Jacobus De Jager
Candidat Direction d'Orchestre 2025
Biographie
Place of Birth
Pretoria (ZA)
Place of Residence
Glasgow (UK)
Studies
- Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (UK), Prof. Martyn Brabbins
Prizes
- Mills Williams Junior Conducting Fellowship Royal Northern College of Music 2025 (UK), Fellowship
- South African Conductors' Competition 2022 (ZA), 1st Prize
- Herbert von Karajan Young Conductors' Award 2025 (AT), Semi-finalist
Highlights
- BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (UK), 2025
- Royal Scottish National Orchestra (UK), Masterclass with John Wilson and Martyn Brabbins, 2024-2025
- Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra (ZA), Guest Conductor, 2022-2023
- Järvi Academy Sinfonietta and Youth Symphony Orchestra (EE), Masterclass with Paavo Järvi, Neeme Järvi, Kristjan Järvi, and Leonid Grin, 2023
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
- R. Strauss: Don Juan
- G. Mahler: Totenfeier