View the full Prize Ceremony of Malko 2018

View the full Prize Ceremony of the 2018 Malko Competition for Young Conductors - including a musical surprise!

The three 2018 Malko finalists - Ryan Bancroft (USA), Anna Rakitina (Russia) and Alessandro Bonato (Italy) - receive their prizes in this Awards Ceremony following the Final Round in DR Concert Hall, Copenhagen.

Hosts Rie Koch and Mathias Hammer (DR P2) present the ceremony, and the prizes are awarded by Jury Chairman Fabio Luisi, Principal Conductor of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra.

True to Malko tradition, the evening ends in a musical surprise when the winner is asked to sight-read and conduct the Champagne Galop by H.C. Lumbye - live!

Videos 2018

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Welcome to the Malko Competition 2018

"Without great conductors, there can be no great orchestras" says Kim Bohr in this video introduction to the Malko Competition.

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Forget dinner - forget sleep!

The 12 candidates who passed to the Second Round are busy preparing themselves for tomorrow's performance of Mahler, Tchaikovsky and Schumann

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Music is a universal right

"Music is a universal right, Everyone should be exposed to it" says Malko participant Roderick Cox in this video interview, sharing his thoughts about being an Afro-American conductor

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Celebrating in Czech

This year's Czech Malko candidate Petr Popelka knows how to celebrate going to the semi final on Wednesday

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Meet the finalist #1: Anna Rakitina

"I only really live when I am on the podium" says Malko finalist Anna Rakitina in this portrait interview

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