La Maestra 2026: discover the running order of the Quarter-Finals, February 23 and 24!

Following the draw on Sunday 22 February, we are pleased to announce the running order of the 16 candidates who will conduct the Paris Mozart Orchestra during the Quarter-Finals on Monday 23 and Tuesday 24 February at the Philharmonie de Paris:

MONDAY 23 FEBRUARY / 7PM – 11PM

1. Polina LEBEDIEVA (24 – Ukraine)
Maurice Ravel, Le Tombeau de Couperin – orchestral version (Forlane – Rigaudon)

2. Öykü YANIK (24 – Turkey)
Maurice Ravel, Le Tombeau de Couperin – orchestral version (Forlane – Rigaudon)

3. Jiajing LAI (34 – China)
Emilie Mayer, Symphony No. 1 (Adagio) 

4. Soo Jin CHUNG (30 – Canada)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Symphony No. 41 « Jupiter » (Allegro vivace)

5. Nefeli CHADOULI (32 – Greece)
Emilie Mayer, Symphony No. 1 (Adagio)

6. Oksana KROTYK (26 – Ukraine)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Symphony No. 41 « Jupiter » (Allegro vivace)

7. Molly TURNER (28 – USA)
Gabriel Fauré, Masques et bergamasques (Overture and Gavotte) 

8. Sunwoo JEONG (23 – South Korea)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Symphony No. 41 « Jupiter » (Allegro vivace)

TUESDAY 24 FEBRUARY / 7PM – 11PM

9. Mariana CORICHI GÓMEZ (26 – Mexico)
Maurice Ravel, Le Tombeau de Couperin – orchestral version (Forlane – Rigaudon)

10. Mojca LAVRENČIČ (33 – Slovenia)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Symphony No. 41 « Jupiter » (Allegro vivace)

11. Lamar ELIAS (26 – Palestine)
Emilie Mayer, Symphony No. 1 (Adagio)

12. Noemí PASQUINA (39 – Spain)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Symphony No. 41 « Jupiter » (Allegro vivace)

13. Sukjong KIM (33 – South Korea)
Maurice Ravel, Le Tombeau de Couperin – orchestral version (Forlane – Rigaudon)

14. Alizé LÉHON (27 – France)
Emilie Mayer, Symphony No. 1 (Adagio)

15. Doğa ÇETIN (25 – Turkey)
Gabriel Fauré, Masques et bergamasques (Overture and Gavotte) 

16. Lea RAY (28 – Germany)
Maurice Ravel, Le Tombeau de Couperin – orchestral version (Forlane – Rigaudon)

Each candidate will have 20 minutes to rehearse and perform the work they have chosen.