nathan Aspinall

• Australien/Australia • 30 år/age 30

Nathan Aspinall kommer fra Australien Nathan Aspinall is currently Assistant og er assisterende dirigent for Nashville Conductor of the Nashville Symphony. Symfonikerne i USA. Han har også været Previously, Nathan was Associate Conductor tilknyttet Jacksonville Symfoniorkester, som of the Jacksonville Symphony, which he led han både dirigerede i abonnementskoncerter in masterworks subscription programs each og på koncertturnéer til bl.a. Florida. season and multiple tours of South Florida. Oprindeligt har Nathan studeret horn og He returned to Jacksonville to conduct orkesterledelse på universitetet i Queensland Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances in the og orkesterdirektion på New England 2019/20 season. Nathan was one of two Konservatoriet i Boston. I 2019 var han conducting fellows at the Boston Symphony en af Boston Symfonikernes ‘conducting Orchestra’s Tanglewood Music Festival during fellows’ på orkestrets kendte Tanglewood the summer of 2019. In 2012, he attended Festival. Han har også dirigeret koncerter the Aspen Music Festival, studying with Robert med symfoniorkestrene i Sydney, Adelaide, Spano and Hugh Wolff and was awarded Queensland og Tasmanien og er meget aktiv the Robert J. Harth Conducting Prize, inviting i musikpædagogiske projekter og såkaldte him to return to Aspen the following year. outreach-aktiviteter, der skal åbne den Nathan studied Orchestral Conducting with klassiske musik for et nyt publikum. Hugh Wolff at New England Conservatory in Boston.

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Katharina Wincor

• Østrig/Austria • 26 år/age 26

På trods af sine kun 26 år har Katharina In 2019, while still a student of Johannes Wincor fra Østrig allerede stor erfaring Schlaefli at the Zurich University of the Arts, som dirigent. I 2019 blev hun udnævnt til Katharina Wincor was appointed assisterende dirigent for Dallas Symphony Assistant Conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra i USA, og hun har også assisteret Orchestra. More recently, she was a prize som dirigent og syngemester ved Salzburgs winner of The Mahler Competition 2020 and Statsteater og Arnold Schönberg Koret was invited to participate in a masterclass with i Wien. Katharina Wincor har studeret Ivan Fischer and the Royal Concertgebouw orkesterdirektion på universiteterne i Wien Orchestra. She has participated in og Zürich og deltaget i masterclasses med masterclasses with Jaap van Zweden, dirigenter som Riccardo Muti, Marin Alsop og Riccardo Muti, Marin Alsop, Bernard Haitink, Bernard Haitink. I 2020 var hun prismodtager Robert Spano and David Zinman. She also i den internationale Mahler Konkurrence for acted as assistant to Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla at unge dirigenter, hvilket medførte en invitation the Salzburg State Theatre and was a singer til en masterclass med det verdensberømte and chorus master’s assistant at the Arnold Concertgebouw Orkester. Schoenberg Choir in Vienna.

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Joel Sandelson

• England/U.K. • 27 år/age 27

Joel Sandelson er oprindeligt uddannet Joel Sandelson recently won third prize cellist og fik højeste udmærkelse fra at the Siemens Hallé International Conductors Cambridge University. Derefter studerede han Competition 2020 and was also selected orkesterledelse på Royal Academy of Music i to participate in the Donatella Flick – LSO London og har bl.a. dirigeret BBC’s Walisiske Conducting Competition 2021. He recently Nationalorkester, Cincinnati Symfonikerne, completed two years as Assistant Conductor Stavanger Symfonikerne og Sofia at the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Filharmonikerne. I 2013 grundlagde han som and is also director of the period instrument kun 19-årig Barbican Kammerorkestret, som orchestra Wond’rous Machine. He has han dirigerede i adskillige sæsoner. I dag conducted the BBC National Orchestra of leder han det historiske ensemble Wond’rous Wales, Cincinnati Symphony, Royal Scottish Machine, og han har lige afsluttet en toårig National Orchestra, Scottish Chamber periode som assisterende dirigent for BBC’s Orchestra, Stavanger Symphony, Sofia Skotske Nationalorkester. Joel Sandelson har Philharmonic and Red Note Ensemble. Joel for nylig vundet tredjeprisen ved Siemens graduated with a double starred first in Music Hallé Dirigentkonkurrence og deltog i Malko from Cambridge University in 2016 and then Konkurrencen 2018, hvor han gik videre til studied conducting at the Royal Academy 2. runde. Han var udvalgt til at deltage i of Music with Sian Edwards, gaining the Donatella Flick - LSO Conducting Competition DipRAM prize. 2021.

