Das grosse Festspielhaus in Salzburg
The Herbert von Karajan Young Conductors Award has announced the three finalists, Jong-Jie Yin (China), Christian Blex (Germany) und Jakub Przybycień (Poland)
This competition is an initiative of the Salzburg Festival in cooperation with the Eliette and Herbert von Karajan Institute. For its twelfth edition, the jury chaired by Manfred Honeck selected eight semi-finalists from a total of 291 applications from 55 countries.
At the end of the Rehearsal Day, the jury decided after extensive deliberation to invite Christian Blex, Jakub Przybycień and Jong-Jie Yin as finalists to the Award Concert Weekend.
The three finalists will conduct one concert each in early August at the Main Auditorium of the Mozarteum Foundation; the orchestra is the Camerata Salzburg, joined by participants of the Young Singers Project as soloists.
After the last concert, the jury will select the winner of the 2025 Herbert von Karajan Young Conductors Award.
