2008-2020
Kazem Abdullah
Christopher Allen
Yaniv Attar
Ankush Kumar Bahl
Daniel Black
Karina Canellakis
Gene Chang
Tiffany Chang
Holly Choe
Yuga Cohler
Maurice Cohn
Connor Gray Covington
Roderick Cox
Andrew Crust
Yaniv Dinur
James Feddeck
Kevin Fitzgerald
Joshua Gersen
Lina Gonzalez Granados
Keitaro Harada
Nicolas Hersh
Jonathon Heyward
Christopher Hill
Joshua Hong
Sarah Jobin
Jacob Joyce
Roger Kalia
Matthew Kasper
Farkhad Khudyev
Vladimir Kulenovic
Kelly Kuo
Shizuo Z. Kuwahara
Francesco Lecce-Chong
Christopher James Lees
Benjamin Manis
Michelle Merrill
Lee Mills
Stephen Mulligan
Gemma New
Sean Newhouse
Sameer Patel
Michael Repper
Stephanie Rhodes Russell
Carlos César Rodríguez
Stefano Sarzani
Case Scaglione
Ward Stare
Kensho Watanabe
Joshua Weilerstein
Lidiya Yankovskaya
Joseph Young
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2020 Awardees
Tiffany Chang
Visiting Assistant Professor of Conducting, artist faculty, Oberlin Conservatory and Assistant Professor, Berklee College of Music. Read more…
Holly Choe
Music Director, Orchesterverein Wiedikon, Music Director, University of St. Gallen Alumni Symphony Orchestra. Read more…
Maurice Cohn
Music Director, New Horizons Orchestra, and Assistant Conductor, Eastman School Symphony Orchestra. Read more…
Conner Gray Covington
Associate Conductor, Utah Symphony and Principal Conductor, Deer Valley Music Festival. Read more…
Andrew Crust
Associate Conductor, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. Read more…
Kevin Fitzgerald
Assistant Conductor, Alabama Symphony Orchestra. Read more…
Lina Gonzalez-Granados
Solti Conducting Apprentice, Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Recipient of the 2021 Sphinx Medal of Excellence. Read more…
Keitaro Harada
Music and Artistic Director of the Savannah Philharmonic and Associate Conductor of the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra. Read more…
Jonathon Heyward
Chief Conductor Designate, Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie. Read more…
Joshua Hong
Music Director, Campanile Orchestra. Read more…
Jacob Joyce
Associate Conductor, Indianapolis Symphony. Read more…
Roger Kalia
Music Director, Evansville Symphony Orchestra and Symphony NH; Music Director and co-founder, Lake George Music Festival. Read more…
Matthew Kasper
Resident Conductor, The Phoenix Symphony and Artistic Director, Phoenix Youth Symphony. Read more…
Lee Mills
Associate Conductor, Seattle Symphony. Read more…
Stephen Mulligan
Associate Conductor, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Music Director, Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra. Read more…
Gemma New
Music Director, Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, Resident Conductor, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra; Principal Guest Conductor, Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Read more…
Michael Repper
Music Director, New York Youth Symphony and Northern Neck Orchestra of Virginia. Read more…
Stefano Sarzani
International guest conductor. Musical staff, Lyric Opera of Chicago since 2018. Read more…
Kensho Watanabe
International guest conductor. Read more…
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2019 Awardees
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Benjamin Manis
Conner Gray Covington
Aram Demirjian
Joshua Hong
Stilian Kirov
Lee Mills
Gemma New
Stephanie Rhodes Russell
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Benjamin Manis
Appointed Resident Conductor of the Houston Grand Opera beginning September 2019Read more…
Stephanie Rhodes Russell
International guest conductor. Musical staff, Lyric Opera of Chicago since 2018. Read more…
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2018 Awardees
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Daniel Black
Roger Kalia
Stilian Kirov
Farkhad Khudyev
Stephen Mulligan
Sameer Patel
Lidiya Yankovskaya
Stefano Sarzani
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Daniel Black
AssociateConductor of the Florida Orchestra, 2019-20 season. Read more…
Farkhad Khudyev
Music Director, University of Texas Symphony Orchestra. Read more…
Sameer Patel
Associate Conductor of the Sun Valley Music Festival and former Associate Conductor of the San Diego Symphony. Read more…
Lidiya Yankovskaya
Music Director of Chicago Opera Theater. Read more…
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2017 Awardees
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Roderick Cox
Conner Gray Covington
Aram Demirjian
Roger Kalia
Stilian Kirov
Lee Mills
Gemma New
Sameer Patel
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Roderick Cox
Winner of the 2018 Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award. Read more…
