PAST WINNERS
2021
Julio García Vico
Jury
Lennox Mackenzie OBE (Chairman)
David Alberman LSO
Andrew Constantine conductor
Sian Edwards conductor
Rachel Gough LSO
James MacMillan composer & conductor
Carlo Rizzi conductor
2012
Alexandre Bloch
Jury
Lennox Mackenzie LSO (Chairman)
Mauro Bucarelli Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Imogen Cooper pianist
Andrew Marriner LSO
Sir Antonio Pappano conductor
Christine Pendrill LSO
Nikolaj Znaider violinist and conductor
Jonathan Vaughan Guildhall School
2004
Fabien Gabel
Jury
Lord Birkett Non Voting Chairman
Mauro Bucarelli Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
János Fürst Paris Conservatoire
Patrick Harrild LSO
Jan Latham-Koenig conductor
Michel Plasson conductor
1998
Paul Mann
Jury
Lord Birkett Non Voting Chairman
Mark Elder CBE conductor
Andrew Litton conductor
Carlo Majer conductor
Andrew Marriner LSO
Pinchas Steinberg conductor
1991
Andrew Constantine
Jury
Lord Birkett Non Voting Chairman
James Blair conductor
Carlo Majer conductor
Carlo Rizzi conductor
Christopher Grier Evening Standard
Eric Thompson OBE Royal Philharmonic Society
2018
Felix Mildenberger
Jury
Lennox Mackenzie LSO (Chairman)
Sian Edwards conductor
Tadaaki Otaka conductor
Christine Pendrill LSO
Vadim Repin violinist
François-Xavier Roth conductor
Yan Pascal Tortelier conductor
2010
Clemens Schuldt
Jury
Martin Cotton Non Voting Chairman
Mauro Bucarelli Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Paul Daniel CBE conductor
Rachel Gough LSO
Gabor Ötvös conductor
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky conductor
2002
Christophe Mangou
Jury
Lord Birkett Non Voting Chairman
Mauro Bucarelli Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Jane Glover conductor
Patrick Harrild LSO
Leif Segerstam conductor
Vassily Sinaisky conductor
1996
Tommaso Placidi
Jury
Lord Birkett Non Voting Chairman
Daniele Gatti conductor
Gervase De Peyer LSO
Carlo Majer conductor
Thomas Martin LSO
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky conductor
2016
Niklas Benjamin Hoffmann
Jury
Lennox Mackenzie LSO (Chairman)
Yuri Temirkanov conductor
Gennady Rozhdestvensky conductor
Dame Felicity Lott soprano
Carlo Rizzi conductor
Sir Antonio Pappano conductor
Rachel Gough LSO
2008
David Afkham
Jury
Martin Cotton Non Voting Chairman
Sir Richard Armstrong, CBE conductor
Mauro Bucarelli Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Andrew Marriner LSO
Tamás Vásáry conductor
Maxim Vengerov violinist
2000 (joint-winner)
Pablo Gonzalez
Jury
Lord Birkett Non Voting Chairman
James Macmillan composer and conductor
Carlo Majer conductor
Yuri Temirkanov conductor
Yan Pascal Tortelier conductor
Moray Welsh LSO
1994
Emmanuel Plasson
Jury
Lord Birkett Non Voting Chairman
James Blair conductor
Jacques Lonchampt Le Monde
Carlo Majer conductor
Hans Priem-Bergrath Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky conductor
2014
Elim Chan
Jury
Lennox Mackenzie LSO (Chairman)
Bertrand de Billy conductor
Mauro Bucarelli Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Daniel Harding Conductor
Patrick Harrild LSO
Vladimir Spivakov conductor
Xian Zhang conductor
2006
Michał Dworzyński
Jury
Lord Birkett Non Voting Chairman
Mauro Bucarelli Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Dame Anne Evans DBE soprano
Patrick Harrild LSO
Gerard Schwarz conductor
Yuri Temirkanov conductor
2000 (joint-winner)
François-Xavier Roth
Jury
Lord Birkett Non Voting Chairman
James Macmillan composer and conductor
Carlo Majer conductor
Yuri Temirkanov conductor
Yan Pascal Tortelier conductor
Moray Welsh LSO
1992
Timothy Lole
Jury
Lord Birkett Non Voting Chairman
Rodney Friend Royal College of Music
Edward Greenfield The Guardian
Carlo Majer conductor
Sir Neville Marriner, CBE conductor
Carlo Rizzi conductor