Posted February 4, 2025
Hailing from all corners of the globe, meet the 14 participants of our Fifth Annual International Conducting Workshop, Concert & Competition!
Led by DPO Music Director Laureate Lawrence Golan and guest faculty Donald Schleicher, this array of veteran and up-and-coming conductors will spend a week of score study and programming classes, career development class, orchestra rehearsals and video reviews — all culminating in a final, live performance with the DPO orchestra on February 15th at our Happily Ever After concert. Plus, at the discretion of the faculty, one competition winner will be invited back to guest conduct a piece with the DPO next season!
Six participants will conduct a movement at Happily Ever After on the main stage: Sandra Cepero, Phoenix Delgado, Heeseong Lee, Ricardo Sousa-Castro, Sarah Danielle, and Cara Xu-Tóth.
In addition, these eight conductors will helm the baton for the pre-concert strings ensemble performance: Luke Berringer, Brenden McCauley, Samuel Sherman, Nathan Sawyer, Nelson Valente, Alexander Wilkerson, Oliver Yan, and Victor Yip.
