The dèdalo ensemble is pleased to officially confirm that the winners of the Ex-Aequo First Prize of the 5th edition of the Città di Brescia-Giancarlo Facchinetti Competition for Conductors 2025, Otis Enokido Lineham and Alexander Mackinder, have been directly admitted to the second phase of the Premio Cantelli, one of the most prestigious international conducting competitions in the world.
The news of this additional award for our Competition was announced on the evening of the awards ceremony by Corinne Baroni, director and artistic director of the Fondazione Teatro Coccia, and has now been officially confirmed with the launch of the 14th edition of the Premio Cantelli, which boasts among its winners such renowned conductors as Riccardo Muti, Eliahu Inbal, Lothar Zagrosek, and Donato Renzetti.
It was Corinne Baroni herself who relaunched the Cantelli Prize in 2020 after a 40-year hiatus following the 1980 edition.
The partnership with the Città di Brescia-Giancarlo Facchinetti Competition, whose sixth edition is scheduled for 2027, is a point of honor for our city and confirms both parties' commitment to new music and the conductors who include it in their repertoire.
Città di Brescia - Giancarlo Facchinetti
We are proud to announce the results of the 5th edition of the City of Brescia-Giancarlo Facchinetti Competition:
First prize ex aequo to (in alphabetical order):
Otis Enokido-Lineham (UK): 1 chamber opera in first performance with a repeat at the Fondazione Teatro Coccia in Novara; 1 concert at the ICO Sinfonica of the Metropolitan City of Bari.
Alexander McKinder (UK): 1 concert at the Hradec Králové Philarmonic, (Czech Republic); 1 concert at the Łomża Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra (Poland); 1 concert at I Solisti Aquilani, L'Aquila
Second prize to:
Brian Liao (Taiwan): 1 concert with dèdalo ensemble in one of the next seasons.
The winners have received the Scholarship (Euro 500,00) offered by:
Anna Facchinetti in memory of her father M° Giancarlo Facchinetti
Silvia Bianchera Bettinelli in memory of her husband M° Bruno Bettinelli
Alma Codini in memory of her father M° Marsilio Codini
Emanuele Marino has received the Scholarship (Euro 500,00) assigned to the youngest Semifinalist not
admitted to the Final, offered by Laura and Daniela Cima in memory of their mother Prof. Bona Pellizzari.
Thanks to the Jury and dèdalo ensemble for the work of these 4 incredible days!
Final admitted conductors:
Otis Enokido-Lineham, UK
Alexander Mackinder, UK
Brian Liao, Taiwan
5th COMPETITION CITTA’ DI BRESCIA-GIANCARLO FACCHINETTI
FOR ORCHESTRA CONDUCTORS ON MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY REPERTOIRE FOR ENSEMBLE BRESCIA, 10-13 APRIL 2025
CONDUCTORS ADMITTED to the 2nd ROUND (April 12) Boulez, Caliendo
- Noris Borgogelli Italy
- Mariacostanza D’Agostino Italy
- Federica Di Vaio Italy
- Otis Enokido-Lineham UK
- Minsung Kwon South Corea
- Brian Liao Taiwan
- Alexander MacKinder UK
- Emanuele Marino Italy
- Yannick Mayaud France
- Anna Svoboda Czech Republic
- Olexii Vikulov Ukraina
- Xinjie Yang China
APRIL 12 REHEARSAL Auditorium San Barnaba
16,00 Noris Borgogelli
16.20 Mariacostanza D’Agostino
16,40 Federica Di Vaio
17,00 Otis Enokido-Lineham
Pausa
17,40 Minsung Kwon
18,00 Brian Liao
18,20 Alexander MacKinder
18,40 Emanuele Marino
Pausa
19,20 Yannick Mayaud
19,40 Anna Svoboda
20,00 Olexii Vikulov
20,20 Xinjie Yang
Conducting Competition Città di Brescia-Giancarlo Facchinetti 5th edition
Sorry for the inconvenience: the Stravinsky score Histoire du soldat for 7 instruments is published by Chester, not Boosey & Hawkes
Admitted conductors, in alphabetical order, definitive update March 14:
- Borgogelli Noris Italy
- Calabuig Victor Gil Spain
- Cano Célia France/Mexico
- Caredda Marco Italy
- Christensen Adam Koch Denmark
- D’Agostino Mariacostanza Italy
- Di Vaio Federica Italy
- Dinya Dávid Hungary
- Enokido-Lineham Otis UK
- Flodin Markus Czech Republic
- Heo Seojoon South Corea
- Hsieh Hauchun Taiwan
- Kanno Koichiro Japan
- Kaplun Roman, Ukraine
- Krejcik Jan, Czech Republic
- Kwon Minsung South Corea
- Lee Hanjun South Corea
