The Malko Competition 2024

Samuel Lee wins Malko Competition 2024

The 34-year-old South Korean Samuel Lee has had a meteoric career as both conductor and soloist in Europe, the USA and Asia. Now he can also call himself the winner of the Malko Competition 2024.

1

Samuel Seungwon Lee

South Korea – First prize

2

Ana Maria Patiño-Osorio

Colombia – Second prize, Audience Prize, Youth Jury Prize

3

Dong Chao

China – Third prize

Winner Interview: Samuel Seungwon Lee

Prize ceremony and Champagne Galop winner!

MINI PORTRAIT – Ana Maria Patiño-Osorio

MINI PORTRAIT – Dong Chao

MINI PORTRAIT – SAMUEL SEUNGWON LEE

Justin Malko grandson of Nicolai Malko

MEET MALKOS YOUTH JURY

All performances from the semi-finals

Interview with Angelica Negrón

Dayner Tafur-Díaz: Conductor and TikToker

Wednesday 17:15

See all round 2 performances

Wednesday 14:29

Malko flautists Anna Nykvist and Mikael Beier

Wednesday 11:00

Interview with Mei-Ann Chen

More images from the first two days

Interview: Ana Maria Patiño-Osorio

How Do You Like Your Brahms?

Three Brahms symphonies have been allocated at random to Saturday’s three finalists - in each case, the pairing is perfect

Angélica Negrón

Round 3 - Nowhere to Hide

Six conductors have made it through to Round 3 of the Malko Competition - where even bigger challenges await

See photos from day 2

See all performances from Day 2

Omer & Omar about Heavy metal and Classical

Photos from Day I

See performances from the first day

And Then There Were Twelve

A dozen conductors from 11 countries remain in the Malko Competition, but we have said goodbye to some characters