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Donatella Flick Conducting Competition
Next edition
No future edition is announced on the official pages we could check.
Overview
Biennial conducting competition in London (17 editions to the official page), run with the London Symphony Orchestra. Candidates pass a quarter-final with the LSO, a semi-final of 10 chosen by the jury, and a final of 3. The 1st prize is GBP 15,000 plus a one-year LSO Assistant Conductor post.
- Organiser
- Donatella Flick Conducting Competition (founded 1990 by Donatella Flick, in partnership with the London Symphony Orchestra)
- Instruments
- Conducting
- Category
- Orchestral conducting
- Age limits
- 30 or under (maximum age lowered from 35 to 30 in 2018; no minimum stated). Eligible citizens: UK, EU, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Switzerland.
Rules & repertoire
Registration & fee
Not published on the official pages we could check.Rounds & time limits
- Round 1 (quarter-final), 2 Dec 2025: 20 conductors
- Round 2 (semi-final), 3 Dec 2025: 10 conductors selected by the jury
- Final, 4 Dec 2025: 3 finalists
Repertoire
2025: Round 1 Haydn Symphony No. 103, Schubert Symphony No. 5, Bacewicz Concerto for String Orchestra. Round 2 R. Strauss Oboe Concerto, R. Strauss Horn Concerto No. 2, MacMillan Symphony No. 2, Beamish The Day Dawn. Final Verdi I Vespri Siciliani overture, Brahms Symphony No. 2 (movements 1, 2, 4), Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade (Nos. 1, 2, 4).
Jury & prizes
Jury
- Sir Antonio Pappano (Jury Chair)
- Sarah Quinn
- Sian Edwards
- Sir James MacMillan
- Rachel Gough
- Thomas Søndergård
Prizes
- GBP 15,000 from Donatella Flick, plus the chance to be an LSO Assistant Conductor for up to one year.
Past editions
Summarised from official sources, last checked 10 Nov 2026. Main source