Conductors' Academy 2020/21 (Foto: Gaëtan Bally)

You decide: Who Will Win the First Conductors' Academy?

The highlight of this year's Conductors' Academy will take place on the last day: In the closing concert, each individual candidate conducts a piece and can demonstrate the skills he or she has learned. And not only that, the winner of the jury prize will be invited by Paavo Järvi to take part in the Pärnu Music Festival 2021..

So that interested young conductors from all over the world, acquaintances and relatives of the academy members and all Paavo fans in general can be present live, the closing concert will also be broadcast via livestream.

Join Paavo Järvi and watch the Academy participants at work with the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich.
Because you, dear audience, will choose the audience winner after the closing concert. The audience prize is CHF 1'000, sponsored by the Gönnerverein.

The voting is closed. And the winner is...

Subin Kim, 1992, Korea

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Overture to «The Magic Flute» KV 620

Laurent Zufferey, 1993, Switzerland

Claude Debussy: «Première Rhapsodie» for clarinet and orchestra
Johann Strauss (son): «Wein, Weib und Gesang», waltz, Op. 333

Martijn Dendievel, 1995, Belgium

Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90, 1st movement

Charlotte Politi, 1990, Italy

Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90, 2nd movement

Teresa Riveiro Böhm, 1990, Austria

Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90, 3rd movement

Henri Christofer Aavik, 1995, Estonia

Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90, 4th movement

Supported by the Gönnerverein – exclusive project partner
Board and lodging for the academy members supported by Ruth Burkhalter

published: 10.05.2021