Winners from past Opera Conducting Competition

Winners from our past Opera Conducting Competitions

BLUE DANUBE International Opera Conducting Competition 2011

First Prize: Vinicius KATTAH, Brazil

Second Prize: Anthony GABRIELE, Italy/Australia

Third Prize: Valery KORUNOV, Russian Federation

Jury's Special Prize: Masanori MIKAWA, Japan

The Blue Danube Opera International Opera Conducting Competition 2011 FINALISTS were (in alphabetical order): Anthony GABRIELE/Italy&Australia, Vinicius KATTAH/Brazil, Valery KORUNOV/Russian Federation, Masanori MIKAWA/Japan, Dominique SOURISSE/France, and Mauro VIDONI/Italy.

BLUE DANUBE International Opera Conducting Competition (2009, Inaugural Edition)

First Prize: Marco BONS, Holland

Second Prize: Oleg SOLDATOV, Russia

Third Prize: Koichiro KANNO, Japan

Jury's Special Prize & Orchestra's Prize: Knud JANSEN, Germany

BARTOK International Opera Conducting Competition 2007

First Prize: Naotaka TACHIBANA, Japan

Second Prize: Paul MAUFFRAY, USA

Third Prize: Koichiro KANNO, Japan

Jury's Special Prize: Hebe de CHAMPEAUX, Holland

Orchestra's Prize: Stephen ELLERY, UK

BARTOK International Opera Conducting Competition 2005

First Prize: Didier LUCCHESI, France and Kyosuke MATSUSHITA, Japan

Second Prize (not awarded in 2005)

Third Prize: Hirofumi YOSHIDA, Japan

Jury's Special Prize: Kamio NOBURU, Japan

Orchestra's Prize: John K. ANDREWS, UK