Lars Corijn | Concours de Genève

Lars Corijn

Conducting Candidate 2025

Biography

Place of Birth
Oostburg (NL)

Place of Residence
Antwerp (BE)

Studies

  • Royal Conservatoire Antwerp (BE), Profs. Steven Verhaert, Jan Van der Roost

Prizes

  • International Conductor's Contest WMC 2022 (NL), 2nd Prize

Highlights

  • Mahler Student Festival Orchestra (BE), Chief Conductor, 2022
  • Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège (BE), Assistant Conductor, 2023-2024
  • Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège (BE), Guest Conductor, 2025
  • Antwerp Symphony Orchestra (BE), Assistant Conductor, 2025 

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 
  • R. Saunders: Scar

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

  • R. Strauss: Don Juan
  • ​I. Stravinsky: The Firebird, Suite 1919