Jorma Panula Conducting Competition
Encyclopedia
The Jorma Panula Conducting Competition, is a music competition for young European
conductors
in Vaasa
, Finland
.
The first competition, named after the conductor and conducting professor Jorma Panula
, was organized in 1999 with the idea of being a platform for young conductors starting their professional careers. The president of the Jury is Jorma Panula and the jury includes several musicians such as Olari Elts, Karsten Witt and Atso Almila. During the competition the contestants conduct the Sinfonia Finlandia
and the Vaasa City Orchestra.
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
conductors
Conducting
Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. The primary duties of the conductor are to unify performers, set the tempo, execute clear preparations and beats, and to listen critically and shape the sound of the ensemble...
in Vaasa
Vaasa
Vaasa is a city on the west coast of Finland. It received its charter in 1606, during the reign of Charles IX of Sweden and is named after the Royal House of Vasa...
, Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
.
History
The first competition, named after the conductor and conducting professor Jorma Panula
Jorma Panula
Jorma Panula is a Finnish conductor, composer, and professor of conducting.Panula is a graduate of the Sibelius Academy, where he studied the organ, church music and conducting...
, was organized in 1999 with the idea of being a platform for young conductors starting their professional careers. The president of the Jury is Jorma Panula and the jury includes several musicians such as Olari Elts, Karsten Witt and Atso Almila. During the competition the contestants conduct the Sinfonia Finlandia
Sinfonia Finlandia
The Sinfonia Finlandia is an orchestra in Finland. Its current music director is Patrick Gallois. Sinfonia Finlandia was the first to record Einojuhani Rautavaara's Aleksis Kivi. Their first recording for Naxos Records was the first-five numbered symphonies by Joseph Haydn.-External links:* in...
and the Vaasa City Orchestra.
Winners
- 2006 First Prize: Vytautas Lukocius. Second Prize: Sylvain Gasançon.
- 2003 First Prize: Eeva Ollikainen. Second Prize: Lilyan Kaiv.
- 1999 First Prize: Olari EltsOlari EltsOlari Elts is an Estonian Conductor. He was the principal conductor of the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra from 2001 to 2006...
. Second Prize: Tibor Bogányi.