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Jury
Guaranteed professional
pre-selection
In order to guarantee an independent and professional selection process throughout its two funding programmes, FEDORA is working in close collaboration with expert partners and international jury panels.
The FEDORA Prizes Biennale’s Expert partners:
- for the Opera and Dance Prizes, Opera Europa - the Professional Association of Opera Houses and Festivals in Europe, the leading professional network representing over 220 opera companies and opera festivals in 44 different European countries
- for the Education Prize, RESEO - the European Network for opera, music, dance and education which brings together organizations and artists to promote innovation and equal access to creativity
- for the Digital Prize, IMZ - International Music + Media Centre - the international business network dedicated to the promotion of the performing arts through audiovisual media
The Next Stage Grants’ Expert Partner:
- Opera Europa - the Professional Association of Opera Houses and Festivals in Europe, the leading professional network representing over 200 opera companies and opera festivals in 43 different European countries.
A jury of
International Experts
The pre-selected projects are presented to the juries of experts who assess the applications, select the nominees and the winners of the FEDORA Prizes Biennale, and select the recipients of the Next Stage Grants.
Discover
The FEDORA prizes
Biennale Jury
Discover
The Next Stage
Grants Jury
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Birgitta Svendén
Former General and Artistic Director
Royal Swedish Opera -
Pierre Audi
General Director
Festival d'Aix-en-Provence -
Laura Berman
Intendant
Staatsoper Hannover -
Sivan Eldar
Composer of previous winner “Like Flesh”
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Luc Joosten
Head of Dramaturgy
Dutch National Opera & Ballet -
Víctor Garcia de Gomar
Artistic Director
Gran Teatre del Liceu -
Randi Stene
Opera Director
Norwegian National Opera & Ballet -
Viktor Schoner
Intendant of
Staatsoper Stuttgart
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Ingrid Lorentzen
Artistic Director
Norwegian National Ballet -
Ted Brandsen
Director
Dutch National Ballet -
Julie Guibert
Ballet Artistic Director
Opéra de Lyon -
Cathy Marston
Incoming Ballet Director
Ballett Zürich -
Johannes Öhman
Artistic Director
Dansens Hus -
Beate Vollack
Ballet Director
Oper Graz -
Demis Volpi
Director of Dance
Deutsche Ballett am Rhein Düsseldorf Duisburg
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Bernard Foccroulle
Former Director
Festival d'Aix-en-Provence / La Monnaie -
Vania Cauzillo
Vice-Chair
RESEO -
Hannah Griffiths
General Manager
Birmingham Opera Company -
Inge Lattré
Artistic Director
Platform K -
Laura Nidh
Deputy Head of Artistic Education and Programming for Young Audiences
Paris National Opera -
Panaghis Pagoulatos
Director of Artistic Programming & Casting
Greek National Opera -
Daniel Weissmann
General Director
Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège
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Peter Maniura
Director
IMZ Academy -
Martin Ajdari
Deputy General Director
Paris National Opera -
Laetitia Bochud
Director at Virtual Switzerland #SwissXR, Consultant, President at XR4Europe, Advisory Board Member, Guest Lecturer, WiiT Ambassador
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Renata Borowska -Juszczyńska
General Manager
Poznań Opera House -
Ditte Feuk
Head of Theatre, Opera and Dance
SVT Drama -
Katharina Jeschke
Secretary General
IMZ International Music + Media Centre -
Tod Machover
Composer, Professor of Music & Media and Director of the Media Lab's Opera of the Future group
MIT Media Lab -
Alistair Spalding
Artistic Director & Chief Executive
Sadler's Wells Theatre
Discover
The Next Stage
Grants Jury
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Nicholas Payne
Director
Opera Europa -
Valentina Bressan
Consultant in the strategy of sustainable ecological transition for the Operas
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Valérie Chevalier
General Director
Opéra Orchestre National de Montpellier Occitanie -
Patrick Dillon
Director
Theatre Green Book / Renew Culture Ltd -
Prof. Dr. Benjamin Mueller
Professor for Digital Business
University of Bremen Faculty of Business and Economics -
Filipe Santos
Dean
Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics -
Mirja Telzerow
European People Director
Kearney
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Laura Berman
Intendant
Staatsoper Hannover -
Aviel Cahn
