Michal Oren | Concours de Genève

Michal Oren

Conducting Candidate 2025

Biography

Place of Birth
Tel-Aviv (IL)

Place of Residence
London (UK)

Studies

  • Royal Academy of Music (UK), Prof. Sian Edwards
  • Royal College of Music (UK), Profs. Toby Purser, Peter Stark, Howard Williams
  • The Buchmann-Mehta School of Music (IL), Profs. Yi-An Xu, Yevgeny Yehudin

Prizes

  • International Academy and Competition of Orchestra Conducting 2023 (PT), 1st Prize
  • International Orchestral Conducting Competition “Universidad de Almeria” 2023 (ES), 2nd Prize
  • The Buchmann-Mehta Conducting Competition with Haifa Symphony Orchestra 2020 (IL), 1st Prize

Highlights

  • Opera North (UK), Female Conductor Trainee, 2024-2025
  • Royal Northern Sinfonia (UK), Royal Philharmonic Society – Women Conductors Programme, 2023-2025
  • BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (UK), Young Conductors Showcase - Masterclass with Martyn Brabbins & Concert, 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

  • B. Bartók : Suite du mandarin merveilleux 
  • S. Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet