2008-2021
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
Nathaniel Efthimiou
James Feddeck
Kevin Fitzgerald
Taichi Fukumura
Joshua Gersen
Lina Gonzalez Granados
Keitaro Harada
Nicolas Hersh
Jonathon Heyward
Christopher Hill
Joshua Hong
Sarah Jobin
Jacob Joyce
Roberto Kalb
Roger Kalia
Matthew Kasper
Farkhad Khudyev
Vladimir Kulenovic
Kelly Kuo
Shizuo Z. Kuwahara
Francesco Lecce-Chong
Earl Lee
Christopher James Lees
Benjamin Manis
Michelle Merrill
Lee Mills
Stephen Mulligan
Gemma New
Sean Newhouse
Vinay Parameswaran
Sameer Patel
Michael Repper
Stephanie Rhodes Russell
Carlos César Rodríguez
Stefano Sarzani
Case Scaglione
Ward Stare
Kensho Watanabe
Joshua Weilerstein
Lidiya Yankovskaya
Joseph Young
2021 Awardees
Founding Music Director of Orchestra Contempo, Assistant Conductor of Boston Civic Symphony, and Cover Conductor of Rhode Island Philharmonic. Read more…
Assistant Conductor of the Alabama Symphony Orchestra and Music Director of the Alabama Symphony Youth Orchestra. Read more…
Founding Music Director of the Accompanietta Orchestra, Director of Orchestras at Merit School of Music, and Cover Conductor for the Chicago Philharmonic. Read more…
Conducting Fellow with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Seattle Symphony; Recipient of the 2021 Sphinx Medal of Excellence. Read more…
Music and Artistic Director of the Savannah Philharmonic and Associate Conductor of the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra. Read more…
Jonathon Heyward
Chief Conductor of the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie and former Assistant Conductor of the Hallé Orchestra. Read more…
Former resident conductor and head of music at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis and cover/assistant conductor for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Read more…
Music Director, Evansville Symphony Orchestra and Symphony NH; Music Director and co-founder, Lake George Music Festival. Read more…
Assistant Conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra; Former Associate Conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Read more…
Associate Conductor or the Seattle Symphony and former Resident Conductor of the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra. Read more…
Associate Conductor of The Cleveland Orchestra and Music Director of the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra. Read more…
Music Director of the New York Youth Symphony and Northern Neck Orchestra of Virginia. Read more…
International guest conductor. Musical staff, Lyric Opera of Chicago since 2018. Read more…
International guest conductor. Assistant Conductor of The Philadelphia Orchestra from 2016 to 2019 Read more…
Founder and Artistic Director of the Refugee Orchestra Project; Music Director of Chicago Opera Theater. Read more…
2020 Awardees
Tiffany Chang
Holly Choe
Maurice Cohn
Conner Gray Covington
Andrew Crust
Kevin Fitzgerald
Lina Gonzalez-Granados
Keitaro Harada
Jonathon Heyward
Joshua Hong
Jacob Joyce
Roger Kalia
Matthew Kasper
Lee Mills
Stephen Mulligan
Gemma New
Michael Repper
Stefano Sarzani
Kensho Watanabe
Visiting Assistant Professor of Conducting, artist faculty, Oberlin Conservatory and Assistant Professor, Berklee College of Music. Read more…
Music Director, Orchesterverein Wiedikon, Music Director, University of St. Gallen Alumni Symphony Orchestra. Read more…
Music Director, New Horizons Orchestra, and Assistant Conductor, Eastman School Symphony Orchestra. Read more…
Associate Conductor, Utah Symphony and Principal Conductor, Deer Valley Music Festival. Read more…
Associate Conductor, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. Read more…
Music Director, Campanile Orchestra. Read more…
Associate Conductor, Indianapolis Symphony. Read more…
Resident Conductor, The Phoenix Symphony and Artistic Director, Phoenix Youth Symphony. Read more…
Associate Conductor, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Music Director, Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra. Read more…
Winner of the 2021 Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award. Read more…
2019 Awardees
Benjamin Manis
Conner Gray Covington
Aram Demirjian
Joshua Hong
Stilian Kirov
Lee Mills
Gemma New
Stephanie Rhodes Russell
Appointed Resident Conductor of the Houston Grand Opera beginning September 2019Read more…
International guest conductor. Musical staff, Lyric Opera of Chicago since 2018. Read more…
2018 Awardees
Daniel Black
Roger Kalia
Stilian Kirov
Farkhad Khudyev
Stephen Mulligan
Sameer Patel
Lidiya Yankovskaya
Stefano Sarzani
AssociateConductor of the Florida Orchestra, 2019-20 season. Read more…
Music Director, University of Texas Symphony Orchestra. Read more…
Associate Conductor of the Sun Valley Music Festival and former Associate Conductor of the San Diego Symphony. Read more…
2017 Awardees
Roderick Cox
Conner Gray Covington
Aram Demirjian
Roger Kalia
Stilian Kirov
Lee Mills
Gemma New
Sameer Patel
2016 Awardees
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
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…
Assistant and Associate Conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra from 2015 to 2019. Read more…
Winner of the 2019 Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award. Read more…
Former Assistant Conductor of the New York Philharmonic. Read more…
Music Director of the Coastal Symphony of Georgia and former Associate Conductor of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Read more…
2015 Awardees
Ankush Kumar Bahl
Daniel Black
Karina Canellakis
Yuga Cohler
Joshua Gersen
Keitaro Harada
Nicolas Hersh
Joseph Young
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…
Music director of the Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra. Read more…
Associate Conductor of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Read more…
Joseph Young
Music Director of the Berkeley Symphony. Read more…
2014 Awardees
Yaniv Attar
Conner Gray Covington
Keitaro Harada
Vladimir Kulenovic
Shizuo Z. Kuwahara
Lee Mills
Joseph Young
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…
Principal guest conductor of the Mariinsky Theatre, Primorsky Stage. Read more…
2013 Awardees
Ankush Kumar Bahl
Roger Kalia
Vladimir Kulenovic
Christopher James Lees
2012 Awardees
Yaniv Attar
Nicolas Hersh
Vladimir Kulenovic
Francesco Lecce-Chong
Joshua Weilerstein
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…
2011 Awardees
Ankush Kumar Bahl
Sean Newhouse
Ward Stare
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…
2010 Awardees
Kazem Abdullah
Yaniv Attar
Christopher Hill
2009 Awardees
James Feddeck
Kelly Kuo
Case Scaglione
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…
2008 Awardees
Sarah Jobin