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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.

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The FEDORA prizes
Biennale Jury

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The Next Stage
Grants Jury

  • Birgitta Svendén

    Birgitta Svendén

    Former General and Artistic Director
    Royal Swedish Opera

  • Pierre Audi

    Pierre Audi

    General Director
    Festival d'Aix-en-Provence

  • Laura Berman

    Laura Berman

    Intendant
    Staatsoper Hannover

  • Sivan

    Sivan Eldar

    Composer of previous winner “Like Flesh”

  • Luc Joosten - bandw

    Luc Joosten

    Head of Dramaturgy
    Dutch National Opera & Ballet

  • Victor Garcia de gomar - 2

    Víctor Garcia de Gomar

    Artistic Director
    Gran Teatre del Liceu

  • Randi Stene - b and w

    Randi Stene

    Opera Director
    Norwegian National Opera & Ballet

  • Viktor Schoner - bandw

    Viktor Schoner

    Intendant of
    Staatsoper Stuttgart

  • Ingrid

    Ingrid Lorentzen

    Artistic Director
    Norwegian National Ballet

  • Ted Brandsen

    Ted Brandsen

    Director
    Dutch National Ballet

  • Julie Guibert - banw

    Julie Guibert

    Ballet Artistic Director
    Opéra de Lyon

  • Cathy Martson

    Cathy Marston

    Incoming Ballet Director
    Ballett Zürich

  • JohannesOhman-1-sv-v©MatsBäcker

    Johannes Öhman

    Artistic Director
    Dansens Hus

  • Beate-Vollack-

    Beate Vollack

    Ballet Director
    Oper Graz

  • Demis-Volpi©Roman-Novitzky - bandw

    Demis Volpi

    Director of Dance
    Deutsche Ballett am Rhein Düsseldorf Duisburg

  • Bernard Foccroulle

    Bernard Foccroulle

    Former Director
    Festival d'Aix-en-Provence / La Monnaie

  • Vania Cauzillo

    Vania Cauzillo

    Vice-Chair
    RESEO

  • Hannah Griffiths

    Hannah Griffiths

    General Manager
    Birmingham Opera Company

  • Inge Lattre

    Inge Lattré

    Artistic Director
    Platform K

  • thumbnail_IMG_1505

    Laura Nidh

    Deputy Head of Artistic Education and Programming for Young Audiences
    Paris National Opera

  • Panaghis Pagoulatos

    Panaghis Pagoulatos

    Director of Artistic Programming & Casting
    Greek National Opera

  • Daniel Weissmann - bandw

    Daniel Weissmann

    General Director
    Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège

  • Peter Maniura

    Peter Maniura

    Director
    IMZ Academy

  • Martin_Ajdari - bandw

    Martin Ajdari

    Deputy General Director
    Paris National Opera

  • Laetitia Bochud

    Laetitia Bochud

    Director at Virtual Switzerland #SwissXR, Consultant, President at XR4Europe, Advisory Board Member, Guest Lecturer, WiiT Ambassador

  • Renata - BandW

    Renata Borowska -Juszczyńska

    General Manager
    Poznań Opera House

  • Ditte Feuk

    Ditte Feuk

    Head of Theatre, Opera and Dance
    SVT Drama

  • Katharina Jeschke_ Pressefoto 2021_c_Natascha Unkart & Isabelle Köhler

    Katharina Jeschke

    Secretary General
    IMZ International Music + Media Centre

  • Tod Machover

    Tod Machover

    Composer, Professor of Music & Media and Director of the Media Lab's Opera of the Future group
    MIT Media Lab

  • Alistair Spalding

    Alistair Spalding

    Artistic Director & Chief Executive
    Sadler's Wells Theatre

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The Next Stage
Grants Jury

  • Nicholas_Payne cc Schramke

    Nicholas Payne

    Director
    Opera Europa

  • Valentina Bressan

    Valentina Bressan

    Consultant in the strategy of sustainable ecological transition for the Operas

  • Valérie Chevalier

    Valérie Chevalier

    General Director
    Opéra Orchestre National de Montpellier Occitanie

  • Paddy Dillon

    Patrick Dillon

    Director
    Theatre Green Book / Renew Culture Ltd

  • Mueller

    Prof. Dr. Benjamin Mueller

    Professor for Digital Business
    University of Bremen Faculty of Business and Economics

