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Semi-Final 2 - Contrechamps

Conducting Competition

Sunday 8 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 Ensemble Contrechamps, working on excerpts from Ligeti’s Kammerkonzert and a contemporary work of their choice: Unsuk Chin’s Gougalon or Rebecca Saunders’ Scar.

With the Ensemble Contrechamps


PROGRAMME

Session 1: 2:30 PM

Jacobus De Jager

Ligeti, Kammerkonzert : movements I, II et III
Chin, Gougalon : movements I, III, IV et VI

Alejandro Cantalapiedra

Ligeti, Kammerkonzert : movements I, II et III
Chin, Gougalon : movements I, III, IV et VI

Simon Schmied

Ligeti, Kammerkonzert : movements I, II et III
Chin, Gougalon : movements I, III, IV et VI


Session 2: 7:30 PM

Leonard Weiss

Ligeti, Kammerkonzert : movements I, II et III
Chin, Gougalon : movements I, III, IV et VI

Gabriel Pernet

Ligeti, Kammerkonzert : movements I, II et III
Chin, Gougalon : movements I, III, IV et VI

Mats Thiersch

Ligeti, Kammerkonzert : movements I, II et III
Saunders, Scar