We proudly present the winners of the previous “Dimitri Mitropoulos” competitions, who stood out for their knowledge, dedication, and passion for music.
Prize winners
Orchestral Conducting
Chairman of the Jury: Claudio Scimone
Steven Lipsitt, USA, 1st prize
Dorian Wilson, USA, 2nd prize
Luciano Acocella, Italy, 3rd prize
Ya-Hui Wang, Singapore, 4th prize
1996
Composing
Chairman of the Jury: Luciano Berio
1st prize was not awarded
Hendrik Hofmeyr, South Africa, 2nd prize
Joseph Papadatos, Greece, 3rd prize
Paolo Minetti, Italy, 3rd prize
1997
Orchestral Conducting
Chairman of the Jury: Sir Neville Marriner
1st prize was not awarded
Masahiro Ueno, Japan, 2nd prize
Giampaolo-Maria Bisanti, Italy, 2nd prize
Martin Lebel, France, 3rd prize
Domonkos Héja, Hungary, The Orchestra‘s Preference Award
And the Medal in memory of Miltiades Caridis
1998
Composing
Chairman of the Jury: George Crumb
Alberto Colla, Italy, 1st prize
Michalis Economou, Greece, 2nd prize
Naomi Sekiya, Japan, 3rd prize
1999
Orchestral Conducting
Chairman of the Jury: Sir Neville Marriner
Kiyotaka Teraoka, Japan, 1st prize
Vassilis Chrstopoulos, Greece, 2nd prize
Laurent Melin, France, 3rd prize
Domonkos Héja, Hungary, The Orchestra’s Preference Award
2000
2001-2004 World Opera Project
Composing
Chairman of the Jury: Cesare Mazzonis
Vasil Tole, Albania, 1st prize
Robert Weirauch, The Netherlands, 2nd prize
Francesco Venerucci, Italy, 3rd prize
Luca Belcastro, Italy, 4th prize
2001
Orchestral Conducting
Chairman of the Jury: Rudolph Barshai
Alpaslan, Ertüngealp, Turkey, 1st prize
Kynan Johns, Australia, 2nd prize
Mikhail Agrest, USA, 3rd prize
Jean-Philippe Tremblay, Canada, The Orchestra’s Preference Award and Honourable Mention
2002
Singing
Chairman of the Jury: Cesare Mazzonis
Hiroyuki Narita, Japan
Wei Long Tao, Chinai
Michiko Hayashi, Japan
Anna Pangalou, Greece
Anna Toneeva, Russia
Monica Guillen Chavez, Mexico
Tatiana Rubinskaya, Russia
Katerina Hebelkova, Czech Republic
Voula Amiradaki, Greece
2003
Performance of Eumenides by Vasil Tole
at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Athens
2004
Composing
Chairman of the Jury: Cristóbal Halffter
Giocanni Gemini, Italy, 1st prize
Panagiotis Liaropoulos, Greece, 2nd prize
Fabio Gorodski, Brazil, 3rd prize
2005
Conducting
Chairman of the Jury: Elmar Weingarten
Yang Yang, China, 1st prize
Anja Bihlmaier, Germany, 3rd prize
Stamatia Karambini, Greece, 3rd prize
Kristiina Poska, Estonia, The Orchestra’s Preference Award
2006
Composing
Chairman of the Jury: Rodion Shchedrin
Oriol Cruixent, Spain, 1st prize
Sungji Hong, Korea-USA, 2nd prize
Apostolos Darlas, Greece, 3rd prize
2007
Conducting
Chariman of the Jury: Arturo Tamayo
Kevin John Edusei, Germany, 1st prize
Joshua Kangming Tan, Singapure, 2nd prize
Perry Pakhin So, Hong Kong, 3rd prize
Ayyub Guliyev, Azerbaijan, The Orchestra’s Preference Award
2008
Composing
Chairman of the Jury: Zygmunt Krauze
Musheng Chen, China, 1st prize
Manuel Martínez Burgos, Spain, 2nd prize
Andrej Slezák, Slovakia-Hungary, 3rd prize
2009
Conducting
Chairman of the Jury: Claus Peter Flor
Alexander Solovyev, Russia, 1st prize
Tomáš Brauner, Czech Republic, 3rd prize
Stilian Kirov, Bulgaria, 3rd prize and The Orchestra’s Preference Award
2010
Conducting
Chairman of the Jury: Thomas Sanderling
1st Prize not awarded
2nd Prize: Sergey Akimov (Russia)
3rd Prize: Oliver Cope (UK), Simon Edelmann (Germany)
Orchestra‘s Preference Award: Konstantinos Terzakis (Greece)
2024
Composing
Chairman of the Jury: Tan Dun
Daniel (Jingyang) Cui (China), 1st Prize
Evripides Bekos (Greece), 2nd Prize
Francesco Darmanin (Italy), 3rd Prize
Orchestra‘s Preference Award: Daniel (Jingyang) Cui (China)
