After a thrilling final, the Donatella Flick LSO Conducting Competition 2018 came to a close on 22 November and Felix Mildenberger was crowned its winner and LSO Assistant Conductor for the next two years.

Chloé van Soeterstede is from France. A trained violist, she studied Conducting at the Royal Northern College of Music from 2015 to 2017. She regularly assistants François-Xavier Roth in France and has worked with several major conductors including Vasily Petrenko and Sir Mark Elder. Chloé is also founder and chief conductor of the Arch Sinfonia.

Katharina Wincor (23) is from Austria and has been studying Orchestral Conducting in Vienna and Zurich. After winning the Neeme Järvi Prize at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival Conducting Academy 2017, Katharina was invited to Riccardo Muti's Italian Opera Academy before attending Marin Alsop's masterclass in London earlier this year.

Jack (25) is a conductor and composer based in Manchester, and is currently a Junior Fellow in conducting at the Royal Northern College of Music. In 2018/19, Jack returns to Aldeburgh's Britten-Piers Young Artist Scheme, tours to New York and Copenhagen with contemporary music ensemble Apartment House and will be assistant conductor to Thomas Adès