Earlier Masterclasses

Wei-Chung Chen is a Taiwanese conductor who is currently pursuing his Doctoral Degree in Orchestral Conducting at Indiana University, USA, with full scholarships from both Indiana University and the Taiwanese Ministry of Education. Studying under professors Arthur Fagen, Thomas Wilkins, and Jeff Meyer, he currently serves as the Music Director of the Indiana University All-Campus Orchestra and the Bloomington Bridges MAYO Youth Symphony Orchestra. In 2023, Chen won first place in the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra's International Music Talent Elite Competition and will guest conduct the National Taiwan Symphony Youth Orchestra this November.

An award-winning conductor, Benjamin Firer is the Orchestra Director at Northeastern Illinois University, Assistant Conductor with the Rockford Symphony Orchestra and directs the Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies Philharmonic. Benjamin received his Doctorate in Orchestral Conducting from Northwestern University and a Master’s Degree from Yale University. Firer is a frequent guest conductor, and as a committed educator, he was engaged as a teaching artist through the Yale University Music in Schools Initiative.

Roman Reshetkin is a French conductor living in Paris. In May 2024 he graduated from the Conservatoire de Paris with a Master's degree in orchestral conducting, after five years of study in the class of Alain Altinoglu. This summer he will be making his professional debut with the Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra in Japan, after winning second prize in the inaugural Hiroshima International Conductor's Competition in 2022.

Conductor student, now studying under both China Conservatory of Music and St. Petersburg Conservatory of Music. Assistant conductor in China Youth Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2023, Yixing won the 2nd prize in Milan International Conducting Competition.

Composer, conductor, pianist. Apor Szüts is a member of the Budafok Dohnanyi Orchestra since 2022. Founder, leader and arranger of the BDZ Chamber Workshop (BDZ Kamaraműhely) a 12-member chamber orchestra.

SzuYun Swing Hsieh is the Associate-Conductor of Taipei Philharmonic Chamber Choir (TPCC), and the music director of The Rejuvenis Group, the conductor of Taipei Women’s Singing Society and Consolation Singers. Ms. Hsieh has conducted TPCC in Taiwan, China, Italy, Vatican, Austria, Russia, Hungary and Turkey. In 2023, TPCC was invited to the World Symposium on Choral Music in Istanbul and the 37th International Ankara Music Festival. In 2019, TPCC won the Golden Melody Awards “Best Vocal Group” conducted by SzuYun Hsieh. In 2018, Ms. Hsieh won the 2nd Prize in the 2nd Boris Tevlin Competition of Choral Conductors (the 1st Prize has not been awarded).

Anna Maria Tabor studied at the Guildhall school of Music in London, specialising in oboe, composing and conducting and has a master’s degree in music from the University of Surrey. She is a keen music educator and has furthered her experience as a director in Finland, France, Spain, Czech Republic, Hungary and the USA as well as conducting a wide range of music in the UK, including music-theatre, choirs, wind & symphony orchestras.

A Grammy Award Winner, Roï served as Conductor & Arranger in the last album of the late singer / songwriter Leonard Cohen. He conducted the prestigious Orchestre symphonique de Montrèal (OSM) sharing the podium with Maestro Kent Nagano and he is a regular Guest Conductor of the Orchestre classique de Montrèal. Roï has studied orchestral conducting at the Jerusalem Academy of Music & Dance under Mendi Rodan. He is currently based in Montreal, Canada.

Yi-Chuan Chen is a Taiwan born conductor, who recently finished a master degree at National Taiwan Normal University. In 2016, Chen won the 2nd Prize of Competition for Young Conductors of National Chinese Orchestra, Taiwan.

Chen-Hao is currently serve as associate conductor of the Taipei Chinese Orchestra.

Ralf Dietze studied violin and viola in Dresden, Berlin and Vienna. He is a viola player in the Staatskapelle Dresden. With the support and inspiration of Claudio Abbado he began to work as a conductor.

Born and raised in Hong Kong, Mark Hui is a graduate from the Manhattan School of Music and the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, where he studied violin and piano. He took up conducting with the guidance and inspiration of Alan Cumberland and Robert Spano, and currently serves as Resident Conductor at the Hong Kong Festival Orchestra.

Lilyan Kaiv is a conductor of symphony orchestra and a head of conducting department at Heino Eller Music College in Tartu, Estonia. She is also the conductor of Estonian Music Teachers Symphony Orchestra. From autumn 2018 is a conductor of the mixt choir and chamber orchestra of St. Marys Church in Tartu.

