Just in: Karajan finalists are three males

Just in: Karajan finalists are three males

Orchestras

norman lebrecht

April 07, 2025

The Herbert von Karajan Young Conductors Award has picked finalists for this summer’s baton shootout.

They are: Christian Blex (Germany), Jakub Przybycień (Poland) and Jong-Jie Yin (China).

The old man would have endorsed the gender unity.

Blex is assistant conductor of the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester. Przybycień is chief conductor of the Zürcher Orchester Sozietät. Jong-Jie Yin won the 2023 Grzegorz Fitelberg Conductors Competition.

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