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Holly Hyun Choe

• USA • 30 år/age 30

Holly Hyun Choe er født i Sydkorea, men Holly Hyun Choe was born in South voksede op i Los Angeles, USA. I øjeblikket er Korea and grew up in California. She is the hun assisterende dirigent for den anerkendte Assistant Conductor of the Tonhalle Orchestra Paavo Järvi hos Tonhalle Orkestret i Zürich. Zürich under Maestro Paavo Järvi and Samtidig er hun leder af Wiedikon Orkestret also Music Director of the Orchesterverein i Østrig og Skt. Gallen Orkestret i Schweiz. Wiedikon and the University of St. Gallen Som gæstedirigent har Holly Hyun Choe Alumni Symphony Orchestra. As a guest bl.a. besøgt Reflektor Ensemblet på Frankfurt conductor, she has led the Ensemble Reflektor Operaen, Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester at the Alte Oper Frankfurt, Sønderjyllands og Collegium Musicum i Basel. Hendes Symfoniorkester, Musikkollegium Winterthur, dirigentuddannelse kommer fra konservatoriet and Collegium Musicum Basel. Last year she i Zürich, og hun har modtaget flere store received a “Career Assistance Award” from legater, bl.a. den såkaldte Career Assisting the Solti Foundation in the USA. She is a Award fra Solti Stiftelsen i USA. scholarship Award Recipient of the Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship and a Conductor Mentee in the Peter Eötvös Foundation Mentoring Program. She holds a master’s from the Zürich University of the Arts under the guidance of Professor Schlaefli.

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Junping Qian

• Kina/China • 31 år/age 31

Junping Qian er uddannet ved Curtis Conductor Junping Qian just completed Institute of Music og på Hanns Eisler his second year as Assistant Conductor of Konservatoriet i Berlin, og hans lærere the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and omfatter Daniel Harding, Sir Roger is a Visiting Faculty member at the Royal Norrington og danske Thomas Søndergård. Conservatoire of Scotland. Junping won First Siden sin europæiske debut på Verbier Prize of the 2017 Bucharest International Festivalen i 2012 har Junping Qian dirigeret Conducting Competition, the 3rd Prize and the koncerter på fire kontinenter med orkestre Orchestra Prize in 7th Edition of Lovro Matacic som Berlins Konzerthaus Orkester, Ungarns Competition in Zagreb. He graduated from Statsopera, Det Kgl. Skotske Nationalorkester, the Curtis Institute of Music and Hochschule für Shanghai Filharmonikerne og Calgary Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin. Since making his Filharmonikerne. Han har lige afsluttet sit debut in the Verbier Festival in 2012, Junping andet år som assisterende dirigent for Det has conducted concerts with orchestras such Kgl. Skotske Nationalorkester og er såkaldt as Konzerthausorchester Berlin, State Opera Visiting Faculty Member ved Skotlands Kgl. Hungary, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Musikkonservatorium. Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, SODRE Orchestra Montevideo a.o.

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Linhan Cui

• Kina/China • 27 år/age 27

Linhan Cui fra Kina har været tilknyttet Linhan Cui Served as a conducting Fellow Baltimore Symfonikerne som dirigentassistent to the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in siden 2019. Hun færdiggjorde sin Master’s 2019. She completed her master’s degree Degree fra konservatoriet i Peabody, hvor from Peabody Conservatory, where she hun studerede hos den kendte amerikanske studied with Marin Alsop. She has conducted dirigent Marin Alsop. Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Xinghai Linhan Chui har dirigeret Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and took a masterclass Symfonikerne og Xinghai Symfonikerne with National Symphony Orchestra. She og deltaget i en masterclass med Kinas is pursuing a Doctoral degree at Indiana Nationale Symfoniorkester. I øjeblikket er hun University. ved at tage en doktorgrad på universitetet i Indiana.

