Candidates
in 2026

Professional experience / orchestras conducted

• Luzerner Sinfonieorchester
• Luzerner Theater
• Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz
• WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
• Danish National Orchestra

Awards

• Semifinalist - German Conducting Award 2025
• Quarter-finalist - Malko Competition for Young Conductors 2024
• Semifinalist - Panula International Conducting Competition 2024
• Winner - Dirigierwoche Luzerner Sinfonieorchester 2023
• Scholarship Forum Dirigieren 2021

Studies, training, and courses

• Bachelor and Master in Conducting, Zurich University of Arts
• Bachelor in Conducting, Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg
• Master in Music Theory, Zurich University of Arts
• Accademia Chigiana Masterclass 2023 – Daniele Gatti

Professional experience / orchestras conducted

• The Philadelphia Orchestra
• The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
• The Syracuse Orchestra
• Korea National Symphony Orchestra
• The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

Awards

• 3rd Prize and Orchestra Prize - 2nd KNSO International Conducting Competition
• Career Assistance Award - Solti Foundation U.S. 2023, 2024 & 2025

Studies, training, and courses

• Masters and Doctorate of Music Orchestral Conducting, Eastman School of Music (USA)
• Bachelors of Music Music Composition, University of Southern California Thornton School of Music
• Masterclass with Alan Gilbert and the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, 2024
• Conducting Fellow - Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, Conductors Workshop 2022

Professional experience / orchestras conducted

• Orchestre National de Metz
• Orchestre National de Lille
• Orchestre National de Lyon
• Orchestre National de Cannes
• Lithuanian State Symphony

Awards

• Neeme Järvi Prize - 2025 Gstaad Conducting Academy
• Prix Vever - 2025 Metz National Academy

Studies, training, and courses

• Bachelor and Master Orchestra Conducting, CNSMD Paris 2022–present
• Harmony and Counterpoint, CNSMD Paris
• Diploma Piano and French Horn
• Gstaad Conducting Academy with Jaap van Sweden, Johannes Schlaefli, Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla 2025

Professional experience / orchestras conducted

• BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
• Royal Scottish National Orchestra
• Mozarteumorchester Salzburg
• Korean National Symphony Orchestra
• Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra

Awards

• Winner - Mills Williams Conducting Fellowship Competition RNCM 2025
• RCS Conducting Prize 2025
• 1st Prize - 5th South African Conductors’ Competition 2022

Studies, training, and courses

• Mills Williams Junior Fellow in Conducting, Royal Northern College of Music (UK)
• MMus Conducting, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
• MMus and BMus Piano, Stellenbosch University
• Royal Academy of Music and Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Masterclasses 2023–2025

Professional experience / orchestras conducted

• Los Angeles Philharmonic
• Cyprus Symphony Orchestra
• Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich
• Cracow Chamber Opera
• Cracow Chamber Orchestra Arco Andare

Awards

• 1st Prize - Szeged Conducting Competition 2022
• 1st Prize - Ionel Perlea Conducting Competition 2023
• 1st Prize - CySO Conducting Competition Cyprus 2024
• Best Conductor Award - Wrocław Choral Forum 2022
• Best Conductor Award - Małopolska Wind Orchestra Festival 2023

Studies, training, and courses

• Bachelor and Master in Orchestral Conducting, Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music Kraków
• Bachelor in Viola, Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music Kraków
• Erasmus Studies, University of Music and Performing Arts Graz
• Tonhalle Conductors’ Academy 2024–2025 Paavo Järvi Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich

Professional experience / orchestras conducted

• Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich
• Warsaw Philharmonic
• Polish Radio Orchestra in Warsaw
• Ensemble Ars Nova
• Sinfonietta Cracovia

Awards

• Paavo Järvi Scholarship and Audience Prize - Conductor’s Academy Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich 2024
• Finalist - Donatella Flick Conducting Competition 2025

Studies, training, and courses

• Bachelor and Master of Music, Frederic Chopin University of Music, Warsaw
• Conductor’s Academy Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich with Paavo Järvi 202
• Masterclass for Young Conductors, Peter Eötvös Foundation 2024
• Järvi Academy, Paarnu Music Festival, Estonia, with Paavo Järvi, Neeme Järvi, Kristjan Järvi, Leonid Grin 2024
• Mentorship Program “Academy Pro”, Hashtag Ensemble 2024/2025

Professional experience / orchestras conducted

• London Symphony Orchestra
• Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
• Danish National Symphony Orchestra
• Barcelona Symphony Orchestra and National Orchestra of Catalonia
• Balthasar Neumann Choir & Orchestra
• Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century

