Discover
The FEDORA prizes
Biennale Jury
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Birgitta Svendén
Former CEO
Royal Swedish Opera
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Pierre Audi
General Director
Festival d'Aix-en-Provence
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Alex Ho
Composer
Winner of the FEDORA Opera Prize 2023, “UNTOLD”
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Kasper Holten
CEO
Royal Danish Theatre
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Iva Hraste-Sočo
General Manager
Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb
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Sophie de Lint
Director
Dutch National Opera
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Alexander Neef
General Director
Opéra national de Paris
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Karen Stone
Director
Opera Europa
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Ingrid Lorentzen
Artistic Director
Norwegian National Ballet
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Ted Brandsen
Director
Dutch National Ballet
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Katrín Hall
Artistic Director
GöteborgsOperans Danskompani
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Cathy Marston
Choreographer & Director
Ballett Zürich
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José Martinez
Dance Director
Opéra National de Paris
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Mattia Russo
Co-founder and Co-Artistic Director & Winner of the FEDORA - VAN CLEEF & ARPELS Dance Prize 2025 for "Mont Ventoux"
Kor'Sia
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Beate Vollack
Director of Dance
Opéra national du Capitole de Toulouse
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Demis Volpi
Artistic Director & Chief Choreographer / Designated Artistic Director
Ballett am Rhein / Hamburg Ballet
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Hannah Griffiths
General Manager
Birmingham Opera Company
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Ognyan Draganov
General Manager
Stara Zagora State Opera
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Myriam Mazouzi
Director
Académie de l'Opéra national de Paris
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Nicholas McRoberts
Musical & Artistic DIrector
Opera Biarritz
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Steinunn Ragnarsdóttir
CEO & Artistic Director
Icelandic Opera
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Bogdan Strutynskyi
Artistic Director
Kyiv National Academic Theatre Operetta
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Krysztina Winkel
Head of Education & Outreach
Vienna State Opera
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Peter Maniura
Director
IMZ International Music + Media Centre Academy
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Max Beckham-Ortner
Secretary General
IMZ International Music & Media Centre
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Hannah Conway
Artistic Director & Co-founder / Winner of the FEDORA Digital Prize 2023 for "The Sound Voice Project"
Sound Voice
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Tina Lorenz
Head of Department Artistic Research & Development "Hertzlab"
ZKM - Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe
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Johannes Öhman
CEO & Artistic Director
Dansens Hus
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Lilli Paasikivi
Director
Bregenz Festival
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Jay Scheib
Stage Director, Playwright & Artist
MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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The Next Stage
Grants Jury
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Birgitta Svendén
Former CEO
Royal Swedish Opera
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Pierre Audi
General Director
Festival d'Aix-en-Provence
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Laura Berman
Intendant
Staatsoper Hannover
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Sivan Eldar
Composer of previous winner “Like Flesh”
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Luc Joosten
Head of Dramaturgy
Dutch National Opera & Ballet
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Víctor Garcia de Gomar
Artistic Director
Gran Teatre del Liceu
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Randi Stene
Opera Director
Norwegian National Opera & Ballet
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Viktor Schoner
Intendant of
Staatsoper Stuttgart
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Ingrid Lorentzen
Artistic Director
Norwegian National Ballet
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Ted Brandsen
Director
Dutch National Ballet
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Julie Guibert
Ballet Artistic Director
Opéra de Lyon
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Cathy Marston
Choreographer & Director
Ballett Zürich
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Johannes Öhman
CEO & Artistic Director
Dansens Hus
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Beate Vollack
Director of Dance
Opéra national du Capitole de Toulouse
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Demis Volpi
Artistic Director & Chief Choreographer / Designated Artistic Director
Ballett am Rhein / Hamburg Ballet
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Bernard Foccroulle
Former Director
Festival d'Aix-en-Provence / La Monnaie
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Vania Cauzillo
Vice-Chair
RESEO
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Hannah Griffiths
General Manager
Birmingham Opera Company
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Inge Lattré
Artistic Director
Platform K
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Laura Nidh
Deputy Head of Artistic Education and Programming for Young Audiences
Paris National Opera
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Panaghis Pagoulatos
Director of Artistic Programming & Casting
Greek National Opera
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Daniel Weissmann
