International Conducting Competition Rotterdam

規定と課題曲

申込方法と参加費

• Muvac deadline 30 November 2026; €175, non-refundable. Professional conductors of all nationalities with basic English are eligible. The rules specify age 22–30 and birth after 1 December 1995 and before 1 December 2005; confirm with the organizer if the age language and dates give different answers. Past designated winners are excluded; disclose regular tuition with jury members.
• Complete the Muvac profile and résumé, supply a recent publishable JPEG portrait and an ID/passport scan. Submit four sample programmes with concepts and personal motivations: one unrestricted, two for up to 3333-4331-timp+2-hp-str plus four extra players, one for up to 2222-2200-timp+2-str plus two extra players. No recommendation letter is listed.

審査の流れと演奏時間

Online preselection · submit three videos

• Submit a self-introduction and motivation video up to 3 min, no background music; one 3–15 min rehearsal or concert video conducting an orchestra or larger ensemble, with cuts or combined excerpts allowed but no other editing; and one unjudged promotional selfie conducting to Tchaikovsky String Serenade Op. 48 Waltz from K (bar 166) to the end, with a neutral background. Results 1 March 2027.

Live quarter-final · 2–3 July 2027 · up to 20 min

• Prepare all options. The organizer assigns one: Dvořák Op. 22 I, Tchaikovsky Op. 48 Waltz or Wirén Op. 11 I and IV. Also assigned one: Bacewicz Concerto for Strings or Crawford Seeger Andante for Strings. Assignment of work or passages is given just before going on stage. Up to 24 conductors with Sinfonia Rotterdam.

Live semifinal · 4 July 2027 · up to 20 min

• Prepare all three Mozart overtures (Der Schauspieldirektor, La clemenza di Tito and Idomeneo) and Beethoven Symphony No. 3. The organizer assigns one overture and material from the Eroica the day before. The format is an open rehearsal, with a full performance of some assigned works required. Up to 16 advance to this stage; six designated winners progress.

Dresden Philharmonic · 23–25 June 2028

• Three pairings: Dvořák Symphony No. 7 I + Janáček Taras Bulba I; Dvořák No. 9 I + Taras Bulba II; Dvořák No. 8 I + Taras Bulba III. Two rehearsals of up to 40 min each.

2028 final round 1 · Classical · 22–23 August

• Three sets. A: Schubert Symphony No. 5 I, Haydn No. 93 II, Farrenc No. 2 III. B: Schubert No. 5 III, Haydn No. 94 II, Farrenc No. 3 IV. C: Schubert No. 5 IV, Haydn No. 96 II and Farrenc scherzo. The rules name Farrenc No. 2 III for C, but the schedule names No. 3 III. Confirm the assigned score.

2028 final round 2 · Proms · 24–26 August

• Choose an accessible programme with a personal story. Maximum 15 min including intervals, and scoring no larger than 2.2.2.2 / 4.2.3.1 / timp+3per/hp/pno plus strings 8.7.6.5.3. Requires jury and artistic committee approval.

2028 final round 3 · Contemporary · 27–28 August

• Combine the Anne-Maartje Lemereis commission (score by March 2028), one movement from Webern Five Pieces Op. 10, and one of George Benjamin At First Light II, Nina Šenk Baca II, or Lutosławski Chain I.

2028 final round 4 · Opera · 30–31 August

• One 15-minute Verdi set: La traviata Act I prelude, invitation and Brindisi; or Il trovatore Act III Di quella pira and Act IV Ecco la torre and D’amor sull’ali rosee; or Aida Act I Celeste Aida and Act II Pièta ti prenda, Gloria all’Egitto and Grand March.

2028 final round 5 · two concerts · 1–3 September

• Concert 1: one assigned Prokofiev violin concerto movement, No. 1 Op. 19 I or III or No. 2 Op. 63 II. Concert 2: the finale movement IV from Brahms Symphony No. 2, 3 or 4.

課題曲

• All six designated winners do the required career-development programme and all five final rounds. The 5 July 2027 draw allocates prescribed repertoire unless otherwise indicated.

出典： Official rules and audition materials · Official schedule and repertoire