The 5th International Jorma Panula Conducting Competition Vaasa, Finland, from 13th to 16th November 2012 The participants have been chosen among the 125 aplicants

The 5th International Jorma Panula Conducting Competition
Vaasa, Finland, from 13th to 16th November 2012

The participants have been chosen among the 125 aplicants. A video jury judged the preliminary qualifying round and chose 20 competitors and three reserve contestants. The video jury consisted of Academician Jorma Panula, conductors Atso Almila (Finland) and Jin Wang (Austria) and docent Jari Sinkkonen (Finland).

1. Maria Badstue – Denmark

2. Pierre Bleuse – France

3. Alexandre Bloch – France

4. Tapio von Boehm – Finland

5. Luís Carvalho – Portugal

6. Pierre Dumoussaud – France

7. Huba Hollókői – Hungary

8. Risto Joost – Estonia

9. André Filipe Lousada – Portugal

10. Donka Miteva – Bulgaria

11. Olivier Robe – France

12. Azis Sadikovic – Austria

13. Rustam Samedov – Germany

14. Georgina Sánchez Torres – Spain

15. Lam Tran Dinh – Germany

16. Fransisco Valero-Terribas – Spain

17. Bruno Weinmeister – Austria

18. Vinzenz Weissenburger – Germany

19. Martin Wolter – Germany

20. Johannes Zurl – Germany

Reserve Competitors

1. Aino Koskela – Finland

2. Tobias Volkmann – Germany

3. Giuseppe La Malfa – Italy

The Jorma Panula Conducting Competition is held every three years and is one of the most esteemed competitions in its field in Europe. The Academician Jorma Panula himself has acted as the competition’s Artistic Director and Chairman of the Jury right from the start. The Viljo and Maire Vuorio Foundation is in charge of organising the competition, in cooperation with the City of Vaasa.

The first Jorma Panula Conducting Competition was held in 1999. Previous winners of the competition include Olari Elts, Eva Ollikainen, Vytautas Lukocius and Yordan Kamdzhalov.

The main prizes in the competition are: 1st Prize EUR 11,000, 2nd Prize EUR 8,000 and 3rd Prize EUR 6,000. Registration for the competition takes place online athttp://www.panulacompetition.fi.

This year the members of the Jury include Academician Jorma Panula (Chairman, Finland), Conductor Olari Elts (Estonia), Conductor Alun Francis (Germany), General Director Andrew Bennett (Portugal), Conductor Jin Wang (Austria) and, representing musicians, Maano Männi (Vaasa City Orchestra) and Juha Markkanen (Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä).

The competition orchestras are the Vaasa City Orchestra and Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä, both leading professional orchestras in their regions. The violin soloists are Kreeta-Julia Heikkilä in the Semi-finals and Alina Pogostkina in the Finals.
The venue for the competition is one of the most beautiful concert halls in Finland, the magnificent assembly room of the Vaasa City Hall, built in the 19th century, which has excellent acoustics. The Finals concert will be held on Friday 16th November.

MORE INFORMATION:
Laura Käpyaho
Producer
City of Vaasa
Cultural Center
P.O.Box 3, FI-65101 Vaasa, Finland
Tel. +358 (0)6 325 3755

Press photos: http://www.panulacompetition.com

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