You’ll be coached by a serious, international faculty—not “guest clinicians,” but working conductors who will hold you to professional standards and push your rehearsal leadership forward. Derek Gleeson (Artistic Director) brings decades of concert, opera, and screen-music leadership and a long record of training conductors through high-intensity, podium-driven programs.  Vincent de Kort adds top-tier, world-stage perspective—regularly invited by major orchestras and opera houses (including the Bolshoi and Mariinsky) and widely known as former jury chairman of the Dutch prime-time TV phenomenon “Maestro.”  Christo (Hristo) Pavlov, Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Vratsa Symphony Orchestra, brings the inside-the-orchestra viewpoint you can’t fake: how to get results fast, communicate clearly, and earn trust in real rehearsal conditions.  And Nikola (“Niki”) Petrov, conductor and score supervisor with substantial studio recording experience, helps you bridge technique with practical session craft—clarity, preparation, and decision-making that reads instantly to professional players.