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Maurice Cohn

• USA • 26 år/age 26

Maurice Cohn er uddannet som A 2020 recipient of the Solti Foundation U.S. orkesterdirigent fra Eastman School of Career Assistance Award, Maurice Cohn is Music i New York og som cellist fra Oberlin Music Director of the New Horizons Orchestra Konservatoriet i Ohio. Han har også and Assistant Conductor of the Eastman studeret matematik og fysik på universitetet i Philharmonia. He was also a 2019 fellow at Oberlin. I 2020 modtog han Solti Stiftelsens the Aspen Music Festival, where he received særlige karrierelegat, og i 2019 modtog han the Robert J. Harth Conductor Prize and an Robert J. Harth Dirigentprisen ved Aspen invitation to return in 2021. Maurice regularly Musikfestival, som inviterede ham til at vende conducts the Chicago-based contemporary tilbage til festivalen i 2021. Han dirigerer ensemble Zafa Collective and the OSSIA jævnligt det Chicago-baserede ensemble Zafa New Music Ensemble. He was Assistant Collective og OSSIA Ensemblet, som begge Conductor of the National Music Festival for er specialiserede i ny musik. Cohn er desuden two seasons and the co-Artistic Director of the kunstnerisk co-leder af Arts@Ascension Arts@Ascension Music Festival. Maurice holds Festivalen, ligesom han har været assisteren- an M.M. in conducting from the Eastman de dirigent ved National Music Festival i to School of Music, a B.M. in cello performance sæsoner. from Oberlin Conservatory, and a B.A. from Oberlin College, where he studied history and mathematics.

33 Malko Competition 2021 DR Symfoniorkestret/ Danish National Symphony Orchestra

DR Symfoniorkestret har været DR’s The Danish National Symphony musikalske flagskib siden grundlæggelsen Orchestra has been DR’s musical flagship i 1925, og i dag er orkestret i international since its foundation in 1925, and today the klasse med Fabio Luisi som chefdirigent. Hvert orchestra is in the international class with Fabio år oplever mere end 100.000 musikelskere Luisi as chief conductor. Each year more than DR Symfoniorkestret live – først og fremmest 100,000 music lovers experience the Danish i DR Koncerthuset, men også på orkestrets National Symphony Orchestra live – first and årlige udlandsturné, hvor de spiller i nogle af foremost at the DR Concert Hall, but also on verdens fineste koncertsale. De seneste år har the orchestra’s annual tour abroad, when they DR Symfoniorkestret bl.a. optrådt i Suntory play in some of the world’s finest concert halls. Hall i Tokyo, Musikverein i Wien og Carnegie In recent years the Danish National Symphony Hall i New York. Sammen med Fabio Luisi er Orchestra has appeared for example at DR Symfoniorkestret i gang med at indspille Tokyo’s Suntory Hall, the Musikverein in alle Carl Nielsens symfonier for det berømte Vienna, and in Carnegie Hall, New York. pladeselskab Deutsche Grammophon med The Danish National Symphony Orchestra is international udgivelse i 2022. currently recording Carl Nielsen’s complete symphonies for release on the legendary Deutsche Grammophon label in 2022.

Johannes Søe Hansen, violin Solist i 3. runde er Johannes Søe Hansen (f. 1965), der siden 1993 har været koncertmester i DR Symfoniorkestret. Soloist in the 3rd round is Johannes Søe Hansen (b. 1965), concertmaster in the Danish National Symphony Orchestra since (Photo: Per Morten Abrahamsen) 1993. 34 Malko Competition 2021 Jury/Jury

Fabio Luisi Chairman of the jury Chief Conductor, Danish National Symphony Orchestra (Photo: Barbara Luisi)

Mei-Ann Chen Pamela Rosenberg Conductor, Music Director, Cultural Consultant and Chicago Sinfonietta & Chief former Artistic Director, Conductor, Austria’s Recreation Berlin Philharmonic Grosses Orchester Graz Orchestra

Martin Menking Gunvor Sihm Cellist, Berlin Philharmonic Violinist, Danish National Orchestra Symphony Orchestra (Photo: Stephan Röhl) (Photo: Per Morten Abrahamsen)

Arna Kristín Einarsdóttír Henning Hansen Managing Director, French Hornist, Danish NAC Orchestra Canada National Symphony Orchestra (Photo: Per Morten Abrahamsen)

Elise Båtnes Kim Bohr Violinist, 1st Concert Master, Chief Executive and Artistic Oslo Philharmonic Director, Danish National Symphony Orchestra (Photo: Agnete Schlichtkrull)

Johannes Neubert Per Magid Délégué général de Moderator l’Orchestre National de France (Photo: Steen Brogaard) (Photo: Christophe Abramowitz)

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Anna Rakitina modtager Børnejuryens pris 2018/Anna Rakitina receives the Children’s Jury Prize 2018. (Photo: Agnete Schlichtkrull)

