Bucharest International Conducting Competition

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The Bucharest Conducting Competition
Application deadline: July 1, 2025, 23:59, EET
Location
Sala Gloria – Strada Bucovina 6, București, Sector 3, Romania. The hall is located in near the Titan Park.

Competitor Admission
The final number of candidates admitted to the rounds may be adjusted—either increased or decreased—based on the number of invited applicants, as determined by the Jury.

Winners’ Award Gala Concert
The dress rehearsals and Competition’s Awards Gala Concert have the top three winning conductors leading the Bucharest Symphony Orchestra at the Romanian Athenaeum, located at Strada Benjamin Franklin 1, București, Romania.

Application
The application fee is €50. All applicants will undergo a selection process based on the video they submit, which will be evaluated by the Jury.
The Jury’s decision is final, and no appeals will be accepted.

If you are participating in both the Masterclass and the Competition, only one application fee will be required.

Candidates are assigned in few days after the application, a personal, non-identifiable code to check their application status at https://conducting.academy/live-application-status/.
Applicants with the status “Awaiting Application Proof of Payment” or “Awaiting Proof of Payment” must proceed to pay the selected package fee and email the proof of payment in PDF format to aW5mbyB8IGNvbmR1Y3RpbmcgISBhY2FkZW15.

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Schedule
Welcome Ceremony, July 16, 09:30am @ Sala Gloria. Competitor timing per round and / or schedule are subject to modifications and future announcements.
July 16, 2025
⁠09:30-10:30 – Bucharest International Conducting Competition Opening Ceremony

Round 1

11:00-15:00 – First session
17:00 – Second session
18:00 – Announcement
July 17, 2025
The Semi-final – up to 15 candidates

10:30-14:30 – Semi-final Round
15:00 – Announcement
The Final – up to 6 candidates

18:00-21:00
22:00 – Announcement
July 18, 2025
Romanian Athenaeum

11:00-14:00 – Dress Rehearsal
19:30 – Winners Awards Gala Concert
Audio/video recording on phones or other equipments are not allowed in the competition. An official copy of your Competition performance can be provided for €50, payable in Bucharest.

Competition repertoire
The Competition repertoire will be divided by rounds, accordingly:

Johannes Brahms – Academic Festival Overture, Op.80 – Editor Hans Gál (1890-1987) Publisher Info. Sämtliche Werke, Band 3: Overtüren und Variationen für Orchester Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1926-27. Plate J.B. 5. – Download from IMSLP
Johannes Brahms – Tragic Overture, Op.81 – Editor Hans Gál (1890-1987) Publisher Info. Sämtliche Werke, Band 3: Overtüren und Variationen für Orchester (pp.37-62) Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1926-27. Plate J.B. 6.- Download from IMSLP
Sergei Rachmaninov – Piano Concerto No.2, Op.18 Editor Pavel Lamm (1882–1951) Publisher Info. Moscow: Muzgiz, 1947-48. Reissue (offprint) – Moscow: Muzyka, n.d.(1965). Plate 1106 – Download from IMSLP
Johannes Brahms – Symphony No.4, Op.98 – Editor Hans Gál (1890–1987) Publisher Info. Sämtliche Werke, Band 4 Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1926-27. Plate J.B. 4. – Download from IMSLP
All movements
The participants must provide their own scores according to the edition specified.

Winners Awards Gala Concert Program
Johannes Brahms – Academic Festival Overture, Op.80 – Awarded to 3rd prize
Sergei Rachmaninov – Piano Concerto No.2, Op.18 – Soloist: Eva Garet – Awarded to 2nd prize
Pause
Johannes Brahms – Symphony No.4, Op.98 – Awarded to 1st prize

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