The 30-year-old Japanese conductor Yuki Kakiuchi took the top prize at the competition together with a 12,000 euro purse. In third place was the only female in the contest, the 33-year-old Stamatia Karampini from Greece.
Karampini also won the audience prize, while Madaras took the Arte Live Web portal special prize.
The jury took their final decision based on the contestants? conducting of performances of Saint-Saens? Piano Concerto Op. 22, Strauss?s Don Juan and Michael Jarrell?s World First For Orchestra, a piece composed especially for the competition.
This year 137 conductors under the age of 35 from 42 countries participated in the competition, the 52nd.
Hungarian culture portal Fidelio.hu said Madaras was the only Hungarian finalist in the contest.
On the jury were Sir Andrew Davis, music director of the Lyric opera of Chicago; the composer Michael Jarrell; Anne Midgette, classical music critic for The Washington Post; David Pickard, General Director of the Glyndebourne Festival; Michel Tabachnik, music director of the Brussels Philharmonic; Fabrizio Ventura, music director of the Münster Opera and Symphony Orchestra; and Paul Watkins, music director of the English chamber Orchestra.
The Hungarian Ilona Meskó was among 20 finalists in the 51st International Competition for Young Conductors in 2009.
Source: Hungarian News Agency (MTI)
