Participants to go to the III Round of the Conducting speciality of the Rachmaninoff International Competition have been announced

By the decision of the jury in the Conducting speciality, the following participants have been admitted to the III Round of the Rachmaninoff International Competition:

Philipp Selivanov / Russia
Clement Nonciaux / France
Haoran Li / China
Arseny Shuplyakov / Russia
Gurgen Petrosyan / Russia
Ivan Nikiforchin / Russia
Alexey Morgunov / Russia

The II Round of the Conducting speciality was held on June 21 and 22 in the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. 12 participants were admitted to the II Round out of the 25, taking part in the beginning of the Competition. As in the I round, the jury evaluated the work of the conductor with the orchestra in the format of an open rehearsal. The contestants performed at the podium of the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra, and their program included Symphonic Dances by Sergei Rachmaninoff (any part) and a fragment of a symphonic work by one of the composers of the Rachmaninoff era (of the participant’s choice from the list).