General Director
Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège
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Peter Maniura
Director
IMZ International Music + Media Centre Academy
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Martin Ajdari
Deputy General Director
Paris National Opera
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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
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Ditte Feuk
Head of Theatre, Opera and Dance
SVT Drama
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Katharina Jeschke
Secretary General
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
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Tod Machover
Composer, Professor of Music & Media and Director of the Media Lab's Opera of the Future group
MIT Media Lab
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Alistair Spalding
Artistic Director & Chief Executive
Sadler's Wells Theatre
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The Next Stage
Grants Jury
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Nicholas Payne
Director
Opera Europa
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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
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Patrick Dillon
Director
Theatre Green Book / Renew Culture Ltd
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Prof. Dr. Benjamin Mueller
Professor for Digital Business
University of Bremen Faculty of Business and Economics
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Filipe Santos
Dean
Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics
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Mirja Telzerow
European People Director
Kearney
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Laura Berman
Intendant
Staatsoper Hannover
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Aviel Cahn
General Director
Grand Théâtre de Genève
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Kasper Holten
CEO
Royal Danish Theatre
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Sophie de Lint
Director
Dutch National Opera
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Anna Maria Meo
General Director
Fondazione Teatro Regio di Parma
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Nicholas Payne
Director
Opera Europa
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Birgitta Svendén
General and Artistic Director
Royal Swedish Opera
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Ted Brandsen
Director
Dutch National Ballet
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Aurélie Dupont
Director of Dance
Paris Opera Ballet
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Laurent Hilaire
Director
Stanislavsky Ballet
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Sara-Nora Krysteva
Artistic Director of the Ballet
Sofia National Opera and Ballet
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Ingrid Lorentzen
Artistic Director
Norwegian National Ballet
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Nicholas Payne
Director
Opera Europa
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Benoit Swan Pouffer
Artistic Director
Rambert
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Vania Cauzillo
Vice-Chair
RESEO
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Bernard Foccroulle
Former Director
La Monnaie and Festival d'Aix-en-Provence
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Anthony Heidweiller
Artistic Director
Vocal Statements
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Birgitte Holt-Nielsen
Librettist and
Freelance Producer
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Anne-Kathrin Ostrop
Head of Education
Komische Oper Berlin
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Panaghis Pagoulatos
Director of Artistic Programming & Casting
Greek National Opera
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Lauri Pokkinen
Audience Outreach & Social Responsibility Manager
Finnish National Opera & Ballet
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Christopher Hampson
Artistic Director
Scottish Ballet
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Katharina Jeschke
Secretary General
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
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Emelie de Jong
Head of Arts Department
ARTE France
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Yasuko Kobayashi
Senior Producer
NHK
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Tod Machover
Composer, Inventor, Professor of Music & Media and director of the Media Lab's Opera of the Future group
MIT Media Lab
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Peter Maniura
Director
IMZ International Music + Media Centre Academy
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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
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Laura Berman
Intendant
Staatsoper Hannover
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Sophie de Lint
Director
Dutch National Opera
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Kasper Holten
CEO
Royal Danish Theatre
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Joan Matabosch
Artistic Director
Teatro Real
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Nicholas Payne
Director
Opera Europa
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Caroline Sonrier
Director
Opéra de Lille
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Birgitta Svendén
Former CEO
Royal Swedish Opera
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Eleonora Abbagnato
Director
Balletto del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
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Ted Brandsen
Director
Dutch National Ballet
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Sharon Eyal
Choreographer
L-E-V Dance Company
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Laurent Hilaire
Director
Stanislavsky Ballet
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Nicolas Le Riche
Artistic Director
Royal Swedish Ballet
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Johannes Öhman
