Maazel-Vilar Conductors' Competition

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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June 03, 2002

SIX NAMED TO INITIAL GROUP OF FINALISTS IN MAAZEL/VILAR CONDUCTORS’ COMPETITION

Field to be completed in August following final regional round in Sydney, Australia.

NEW YORK, NY — The Maazel/Vilar Conductors’ Competition is pleased to announce that six conductors have been invited to participate in the final round of its inaugural Competition, which will take place in New York at Carnegie Hall with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, September 23 through 28, 2002.

The six finalists were chosen from the 48 conductors who participated in extensive auditions during five regional rounds, held over the past eight months in Tokyo, Japan; Bloomington, Indiana; Krakow, Poland; London, England; and São Paulo, Brazil. The selection was made by Maestro Lorin Maazel, working in close consultation with the colleagues who joined him to comprise the regional round juries.

The six finalists announced today are:

· Joana Carneiro, 25, from Portugal
· Gustavo Dudamel, 21, from Venezuela
· Joji Hattori, 32, from Japan
· Manfred Hermann Lehner, 30, from Germany
· Natalia Luis-Bassa, 35, from Venezuela
· Xian Zhang, 28, from China.

Because of the extended timetable of the Competition’s regional auditions, two (or more) additional finalists will be named following a sixth round in Sydney, Australia, in August.

Further details about the schedule and repertoire for the final round in New York will be announced shortly.