Career Assistance Awards

All applications from The Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award are considered for a Solti Foundation U.S. Career Assistance Award. Applications are reviewed by the Artistic and Awards Committee, comprised of a panel of professionals with broad musical and conducting experience.

Awardees 2006-2026

* Subsequently a recipient of The Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award

Kazem Abdullah (2010, 2015)
Christopher Allen (2016) *
Yaniv Attar (2010, 2012, 2014)
Ankush Kumar Bahl (2011, 2013, 2015, 2016)
Daniel Black (2015, 2016, 2018)
Nathan Blair (2024, 2026)
Elias Brown (2023, 2024) *
Karina Canellakis(2015) *
Gene Chang (2016)
Tiffany Chang (2020, 2022)
Austin Chanu (2023, 2024, 2025)
Holly Hyun Choe (2020) *
Yuga Cohler (2015)
Maurice Cohn (2020, 2022, 2024)
Conner Gray Covington (2014, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2024)
Roderick Cox(2017) *
Andrew Crust (2020)
Aram Demirjian (2017, 2019)
John Devlin (2023)
Yaniv Dinur (2016, 2017) *
Michelle Di Russo (2024, 2025)
Nathaniel Efthimiou (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
James Feddeck (2009) *
Kevin Fitzgerald (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
Stefano Flavoni (2023, 2024, 2025)
Kyrian Friedenberg (2024, 2025)
Taichi Fukumura (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Chelsea Gallo (2022)
Alden Gatt (2025)
Joshua Gersen (2015, 2016)
Lina Gonzalez-Granados (2020, 2021)
Kamna Gupta (2026)
Harris Han (2025, 2026)
Keitaro Harada (2014, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2021, 2022) *
Nicolas Hersh (2012, 2015)
Jonathon Heyward (2020, 2021)
Christopher Hill (2010)
Joshua Hong (2019, 2020)
Yoona Jeong (2025)
Sarah Jobin (2006)
Jacob Joyce (2020)
Robert S. Kahn (2022, 2025)
Roberto Kalb (2021)
Roger Kalia (2013, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021)
Gerald Karni (2023, 2024, 2025)
Matthew Kasper (2020)
Farkhad Khudyev (2018, 2022)
Andrew J. Kim (2024, 2025, 2026)
Stilian Kirov (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)

Nicholas Koo (2023)
Vladimir Kulenovic (2012, 2013, 2014) *
Kelly Kuo (2009)
Shizuo Z. Kuwahara (2014)
William Langley (2026)
Francesco Lecce-Chong (2012)
Donald Lee(2025)
Earl Lee (2021) *
Christopher James Lees (2013)
Geoffrey Loff (2023, 2026)
Louis Lohraseb (2022)
William Long (2023, 2025)
François López-Ferrer (2022, 2023) *
Benjamin Manis (2019, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Na’Zir McFadden (2026)
Michelle Merrill (2016)
Brett Miller (2026)
Lee Mills (2014, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021)
Stephen Mulligan (2018, 2020, 2022)
Gemma New(2017, 2019, 2020) *
Sean Newhouse (2011)
Ian Niederhoffer (2025)
Jacob Niemann (2023, 2024, 2025)
Nico Olarte-Hayes (2023)
Vinay Parameswaran (2021)
Sameer Patel (2016, 2017, 2018)
Luke Poeppel (2025, 2026)
Tristan Rais-Sherman (2022, 2023, 2024, 2026)
Ilya Ram (2026)
Michael Repper (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
Stephanie Rhodes Russell (2019)
Shira Samuels-Shragg (2026)
Stefano Sarzani (2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)
Case Scaglione (2009) *
Jacob Schnitzer (2023)
Nicholas Sharma (2026)
Euan Shields (2023, 2024, 2025, 2026)
Ward Stare (2011)
Matthew Straw (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
Robert Treviño (2012)
Molly Turner (2026)
William Walker (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
Alyssa Wang (2023)
Kensho Watanabe (2019, 2020, 2021)
Joshua Weilerstein (2012)
Dean Whiteside (2022)
Sunny Xia (2026)
Lidiya Yankovskaya (2018, 2021)
Joseph Young (2008, 2014, 2015)