Taiwanese conductor, pianist, and educator, Ma is currently the music director of the Rochester Institute of Technology Philharmonic Orchestra, the Taiwanese Choral Society of Rochester and the conducting fellow of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Ma recently guest conducted the New State Ballet’s production of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’.

Balazs Nemes has been principal trumpet of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra since 2000. He has performed under the baton of many great conductors of our time. He began his conducting career in 2013. In Mai Mr. Nemes was engaged to conduct The Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra on several occasions.

Roman currently studies orchestral conducting at the Conservatoire de Paris with Alain Altinoglu, where he also obtained a Bachelor of Music as a violinist. He is principal guest conductor of the Klangraft Orchester Duisburg in Germany.

Co-principal bassoonist of Oslo Philharmonic and principal guest conductor of the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, was described by the leading Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet as "a rare musician, who gives so much of himself and has an outstanding musicality". The famous Times magazine wrote about him: "a characterful musician who often attracts the spotlights".

Hao-yen Chang is a Taiwan born conductor, oboist and music educator who recently finished a master degree at National Taiwan Normal University.

Ralf Dietze studied violin and viola in Dresden, Berlin and Vienna. He is a viola player in the Staatskapelle Dresden. With the support and inspiration of Claudio Abbado he began to work as a conductor.

Břetislav Hera is czech born violist, conductor and arranger living in Germany. He is leader of Ensemble KlangFormation Regensburg- chamber orchestra focused on symphonic and new music.

Associate Conductor of Taipei Philharmonic Chorus and Chamber Choir. 2nd Prize winner (1st prize was not awarded) of 2018 2nd Boris Tevlin Competition of Choral Conductors (Russia).

Carlos is currently in his third year of his doctoral studies in orchestral conducting at the University of Houston. He serves as Artistic Director of Houston's Orchestra On Call (HOOC) and Music Director at DeBakey High School for Health Professions in Houston.

Kelvin Lee studied conducting in York with Dr John Stringer, then subsequently in London with Denise Ham, Mark Wigglesworth, Colin Metters and Toby Purser. He has worked with orchestras across Europe such as North Czech Philharmonic and St Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, among others, and is recently appointed as a visiting conductor at the Northwest School of Music in China.

Jessica Morel currently serves as the Assistant Conductor of the Winston-Salem Symphony and Music Director of the Winston-Salem Symphony Youth Orchestras Program. She has also guest conducted for the Charlotte Symphony, the Amarillo Symphony, and the Abilene Philharmonic, and was previously the Visiting Director of Orchestras at the University of Evansville.

Gabor Nagy acquired his repetiteur/conducting MA degree at the Norwegian Academy of Music. He is a conducting repetiteur and chorus master assistant at the Norwegian National Opera. He is performing also as a concert pianist and chamber musician as well in Scandinavia.

Balazs Nemes has been principal trumpet of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra since 2000. He has performed under the baton of many great conductors of our time. He began his conducting career in 2013. In Mai Mr. Nemes was engaged to conduct The Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra on several occasions.

Daren was born in New Jersey and studied oboe performance with Humbert Lucarelli at the Hartt School of Music and Peter Cooper at the University of Colorado at Boulder College of Music. He is currently second/associate principal oboist of the Orquesta Sinfónica Sinaloa de las Artes in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico and music director/conductor of the Orquesta Sinfónica Esperanza Azteca Sinaloa.

Trevor Wilson completed his Bachelor of Music at the University of Ottawa in 2017, during which time he served as music director of the Ottawa Pops Orchestra. In the fall of 2018 he will be beginning his Master's degree at the Peabody Institute under Marin Alsop.

Music Director Whatcom Symphony Orchestra
Music Director, Pennsylvania Chamber Orchestra
Graduate of the Royal College of Music London, The Juilliard School in New York, and McGill University in Montreal.

Daniel Bacsinszky studied in Lausanne HEMU (CH) and Hanover HMTMH (GER). He’s lyrical bass-baryton, conductor, violinist and music teacher. He performs as soloist/ensemble singer and conducts currently several choirs and orchestras in the french part of Switzerland.

Örs Balogh started his career as a teacher of special music subjects, choirmaster and conductor in Sigismund Toduta High School of Music in Cluj-Napoca. Nowadays, in addition to his activities in music pedagogy in Germany, he is the chief conductor of European Summer Philharmonic and Choir in Chemnitz.

Associate Conductor of Taipei Chinese Orchestra.
1st Prize winner of 2014 Competition for Young Conductors of National Chinese Orchestra, Taiwan.

Leon Chu is a Hong Kong born conductor, music educator and writer. He is currently the music director of The Chinese University of Hong Kong Chorus.

