Participants and Alumni of the Gstaad Conducting Academy
The Gstaad Conducting Academy was founded in 2014 and has already welcomed over 100 participants from all over the world. Many of them now perform in renowned concert halls and work with international artists.
Biographies & Information
2024
| Name | Nationality / Place of education | Birth |
| Omer Ein Zvi | IL/Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin | 2005 |
| Giovanni Fanizza | IT/HEM Geneva | 1996 |
| Nina Haug | CH/Norwegian Academy of Music Oslo | 1995 |
| Alizé Léhon | FR/Conservatoire de Musique of Paris | 1998 |
| Celia Llácer | ES/ZHdK Zürich | 1994 |
| Gabriel Pernet | CH/HSLU Lucerne | 1998 |
| Junping Qian | CN/Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin | 1990 |
| Simon Schmied | CH/HSLU Lucerne | 1995 |
| Juya Shin | KR/HfMuD Mannheim | 2000 |
| Mats Thiersch | DE/Conservatoire de Musique of Paris | 2003 |
2023
| Name | Nationality / Place of education | Birth |
| Yeo Ryeong Ahn | KOR/University of Michigan | 1992 |
| Luis Castillo-Briceño | CRI/MDW Vienna | 1996 |
| Aurel Dawidiuk | GER/ZHdK Zurich | 2000 |
| Nicolò Umberto Foron | GER, ITA/Royal Academy of Music | 1998 |
| Maximilian Haberstock | GER/HMT Munich | 2004 |
| Yukuang Jin | CHN/Shanghai Conservatory | 2000 |
| Zofia Kiniorska | POL/UMFC Warsaw | 1996 |
| Clémence Le Gac | FR/HEM Geneva | 1994 |
| Euan Shields | USA, JPN/Juilliard School, New York | 1998 |
| Anna Sułkowska-Migoń | POL/ AMK Krakow | 1995 |
2022
| Name | Nationality / Place of education | Birth |
|---|---|---|
| Friedenberg, Kyrian | US/Conservatoire of Paris | 1999 |
| Hagen, Ingunn Korsgård | NO/University of Stavanger | 1995 |
| Huertas, Daniel | ES/HEM Geneva | 1996 |
| Iselin, Nathanaël | FR/Sibeliuis Academy Helsinki | 1993 |
| Jankauskaitė, Izabelė | LT/ZHdK Zürich | 1998 |
| Rachid, Samy | FR/- | 1993 |
| Shteinhart, Omer | IL/University of Stavanger | 1995 |
| Turner, Molly | US/Juilliard School, Colburn & Rice University | 1997 |
| von der Goltz, Jascha | DE/ZHdK Zürich | 1994 |
| Zufferey, Laurent | CH/RNCM Manchester | 1993 |
2021
| Name | Nationality / Place of education | Birth |
|---|---|---|
| Dufresne, Chloé | FR/Sibelius Academy in Helsinki | 1991 |
| Hansson, Andreas | SE/Conservatories of Amsterdam & The Hague | 1996 |
| Iosco, Lorenzo Antonio | IT/Conservatorio L. Cherubini Firenze | 1985 |
| Kahn, Robert | NL/Curtis Institute of Music | 1992 |
| Lonca, Clément | NL/HEM Genève | 1995 |
| Ottensamer, Andreas | AT | 1989 |
| Przybycień, Jakub | PL/ZHdK Zürich | 1995 |
| Wenzelberg, Benjamin P. | US/Harvard University | 1999 |
| Zahn, Johannes | DE/ZHdK Zürich | 1990 |
| Zając, Agata | PL/Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań | 1995 |
2019
| Name | Nationality / Place of education | Birth |
|---|---|---|
| Avni, Bar | ISR/HfMT Hamburg | 1989 |
| Berglund, Tabita | NOR/Norwegian AoM | 1989 |
| Bürgin, Jonas | CH/ZHdK Zürich | 1996 |
| Joyce, Jacob | US/New England Conservatory | 1992 |
| Levon, Edmon | ESP/Conservatorium Amsterdam & den Haag | 1988 |
| Macek, Frantisek | CZ/Stockholm and Prague | 1988 |
| Måseidvåg, Nils Erik | NOR/Royal Danish Academy of Music | 1992 |
| Riveiro Böhm, Teresa | AUT, ESP/MDW Wien, HfMT Köln | 1990 |
| Taillard, Sébastien | FR/HEM Genève | 1990 |
| Venditti, Nil | IT/ZHdK Zürich | 1994 |
| Yoon, Hankyeol | KOR/HfMT München | 1994 |
2018
| Name | Nationality / Place of education | Birth |
|---|---|---|
| Avni, Bar | ISR/HfMT Hamburg | 1989 |
| Berglund, Tabita | NOR/Norwegian AoM Oslo | 1989 |
| Choe, Holly | US/ZHdK Zürich | 1991 |