  • Filipe Santos

    Filipe Santos

    Dean
    Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics

  • Mirja Telzerow

    Mirja Telzerow

    European People Director
    Kearney

  • Laura Berman cc Sandra Then

    Laura Berman

    Intendant
    Staatsoper Hannover

  • Aviel Cahn cc GTG Nicolas Schopfer

    Aviel Cahn

    General Director
    Grand Théâtre de Genève

  • Kasper Holten cc Clive Barda

    Kasper Holten

    CEO
    Royal Danish Theatre

  • Sophie de Lint cc Altin Kaftira

    Sophie de Lint

    Director
    Dutch National Opera

  • Anna Maria Meo cc Roberto Ricci

    Anna Maria Meo

    General Director
    Fondazione Teatro Regio di Parma

  • Nicholas_Payne cc Schramke

    Nicholas Payne

    Director
    Opera Europa

  • Birgitta Svendén

    Birgitta Svendén

    General and Artistic Director
    Royal Swedish Opera

  • Ted Brandsen cc Erwin Olaf

    Ted Brandsen

    Director
    Dutch National Ballet

  • Aurélie Dupont  1  © Sophie Delaporte - mention obligatoire B&W

    Aurélie Dupont

    Director of Dance
    Paris Opera Ballet

  • Laurent Hilaire B&W

    Laurent Hilaire

    Director
    Stanislavsky Ballet

  • Sara Nora Krysteva

    Sara-Nora Krysteva

    Artistic Director of the Ballet
    Sofia National Opera and Ballet

  • Ingrid Lorentzen cc Erika Hebbert

    Ingrid Lorentzen

    Artistic Director
    Norwegian National Ballet

  • Nicholas_Payne cc Schramke

    Nicholas Payne

    Director
    Opera Europa

  • Benoit Swan Pouffer cc Camilla Greenwell

    Benoit Swan Pouffer

    Artistic Director
    Rambert

  • Vania Cauzillo

    Vania Cauzillo

    Vice-Chair
    RESEO

  • Bernard Foccroulle cc Pascal Victor

    Bernard Foccroulle

    Former Director
    La Monnaie and Festival d'Aix-en-Provence

  • Anthony Heidweiller cc Jelmer de Haas

    Anthony Heidweiller

    Artistic Director
    Vocal Statements

  • Birgitte Holt Nielsen cc Anne Steen

    Birgitte Holt-Nielsen

    Librettist and
    Freelance Producer

  • Anne-Kathrin Ostrop

    Anne-Kathrin Ostrop

    Head of Education
    Komische Oper Berlin

  • Panaghis Pagoulatos cc Valeria Isaeva

    Panaghis Pagoulatos

    Director of Artistic Programming & Casting
    Greek National Opera

  • Lauri Pokkinen cc Heikki Tuuli

    Lauri Pokkinen

    Audience Outreach & Social Responsibility Manager
    Finnish National Opera & Ballet

  • Christopher Hampson cc Helen Maybanks

    Christopher Hampson

    Artistic Director
    Scottish Ballet

  • Katharina Jeschke cc Stephan Doleschal

    Katharina Jeschke

    Secretary General
    IMZ International Music + Media Centre

  • Emelie De Jong cc Paul Blind

    Emelie de Jong

    Head of Arts Department
    ARTE France

  • Yasuko Kobayashi

    Yasuko Kobayashi

    Senior Producer
    NHK

  • Tod Machover

    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

    Peter Maniura

    Director
    IMZ Academy

  • Ulrich Schrauth bw

    Ulrich Schrauth

    Artistic Director, VRHAM! Virtual Reality & Arts Festival
    XR & Immersive Programmer BFI London Film Festival - UK