General Director
Grand Théâtre de Genève -
Kasper Holten
CEO
Royal Danish Theatre -
Sophie de Lint
Director
Dutch National Opera -
Anna Maria Meo
General Director
Fondazione Teatro Regio di Parma -
Nicholas Payne
Director
Opera Europa -
Birgitta Svendén
General and Artistic Director
Royal Swedish Opera
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Ted Brandsen
Director
Dutch National Ballet -
Aurélie Dupont
Director of Dance
Paris Opera Ballet -
Laurent Hilaire
Director
Stanislavsky Ballet -
Sara-Nora Krysteva
Artistic Director of the Ballet
Sofia National Opera and Ballet -
Ingrid Lorentzen
Artistic Director
Norwegian National Ballet -
Nicholas Payne
Director
Opera Europa -
Benoit Swan Pouffer
Artistic Director
Rambert
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Vania Cauzillo
Vice-Chair
RESEO -
Bernard Foccroulle
Former Director
La Monnaie and Festival d'Aix-en-Provence -
Anthony Heidweiller
Artistic Director
Vocal Statements -
Birgitte Holt-Nielsen
Librettist and
Freelance Producer -
Anne-Kathrin Ostrop
Head of Education
Komische Oper Berlin -
Panaghis Pagoulatos
Director of Artistic Programming & Casting
Greek National Opera -
Lauri Pokkinen
Audience Outreach & Social Responsibility Manager
Finnish National Opera & Ballet
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Christopher Hampson
Artistic Director
Scottish Ballet -
Katharina Jeschke
Secretary General
IMZ International Music + Media Centre -
Emelie de Jong
Head of Arts Department
ARTE France -
Yasuko Kobayashi
Senior Producer
NHK -
Tod Machover
Composer, Inventor, Professor of Music & Media and director of the Media Lab's Opera of the Future group
MIT Media Lab -
Peter Maniura
Director
IMZ Academy -
Ulrich Schrauth
Artistic Director, VRHAM! Virtual Reality & Arts Festival
XR & Immersive Programmer BFI London Film Festival - UK
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Pierre Audi
General Director
Festival d'Aix-en-Provence -
Laura Berman
Intendant
Staatsoper Hannover -
Sophie de Lint
Director
Dutch National Opera -
Kasper Holten
CEO
Royal Danish Theatre -
Joan Matabosch
Artistic Director
Teatro Real -
Nicholas Payne
Director
Opera Europa -
Caroline Sonrier
Director
Opéra de Lille -
Birgitta Svendén
Former General and Artistic Director
Royal Swedish Opera
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Eleonora Abbagnato
Director
Balletto del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma -
Ted Brandsen
Director
Dutch National Ballet -
Sharon Eyal
Choreographer
L-E-V Dance Company -
Laurent Hilaire
Director
Stanislavsky Ballet -
Nicolas Le Riche
Artistic Director
Royal Swedish Ballet -
Johannes Öhman
Artistic Director
Dansens Hus -
Madeleine Onne
Artistic Director
Finnish National Ballet -
Nicholas Payne
Director
Opera Europa -
Helen Shute
Chief Executive/Executive Producer
Rambert
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Bernard Foccroulle
Former Director
Festival d'Aix-en-Provence / La Monnaie -
Renate Futterknecht
Head of Administration / Deputy General Artistic Director
Theater an der Wien -
Hannah Griffiths
General Manager
Birmingham Opera Company -
Rhian Hutchings
Chair
RESEO -
Barbara Minghetti
Artistic Director
Macerata Opera Festival -
Anne-Kathrin Ostrop
Head of Education
Komische Oper Berlin -
Panaghis Pagoulatos
Director of Artistic Programming & Casting
Greek National Opera
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Ditte Feuk
Head of Theatre, Opera and Dance
SVT Drama -
Christopher Hampson
CEO/Artistic Director
Scottish Ballet -
Renee Hunt
Director of Digital Platforms and Delivery
Sky -
Katharina Jeschke
Secretary General
IMZ International Music + Media Centre -
Tod Machover
Composer, Professor of Music & Media and Director of the Media Lab's Opera of the Future group
MIT Media Lab -
Peter Maniura
Director
IMZ Academy -
Laurent Métivier
Head of Audiovisual Department
Opéra national de Paris -
Kent Nagano
General Music Director of Hamburg Opera and
Music Director of Orchestre symphonique de Montréal -
Ulrich Schrauth
Artistic Director
VRHAM! Virtual Reality & Arts Festival -
Zillah Watson
Commissioning Editor for Virtual Reality
BBC
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Ted Brandsen
Director
Dutch National Ballet -
Laurent Hilaire
Director
Stanislavsky Ballet -
Nicolas Le Riche
Artistic Director
Royal Swedish Ballet -
Judith Mackrell
Dance Writer
The Guardian UK -
Kevin O’Hare
Director
The Royal Ballet -
Johannes Öhman
Artistic Director
Dansens Hus -
Nicholas Payne
Director
Opera Europa
-
Pierre Audi
General Director
Festival d'Aix-en-Provence -
Laura Berman
Intendant
Staatsoper Hannover -
