Hermes Helfricht (26) is from Germany. He has been Assistant Conductor of the Spanish Youth Orchestra since 2014 and he has been Music Director of Bonn Opera House since the beginning of the 2018/19 season. Hermes is also an accomplished pianist and accompanist.
Jordan Gudefin (29) is from France. Originally a percussionist and composer, he embarked on a conducting degree at the Conservatoire de Paris in 2012 and has since worked with conductors such as Susanna Mälkki and Esa-Pekka Salonen as well as with numerous European orchestras.
Thomas Goff (25) is from the UK. He is an alumnus of the Royal Northern College of Music and is currently pursuing a Masters in Orchestral Conducting at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague, Netherlands.
This article was originally written on 27 October 2017 and has been updated.
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