- CIDO SINCE 2021
The most singular
conducting
competition
in the world
The CIDO Llíria City of Music discovers and promotes young conductors from all over the world. Three editions, over 500 candidates from 60 countries, €8,500 in prizes, and Spain's top orchestras. 25 finalists from across the globe competed from July 17 to 22, 2023, before a world-class international jury.
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: CRISTÓBAL SOLER
Winner · III CIDO 2025
Jaehyuck Choi
South Korea
The most promising talent in international conducting
- WHAT IS CIDO?
A unique competition
in an extraordinary setting
3
Editions (2021-2023-2025)
+500
Candidates from 60 countries
€8,500
In prizes + orchestral guest conducting engagements
What happens when one of Spain's cities with the richest musical heritage hosts an international orchestral conducting competition? The stage is no ordinary concert hall: it is a city that has breathed music for over two centuries, home to its own historic concert bands, musicians performing in premier orchestras worldwide, and ancient Roman baths transformed into a performance venue. The "Llíria City of Music" International Orchestral Conducting Competition is unlike any other. It is the only competition in the world held in a UNESCO Creative City of Music with over 2,000 years of musical heritage.
- COMPLETE LIST OF WINNERS
2025
3rd Edition
July 21-25, 2025
1st Prize
Jaehyuck Choi
South Korea
I Jaehyuck Choi — South Korea
II Vladimir Piskunov
III Daniel Joseph
★ Special Prize: Daniel Ros
2023
2nd Edition
July 17-22, 2023
1st Prize
Brian Liao
Taiwan / United States
I Jaehyuck Choi — South Korea
II Daniel Ros
III Daniel Joseph
★ Special Prize: Dani Martínez
2021
1st Edition
July 21-25, 2025
1st Prize
Levente Török
Hungary
I Jaehyuck Choi — South Korea
II Liubov Nosova (Russia)
III Edmon Levon (Spain)
★ Special Prize: Daniel Ros
- THE JURY
Internationally Acclaimed Figures
★ Manuel Galduf
Jury President. Principal Conductor of the Valencia Orchestra (1983–1997). Member of the San Carlos Royal Academy of Fine Arts.
★ Cristóbal Soler
Artistic Director of CIDO. Music Director of the Teatro de la Zarzuela (2010-2015). Trained with Harnoncourt and Jansons in Vienna.
★ Virginia Martínez
Music and Artistic Director of the Symphony Orchestra of the Region of Murcia. A leading figure among female conductors in Spain.
★ Filipe Cunha
Principal Conductor of the Braga Philharmonic Orchestra (Portugal). Braga, UNESCO Creative City, sister city of Llíria.
Are you a conductor under 35?
Next edition · 2027 · Applications open in 2026 · €8,500 in prizes + orchestral guest conducting engagements
UNESCO Creative City of Music
Llíria City of Music
· Institutional and Cultural Portal
· Llíria City Council
