PAST WINNERS

2023

Nicolò Foron

Jury

David Alberman LSO (Chairman)
Sally Beamish Composer
Martyn Brabbins Conductor
Sian Edwards Conductor
Juliana Koch LSO Principal Oboe
Sir Antonio Pappano 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

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