The Jorma Panula Conducting Competition, is a music competition for young European conductors held in Vaasa, Finland.

History The first competition, named after the conductor and conducting professor Jorma Panula, was organized in 1999 with the idea of being a platform for young conductors starting their professional careers. The president of the Jury is Jorma Panula and the jury includes several musicians such as Olari Elts, Karsten Witt and Atso Almila. During the competition the contestants conduct the Sinfonia Finlandia and the Vaasa City Orchestra.

Winners Source:

st Prize nd Prizerd Prize2024/Félix BenatiEric StaigerKasmir Uusitupa2021Nathanaël Iselin Jascha Von der Goltz Henri Christofer Aavik//2018/Angus WebsterJohannes ZahnRoss Jamie CollinsKaapo Ijas2015Dylan CorlayHarish Shankar2012/Risto JoostTobias Volkmann/2009Yordan KamdzhalovMartins OzolinsAdriel Donghyuk Kim2006Vytautas LukočiusSylvain GasançonPetri Komulainen2003Eva Ollikainen1999Olari EltsDima Slobodeniouk

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