3.09 - 10.09.2023

Korzó Music Hall Szeged (Hungary)

FORMAT

The 1st International Ferenc Fricsay Conducting Competition (IFFCC) is open to applicants of all nationalities without age limits. The choice of repertoire is free: when applying to the IFFCC, all applicants will be required to choose ONE piece for every round of the IFFCC from the list on MUVAC → shorturl.at/ipDS5.

ELIMINATION PHASE

Evaluation of videos and CVs submitted by the applicants by the jury. All applicants are required to submit 2 videos. APPLICATION FEE: 100 EUR. DEADLINE for applications: 1st of June, 2023. All applications (along with CVs and videos) must be submitted via the MUVAC platform → shorturl.at/ipDS5.

LIVE PHASE

FOUR competition rounds in Szeged. All participants advancing to the LIVE PHASE (1st round) will be listed on all web sources of the IFFCC on the 1st of JULY, 2023. The PARTICIPATION FEE of 400 EUR. will be required to advance to the 1st Round.  During the LIVE PHASE, all participants will conduct the Hungarian National Symphony Orchestra Szeged in front of the jury.

JURY MEMBERS
Vasily Petrenko (UK) President of the Jury Music Director: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra London	Sándor Gyüdi (HU) Music Director: Hungarian National Symphony Orchestra Szeged
Thomas Sanderling (UK) Winner: ECHO KLASSIK 2017	Mark Kadin (BG) Music Director: Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Hermann Bäumer (DE) Principal Conductor: Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Mainz

PRIZES

1st PRIZE Official Diploma Guest conducting engagements (concerts) with the: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra London (UK) Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (UK) Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Mainz (Germany) Hungarian National Symphony Orchestra Szeged (Hungary) Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bulgaria) Philharmonisches Kammerorchester Berlin (Germany)

2nd PRIZE Official Diploma Guest conducting engagements (concerts) with the: Hungarian National Symphony Orchestra Szeged (Hungary) Craiova "Oltenia" Philharmonic Orchestra (Romania)

3rd PRIZE Official Diploma Guest conducting engagements (concerts) with the: Craiova "Oltenia" Philharmonic Orchestra (Romania)

SCHEDULE

FIRST ROUND September 3rd - 7th, 2023 (Korzó Music Hall, Szeged) 2 orchestra sessions each day. Podium time per participant: 16 minutes.

SECOND ROUND September 8th, 2023 (Korzó Music Hall, Szeged) 2 orchestra sessions each day. Number of participants: 16. Podium time per participant: 20 minutes.

THIRD ROUND (SEMI FINAL) September 9th, 2023 (Korzó Music Hall, Szeged) 2 orchestra sessions each day. Number of participants: 8. Podium time per participant: 32 minutes (incl. orchestra rehearsal).

FOURTH ROUND (FINAL) September 10th, 2023 (Korzó Music Hall, Szeged) Orchestra session, announcement of winners. Number of participants: 4. Podium time per participant: 40 minutes (incl. orchestra rehearsal).

Hungarian National Symphony Orchestra Szeged

As the most significant music institution in Southeast Hungary, the Hungarian National Symphony Orchestra Szeged is also one of the largest in the region. The ensemble has been led by a number of devoted principal conductors including the young Ferenc Fricsay who brought the orchestra into its present position as one of the leading orchestras in Hungary.

VIDEOS

2 videos (please do not provide more) will be evaluated by the jury committee during the ELIMINATION PHASE in order to choose applicants who will advance to the 1st round of the LIVE PHASE OF THE IFFCC.

The videos of all applicants MUST be playable in streaming mode and be downloadable be at least 5 minutes long include performances of musical pieces from ANY historical period (both instrumental and vocal ensembles are acceptable) PLEASE NOTE recordings of piano rehearsals are acceptable 2 movements / parts of the same piece are allowed

1st INTERNATIONAL

FERENC FRICSAY CONDUCTING COMPETITION

with the Hungarian National Symphony Orchestra Szeged