2008-2022
Kazem Abdullah
Christopher Allen
Yaniv Attar
Ankush Kumar Bahl
Daniel Black
Karina Canellakis
Gene Chang
Tiffany Chang
Holly Choe
Yuga Cohler
Maurice Cohn
Conner Gray Covington
Roderick Cox
Andrew Crust
Yaniv Dinur
Nathaniel Efthimiou
James Feddeck
Kevin Fitzgerald
Taichi Fukumura
Chelsea Gallo
Joshua Gersen
Lina Gonzalez Granados
Keitaro Harada
Nicolas Hersh
Jonathon Heyward
Christopher Hill
Joshua Hong
Sarah Jobin
Jacob Joyce
Robert Kahn
Roberto Kalb
Roger Kalia
Matthew Kasper
Farkhad Khudyev
Stilian Kirov
Vladimir Kulenovic
Kelly Kuo
Shizuo Z. Kuwahara
Francesco Lecce-Chong
Earl Lee
Christopher James Lees
Louis Lohraseb
François López-Ferrer
Benjamin Manis
Michelle Merrill
Lee Mills
Stephen Mulligan
Gemma New
Sean Newhouse
Vinay Parameswaran
Sameer Patel
Tristan Rais-Sherman
Michael Repper
Stephanie Rhodes Russell
Carlos César Rodríguez
Stefano Sarzani
Case Scaglione
Ward Stare
Matthew Straw
William Walker
Kensho Watanabe
Joshua Weilerstein
Dean Whiteside
Lidiya Yankovskaya
Joseph Young
2022 Awardees
Praised for her exceptional artistry, formidable versatility, and unshakeable integrity, Taiwanese-American conductor Tiffany Chang helps musicians feel valued, seen, and fulfilled. Read more…
Assistant Conductor for the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and regular guest conductor with the Chicago-based contemporary ensemble Zafa Collective. Read more…
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…
Assistant Conductor of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, Music Director of the Loyola Symphony Orchestra, and Assistant Conductor of Opera Orlando. Read more…
Music and Artistic Director of the Savannah Philharmonic and Associate Conductor of the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra. Read more…
Cover conductor with the Philadelphia Orchestra on several subscription programs (2021-22 season), and assistant to Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Rotterdam Philharmonic on their European Tour. Read more…
Music Director of the University of Texas Symphony Orchestra and Music Director of the Orchestral Institute at the Hidden Valley Institute of the Arts in Carmel, California. Read more…
Engagements in the 2021-2022 season include debuts with the Komische Oper Berlin and with Semperoper Dresden, as well as a return to Los Angeles Opera as assistant conductor to music director James Conlon. Read more…
Associate Conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony and 2021-22 Dudamel Conducting Fellow with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Read more…
Resident Conductor of the Houston Grand Opera and Associate Conductor of the Utah Symphony (beginning September 2022). Read more…
Former Associate Conductor of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and 2018-19 Dudamel Conducting Fellow with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Read more…
Appointed Conducting Fellow of The Philadelphia Orchestra for the 2022-23 season. Read more…
Music Director of the Ashland Symphony Orchestra, Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, New York Youth Symphony, Northern Neck Orchestra of Virginia, and the Principal Conductor of Sinfonía por el Perú. Read more…
Currently holds the Evan Whallon Conducting Fellowship at the Eastman School of Music where he serves as assistant conductor of the Eastman School Symphony Orchestra. Read more…
Chief Conductor and founder of the Nova Orchester Wien(NOW!), Vienna’s newest professional orchestra. Read more…
Former New World Symphony Conducting Fellow. Founder and director of the Nashville Sinfonietta and winner of the 2018 American Prize in Conducting. Read more…
2021 Awardees
Nathaniel Efthimiou
Kevin Fitzgerald
Taichi Fukumura
Lina Gonzalez-Granados
Keitaro Harada
Jonathon Heyward
Roberto Kalb
Roger Kalia
Earl Lee
Lee Mills
Vinay Parameswaran
Michael Repper
Stefano Sarzani
Kensho Watanabe
Lidiya Yankovskaya
Conducting Fellow with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Seattle Symphony; Recipient of the 2021 Sphinx Medal of Excellence. 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…
Winner of the 2022 Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award. 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…
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
Music Director, Orchesterverein Wiedikon, Music Director, University of St. Gallen Alumni 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…
Winner of the 2021 Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award. Read more…
2019 Awardees
Conner Gray Covington
Aram Demirjian
Joshua Hong
Stilian Kirov
Benjamin Manis
Lee Mills
Gemma New
Stephanie Rhodes Russell
Stilian Kirov
First Prize Winner of the “Debut Berlin” Concert Competition, Stilian Kirov made his debut at the Berlin Philharmonic in 2017. The same year he began his tenure as Music Director of the Illinois Philharmonic and also continues his music directorship with the Bakersfield Symphony in California. Read 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…
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
Kazem Abdullah
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, Artistic Director of Ensembles for the Peabody Conservatory, and Resident Conductor of the National Youth Orchestra–USA at Carnegie Hall. 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
Former Music Director and conductor of the Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra. Read more…
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
Joseph Young