Day 1 of the 18th Donatella Flick LSO Conducting Competition - 20 conductors had their turn in front of the @londonsymphony.bsky.social. Day 2 and day 3 await... but unfortunately we can't say who is through because we are now 🤐 until the Sky Arts TV documentary airs in spring 2026!
Tomorrow, our 20 conductors gather from across Europe for the 18th Donatella Flick Conducting Competition. Day 1 begins at 10.30am GMT. Good luck everyone!
📸 Jakub Przybycień, 2023 finalist © Mark Allan
It's the stuff dreams are made of... with one of our 20 competitors next week dropping out, we give a warm welcome to Ingunn Korsgård Hagen, who will join us instead. She will have had only six days to prepare. Very best of luck Ingunn!
📸 Sveinung Hoel Bjorå
🔴 NEWS
A second bit of news for today:
This year's competition will be filmed for a new Sky Arts series to be broadcast next spring.
Making A Maestro will be produced by Love Monday, capturing the competition as it unfolds.
The final result will not be revealed until broadcast in spring 2026!
Next 10 finalists:
Leonhard Kreutzmann 🇩🇪
Julia Kurzydlak 🇵🇱
Kingsley Lin 🇬🇧
Jacob Niemann 🇩🇪
Alison Norris 🇬🇧
Friedrich Praetorius 🇩🇪
Roman Reshetkin 🇫🇷
Matthew Rhodes 🇬🇧
Konstantinos Terzakis 🇬🇷
Andreas van Tol 🇸🇪
The competition begins Tuesday 2 December with @londonsymphony.bsky.social at LSO St Luke's
🔴 20 Finalists announced!
Here are the first 10:
Felix Benati 🇫🇷
Sieva Borzak 🇮🇹
Jooyoung Chang 🇦🇹
Giovanni Conti 🇮🇹
Riley Court-Wood 🇬🇧
Matteo Dal Maso 🇮🇹
Nina Haug 🇨🇭
Daniel Hogan 🇬🇧
Piotr Jaworski 🇵🇱
Maria Keller 🇩🇪
Follow the thread for the last 10 🧵
Conductors everywhere 🪄
📸 Niklas Benjamin Hoffmann (2016 DFCC winner) at Orchestra del Teatro Olimpico di Vicenza. Photo by Colorfoto Artigiana
What's that? You get to conduct @londonsymphony.bsky.social in the DFCC? Yes indeed you do. If standing in front of some of the world's best musicians is on your list of 2025 New Year Resolutions, enter on our website. donatellaflickcompetition.com/2025-the-18t...
📸 Zofia Kiniorska © Mark Allan
🔴 2025 COMPETITION ANNOUNCEMENT
The 18th edition of the Donatella Flick Conducting Competition will take place from 2–4 December 2025 at LSO St Luke's in London. We are now inviting entries! Visit donatellaflickcompetition.com/2025-the-18t... for the details, rules and application forms.
📸Mark Allan