Gabriel Pernet | Concours de Genève

Gabriel Pernet

Conducting Candidate 2025

Biography

Place of Birth
Aigle (CH)

Place of Residence
Zürich (CH)

Studies

  • HKB (CH), Prof. Ernesto Molinari
  • HSLU (CH), Prof. Robert Pickup
  • ZHdK (CH), Prof. Christoph-Mathias Mueller

Prizes

  • Gstaad Conducting Academy 2024 (CH), Neeme Järvi Prize
  • Conductors Academy 2024/25 with Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich and Paavo Järvi 2025 (CH), Paavo Järvi Scholarship & Audience
    Award

Highlights

  • Kammerorchester Basel (CH), Guest Conductor, 2025
  • Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich (CH), Participant (Conducting Academy with Paavo Järvi), 2025
  • Gstaad Festival Orchestra (CH), Participant (Conducting Academy with Jaap van Zweden), 2024

COMPETITION PROGRAMME
 

First Round - Haute École de Musique de Genève Orchestra

  • L.v. Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
  • F. Schubert: Symphony No. 5

Second Round - Orchestre de Chambre de Genève

  • I. Stravinsky: Danses concertantes
  • P.I. Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings
  • R. Wagner: Siegfried Idyll

Semi-Final 1 - Orchestre de Chambre de Genève

  • G. Bizet: Symphony in C
  • L. Farrenc: Symphony No. 3
  • F. Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 « Scottish »

Semi-Final 2 - Ensemble Contrechamps

  • Ligeti: Kammerkonzert 
  • U. Chin: Gougalon

Semi-Final 3 - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

  • C. Debussy: La Mer
  • R. Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 (1st movement)
  • R. Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129 (1st movement)

Final Round 1 - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

  • 3 finalist works from the Composition Competition

Final Round 2 - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

  • G. Mahler: Totenfeier
  • ​I. Stravinsky: The Firebird, Suite 1919