Silvia Hroncová
Director of the Opera
The National Theatre and State Opera -
Nicholas Payne
Director
Opera Europa -
David Pountney
Artistic Director
Welsh National Opera -
Paolo Pinamonti
Artistic Director
Teatro di San Carlo Napoli -
Christina Scheppelmann
Artistic Director General
Gran Teatre del Liceu -
Birgitta Svendén
Former General and Artistic Director
Royal Swedish Opera
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Bernard Foccroulle
Former Director
Festival d'Aix-en-Provence / La Monnaie -
Hannah Griffiths
General Manager
Birmingham Opera Company -
Rhian Hutchings
Chair
RESEO -
Myriam Mazouzi
Director
Academy of Paris National Opera -
Barbara Minghetti
Artistic Director
Macerata Opera Festival -
Anne-Kathrin Ostrop
Head of Education
Komische Oper Berlin -
Nicholas Payne
Director
Opera Europa
-
Ted Brandsen
Director
Dutch National Ballet -
Aurélie Dupont
Director of Dance
Paris Opera Ballet -
Yuri Fateev
Acting Director of
The Mariinsky Ballett -
Nicolas Le Riche
Artistic Director
Royal Swedish Ballet -
Judith Mackrell
Dance Writer
The Guardian UK -
Kevin O’Hare
Director
The Royal Ballet -
Nicholas Payne
Director
Opera Europa -
Igor Zelensky
Director of
Bavarian State Ballet
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Aviel Cahn
Intendant of
Opera Vlaanderen -
Silvia Hroncová
Director of the Opera
The National Theatre and State Opera -
Eva Kleinitz
General Director of
Opéra national du Rhin -
Nicholas Payne
Director
Opera Europa -
Paolo Pinamonti
Artistic Director
Teatro di San Carlo Napoli -
David Pountney
Artistic Director
Welsh National Opera -
Christina Scheppelmann
Artistic Director General
Gran Teatre del Liceu -
Birgitta Svendén
Former General and Artistic Director
Royal Swedish Opera
-
Roberto Giovanardi
Director
Associazione Teatrale Emilia Romagna -
Wiebke Hüster
Dance Critic
Frankfürter Allgemeine Zeitung, Deutschlandradio Kultur and Deutschlandfunk -
Sergei Korobkov
Critic, Chairman of the Press jury of the Ekaterina Maximova Ballet
Commission of the Union of Theatre Actors of the Russian Federation -
Johannes Öhman
Director
Royal Swedish Ballet -
Nicholas Payne
Director
Opera Europa -
Tamara Rojo
Director
English National Ballet -
Alistair Spalding
Artistic Director & Chief Executive
Sadler's Wells Theatre
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John Allison
Editor
Opera Magazine -
Pierre Audi
General Director
Festival d'Aix-en-Provence -
Peter de Caluwe
Director
Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie -
Joan Matabosch
Artistic Director
Teatro Real -
Nicholas Payne
Director
Opera Europa -
Viktor Schoner
Intendant of
Staatsoper Stuttgart -
Caroline Sonrier
Director
Opéra de Lille -
Ludovic Tézier
Baritone
-
Eva Wagner-Pasquier
Consultant
Bayreuther Festspiele
-
Francesc Casadesús Calvó
Director
Mercat De Les Flors -
Roberto Giovanardi
Director
Associazione Teatrale Emilia Romagna -
Wiebke Hüster
Dance Critic
Frankfürter Allgemeine Zeitung, Deutschlandradio Kultur and Deutschlandfunk -
Johannes Öhman
Director
Royal Swedish Ballet -
Benjamin Millepied
Director of Dance
Opéra national de Paris -
Nicholas Payne
Director
Opera Europa -
Alistair Spalding
Artistic Director & Chief Executive
Sadler's Wells Theatre
-
John Allison
Editor
Opera Magazine -
Pierre Audi
Director of Opera
Dutch National Opera -
Kjell Englund
General and Artistic Director
NorrlandsOperan -
Joan Matabosch
Artistic Director
Teatro Real -
Francesco Micheli
Artistic Director
Macerata Opera Festival -
Nicholas Payne
Director
Opera Europa -
Peter Spuhler
Director
Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe -
Eva Wagner-Pasquier
Consultant
Bayreuther Festspiele
-
Francesc Casadesús Calvó
Director
Mercat De Les Flors -
Roberto Giovanardi
Director
Associazione Teatrale Emilia Romagna -
Wiebke Hüster
Dance Critic
Frankfürter Allgemeine Zeitung, Deutschlandradio Kultur and Deutschlandfunk -
Johannes Öhman
Director
Royal Swedish Ballet -
Manuel Legris
Director of Ballet
Vienna State Opera -
Nicholas Payne
Director
Opera Europa -
Alistair Spalding
Artistic Director & Chief Executive
Sadler's Wells Theatre
-
John Allison
Editor
Opera Magazine -
Pierre Audi
Director of Opera
Dutch National Opera -
Kjell Englund
General and Artistic Director
NorrlandsOperan -
Bernard Foccroulle
Former Director
Festival d'Aix-en-Provence / La Monnaie -
Kasper Holten
Director of Opera
Royal Opera House -
Francesco Micheli
Artistic Director
Macerata Opera Festival -
Nicholas Payne
Director
Opera Europa -
Peter Spuhler
Director
Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe
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