The candidates to become the best young baton in Europe are now ready to start the competition. The II International Conducting Competition “Llíria City of Music” celebrated its official inauguration yesterday with the reception of the 23 contestants – two have unregistered a few days before the beginning of the competition – by local authorities and members of the jury.
The event was attended by the Mayor of Llíria, Joanma Miguel, who wanted to wish them “a happy stay in the city,” which he described as “the city with the highest number of musicians per capita” and a centre for “the promotion of education at a musical level”.
For her part, the Councillor for Culture wanted to congratulate them “for having come this far” and encouraged them to “enjoy and get to know” the city of Llíria as well as its extensive and cultural heritage.
During the reception, the chairperson of the jury, Manuel Galduf, and the Artistic Director of ICC, Cristóbal Soler, also took part, who encouraged the contestants to give their all on stage.
Moreover, the order of participation for all days was drawn, the letter B being chosen. Thus, the order of the competition in the first round will be as follows:
- Sieva Borzak
- Lorena Escolar
- Scott Gentile
- Rafael Grau
- Oren Gross-Thaler
- Daniel Huertas
- Daniel Joseph
- Hae Lee
- Maximilian Leinekugel
- Brian Liao
- Chi-Yuan Lin
- Daniel Martínez Hermoso
- Jakub Montewka
- Clément Nonciaux
- Riku Okamoto
- Fernando Palomeque
- Pablo Pegalajar
- Eros Quesada
- Bernat Quetglas
- Daniel Ros
- Sasha Scolnik
- Tatsuma Takahashi
- Clara Wagsteinr