Lær at dirigere – Malko for børn er How to conduct – Malko for children et nyt digitalt undervisningsmateriale, der is a brand new digital educational program skal skærpe børns nysgerrighed omkring for children, which is developed to create det at dirigere. I fem videoer følger vi de to curiosity on conducting. In five videos we Malko Dirigentskole-studerende, Johanne follow two students of the Malko Academy og Adam, når de kaster sig ud i at dirigere conducting Tchaikovsky with the youth Tjajkovskij med ungdomssymfoniorkestret, orchestra Dusika. This year we have children Dusika. Børnene bliver herigennem bevidste participating in a special Malko workshop om dirigentens rolle og udtryksmuligheder, where they try to conduct a small classical og de får de første redskaber til selv at kaste ensemble. The children get to know the sig ud i at dirigere. I forbindelse med Malko role of the conductor and the possibilities of Konkurrencen 2021, vil en skoleklasse deltage expression and they get the first tools for trying i en særlig workshop, hvor de bl.a. skal to conduct themselves. The pupils follow the dirigere et mindre ensemble. Eleverne følger Malko Competition closely and vote after the Malko Konkurrencen tæt og stemmer efter Semi Final to decide the Children’s Jury Prize. semifinalen om hvilken kandidat, der skal modtage ”Børnejuryens pris”.

36 Malko Competition 2021 Malko Dirigentskolen/ Malko Academy for Young Conductors

The Malko Academy for Young Conductors was founded by DR’s Choirs and Orchestras in 2016 as an intensive talent development programme where some of the most talented of the country’s young musicians between the ages of 16 and 25 can gain a solid education in the basic skills of conducting and the opportunity to test their potential by conducting a professional choir and orchestra. DR, with more than 250 annual concerts, workshops, etc. – with everything from symphony orchestra via big band to choirs Masterclass med Herbert Blomstedt, april 2021. Masterclass with Herbert Blomstedt, April 2021. for children and for adults – is the obvious (Photo: Per Morten Abrahamsen) home base for the academy, and the hope Malko Dirigentskolen blev stiftet af is that students from The Malko Academy for DR’s kor og orkestre i 2016 som et intensivt Young Conductors will reinvest their talent and talentudviklingsprogram, hvor nogle af musical knowledge in Danish musical life as landets mest begavede unge musikere mellem qualified conductors. The academy’s long- 16 og 25 år får en solid grunduddannelse term vision is that the most prestigious Danish i dirigentfaget og mulighed for at prøve conductors of future generations have started kræfter med at dirigere et professionelt kor their career at The Malko Academy for Young og orkester. DR er med over 250 årlige Conductors. koncerter, workshops osv. med alt fra symfoniorkester over bigband til børne- og voksenkor det oplagte hjemsted for skolen og håbet er, at eleverne fra Malko Dirigentskolen med tiden vil give deres talent og musikalske viden tilbage til dansk musikliv som kvalificerede dirigenter. Skolens langsigtede vision er, at kommende generationers største danske dirigenter har startet deres bane i Malko Dirigentskolen.

Malko Dirigentskoleeleverne & dirigent/mentor Ole Faurschou/ Malko Academy-students with conductor/mentor Ole Faurschou malkocompetition.dk/academy (Photo: Per Morten Abrahamsen) 37 Malko Competition 2021 DR Symfoniorkestret/ Danish National Symphony Orchestra

Violin 1 Bratsch Fløjte Christina Åstrand Michael Grolid Ulla Miilmann Johannes Søe Hansen Dmitri Golovanov Vacant Soo-Jin Hong Claus Myrup Mikael Beier Vacant Gunnar Lychou Russell Itani Elna Carr Carina Andersson Jan Rohard Kristian Fogh Obo Anders Fog-Nielsen Astrid Christensen Eva Steinaa Helle Hanskov Palm Katrine Bundgaard Kristine Vestergaard Per Friman Anne Soren Ulrich Ortmann Sarah McClelland Katarzyna Bugala Sven Buller Tine Rudloff StineHasbirk Sabine Bretschneider-Jochumsen Alexander Butz Klarinet Sophia Bæk Magda Stevensson Johnny Sabatier Teyssier Trine Yang Møller Pedro Franco Lopez Runi Bæk Cello Klaus Tönshoff Patricia Mia Andersen Henrik Dam Thomsen Søren Elbo Monika Malmquist Egholm Soo-Kyung Hong Anna Zelianodjevo Carsten Tagmose Fagot Johanna Qvamme Vanja Louro Audun Halvorsen Kern Westerberg Birgitte Øland Sebastian Stevensson Johan Krarup Dorte Bennike Violin 2 Peter Morrison Aksel Trige Teresa La Cour Louisa Schwab Gunvor Sihm Richard Krug Horn Vacant Chul-Geun Park Lasse Mauritzen Bodil Kuhlmann Cansin Kara Vakant Julie Meile Dominika Piwkowska Line Most Kontrabas Oscar Lejonklo Marianne Bindel Joel González Henning Hansen Morten Dulong Vacant Jakob Arnholtz Anne Marie Kjærulff Einars Everss Andrea Rebekka Alsted Michal Stadnicki Hedvig Oftedahl Vivanco Michael Dabelsteen Jonida Tafilaj Henrik Schou Kristensen Stanislav Zakrjevski Gerrit Mylius Christian Ellegaard Ditlev Damkjær Benedikte Pontoppidan Thyssen Mads Lundahl Kristensen Ida Balslev 38 Malko Competition 2021

