Only Stage International Conducting Competition – 2nd edition

Only Stage Management Company in cooperation with Classics Management Budapest announces the 2nd edition of the Only Stage International Conducting Competition.
The competition is open to musicians of any nationality without age limits.
The candidates are welcome to apply from October 18th until December 31st, 2021.

The jury will be composed by conductors, artistic directors, general managers representatives of the following institutions: George Enescu Festival (Romania), laVerdi Symphony Orchestra (Italy), Beethoven Orchester (Germany) and MÁV Symphony Orchestra Budapest (Hungary). The competition (1st edition) will be held exclusively online. The awards include money prizes and concert opportunities.


In 2020 Only Stage has been one of the first management companies to announce an International Conducting Competition held online with the support of the Arts Council England and in partnership with Classic Management. The idea comes from Only Stage’s experience in finding out and managing talented conductors from all over the world: a true example of a great international cooperation between different companies involved in the music business who join their experiences and tools to find innovative artistic solutions and give professional occasion to the best conductors of the international the music scene.