  • Pierre Audi

    Pierre Audi

    General Director
    Festival d'Aix-en-Provence

  • Laura Berman

    Laura Berman

    Intendant
    Staatsoper Hannover

  • Sophie de Lint

    Sophie de Lint

    Director
    Dutch National Opera

  • Kasper Holten

    Kasper Holten

    CEO
    Royal Danish Theatre

  • Joan Matabosch

    Joan Matabosch

    Artistic Director
    Teatro Real

  • Nicholas Payne

    Nicholas Payne

    Director
    Opera Europa

  • Caroline Sonrier

    Caroline Sonrier

    Director
    Opéra de Lille

  • Birgitta Svendén

    Birgitta Svendén

    Former General and Artistic Director
    Royal Swedish Opera

  • Eleonora Abbagnato

    Eleonora Abbagnato

    Director
    Balletto del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

  • Ted Brandsen

    Ted Brandsen

    Director
    Dutch National Ballet

  • Sharon Eyal

    Sharon Eyal

    Choreographer
    L-E-V Dance Company

  • Laurent Hilaire

    Laurent Hilaire

    Director
    Stanislavsky Ballet

  • Nicolas Le Riche

    Nicolas Le Riche

    Artistic Director
    Royal Swedish Ballet

  • JohannesOhman-1-sv-v©MatsBäcker

    Johannes Öhman

    Artistic Director
    Dansens Hus

  • Madeleine Onne

    Madeleine Onne

    Artistic Director
    Finnish National Ballet

  • Nicholas Payne

    Nicholas Payne

    Director
    Opera Europa

  • Helen Shute

    Helen Shute

    Chief Executive/Executive Producer
    Rambert

  • Bernard Foccroulle

    Bernard Foccroulle

    Former Director
    Festival d'Aix-en-Provence / La Monnaie

  • Renate Futterknecht

    Renate Futterknecht

    Head of Administration / Deputy General Artistic Director
    Theater an der Wien

  • Hannah Griffiths

    Hannah Griffiths

    General Manager
    Birmingham Opera Company

  • Rhian Hutchings

    Rhian Hutchings

    Chair
    RESEO

  • Barbara Minghetti

    Barbara Minghetti

    Artistic Director
    Macerata Opera Festival

  • Anne-Kathrin Ostrop

    Anne-Kathrin Ostrop

    Head of Education
    Komische Oper Berlin

  • Panaghis Pagoulatos

    Panaghis Pagoulatos

    Director of Artistic Programming & Casting
    Greek National Opera

  • Ditte Feuk

    Ditte Feuk

    Head of Theatre, Opera and Dance
    SVT Drama

  • Christopher Hampson

    Christopher Hampson

    CEO/Artistic Director
    Scottish Ballet

  • Renee Hunt

    Renee Hunt

    Director of Digital Platforms and Delivery
    Sky

  • Katharina Jeschke_ Pressefoto 2021_c_Natascha Unkart & Isabelle Köhler

    Katharina Jeschke

    Secretary General
    IMZ International Music + Media Centre

  • Tod Machover

    Tod Machover

    Composer, Professor of Music & Media and Director of the Media Lab's Opera of the Future group
    MIT Media Lab

  • Peter Maniura

    Peter Maniura

    Director
    IMZ Academy

  • Laurent Métivier

    Laurent Métivier

    Head of Audiovisual Department
    Opéra national de Paris

  • Kent Nagano

    Kent Nagano

    General Music Director of Hamburg Opera and
    Music Director of Orchestre symphonique de Montréal