Trompet Tuba Klaver/orgel Michael Frank Møller Thomas Røisland Per Salo Laszlo Molnar Karl Husum Pauker Harpe Andreas Jul Nielsen René Mathiesen Zachary Hatcher Niccola Carrara Basun Lars Karlin Slagtøj Marek Adam Stolarczyk Gert Sørensen Brian Bindner Jakob Weber Egholm Thomas Dahlkvist

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Chef for DR Koncerthuset, Den levende musik & DR’s koncertvirksomhed er støttet at bl.a. P2/P5/P8 – Kim Bohr – A.P. MØLLER OG HUSTRU CHASTINE Chef for DR Symfoniorkestret udvikling og drift – MC-KINNEY MØLLERS FOND TIL ALMENE Jakob Holtze FORMAAL Repertoirechef – Tatjana Kandel – DEN A.P. MØLLERSKE STØTTEFOND Projektleder – Marie Rørbech – AAGE OG JOHANNE LOUIS-HANSENS FOND Orkesterproducent – Søren Bondo Østergaard – AUGUSTINUS FONDEN Producer – Morten Mogensen – CARL NIELSEN OG ANNE MARIE CARL- Musikteknik – Mikkel Nymand NIELSENS LEGAT Produktionsleder – Jakob Helmer Mørck – KNUD HØJGAARDS FOND PR & kommunikation – Cecilie Rosenmeier – WILHELM HANSEN FONDEN Redaktion – Helle Kristensen – BECKETT-FONDEN Forsidefoto – Per Morten Abrahamsen – KONSUL GEORGE JORCK OG HUSTRU EMMA – Design – DR Design JORCK’S FOND Tryk – DR Tryk – WILLIAM DEMANT FONDEN – NORDEA-FONDEN – STATENS KUNSTFOND

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Anna R. Kinman arbejder både med Anna R. Kinman works with both skulptur og musik og udtaler om begge sculpture and music and says of the significance of kunstarters betydning for hende: ”Mellem de both arts for her: “Between the two arts there are to kunstarter er der ingen modsætninger, men no contradictions, but lines and motion, rhythm and linjer og bevægelser, rytme og puls. De er begge pulse. They are both expressions of life – abstract or udtryk for liv – abstrakt eller konkret. Musik concrete. Music is built up of subtle variables which består af subtile variabler, som med præcision play together with precision and create complexity. spiller sammen og skaber kompleksitet. De bliver They only become interesting when they are given først interessante, når de får et klart udtryk. Der clear expression. The same applies when I express gælder det samme, når jeg udtrykker mig visuelt i myself visually in art. Weight, lightness, rhythm and kunsten. Tyngde, lethed, rytme og puls – de er alle pulse. It is all there when we breathe. The specific til stede, når vi trækker vejret. Malko-statuettens form and expression of the Malko statuette are an konkrete form og udtryk er et forsøg på at fange attempt to capture the mental presence, nerve and koncertøjeblikkets mentale nærvær, nerve og intensity of the concert moment”. intensitet.” Anna R. Kinman (b. 1973) holds Master degrees Anna R. Kinman (f. 1973) har Mastergrader i in Music Performance and Music Education (viola). musik og musikpædagogik (bratsch). Siden 2002 Since 2002 she has also made sculptural art for har hun også lavet skulpturer til udstillinger, exhibitions, public places and items for restaurants offentlige pladser og porcelæn til restauranter. awarded with Michelin stars. www.annarkinman.se www.annarkinman.se

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