Jorma Panula: Conductors need to start much younger

Jorma Panula: Conductors need to start much younger

Orchestras

norman lebrecht

May 16, 2023

Forget the criticism that Finnish maestros are not fully cooked. Klaus Mäkelä in Paris is 27, Tarmo Peltokoski (pic) in Toulouse is 22.

Finland’s chief maestro maker Jorma Panula, 92, is worried that the talent stream is dryinfg up because he is not seeing new candidates at the Sibelius Academy until they finish school. He wants to start training them at 14, latest.

So he has launched a new conducting competition in the town of Vaasa. No-one over 20 need apply.

Judges include Ed Spanjaard, Maria Badstue, Vytautas Lukočius and Mikko Franck.

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