Philharmonie de Paris
(c) Remy Franck
The second edition of the women conductors competition La Maestra is to take place from 3 to 6 March 2022 at the Philharmonie de Paris which organizes this event together with the Paris Mozart Orchestra. In total, 202 candidates of 48 nationalities from 5 continents registered, with a quite high average age of 35. Whilst some of the 2020 candidates tried again this year, 132 women conductors applied for the first time.
The jury is chaired by Deborah Borda, Chief Executive Officer of the New York Philharmonic and comprises also Marin Alsop, Claire Gibault, Ariane Matiakh and Markus Stenz, among others.
Yeo Ryeong Ahn, 29 – South Korea
Clara Baget, 23 – France
Mélisse Brunet, 45 – France
Mercedes Diaz Garcia, 42 – Spain
Ustina Dubitsky, 33 – Germany
Tamara Dworetz, 32 – USA
Beatriz Fernández Aucejo, 38 – Spain
Vivian Ip, 35 – Hong Kong
Nikol Kraft, 33 – Czech Republic
Maria Kurochkina, 32 – Russia
Natalia Raspopova, 39 – Australia
Joanna Natalia Slusarczyk, 36 – Poland
Anna Sulkowska-Migon, 26 – Poland
Zoe Zeniodi, 45 – Greece
