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Program & artists:

You heard:

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
"Romeo and Juliet" Fantasy-Overture in B minor

Sergei Prokofiev
Romeo and Juliet op.64 - Excerpts from the Ballet

Leonard Bernstein
Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story"

presented by:

Tim Hüttemeister, Lea Ray, Drummado Wijnhamer and the Dresdner Philharmonie

Results of the "Campus Conducting" competition:

2nd prizes: Lea Ray, Tim Hüttemeister

3rd prize: Drummado Wijnhamer

Orchestra prize: Lea Ray

Audience prize: Tim Hüttemeister

You can find a short summary of the evening on our social media channels

Further information:

©Young Ea Song

Tim Hüttemeister

The young conductor Tim Hüttemeister initially took trombone and piano lessons as a teenager and sang in various choirs. After studying conducting with Prof. David de Villiers (Folkwang University of the Arts) in Essen and majoring in music theory with Dr. Immanuel Ott and Prof. Dr. Markus Roth, he began his Bachelor's degree in orchestral conducting with Prof. Florian Ludwig at the Hochschule für Musik in Detmold, where he is now continuing his Master's studies. There he was also engaged as a permanent assistant to the university orchestra, most recently in the university production of Johann Strauss' “Die Fledermaus” under Prof. Fabio Vettraino and in the coming summer of 2025 by Prof. Alexander Hannemann in Mozart's “Don Giovanni”.

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©Josias Ray

Lea Ray

Lea Ray has been studying orchestral conducting at the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar since 2021 in the class of Prof. Ekhart Wycik, Prof. Nicolás Pasquet, Johannes Klumpp and Prof. Gregor Bühl. She received further inspiration from Prof. Johannes Schlaefli, Prof. Daniele Agiman, Prof. Ole Kristian Ruud, Prof. Christoph-Mathias Müller, Otto Tausk and Prof. Richard Wien. In the 2024/25 season, she made her debut at the Landestheater Coburg with Rossini's “Il Barbiere di Siviglia”. She has also conducted concerts for children with the Northwest German Philharmonic Orchestra and the Jena Philharmonic Orchestra. At Staatstheater Mainz, she is assisting GMD Hermann Bäumer in the new production of Janáček's “The Cunning Little Vixen” and will take on a post-conducting role in the 2025/26 season. Since February 2024, she has been a scholarship holder of the “Forum Dirigieren” of the German Music Council.

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©Kirsten van Santen

Drummado Wijnhamer

Drummado Wijnhamer (born 1999) is a Dutch conductor and is currently doing his master's degree in orchestral conducting at the Franz Liszt School of Music in Weimar with Prof. Ekhart Wycik and Prof. Gregor Bühl.

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©Simon Pauly

Dresdner Philharmonie

That is the claim of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra. The orchestra stands for concerts at the highest artistic level, musical education for all ages and looking beyond the musical horizon. Guest performances on almost every continent and collaborations with guests from all over the world have established the reputation of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra in the international classical music world.  

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