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Semi-Final 1 - L'OCG

Conducting Competition

Saturday 7 November 2026
14:30 & 19:30, Concorde Espace Culture

Programme

The six semi-finalists of the Conducting Competition each have a 45-minute public rehearsal with the Orchestre de Chambre de Genève, conducting excerpts from symphonies by Bizet, Farrenc and Mendelssohn, assigned by draw at the beginning of the round.

With the Orchestre de Chambre de Genève

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PROGRAMME

Session 1: 2:30 PM

Simon Schmied

Felix Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 3 “Scottish”, 3rd movement
Louise Farrenc – Symphony No. 3, 3rd movement
Georges Bizet – Symphony in C, 4th movement

Gabriel Pernet

Georges Bizet – Symphony in C, 1st movement
Louise Farrenc – Symphony No. 3, 2nd movement
Felix Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 3 “Scottish”, 4th movement

Jacobus De Jager

Felix Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 3 “Scottish”, 1st movement
Georges Bizet – Symphony in C, 3rd movement
Louise Farrenc – Symphony No. 3, 4th movement


Session 2: 7:30 PM

Alejandro Cantalapiedra

Felix Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 3 “Scottish”, 1st movement
Georges Bizet – Symphony in C, 3rd movement
Louise Farrenc – Symphony No. 3, 4th movement

Mats Thiersch

Louise Farrenc – Symphony No. 3, 1st movement
Felix Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 3 “Scottish”, 2nd movement
Georges Bizet – Symphony in C, 2nd movement

Leonard Weiss

Felix Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 3 “Scottish”, 4th movement
Georges Bizet – Symphony in C, 2nd movement
Louise Farrenc – Symphony No. 3, 3rd movement