Guro Ansteensen Haugli is a conductor and oboist who recently finished a degree in conducting at the University of Stavanger. She is persuing a career in conducting and has previously been working with different bands and orchestras in the Stavanger region. During her bachelor studies she did an Erasmus exchange at the Musikene school of music in San Sebastian, Spain.

Jungho Kim is a violinist and conductor, originally from South Korea.
He is the new Director of Orchestra at Kent State University in Ohio, USA.

Zoltán Kocsis-Holper is the founding conductor of Kórus Spontánusz, Sopron, and the leader of several local choirs. He won the first prize and the audience award in the National Competition of Young Conductors in 2008. He worked with the Hungarian Radio Choir, and even with the Dutch Radio Choir and the Dutch Chamber Choir in a course. He finished second and was awarded a special prize in the 8th International Competition of Young Conductors in Torino, Italy in May 2015. Singer and associate conductor of Hungarian National Choir since September 2016.

Reo Mizumura was born in Tokyo, Japan. He has conducted Bratislava Symphony Orchestra, West Bohemian Symphony Orchestra and Kons Orchestra, among others.

Passionate musician, collaborative artist, inquisitive adventurer

Studies orchestral conducting, 2nd year, at the Tel-Aviv university, Buchmann-Mehta School of Music: class of Mr. Yi-An Xu.
A winner of the Special Prize award at the 12th Danube Conducting Masterclass and Competition, Budapest 2016.
Personal Assistant to the Chief Supervisor for music education at Israel’s Ministry of Education. Trumpet player and band commander at the Israeli Defense Forces military reserve army ensemble.

Adrian has been conducting orchestras and other ensembles over the last twenty-five years. He is the founder and Musical Director of the Ady Ensemble: a twenty-piece string orchestra that performs a wide and eclectic repertoire – ranging from standard works for strings, through to new commissions, and arrangements of cult/pop classics.

Dan Whisler is currently Director of Orchestras at the Youth Performing Arts School in Louisville, Kentucky, USA and Conductor with the New World Youth Philharmonic Orchestra in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. He was a winner of the 2015 American Prize in Conducting and has conducted professional orchestras in the USA, England, Spain, Lithuania, and Romania.

Born in 1987, Taiwan. Ms. Hsieh is associate conductor of Taipei Philharmonic Choir and Chamber Choir since 2014.

Taiwanese conductor Yu-An Chang, currently pursuing conducting study and career in Berlin, Germany.

David Galant is currently a DMA candidate in Orchestral Conducting at The Glenn Korff School of Music. This summer he will be conducting Puccini’s Suor Angelica and Mozart’s Don Giovanni at the Prague Summer Nights Young Artists Festival with Sherrill Milnes and members of the Berlin Philharmonic, the Czech National Symphony, the Prague Symphony, the Czech Philharmonic, and the Czech National Opera while taking private lessons from leading teachers at the Prague Conservatory.

Kornel Laszlo Thomas is currently Conductor at El Sistema Colorado and Music Director of contemporary group, Nebula Ensemble. Previously associate conductor of Denver Philharmonic Orchestra, Lamont Symphony Orchestra and St. Stephen King Youth Orchestra. He has worked with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna and Vienna Chamber Orchestra. He studied conducting at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna and composition at St. Stephen King Music Conservatory Budapest.

Zoltán Kocsis-Holper is the founding conductor of Kórus Spontánusz, Sopron, and the leader of several local choirs. He won the first prize and the audience award in the National Competition of Young Conductors in 2008. He worked with the Hungarian Radio Choir, and even with the Dutch Radio Choir and the Dutch Chamber Choir in a course. He finished second and was awarded a special prize in the 8th International Competition of Young Conductors in Torino, Italy in May 2015.

Csaba Tőri is the second conductor of Budapest Academic Choral Society, a solfege and music theory teacher in Béla Bartók Conservatory of Music, Secondary School. He has been awarded the Golden Diploma in several international competitions since 2011, as the conductor of Vox Insana Chamber Choir and MediCantare Girls’ Choir. As the founding member of MoltOpera Company, he has been conducting performances of Haydn’s The Desert Island and Mozart’s The Abduction from the Seraglio in the Royal Staircase of the Hungarian State Opera since 2014. He won the first prize and the audience award in the National Competition of Young Conductors in 2010.

Lee Pophal is originally from the United States and currently works as a music educator, orchestra director, and freelance musician in Shanghai, China. In the past, he has directed secondary, collegiate, and community ensembles and learned from Rodney Winther, Scott Teeple, and others.

Jerusalem born composer and conductor.