International Besançon Competition for Young Conductors
Introduction The '''International Besançon Competition for Young Conductors''', is a music competition for young conductors in the city of Besançon, France.
History The competition was organized for the first time in 1951 by the music and film critic and composer Émile Vuillermoz, as part of the Besançon International Music Festival, founded three years before. Many conductors who won the competition have established successful international careers, including Seiji Ozawa, Ali Rahbari, Jesús López-Cobos and Sylvain Cambreling.The first prize consists of a cash prize and engagements with important orchestras such as the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble orchestral contemporain, Dresden Philharmonic and Opera North Sinfonia.
Winners The winners of the competition are:* 1951  Reinhard Peters * 1952  Jean Périsson * 1953  Peter Traunfellner* 1954  Peter Chaille * 1955  Jerzy Katlewicz* 1956  Zdeněk Košler, first mention Sergiu Comissiona* 1957  Jean Lapierre * 1958  Martin Turnovsky* 1959  Seiji Ozawa* 1960  Poul Jorgensen * 1961  Pierre Hetu  * 1962  Vladimir Kojoukharov * 1963  Aloïs Springer  * 1964  Emil Simon * 1965  Zdeněk Mácal * 1966  ''no first prize awarded'' * 1967  Yuval Zaliouk, junior section Luis Antonio García Navarro* 1968  Jesús López-Cobos and Philippe Bender * 1969  ''no first prize awarded''* 1970  Stéphane Cardon * 1971  ''no first prize awarded''* 1972  Jacques Mercier (conductor) * 1973  ''no first prize awarded'' * 1974  Alex Veelo, 2nd prize Sylvain Cambreling * 1975  Marc Soustrot * 1976  Patrick Juzeau * 1977  Tomas Koutnik and Ali Rahbari * 1978  Yoel Levi * 1979  Doron Salomon * 1980  Jonathan Seers * 1981  Philippe Cambreling* 1982  Yôko Matsuo and Osmo Vänskä* 1983  Michael Zilm, mention for Carlo Rizzi * 1984  Wolfgang Doerner * 1985  Wing-Sie Yip, 2nd prize Rodolfo Saglimbeni. * 1986  Gilles Auger * 1987  Nicolás Pasquet* 1988  Lü Shao-chia* 1989  Christopher Gayford and Yutaka Sado* 1990  Ryusuke Numajiri * 1991  George Pehlivanian * 1992  Tommaso Placidi * 1993  Silvia Massarelli and Daisuke Soga * 1995  Tetsuro Ban * 1994  Lü Shao-chia* 1997  Marco Parisotto * 1999  Alvaro Albiach-Fernandez * 2001  Tatsuya Shimono * 2003  ''no first prize awarded''* 2005  Lionel Bringuier* 2007  Darrell Ang* 2009  Kazuki Yamada* 2011  Yuki Kakiuchi* 2013  Yao-Yu Wu* 2015 Jonathon Heyward* 2017 Ben Glassberg* 2019 Nodoka Okisawa
References
External links *  International Besançon Competition for Young Conductors — Official website