Jury

Dennis Russell Davies

President of the Jury - Associate Conductor at the Festival (US)

Steven Sloane

Conductor (US)

Jean-Francois Verdier

Music Director Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté (FR)

Jorge Rotter

Conductor (AG)

Dante Santiago Anzolini

Conductor

Catherine Simonpietri

Choirmaster

Fabienne Voisin

Director

Candidates

Jonathon Heyward won the Grand Prix 2015

The American Jonathon Heyward (23 years) won tonight the Grand Prix of the 54th International Competition for Young Conductors in Besançon, conducting pieces of John Adams, Guillaume Connesson (world premiere) and Johannes Brahms.
The young American seduced technically and emotionally the Jury chaired by Dennis Russell Davies. Jury took into account all the rounds since the 1/8 finals.

The « Public favorite prize » and the « Orchestra favorite prize » rewarded the Japanese Yukari Saito (32 years).

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Preliminaries

Final