Malko Competition

Next edition

No future edition is announced on the official pages we could check.

Overview

International conducting competition run by the Danish National Symphony Orchestra in Copenhagen, held every three years since 1965 according to the organizer. Candidates are selected by an international pre-jury, and the chair is Fabio Luisi. The 2021 first prize was EUR 20,000 plus conducting contracts and a two-year mentorship with Luisi.

Organiser

Danish National Symphony Orchestra (DR)

Instruments

Conducting

Category

Orchestral conducting

Age limits

Under 35 (stated for the 2021 edition). The 2024 participants were aged 25-34.

Jury & prizes

Jury

• Fabio Luisi (chair, 2021 and 2024 editions)

Prizes

• 2021 first prize: EUR 20,000, plus conducting contracts with leading European orchestras (incl. Oslo Philharmonic and Gothenburg Symphony) and a two-year mentorship with Fabio Luisi. Other prize amounts not stated.

Past editions

• 2024 source
  1st: Samuel Seungwon Lee (South Korea)
• 2021 — Copenhagen, DR Koncerthuset source
  1st: Dmitry Matvienko (Belarus)
• 2018 source
  1st: Ryan Bancroft (United States)
• 2015 source
  1st: Tung-Chieh Chuang (Taiwan)
• 2012 source
  1st: Rafael Payare (Venezuela)