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Guido Cantelli International Conducting Competition Announces 2026 Dates

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The “Guido Cantelli” International Conducting Competition is set to celebrate its 14th edition, in a year of particular significance as this year marks the seventieth anniversary of the death of the famed conductor from Novara. Applications for the international competition opened on Feb. 24 and will remain available until April 30. Conductors of any nationality aged between 18 and 35 {…}

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‘Guido Cantelli’ International Conducting Award Winners Announced

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On Oct. 6, Min Gyu Song was named the winner of the prestigious “Guido Cantelli” International Conducting Award. The competition was organized by the Fondazione Teatro Carlo Coccia of Novara, in collaboration with the City of Novara, the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano, and the Università del Piemonte Orientale, with the support of the MIC (Ministry of Culture), and under the {…}

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Guido Cantelli Conducting Award Announces 2024 Competition

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The “Guido Cantelli” International Conducting Award in Novara has announced its 2024 edition. The competition is one of the most prestigious international competitions that has seen such winners as Riccardo Muti, Eliahu Inbal, Ádám Fischer, Hubert Soudant, and Donato Renzetti. Applications for the competition will be open on Feb. 26 and April 15, 2024, and conductors of all nationalities, aged {…}

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Honorary Artistic Committee Added to Guido Cantelli International Conducting Competition

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(Credit: Todd Rosenberg Photography/Christian-Nielinger) A new Honorary Artistic Committee has been added to the jurors of the “Guido Cantelli” International Conducting Competition. The Members of the Honorary Committee will be made up of winners from the competition’s past editions. Among them are Riccardo Muti, who won in 1967 when he was only twenty-six, Israeli conductor Eliahu Inbal, prized in 1963, {…}

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Guido Cantelli International Conducting Competition to Make Comeback in 2020

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After a 40-year absence, the “Guido Cantelli” International Conducting Competition is making a major return in 2020. The 11th edition of the competition is set to celebrate the 100th birthday of the famed conductor who was born in Novara on April 27, 1920. The competition, which is set to kick off  its application process between March 1 and April 30, {…}

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Giudo Cantelli International Conducting Award Anounces 18 Finalists

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The “Guido Cantelli” International Conducting Award in Novara has announced the 18 finalists, selected from among the 241 candidates. The selected conductors come from four continents and represent 15 different countries: Italy, Russia, Colombia, Great Britain, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Sweden, Germany, Spain, Brazil, the United States, Israel, South Korea, Peru and Australia. The finalists are Sergey Akimov (Russia), Sebastian Almanzar {…}

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Giovanni Conti Named Kapellmeister at Deutsche Oper Berlin

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Giovanni Conti has been named Kapellmeister at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. He will assume the position during the 2026-27 season.  Conti is a prize winner at the 13th edition of the Premio Guido Cantelli and first prize at the CAMPUS Dirigieren competition. He has taken masterclasses with Riccardo Muti and Daniele Gatti and has conducted with the Theater Krefeld-Mönchengladbach where {…}

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Interview: Legendary Tenor Luigi Alva On His Major Career Moments & Maria Callas

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He has sung in practically every major opera house in the world. Specializing in the roles of Rossini, Mozart, and Donizetti, his career at the Metropolitan alone has garnished over one hundred performances from his debut in 1964 until his last performance there in 1975. Working with the major singers of this period, including a favorite, Maria Callas, he sang {…}