September 29, 2002
Bundit Ungrangsee and Xian Zhang named first Laureates of the Maazel/Vilar Conductors’ Competition
September 24, 2002
FOUR FINALISTS CHOSEN TO CONDUCT FINAL COMPETITION CONCERTS
September 22, 2002
COMPETITION FINALS BEGIN MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23
August 28, 2002
EIGHT FINALISTS NAMED FOLLOWING COMPLETION OF SIXTH REGIONAL ROUND IN SYDNEY
June 24, 2002
JURY FOR FINAL ROUND OF COMPETITION ANNOUNCED
June 03, 2002
SIX NAMED TO INITIAL GROUP OF FINALISTS IN MAAZEL/VILAR CONDUCTORS’ COMPETITION
April 18, 2002
SOUTH AMERICAN ROUND TO BE HELD APRIL 26-28 IN SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL
January 22, 2002
TEN PARTICIPANTS INVITED TO WESTERN EUROPEAN ROUND AT LONDON'S ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC
December 13, 2001
TEN YOUNG MUSICIANS INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN CENTRAL/EASTERN EUROPEAN REGIONAL ROUND
December 12, 2001
UPDATE ON THE SELECTION OF FINALISTS
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| September 29, 2002 BUNDIT UNGRANGSEE AND XIAN ZHANG NAMED FIRST LAUREATES OF THE MAAZEL/VILAR CONDUCTORS’ COMPETITION
Awards announced following two final concerts at Carnegie Hall |
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NEW YORK, NY—The Maazel/Vilar Conductors’ Competition is proud to announce that Bundit Ungrangsee (age 31, from Thailand) and Xian Zhang (age 28, from China) were chosen last night by the jury as the Laureates of its inaugural Competition. An equal prize was awarded to both Mr. Ungrangsee and Ms. Zhang, including a post-Competition period of mentorship with Maestro Lorin Maazel and others, a select number of professional engagements to be arranged by the Competition, and a cash stipend of $45,000, payable over the next two years. In a post-concert ceremony on the stage of Carnegie Hall, the two Laureates were presented with an initial award check for $15,000 and a watch courtesy of Rolex USA.
The Competition jury also honored the two other finalists, Joji Hattori (age 32, from Japan) and Natalia Luis-Bassa (age 35, from Venezuela), as Lincoln Maazel Fellows of the Maazel/Vilar Conductors’ Competition. Named in honor of Maestro Maazel’s father, the fellowship carries mentoring opportunities for the Competition finalists and a cash award of $7500. Earlier in the week, the jury chose to recognize a fifth conductor, Joana Carneiro from Portugal, for demonstrating a level of potential that holds great promise for her future career. Ms. Carneiro was invited to conduct the Prelude to Act III of Richard Wagner’s opera Lohengrin, which was added to the September 27 program.
Maestro Maazel — joined on the stage by his eight fellow jurors, the four finalists, and Alberto Vilar, the co-founder of the Competition — made the announcement of the Competition’s winners after a brief, final deliberation with the jury. The ceremony followed the second of two programs conducted by the finalists with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, which served as the orchestra for the Competition’s final round, September 23-28, 2002. Eight conductors chosen during six regional rounds over the last year began the week at Carnegie Hall. The four finalists were selected following two days of preliminary rehearsals of music by Sibelius.
The jury for the final round, present at all 12 sessions during the week, comprised Kyung-Wha Chung, Glenn Dicterow, Yoichiro Omachi, Krzysztof Penderecki, Janos Starker, Ian Stoutzker, Etienne Vatelot and Marcello Viotti, as well as Maestro Maazel himself.
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