| Choi, Andrew Joon | US/ZHdK Zürich | 1986 |
| Fan, Ka Hou | MAC/MDW Wien | 1990 |
| Ijas, Kaapo | FIN/RAM Stockholm | 1988 |
| Jung, Thomas | GER / HfMT Köln | 1984 |
| Kahn, Robert | NLD, US/Mannes School New York | 1992 |
| Ling, Andrew | HKG/Rice, Indiana University | 1983 |
| Niemann, David | GER/Leipzig, Hamburg | 1990 |
| Peruglia Nogues, Silvina Andrea | ARG, ESP/HEM Genève | 1986 |
| Wincor, Katharina | AUT/ZHdK | 1995 |
2017
| NAME | Nationality / Place of education | Birth |
|---|---|---|
| Holly Choe | KOR, US/Boston | 1991 |
| Gergely Duboczky | HUN/Budapest, Vienna | 1981 |
| Gonzalo Farias | CHL/Baltimore | 1983 |
| Hee-beom Jeon | KOR/Graz | 1984 |
| Georg Köhler | GER/ZHdK | 1988 |
| Jiajing Lai | CHN/Cincinnati, Peking | 1991 |
| Piero Lombardi Iglesias | ES/Weimar | 1989 |
| Marcel Ortega i Martí | ES/HEM Geneva | 1990 |
| Petr Popelka | CZE/Prag | 1986 |
| Joseph Stepec | US/Indiana | 1986 |
| Katharina Wincor | AUT/Wien | 1995 |
| Ji Yu | CHN/China | 1994 |
2016
| Name | Nationality / Place of education | Birth |
|---|---|---|
| Joseph Bastian | CH, FRA/HfM Saarbrücken, HfM München | 1981 |
| Pak Lok Alvin Ho | HKG/Indiana University | 1993 |
| Stefan Iliescu | ROU/HEM Genève | 1985 |
| Andres Kaljuste | EST/Sibelius Academy | 1982 |
| Pierre-Antoine Marçais | FRA/HEM Genève | 1986 |
| Joonas Pikänen | FIN/HfM Würzburg | 1986 |
| Ilya Ram | US, ISR/Buchmann-Mehta School of Music, Tel Aviv | 1991 |
| Edmar Tuul | EST/Estonian Academy of Music | 1990 |
| Jesus Uzcategui | VEN/Simon Bolivar Conservatory, New England Conservatory, Boston | 1988 |
| Nil Venditti | IT/Conservatory of Music L'Aquila | 1994 |
| Vlad Vizireanu | ROU/Arizona State University, Indiana University | 1985 |
| Cheng-Té Yeh | TWN/HEM Lausanne | 1986 |
| Teilnahme “Advanced” | ||
| Antonio Lajara | ES /Basque Conservatory of Music – Musikene | 1982 |
| James Kahane | FRA/Sibelius Academy | 1995 |
| Ching-Chun Lai | TWN/New England Conservatory, University of Wisconson-Madison | 1976 |
| Boian Videnoff | GER/HfM Mannheim, Accademia Musicale Chigiana | 1987 |
2015
| Name | Nationality / Place of education | Birth |
|---|---|---|
| Sébastien Bagnoud | CH/HEM Lausanne | 1984 |
| Georgios Balatsinos | GRC/HsLu | 1984 |
| Stefan Bone | GER/Hs für Musik Freiburg | 1987 |
| Mathieu Charrière | FRA/HEM Genève | 1988 |
| Byoungwhie Chung | KOR/Universität für Musik Wien | 1978 |
| Nuno Coehlo | PRT/ZHdK | 1989 |
| Edward Farmer | GBR/Royal College of Music | 1984 |
| Hilario Flores-Coni | ARG/Royal Conservatoire of Scotland | 1984 |
| Karl Hirzer | CAN/McGill University | 1989 |
| François Lopez-Ferrer | US, ES/HEM Lausanne | 1990 |
| Sergey Neller | RUS/Universität der Künste Berlin | 1986 |
| Nico Olarte-Hayes | US/Juilliard School | 1989 |
| Antoine Rebstein | CH/Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler | 1978 |
| Elena Schwarz | CH, AUT/HEM Genève | 1985 |
| Michele Spotti | IT/HEM Genève | 1993 |
| Toby Thatcher | AUS, GBA/Royal Academy of Music | 1989 |
| Edmar Tuul | EST/Estonian Academy of Music | 1990 |
2014
| Name | Nationality / Place of education | Birth |
|---|---|---|
| Balatsinos, Georgios | GR/- | 1985 |
| Bayona, Nestor | ES/- | 1985 |
| Bone, Stefan | DE/- | 1987 |
| Bossaglia, Francesco | IT/- | 1980 |
| Carrasco, Ludwig | MX/- | 1977 |
| Coelho, Nuno | PT/- | 1989 |
| Colding Smith, Alexander | AU/- | 1989 |
| Farmer, Edward | UK/- | 1985 |
| Garabekyan, Gevorg | AM/- | 1982 |
| Hoinic, Artun | - | - |
| Lopez-Ferrer, Antoine François | US/- | 1990 |
| Pitois, Maxime | CH/- | 1988 |
| Shimizu, Yuta | JP/- | 1982 |
| Harada, Taro | JP/- | 1980 |