Solti awards for 11 young US conductors

The $25k career boosters go to:

Christopher Allen, Associate Conductor, Los Angeles Opera;

Gene Chang, Assistant Conductor, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, and Music Director, Cincinnati Symphony Youth Orchestra;

Ankush Kumar Bahl, Assistant Conductor, National Symphony Orchestra;

Joshua Gersen, Assistant Conductor, New York Philharmonic, and Music Director, New York Youth Symphony;

Daniel Black, Assistant Conductor,  Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, and Music Director of the Oshkosh Symphony Orchestra;

Keitaro Harada, Associate Conductor, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Associate Conductor, Arizona Opera, and Associate Conductor, Richmond (VA) Symphony Orchestra;

Yaniv Dinur, Assistant Conductor, The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra;

Stefano Sarzani, Associate Conductor, Des Moines Metro Opera;

Stilian Kirov, Music Director, Symphony in C (Philadelphia, PA), and Music Director, Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra;

Michelle Merrill, Assistant Conductor, Detroit Symphony Orchestra;

and Sameer Patel, Assistant Conductor, The San Diego Symphony Orchestra.

Past winners include Karina Canellakis, Cristian Macelaru and Anthony Barrese.