2010 successful entrants

2008

 
Jury

MARTIN COTTON
Non Voting Chairman

SIR RICHARD ARMSTRONG, CBE Music Director of both Welsh National Opera from 1973 – 1986 and Scottish Opera from 1993 - 2005.

MAURO BUCARELLI Secretary of the artistic programme at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Rome).

ANDREW MARRINER Principal Clarinet, London Symphony Orchestra, Principal Clarinet, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, visiting Professor at the Royal Academy of Music.

TAMÁS VÁSÁRY Recipient of the coveted Kossuth Prize, lifetime honorary chief musical director of the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, teaching assistant to Zoltán Kodály and guest performer in the most important musical centres in the world.

MAXIM VENGEROV At 32 years of age is recognised as one of the world’s most exciting violinists. He appears regularly with all the major orchestras and eminent conductors and has performed as both soloist and conductor.

Winner DAVID AFKHAM



2006

 

Jury

LORD BIRKETT Non Voting Chairman

 
MAURO BUCARELLI Secretary of the artistic programme at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Rome).

DAME ANNE EVANS DBE Distinguished Soprano who has sung with most of the world's leading conductors.

PATRICK HARRILD Principal Tuba, London Symphony Orchestra. Professor at both the Royal Academy of Music and the Guildhall School of Music

GERARD SCHWARZ Musical Director, Seattle Symphony. Music Director of the Liverpool Philharmonic

YURI TEMIRKANOV Music Director and Principal Conductor of the St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra.

Winner MICHAL DWORZYNSKI



2004

Jury

LORD BIRKETT Non Voting Chairman

 
MAURO BUCARELLI Secretary of the artistic programme at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Rome)

JÁNOS FÜRST Professor of Conducting Studies at the Paris Conservatoire since 1997

PATRICK HARRILD Principal Tuba, London Symphony Orchestra. Professor at both the Royal Academy of Music and the Guildhall School of Music

JAN LATHAM-KOENIG Musical Director, Wroclaw Philharmonic, Poland. Artistic Director, Cantiere Internazionale d'Arte di Montepulciano and the Young Janacek Philharmonic

MICHEL PLASSON Director, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse

Winner FABIEN GABEL



2002

Jury

LORD BIRKETT Non Voting Chairman

 
MAURO BUCARELLI Secretary of the artistic programme at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Rome)

JANE GLOVER Former Artistic Director of the London Mozart Players, Principal Conductor of both Huddersfield and London Choral Societies

ANDREW MARRINER Principal Clarinet, London Symphony Orchestra, Principal Clarinet, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

LEIF SEGERSTAM Chief Conductor of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Professor of Orchestral Conducting at the Sibelius Academy

VASSILY SINAISKY Principal Guest Conductor, BBC Philharmonic

Winner CHRISTOPHE MANGOU



2000

Jury

LORD BIRKETT Non Voting Chairman

 
JAMES MACMILLAN Composer/Conductor, BBC Philharmonic, Visiting Composer, Philharmonia Orchestra

CARLO MAJER Artistic Director, Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, Artistic Director, Orchestra Verdi, Milan

YURI TEMIRKANOV Music Director and Principal Conductor, St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Musical Director, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

YAN PASCAL TORTELIER Principal Conductor, BBC Philharmonic, Principal Guest Conductor, National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain

MORAY WELSH Principal Cello, London Symphony Orchestra, and International soloist

Winners
PABLO GONZALEZ and FRANÇOIS-XAVIER ROTH



1998

Jury

LORD BIRKETT Non Voting Chairman

 
MARK ELDER CBE Music Director, English National Opera (1979-93), Principal Guest Conductor, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

ANDREW LITTON Music Director, Dallas Orchestra, Conductor Laureate, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

CARLO MAJER Artistic Director, Teatro di San Carlo, Naples

ANDREW MARRINER Principal Clarinet, London Symphony Orchestra and The Academy of St Martin in the Fields

PINCHAS STEINBERG Chief Conductor, Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vienna (1989-96), Guest Conductor, Vienna Staatsoper

Winner PAUL MANN



1996

Jury

LORD BIRKETT Non Voting Chairman

 
DANIELE GATTI Music Director, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Resident Conductor, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Orchestra, Principal Guest Conductor, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

GERVASE DE PEYER

Clarinet soloist, founding member of Melos Ensemble, Principal Clarinet, London Symphony Orchestra and Director, LSO Wind Ensemble and Solo Clarinet, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, New York

CARLO MAJER

Artistic Director, Teatro Regio, Turin, Artistic Director, I Pomeriggi Musicali di Milano, Artistic Director Musica nel Nostro Tempo, Artistic Director, ASLICO

THOMAS MARTIN Principal Bass, London Symphony Orchestra, Professor, Guildhall School of Music

GENNADI ROZHDESTVENSKY Chief Conductor, Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Previously Principal Conductor, Bolshoi Theatre, BBC Symphony Orchestra, All-Union Radio and TV Orchestra, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Chamber Opera

Winner TOMMASO PLACIDI



1994

Jury

LORD BIRKETT Non Voting Chairman

 
JAMES BLAIR
Principal Conductor and Artistic Director, Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra

JACQUES LONCHAMPT Music critic, Le Monde

CARLO MAJER Artistic Director, Teatro Regio, Turin, Artistic Director, I Pomeriggi Musicali di Milano, Artistic Director Musica nel Nostro Tempo, Artistic Director, ASLICO

HANS PRIEM-BERGRATH Principal Viola, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

GENNADI ROZHDESTVENSKY Chief Conductor, Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Previously Principal Conductor, Bolshoi Theatre, BBC Symphony Orchestra, All-Union Radio and TV Orchestra, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Chamber Opera

Winner EMMANUEL PLASSON



1992

Jury

LORD BIRKETT Non Voting Chairman


 
RODNEY FRIEND Previously leader of London Philharmonic Orchestra (from 1964), Concertmaster of New York Philharmonic (from 1976), leader of BBC Symphony Orchestra (1980-89), Senior Professor, Royal College of Music.

EDWARD GREENFIELD Chief music critic, The Guardian, broadcaster for BBC

CARLO MAJER Artistic Director, Teatro Regio Opera House, Turin, Artistic Director, I Pomeriggi Musicali di Milano

NEVILLE MARRINER, CBE Artistic Director, The Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Music Director, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (1969-79), Music Director, Minnesota Orchestra (1978-86), Music Director, Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

CARLO RIZZI Music Director, Welsh National Opera

Winner TIMOTHY LOLE



1991

Jury

LORD BIRKETT Non Voting Chairman


 
JAMES BLAIR

Principal Conductor and Artistic Director Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra
CARLO MAJER

Artistic Director, Teatro Regio Opera House, Turin, Artistic Director,
I Pomeriggi Musicali di Milano

CARLO RIZZI

Music Director, Welsh National Opera
CHRISTOPHER GRIER

Music Critic, Evening Standard
ERIC THOMPSON OBE

Royal Philharmonic Society
Winner ANDREW CONSTANTINE