The other finalists are Sieva Borzak of Italy and Simon Clausse of France.
After public rehearsals with the Bamberg Symphony on Wednesday and Thursday, the three conductors will perform at the final concert on Friday, after which the prizewinners will be announced.
The final programme is designed to test the candidates' stylistic range and includes excerpts from Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 5 and one of the selected Joseph Haydn symphonies, as well as works by Béla Bartók, Arnold Schoenberg and Thomas Adès.
First prize includes EUR 30,000 and several years of artistic mentorship, along with conducting engagements with the Bamberg Symphony.
Second prize carries EUR 20,000, while third prize is worth EUR 10,000.
Founded in 2004, the competition is open to conductors under 35 and is being held for the eighth time.
Przybycień, 31, was recently appointed assistant conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra for a two-year term.
Now based in Zurich, Switzerland, he grew up and studied in Poland, achieving early success as a violinist before earning a bachelor's degree in conducting from the Academy of Music in the southwestern city of Wrocław. He later continued his studies at the Zurich University of the Arts.
Przybycień was also a finalist in the Donatella Flick Conducting Competition in London. Last year, he won the Ernst von Schuch Prize.
His plans for the 2026/2027 season include debut performances with the Wiener Symphoniker and the Boston Symphony Orchestra at the Tanglewood Music Festival, as well as concerts with the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Kyiv Symphony Orchestra.
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