Giudo Cantelli International Conducting Award Anounces 18 Finalists

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 {…}

Honorary Artistic Committee Added to Guido Cantelli International Conducting Competition

(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, {…}