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