Menuhin Festival Conducting Academy and «Menuhin Conducting Prize»
At a glance
Gstaad offers rising conductors an opportunity unparalleled in the whole of Europe of working with a professional orchestra - the Gstaad Festival Orchestra - and giving concerts under the supervision of experienced conductors. With the Gstaad Festival Orchestra, the Menuhin Festival Gstaad and its Menuhin Festival Academy are on course to become the leading summer academy for young conductors in Europe.
The course is open to public audition. Each week ends with a concluding concert, conducted by Conducting Academy students.
Professors:
Jaap van Zweden, Professor Gstaad Conducting Academy
Johannes Schlaefli, Head of Teaching
Gstaad Festival Orchestra, Orchestra in Residence, Vlad Stǎnculeasa, concert master
Works by Beethoven, Mozart, Pucini amongst others
More information: www.gstaadacademy.ch
Frantisek Macek conducting the Gstaad Festival Orchestra (Photo:Theeresa Pewal)
menuhin Conducting Prize (former Neeme Järvi Prize)
With the Menuhin Conducting Prize, the Conducting Academyhonours those conductors who have demonstrated particular excellenceduring the Academy and in the concerts. Established in 2015 as the Neeme Järvi Prize, it now bears the name of Yehudi Menuhin, whose artistic legacy is inextricably linked to the festival. The prize winners are selected by a jury comprising professors, the festival’s Artistic Director, and representatives of the Gstaad Festival Orchestra and partner orchestras.
Menuhin Conducting Prize: Teresa Riveiro Böhm (Photo: Theresa Pewal)