The jury

  • Sir Andrew Davis (Jury chairman), Music director of the Opera of Chicago
  • Michael Jarrell, composer
  • Anne Midgette, Music criticist for the Washington Post
  • David Pickard, Director of the Glyndebourne Festival
  • Michel Tabachnik, Music director of the Brussels philharmonic
  • Fabrizio Ventura, Music director of the Opera of Münster
  • Paul Watkins, music director of the English chamber orchestra

Candidates

Final:

  • Gergely Madaras, Hungary, 27 years old
  • Stamatia Karampin, Greece, 33
  • Yuki Kakiuchi, Japan, 30

 

Semifinal:

  • Hideaki Matsumura, Japan, 30
  • Jamie Phillips, UK, 20
  • Vincent Renaud, France, 33

 

Second Round:

  • Jee Joongbae, South Korea, 29
  • Paul Fitzimon, Australia, 28
  • Emmanuel Calef, France, 33
  • Heejung Park, South Korea, 31

 

First Round:

  • Tomohiro Seyam, Japan, 31
  • Mathieu Romano, France, 27
  • Tung-Chieh Chuang, Taiwan, 29
  • Young-Sun Choi, South Korea, 27
  • Luc Bonnaillie, France, 22
  • Sho Itoh, Japan, 29
  • Tam Gu Lee, South Korea, 25
  • Yuki Tanaka, Japan, 32
  • Yu Sugimoto, Japan, 21

Yuki Kakiuchi, laureate of the Grand Prix 2011

The jury members chose Yuki Kakiuchi (Japan, 30) as laureate of the Grand Prix de Direction of the 52nd International Competition for Young Conductors.

The audience’s prize as been awarded to Stamatia Karampini (Greece).