  • Ulrich Schrauth

    Ulrich Schrauth

    Artistic Director
    VRHAM! Virtual Reality & Arts Festival

  • Zillah Watson

    Zillah Watson

    Commissioning Editor for Virtual Reality
    BBC

  • Ted Brandsen

    Ted Brandsen

    Director
    Dutch National Ballet

  • Laurent Hilaire

    Laurent Hilaire

    Director
    Stanislavsky Ballet

  • Nicolas Le Riche

    Nicolas Le Riche

    Artistic Director
    Royal Swedish Ballet

  • Judith Mackrell

    Judith Mackrell

    Dance Writer
    The Guardian UK

  • Kevin O’Hare

    Kevin O’Hare

    Director
    The Royal Ballet

  • JohannesOhman-1-sv-v©MatsBäcker

    Johannes Öhman

    Artistic Director
    Dansens Hus

  • Nicholas Payne

    Nicholas Payne

    Director
    Opera Europa

  • Pierre Audi

    Pierre Audi

    General Director
    Festival d'Aix-en-Provence

  • Laura Berman

    Laura Berman

    Intendant
    Staatsoper Hannover

  • Silvia Hroncova

    Silvia Hroncová

    Director of the Opera
    The National Theatre and State Opera

  • Nicholas Payne

    Nicholas Payne

    Director
    Opera Europa

  • David Pountney

    David Pountney

    Artistic Director
    Welsh National Opera

  • Paolo Pinamonti

    Paolo Pinamonti

    Artistic Director
    Teatro di San Carlo Napoli

  • Christina Scheppelmann

    Christina Scheppelmann

    Artistic Director General
    Gran Teatre del Liceu

  • Birgitta Svendén

    Birgitta Svendén

    Former General and Artistic Director
    Royal Swedish Opera

  • Bernard Foccroulle

    Bernard Foccroulle

    Former Director
    Festival d'Aix-en-Provence / La Monnaie

  • Hannah Griffiths

    Hannah Griffiths

    General Manager
    Birmingham Opera Company

  • Rhian Hutchings

    Rhian Hutchings

    Chair
    RESEO

  • Myriam Mazouzi

    Myriam Mazouzi

    Director
    Academy of Paris National Opera

  • Barbara Minghetti

    Barbara Minghetti

    Artistic Director
    Macerata Opera Festival

  • Anne-Kathrin Ostrop

    Anne-Kathrin Ostrop

    Head of Education
    Komische Oper Berlin

  • Nicholas Payne

    Nicholas Payne

    Director
    Opera Europa

  • Ted Brandsen

    Ted Brandsen

    Director
    Dutch National Ballet

  • Aurélie Dupont

    Aurélie Dupont

    Director of Dance
    Paris Opera Ballet

  • Yuri Fateev

    Yuri Fateev

    Acting Director of
    The Mariinsky Ballett

  • Nicolas Le Riche

    Nicolas Le Riche

    Artistic Director
    Royal Swedish Ballet

  • Judith Mackrell

    Judith Mackrell

    Dance Writer
    The Guardian UK

  • Kevin O’Hare

    Kevin O’Hare

    Director
    The Royal Ballet

  • Nicholas Payne

    Nicholas Payne

    Director
    Opera Europa

  • Igor Zelensky

    Igor Zelensky

    Director of
    Bavarian State Ballet

  • Aviel Cahn

    Aviel Cahn

    Intendant of
    Opera Vlaanderen

  • Silvia Hroncova

    Silvia Hroncová

    Director of the Opera
    The National Theatre and State Opera

  • Eva Kleinitz

    Eva Kleinitz

    General Director of
    Opéra national du Rhin

  • Nicholas Payne

    Nicholas Payne

    Director
    Opera Europa

  • Paolo Pinamonti

    Paolo Pinamonti

    Artistic Director
    Teatro di San Carlo Napoli

  • David Pountney

    David Pountney

    Artistic Director
    Welsh National Opera

  • Christina Scheppelmann

    Christina Scheppelmann

    Artistic Director General
    Gran Teatre del Liceu

  • Birgitta Svendén

    Birgitta Svendén

    Former General and Artistic Director
    Royal Swedish Opera

  • Roberto Giovanardi

    Roberto Giovanardi

    Director
    Associazione Teatrale Emilia Romagna

  • Wiebke Huster

    Wiebke Hüster

    Dance Critic
    Frankfürter Allgemeine Zeitung, Deutschlandradio Kultur and Deutschlandfunk

