The Mahler Competition starts on 6 May 2016

From 6 to 13 May 2016 the Bamberg Symphony – Bavarian State Philharmonic is holding The Mahler Competition for the fifth time. The Competition will be open to the public from 9 May. Admission to the open rounds in the Bamberg Concert Hall is free. The Competition takes place over several rounds. The winner of the First or highest Prize will be presented to the public at a concert with the Bamberg Symphony in Bamberg’s Concert Hall on 13 May 2016. The programme will consist of works from the Competition’s repertoire by Georg Friedrich Haas, Henri Dutilleux, Gustav Mahler and Jörg Widmann. This year, there were 381 applicants from 64 countries. 14 candidates have been invited to Bamberg, 11 male and 3 female. They come from Venezuela, Romania, Chile, China, Poland, Japan, Germany, Russia, New Zealand, South Korea, Singapore and the USA.…