"Maestro of tomorrow"

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Simon Edelmann, alumnus of Prof. Ulrich Windfuhr's conducting class, can announce new important career steps following his success at the demanding "Dimitri Mitropoulos International Competition": He has been accepted into the " Maestros of Tomorrow" promotion stage. He has also been appointed first conductor of the Vogtland Philharmonic Orchestra.

The list of artists Maestros of tomorrow is a cooperation between the Dirigenten- forum and the Gesellschaft zur Verwertung von Leistungsschutzrechten (GVL). If a conductor on the list is engaged for one or more concerts, the organizer can apply for a fee subsidy from the Conductors' Forum project office.
The "Maestros of Tomorrow" are scholarship holders of the Conductors' Forum who have demonstrated their artistic quality and have reached the second level of support. The German Music Council accompanies the young conductors on their way into professional musical life and recommends them to all those who bear responsibility for the next generation of artists.

Vita
Simon Edelmann is currently a freelance conductor. He received his training from Prof. Nicolas Pasquet and Prof. Ekhart Wycik at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Weimar and from Prof. Ulrich Windfuhr at the Hamburg University of Music and Drama, where he passed his concert exam with top marks in April 2024.
In recent years, he has already performed with renowned orchestras such as the Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra, the Staatskapelle Weimar, the Musikalische Komödie Leipzig, the Niederrheinische Sinfoniker and the Neubrandenburger Philharmonie, which immediately invited him for another production. As a scholarship holder of the Ernst Boehe Academy from 2020 to 2022, he worked as Assistant Conductor of the Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz and its Chief Conductor Michael Francis.
Since 2022, Simon Edelmann has been a scholarship holder of the Forum Dirigieren (formerly Dirigentenforum) of the German Music Council. Last season, this took him to the Saarländischer Rundfunk Orchestra, the Kritisches Orchester Berlin and the Hofer Symphoniker, among others.
He also attracted international attention by winning the Silver Medal of the Antal Dorati International Conduction Competition in Budapest in September 2021. One of his most recent successes is winning 1st prize and the special orchestral prize at the '3rd International Conducting Competition University of Almeria' in December 2023 and 3rd prize at the '16th Dimitri Mitropoulos International Competition for Conducting' in May 2024.