Jacobus De Jager | Concours de Genève

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