Delyana Lazarova wins Hallé Prize
Bulgarian conductor Delyana Lazarova is the winner of the first Siemens Hallé International Conductors Competition. The prize money amounts to 19,000 Swiss francs (15,000 pounds).
The award also includes a two-year engagement as Assistant Conductor in Hallé and the position of Musical Director of the Hallé Youth Orchestra.
In 2019, Lazarova won the first conducting competition of the National Radio of Albania and the James Conlon Conducting Prize of the Aspen Music Festival. She is currently studying for a master's degree in conducting with Johannes Schläfli at the ZHdK (Zurich University of the Arts). She has already completed a master's degree in violin at Indiana University (USA), where she graduated with honors.
Her current engagements include conducting the Hungarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Albanian Radio Television Symphony Orchestra and the Italian Solisti Aquilani. Her ZHdK studies also include a debut with Carmen at the Meiningen State Theater in Germany.
