The young German conductor Christian Blex has been awarded the coveted Karajan prize at the Salzburg festival.
Blex, a former assistant to Kirill Pdetrenko at the Berlin Philharmonic, is presently assistant conductor of the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester.
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