  • Sergey Korobkov

    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

    Johannes Öhman

    Director
    Royal Swedish Ballet

  • Nicholas Payne

    Nicholas Payne

    Director
    Opera Europa

  • Tamara Rojo

    Tamara Rojo

    Director
    English National Ballet

  • Alistair Spalding

    Alistair Spalding

    Artistic Director & Chief Executive
    Sadler's Wells Theatre

  • John Allison

    John Allison

    Editor
    Opera Magazine

  • Pierre Audi

    Pierre Audi

    General Director
    Festival d'Aix-en-Provence

  • Peter de Caluwe

    Peter de Caluwe

    Director
    Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie

  • Joan Matabosch

    Joan Matabosch

    Artistic Director
    Teatro Real

  • Nicholas Payne

    Nicholas Payne

    Director
    Opera Europa

  • Viktor Schoner - bandw

    Viktor Schoner

    Intendant of
    Staatsoper Stuttgart

  • Caroline Sonrier

    Caroline Sonrier

    Director
    Opéra de Lille

  • Ludovic Tezier

    Ludovic Tézier

    Baritone

  • Eva Wagner-Pasquier

    Eva Wagner-Pasquier

    Consultant
    Bayreuther Festspiele

  • Francesc Casadesus Calvo

    Francesc Casadesús Calvó

    Director
    Mercat De Les Flors

  • Roberto Giovanardi

    Roberto Giovanardi

    Director
    Associazione Teatrale Emilia Romagna

  • Wiebke Huster

    Wiebke Hüster

    Dance Critic
    Frankfürter Allgemeine Zeitung, Deutschlandradio Kultur and Deutschlandfunk

  • Johannes Öhman

    Johannes Öhman

    Director
    Royal Swedish Ballet

  • Benjamin Millepied

    Benjamin Millepied

    Director of Dance
    Opéra national de Paris

  • Nicholas Payne

    Nicholas Payne

    Director
    Opera Europa

  • Alistair Spalding

    Alistair Spalding

    Artistic Director & Chief Executive
    Sadler's Wells Theatre

  • John Allison

    John Allison

    Editor
    Opera Magazine

  • Pierre Audi

    Pierre Audi

    Director of Opera
    Dutch National Opera

  • Kjell Englund

    Kjell Englund

    General and Artistic Director
    NorrlandsOperan

  • Joan Matabosch

    Joan Matabosch

    Artistic Director
    Teatro Real

  • Francesco Micheli

    Francesco Micheli

    Artistic Director
    Macerata Opera Festival

  • Nicholas Payne

    Nicholas Payne

    Director
    Opera Europa

  • Peter Spuhler

    Peter Spuhler

    Director
    Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe

  • Eva Wagner-Pasquier

    Eva Wagner-Pasquier

    Consultant
    Bayreuther Festspiele

  • Francesc Casadesus Calvo

    Francesc Casadesús Calvó

    Director
    Mercat De Les Flors

  • Roberto Giovanardi

    Roberto Giovanardi

    Director
    Associazione Teatrale Emilia Romagna

  • Wiebke Huster

    Wiebke Hüster

    Dance Critic
    Frankfürter Allgemeine Zeitung, Deutschlandradio Kultur and Deutschlandfunk

  • Johannes Öhman

    Johannes Öhman

    Director
    Royal Swedish Ballet

  • Manuel Legris

    Manuel Legris

    Director of Ballet
    Vienna State Opera

  • Nicholas Payne

    Nicholas Payne

    Director
    Opera Europa

  • Alistair Spalding

    Alistair Spalding

    Artistic Director & Chief Executive
    Sadler's Wells Theatre

  • John Allison

    John Allison

    Editor
    Opera Magazine

  • Pierre Audi

    Pierre Audi

    Director of Opera
    Dutch National Opera

  • Kjell Englund

    Kjell Englund

    General and Artistic Director
    NorrlandsOperan

  • Bernard Foccroulle

    Bernard Foccroulle

    Former Director
    Festival d'Aix-en-Provence / La Monnaie

  • Kasper Holten

    Kasper Holten

    Director of Opera
    Royal Opera House

  • Francesco Micheli

    Francesco Micheli

    Artistic Director
    Macerata Opera Festival

  • Nicholas Payne

    Nicholas Payne

    Director
    Opera Europa

  • Peter Spuhler

    Peter Spuhler

    Director
    Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe

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