2023 Student Concerto Competition
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Our concerto competition will be May 3/4, 2025 at Mount Royal University, Calgary Alberta. Below we are introducing our judge, Julianne Galant.
New Brunswick-born conductor Juliane Gallant is the Resident Conductor of the Calgary Philharmonic. She has appeared as guest conductor with the National Arts Centre Orchestra, Victoria Symphony,
PEI Symphony Orchestra, Okanagan Symphony
Orchestra, Kingston Symphony Orchestra, and Symphony New Brunswick, and as assistant and cover conductor with many orchestras and opera companies across Canada.
Initially a collaborative pianist, répétiteur, and vocal coach, Juliane began her conducting career in opera. She has led productions of Carmen, La bohème, Tosca, Eugene Onegin, La Traviata, Don
Giovanni, and numerous others, both in Canada and in the UK.
In 2021, she made her Royal Opera House debut in Mami Wata in collaboration with Pegasus Opera. Juliane is a graduate of the National Opera Studio, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, the
Conservatoire de musique et d’art dramatique de Montréal, the University of Ottawa and the Université de Moncton. She is an alumna of Tapestry Opera’s Women in Musical Leadership Fellowship.
Eligibility:
Applicants must be under 21 years of age.
The applicant’s piece of choice must be composed for the applicant’s instrument and string orchestra.
Applicants need to provide their own pianists.
Kensington Sinfonia congratulates 2023 Concerto Competition winners Laec Lorentzen and Jocelyn Zhou.
Previous winners:
2011: Osmond Chiu (viola), Emily Phernambucq (flute)
2012: Joshua Lee (cello)
2013: Trevor Mansell (oboe)
2014: Liam Pond (piano)
2015: Chris Fang (violin)
2016: Cameron Wong (oboe)
2017: Ephraim Chen (cello)
2018: Tilman Sandvoss (viola)
2019: Isabelle Robinson (violin) and Anna Stube (violin)