Gomes wins EU Conducting Competition
The Portuguese conductor José Eduardo Gomes , who studied in Geneva and conducted the Orchestre de Chambre de Carouge from 2008 to 2001, is the winner of the European Union Conducting Competition.
Gomes studied clarinet in Portugal before going on to study choral and orchestral conducting in Geneva. He is a founding member of the Vintage Quartet, which performs regularly in Portugal, Italy, Belgium and Switzerland. From 2008 to 2011 he was Principal Conductor of the Orchestre de Chambre de Carouge. In Portugal, he is also involved with youth orchestras, including the Orquestra Geração.
The second European Union Conducting Competition was held in cooperation with the National Academy of Music in Sofia and the Pazardjik Symphony Orchestra in Sofia and Pazardjik. Cash prizes and concerts in Italy, Hungary, Russia, Turkey and Poland were awarded.
