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Giuseppe Mengoli wins the Mahler Competition

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The Gustav Mahler Intl. Conducting Competition in Bamberg recently announced its 2023 winner: Giuseppe Mengoli will receive First Prize and a cash award of EUR 30.000. Taichi Fukumura came in second, followed by Georg Köhler.

Prizes were awarded at the competition final which took place in Bamberg yesterday and marked the culmination of a week of competition rounds. The 2023 edition also introduced the competition’s first Best Conducting of Contemporary Composition prize, worth €7,500, which was awarded to American competitor Kevin Fitzgerald.

Jakub Hrůša, jury chairman and principal conductor of the Bamberg Symphony, on the winner:

"He has a modest and humble personality which transports into his remarkable connection of kindness and inner power. A totally convincing performance throughout the rounds with a perfect combination of knowledge of the score and a extraordinarily natural feeling of music. He posses a strong ability to inspire the musicians and the audience alike through his musical language which speaks directly to everyone’s hearts."

 

 

Giuseppe Mengoli

Taichi Fukumura

Georg Köhler

Prizes:
1st prize: Giuseppe Mengoli (29)
2nd prize: Taichi Fukumura (30)
3rd prize: Georg Köhler (35)

Jury:
Marina Mahler, Jakub Hrůša, Thomas Hampson, Barbara Hannigan, Juanjo Mena, Miroslav Srnka, John Storgårds, Deborah Borda, Martin Campbell-White, John Carewe, Ara Guzelimian, Pamela Rosenberg, Mark Stringer, Marcus Rudolf Axt, Mayra Budagjan


Artists:
Bamberg Symphony
 

Until recently Giuseppe Mengoli held the position of Assistant Conductor to Lorenzo Viotti at the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra and the Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam. In May 2023 he joined the artistic team for the Orchestre National de France new production of La Bohème at the Theatre de Champs-Elysees leading stage rehearsals and assisting Lorenzo Passerini. This summer he will be assisting at the Salzburg Festival and is going to work with the SWR Symphonieorchester in the upcoming season.

In May 2022 Mengoli assisted Lorenzo Viotti in Lisbon preparing as well as conducting the Gulbenkian orchestra with Schönberg’s Pelleas et Melisande. In October the same year he has made his debut with the Nederlands Kamerorkest and soloist Leonard Elschenbroich conducting the world premiere of Willem Jeths’ Cello Concerto no. 2 at the Cello Biennale ‘22 in Amsterdam. Stepping in to rehearse Beethoven 5 with the Solistes Européen Luxembourg at very short notice and with huge success, led to an immediate reinvitation to join the orchestra again for the upcoming projects.

 

©WFIMC 2023