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2016 Awardees
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Christopher Allen
Ankush Kumar Bahl
Daniel Black
Gene Chang
Yaniv Dinur
Joshua Gersen
Keitaro Harada
Stilian Kirov
Michelle Merrill
Lee Mills
Sameer Patel
Stefano Sarzani
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Christopher Allen
Winner of the 2017 Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award. Read more…
Ankush Kumar Bahl
Music Director Designate of the Omaha Symphony, summer of 2021. Read more…
Gene Chang
Assistant and Associate Conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra from 2015 to 2019. Read more…
Yaniv Dinur
Winner of the 2019 Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award. Read more…
Joshua Gersen
Former Assistant Conductor of the New York Philharmonic. Read more…
Michelle Merrill
Music Director of the Coastal Symphony of Georgia and former Associate Conductor of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Read more…
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2015 Awardees
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Ankush Kumar Bahl
Daniel Black
Karina Canellakis
Yuga Cohler
Joshua Gersen
Keitaro Harada
Nicolas Hersh
Joseph Young
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Kazem Abdullah
Music and Artistic Director of the City of Aachen, Germany from 2012 to 2017. Read more…
Karina Canellakis
Winner of the 2016 Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award. Read more…
Yuga Cohler
Music director of the Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra. Read more…
Nicolas Hersh
Associate Conductor of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Read more…
Joseph Young
Music Director of the Berkeley Symphony. Read more…
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2014 Awardees
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Yaniv Attar
Conner Gray Covington
Keitaro Harada
Vladimir Kulenovic
Shizuo Z. Kuwahara
Lee Mills
Joseph Young
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Yaniv Attar
Music Director, Pennsylvania Chamber Orchestra and Bellingham Symphony Orchestra. Read more…
Vladimir Kulenovic
Winner of the 2015 Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award.Read more…
Shizuo Z. Kuwahara
Principal guest conductor of the Mariinsky Theatre, Primorsky Stage. Read more…
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2013 Awardees
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Ankush Kumar Bahl
Roger Kalia
Vladimir Kulenovic
Christopher James Lees
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Christopher James Lees
Resident Conductor of the Charlotte Symphony since 2018. Read more…
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2012 Awardees
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Yaniv Attar
Nicolas Hersh
Vladimir Kulenovic
Francesco Lecce-Chong
Joshua Weilerstein
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Francesco Lecce-Chong
Music Director, Eugene Symphony and Santa Rosa Symphony. Read more…
Joshua Weilerstein
Artistic Director of the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne. Read more…
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2011 Awardees
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Ankush Kumar Bahl
Sean Newhouse
Ward Stare
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Sean Newhouse
Former Associate Conductor of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. Read more…
Ward Stare
Music Director of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra since 2014. Read more…
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2010 Awardees
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Kazem Abdullah
Yaniv Attar
Christopher Hill
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2009 Awardees
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James Feddeck
Kelly Kuo
Case Scaglione
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James Feddeck
Winner of the 2013 Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award. Read more…
Kelly Kuo
Artistic Director of Oregon Mozart Players and resident pianist for the Zenith Chamber Music Festival. Read more…
Case Scaglione
Winner of the 2011 Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award. Read more…
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2008 Awardees
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Sarah Jobin
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Sarah Jobin
Artistic Director of the Center for Contemporary Opera in New York. Read more…
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