Toscanini Inter. Conducting Competition
STEPAN ARMASAR 25 Russia
SIEVA BORZAK 28 , Italy
EDUCATION & TRAINING
2024-2026: Current Advanced Studies at Mannes School of Music Prof. David Hayes.
2023: Artistic Development at the Barenboim-Said Akademie Prof. Jörg Widmann.
2019: Master of Music at The Juilliard SchoolProf. Matthias Pintscher.
2017: Bachelor of Music at The Juilliard School Prof. Samuel Adler, Matthias
Pintscher (2017).
International and Multicultural Educational background: his education spans
leading institutions in New York, Berlin, and New York City again.
ORCHESTRAL EXPERIENCE – HIGHLIGHTS
2025: Seoul Philharmonic / Jaap Van Zweden Conducting Fellow.
2024: BBC Proms Korea: ensemble blank, Music Director Conductor, Composer.
2023: Assistant conductor Daniele Gatti, Lahav Shani, Zubin Mehta,
Verbier Festival
Orchestra.
2023: Verbier Festival, Conducting Fellow. Verbier, Switzerland and Vienna Opera
Academy, Assistant Conductor. Vienna, Austria.
2021–2024: Daejeon Philharmonic Orchestra, Guest Conductor (5 times). Daejeon,
South Korea.
2022: Assistanconductor Paavo Järvi, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen,
Korean Tour.
2022: Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Conductors’ Academy with Paavo Järvi.
COMPETITIONS & AWARDS
2024: Bucharest International Conducting Competition, 3rd Prize.
2022: Koussewitzsky International Conducting Competition, Finalist.
2022: Princess Astrid International Conducting Competition, Semi-finalist.
CHAO DONG 27 China
NIKLAS BENJAMIN HOFFMANN 34 Germany
KANA IDE 29 Japan
RICHARD OCTAVIANO KOGIMA 34 Brazil
RIKU OKAMOTO 26 Japan
FERNANDO OSCAR GAGGINI 32 , Argentina
DAVID SCHLAGER 31 Austria
WILLIAM WALKER 33 Austria
LEONARD WEISS 32 Australia