Awards

• Ernst von Schuch Prize Winner 2025
• Finalist - Herbert von Karajan Young Conductors Award 2025
• Designated Winner (Finalist) - International Conducting Competition Rotterdam
• Neeme Järvi Prize Winner 2021

Studies, training, and courses

• Master of Arts in Specialized Music Performance, ZHdK
• Bachelor of Arts in Music, Music Academy in Wrocław
• Järvi Conducting Academy (Neeme, Paavo, Kristjan Järvi), Pärnu Music Festival
• Gstaad Festival Conducting Academy, Jaap van Zweden

Professional experience / orchestras conducted

• ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien
• Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich
• Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
• Göttinger Symphonie Orchester
• Jenaer Philharmonie
• Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen
• unitedberlin (new music ensemble)
• MCME (new music ensemble)

Awards

• 2nd Prize and Audience Prize - Premio Paganini Genova 2018
• 2nd Prize - George Enescu International Competition Bucharest 2014

Studies, training, and courses

• Conducting Diploma, University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (MDW)
• Bachelor of Music (HfMT Köln), Master of Arts (Mozarteum Salzburg) and Postgraduate Studies (KUG Graz) in Violin
• Regular lessons with Prof. Georg-Christoph Sandmann, University of Music Dresden
• Courses and masterclasses with Jorma Panula (Panula Academy), Neeme & Paavo Järvi (Pärnu Music Festival), Michail Jurowski & Isaac Karabtchevsky (Musica Riva Festival)

Professional experience / orchestras conducted

• The Dallas Symphony
• The Spokane Symphony
• The Chattanooga Symphony
• The Dallas Opera
• Gstaad Menuhin Festival Orchestra

Awards

• Neeme Järvi Prize - Gstaad Conducting Academy 2025

Studies, training, and courses

• Master of Music in Orchestral Conducting, The Juilliard School (USA)
• Bachelor of Arts in Music, Swarthmore College (USA)
• Gstaad Conducting Academy 2025
• Masterclass with Kammerorchester Basel and Johannes Schlaefli 2023
• Conducting Fellow, National Orchestral Institute 2021

Professional experience / orchestras conducted

• Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
• Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra
• Komische Oper Berlin
• WDR Funkhausorchester Köln
• Korean National Symphony Orchestra

Awards

• 1st Prize, Orchestra Prize and Management Prize - Guido Cantelli Awards 2024
• 2nd Prize - Hiroshima International Conducting Competition 2024
• Orchestra Prize - Erich Bergel Conducting Competition 2022

Studies, training, and courses

• Master of Music in Conducting, Berlin University of the Arts (UdK)
• Bachelor of Music, Detmold University of Music
• Masterclasses with Manfred Honeck, Jaap van Zweden, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Sir Roger Norrington, Osmo Vänskä, Johannes Schlaefli, Antony Hermus

Professional experience / orchestras conducted

• Sofia Philharmonic
• Nova Orchester Wien
• Bratislava Symphony Orchestra
• Washington National Opera Kennedy Center
• Collaboration with the International Bruckner Society for Bruckner 200 (Bruckner Symphony No. 4)

Awards

• Four-time Career Assistance Award - Solti Foundation U.S.
• 1st Prize - The American Prize in Conducting
• Selected by members of the Vienna Philharmonic for the AAF Faber Fellowship of the Salzburg Festival 2021

Studies, training, and courses

• Royal College of Music London
• Music and Arts University of Vienna
• Selected by Riccardo Muti for the Italian Opera Academy, Tokyo Spring Festival 2024
• Aspen Music Festival, Conducting Fellowship
• Cabrillo Festival for Contemporary Music, Conducting Fellowship
• Studied cello with Alexander Boyarsky and Natalia Gutman

Professional experience / orchestras conducted

• Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
• Curtis Symphony Orchestra
• Civic Orchestra of New Haven
• Boston Symphony Orchestra

Awards

• National Winner - American Prize for Composition 2024
• National Winner - American Prize for Conducting 2025
• Robert Shaw Prize for Choral Conducting, Yale
• Margot Fassler Prize in the Performance of Sacred Music, Yale
• Hugh Porter Scholarship, Yale

Studies, training, and courses

• Curtis Institute of Music (USA)
• Tanglewood Music Festival Conducting Fellow 2025 (USA)
• MM Choral Conducting, Yale School of Music (USA)
• BM Piano and Theory & Composition, Westminster Choir College (USA)