- Lemieux-Després Étienne Canada
- Liao Brian Taiwan
- Mackinder Alexander UK
- Marino Emanuele Italy
- Mayaud Yannick France
- Miró Altimira Carles Spain
- Nascimento Noel Brazil/USA
- Nikolenko Kateryna Ukraine
- Perrotta Francesca Italy
- Russo Antonio Italy
- Sagayama Masahiro Japan
- Santini Sebastiano Italy
- Svoboda Anna Czech Republic
- Terunuma Yumeki Japan
- Totsuka Kohki Japan /Austria
- Valente Nelson Portugal
- Vikulov Olexsii Ukraine
- Wu Yueh-Heng Taiwan
- Yang Xinjie China
- Ye Yajie China
- Zlatkov Svetlomir Bulgaria
Competition City of Brescia - Giancarlo Facchinetti Competition IV edition
Special prize:
Scholarship of Euro 500 awarded to the youngest semi-finalist not admitted to the Final
offered by Laura and Daniela Cima in memory of their mother Prof. Bona Pellizzari Sebastiano de Salvo (1998)
Winners of the 4th edition of the City of Brescia-Giancarlo Facchinetti Competition:
from left Nataliia Steets (Ukraine) and Joonas Pitkänen (Finland) first prize ex aequo, Fergus McAlpine (UK) second prize
CONDUCTING COMPETITION CITTA’ DI BRESCIA-GIANCARLO FACCHINETTI ON MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY REPERTOIRE FOR ENSEMBLE 4TH EDITION
BRESCIA, ITALY, MARCH 30-APRIL 2, 2023
Admitted conductors in alphabetical order
- Bahk Jehi Austria
- Bologna Ricardo Brasil
- Bossi Marco Italy
- Brinkmann Boris Germany
- Cantalapiedra Alejandro Spain
- Chiang Chen-Hao Taiwan
- Choi Jaehyuck South Korea
- Cicero Salvatore Italy
- Cnossen Harmen Holland
- Cuenllas Jorge Garcia Spain
- De Salvo Sebastiano Italy
- Defesa João Portugal
- Di Giosaffatte Lorenzo Italy
- Dong Luping China
- Duisen Elias Kazakhstan
- Eliot Christophe France
- Cogo Mattia Italy
- Gentile Scott USA
- Gubbiotti Simone Italy
- Hu Xiaobo China
- Huth Benjamin Germany
- Kelly Lin China/Canada
- Lehtonen Hanna-Mari Finland
- Lim Won South Corea
- Mazzocchi Luigi Italy
- McAlpine Fergus UK
- Pegalajar Martinez Pablo Spain
- Pitkänen Joonas Finland
- Salvini Denis Italy
- Salvio Marco Italy
- Sancho Cantus Carlos Spain
- Schiffner Constantin Germany
- Shugaev Nikolay Russia/Italy
- Shuklina Valentina Ukraine/Czech Rep.
- Sinan Binder Alexander Germany
- Stets Nataliia Ukraine
- Wiley Daniel USA
- Xiaopeng Shi China
The competition will be held in Brescia from March 30 till April 2, 2023, Auditorium San Barnaba (March 30,31 First round, April 1 Semifinal, April 2 final and Concert)
The prize concerts will be held in Poland, Czech Republic, Romania and Italy.
dèdalo ensemble è orgogliosa di annunciare i vincitori del III Concorso Città di Brescia dedicato alla memoria del compositore e direttore d’orchestra Giancarlo Facchinetti (1936-2017). Il concorso è dedicato al repertorio moderno e contemporaneo per ensemble.
I direttori premiati sono Raimonda Skabeikaite e Orr Guy 1° premio ex aequo e Fernando Palomeque (nel centro della fotografia) 3° premio.
I concerti premio si terranno in Polonia, Repubblica Ceca, Romania e Italia.
dèdalo ensemble is proud to announce the 3rd Competition Città di Brescia, dedicated to the memory of the late composer and conductor Giancarlo Facchinetti (1936-2017).
The competition is open to conductors of any nationality with no age limit and is dedicated to the modern and contemporary repertoire for ensemble.
The competition will be held in Brescia from November 10 till November 13, 2021, Auditorium San Barnaba (November 10,11 First round, November 12 Semifinal, November 13 Final and Concert)
The prize concerts will be held in Poland, Czech Republic, Romania and Italy.
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Due to an urgent eye surgery Ms Miriam Nemcova cannot be in the jury of the Composition Competition. She will be replaced by Mr Mauro Bonifacio, well known composer and conductor. We wish Ms Nemcova a prompt recovery.
The competition will be held in Brescia from November 10 till November 13, 2021, Auditorium San Barnaba (November 10,11 First round, November 12 Semifinal, November 13 Final and Concert)
The prize concerts will be held in Poland, Czech Republic, Romania and Italy.
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