Participant: 2001, 2002, 2008 Reuben Blundell began formal conducting studies in 2006, pursuing a DMA at the Eastman School of Music with Professor Neil Varon. Immediately following his residency, Reuben Blundell began a position at Millersville University in PA, and has directed the Hunter Symphony, at Hunter College in Manhattan’s Upper East Side since August 2009. [...]
Participant: 2003 – 2007 Paul Fitzsimon graduated from the University of Melbourne where he completed a Bachelor of Music majoring in piano performance under Stephen McIntyre. In 2008/09 he was the Assistant Conductor of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and was the winner of the 2008 Brian Stacey Award for emerging Australian conductors. From 2003 until [...]
Participant: 2000 – 2005 Ollivier-Philippe Cunéo conducts the world premiere of Gordon Kerryʼs Midnight Son for Victorian Opera in 2012. In 2011 Ollivier returned to Opera Australia to conduct Carmen and Les Pêcheurs de Perles. He made his debut with Opera Australia in 2007 with Le Nozze di Figaro, and has since conducted Les Contes [...]
Participant: 2000 – 2003 Matthew Wood currently holds the position of Associate Conductor with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. He has worked throughout the UK, Australia and Europe. His 09/10 season includes debuts with The Philharmonia at the Barbican and the Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional de Chile in Santiago. He will return to the RTE National Orchestra [...]
Participant 2001 Nelly Apt scholarship 2001 Australian born conductor Benjamin Northey graduated with first class honours in performance and later a Masters degree in conducting from the University of Melbourne in 2000 where he commenced conducting studies under John Hopkins. In 2001 he undertook ten weeks of intensive daily study with Finnish maestro Jorma Panula [...]
Nelly Apt Scholarship 1998 Young Conductor of the Year 2000 Participant: 1998 – 2000 Luke Dollman began his musical life as a violinist, performing with many Australian orchestras on both modern and baroque violin. After deciding to focus on conducting, he furthered his studies at the renowned Sibelius Academy in Helsinki gaining a Masters of [...]
Participant: 1996, 1997, 1999 Nelly Apt Scholarship 1996 Resident Conductor to Music Director Lorin Maazel and Maestro Zubin Mehta at the new Palau de les Arts “Reina Sofia”, Valencia, Spain, Kynan Johns has established an enviable reputation throughout Europe, Australia, Israel and more recently America. Prize winner of the prestigious Dmitris Mitropoulos International Conducting Competition [...]
Participant: 1995, 1997 Simon Hewett is one of the most versatile conductors of his generation, moving with ease from masterpieces of the operatic repertory to the most demanding and uncompromising works by contemporary composers. Whether conducting Otello for Opera Australia (July 2008), a John Neumeier ballet premiere at the Baden Baden Festspielhaus (November 2006), or his [...]
1996 Young Conductor of the Year Participant: 1994 – 1996 Born in Papua New Guinea, Leif Sundstrup has become regarded as one of the leading Australian young conductors. He has held conducting positions with both the Sydney and Melbourne symphony orchestras and has performed with most of the nation’s finest orchestras as a guest conductor. He [...]
Dane Lam
Participant: 2002 – 2009 Australian conductor Dane Lam is quickly gaining a reputation as an electrifying musician with a large and varied repertoire. Acclaimed as “one of the most talented young conductors Australia has produced”, he holds the positions of Leverhulme Junior Fellow in Conducting at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester and Principal [...]