Ferenc Fricsay Conducting Competition
The International Ferenc Fricsay Conducting Competition, is an international music competition for conductors of all ages, held in Szeged, Hungary.
History
Ferenc Fricsay International Conducting Competition — music competition between conductors academic music, established to honor the legendary Hungarian conductor Ferenc Fricsay, whose international musical career began with a ten-year stint in Szeged.[1]. Held in Szeged (Hungary) every two years starting in 2023.
The competition offers conducting engagements with renowned European orchestras, such as the Baden-Baden Philharmonic, Bern Symphony Orchestra / Bern Opera, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Hungarian National Symphony Orchestra Szeged, Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Leipzig Symphony Orchestra, Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra, Prague Royal Philharmonic, and Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra.
2023
For participation in the competition, 531 applications were received from 61 countries[2][3]. The age of the contestants was not limited, so participants ranged from 20 to 60 years old; The jury, headed by Vasily Petrenko, selected 111 candidates based on video recordings. Four of the best musicians participated in the final. Following a concert where finalists conducted excerpts from works by Johannes Brahms and Béla Bartók, the jury, along with the concertmaster of the Szeged Symphony Orchestra, decided not to award the first prize. The second prize was awarded to Sebastian van Iperen (Netherlands), and the third to Noris Borgodjelli (Italy). Gabriel Hollander (Belgium) and Jorge Vazquez (Mexico) received special prizes[3]. Marta, the daughter of Ferenc Fricsay, who was present at the competition, gifted all finalists a complete collection of her father's recordings: 86 discs, totaling over 100 hours of music. The jury, besides Petrenko, included the leader of the Szeged Symphony Orchestra Sándor Gyüdi and international experts Hermann Bäumer, Konstantin Orbelian, Thomas Sanderling, and Ewa Strusińska.
2025
The II International Ferenc Fricsay Conducting Competition will take place from August 31 to September 7, 2025, in Szeged, Hungary[4]
References
- ↑ A nemzetközi karmesterverseny névadója, a világszerte ünnepelt Fricsay Ferenc Szegeden vált dirigenssé // Szeged.hu, 8.09.2023.
- ↑ Győzteseket hirdettek az I. Nemzetközi Fricsay Ferenc Karmesterversenyen // Fidelio.hu, 13.09.2023.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Sebastiaan Van Yperen lett a szegedi Fricsay-karmesterverseny legjobbja // Kultura.hu, 11.09.2023.
- ↑ II International Ferenc Fricsay Conducting Competition
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