CEO & Artistic Director
Dansens Hus
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Madeleine Onne
Artistic Director
Finnish National Ballet
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Nicholas Payne
Director
Opera Europa
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Helen Shute
Chief Executive/Executive Producer
Rambert
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Bernard Foccroulle
Former Director
Festival d'Aix-en-Provence / La Monnaie
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Renate Futterknecht
Head of Administration / Deputy General Artistic Director
Theater an der Wien
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Hannah Griffiths
General Manager
Birmingham Opera Company
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Rhian Hutchings
Chair
RESEO
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Barbara Minghetti
Artistic Director
Macerata Opera Festival
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Anne-Kathrin Ostrop
Head of Education
Komische Oper Berlin
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Panaghis Pagoulatos
Director of Artistic Programming & Casting
Greek National Opera
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Ditte Feuk
Head of Theatre, Opera and Dance
SVT Drama
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Christopher Hampson
CEO/Artistic Director
Scottish Ballet
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Renee Hunt
Director of Digital Platforms and Delivery
Sky
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Katharina Jeschke
Secretary General
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
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Tod Machover
Composer, Professor of Music & Media and Director of the Media Lab's Opera of the Future group
MIT Media Lab
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Peter Maniura
Director
IMZ Academy
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Laurent Métivier
Head of Audiovisual Department
Opéra national de Paris
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Kent Nagano
General Music Director of Hamburg Opera and
Music Director of Orchestre symphonique de Montréal
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Ulrich Schrauth
Artistic Director
VRHAM! Virtual Reality & Arts Festival
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Zillah Watson
Commissioning Editor for Virtual Reality
BBC
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Ted Brandsen
Director
Dutch National Ballet
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Laurent Hilaire
Director
Stanislavsky Ballet
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Nicolas Le Riche
Artistic Director
Royal Swedish Ballet
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Judith Mackrell
Dance Writer
The Guardian UK
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Kevin O’Hare
Director
The Royal Ballet
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Johannes Öhman
CEO & Artistic Director
Dansens Hus
-
Nicholas Payne
Director
Opera Europa
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Pierre Audi
General Director
Festival d'Aix-en-Provence
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Laura Berman
Intendant
Staatsoper Hannover
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Silvia Hroncová
Director of the Opera
The National Theatre and State Opera
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Nicholas Payne
Director
Opera Europa
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David Pountney
Artistic Director
Welsh National Opera
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Paolo Pinamonti
Artistic Director
Teatro di San Carlo Napoli
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Christina Scheppelmann
Artistic Director General
Gran Teatre del Liceu
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Birgitta Svendén
Former CEO
Royal Swedish Opera
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Bernard Foccroulle
Former Director
Festival d'Aix-en-Provence / La Monnaie
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Hannah Griffiths
General Manager
Birmingham Opera Company
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Rhian Hutchings
Chair
RESEO
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Myriam Mazouzi
Director
Académie de l'Opéra national de Paris
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Barbara Minghetti
Artistic Director
Macerata Opera Festival
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Anne-Kathrin Ostrop
Head of Education
Komische Oper Berlin
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Nicholas Payne
Director
Opera Europa
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Ted Brandsen
Director
Dutch National Ballet
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Aurélie Dupont
Director of Dance
Paris Opera Ballet
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Yuri Fateev
Acting Director of
The Mariinsky Ballett
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Nicolas Le Riche
Artistic Director
Royal Swedish Ballet
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Judith Mackrell
Dance Writer
The Guardian UK
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Kevin O’Hare
Director
The Royal Ballet
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Nicholas Payne
Director
Opera Europa
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Igor Zelensky
Director of
Bavarian State Ballet
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Aviel Cahn
Intendant of
Opera Vlaanderen
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Silvia Hroncová
Director of the Opera
The National Theatre and State Opera
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Eva Kleinitz
General Director of
Opéra national du Rhin
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Nicholas Payne
Director
Opera Europa
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Paolo Pinamonti
Artistic Director
Teatro di San Carlo Napoli
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David Pountney
Artistic Director
Welsh National Opera
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Christina Scheppelmann
Artistic Director General
Gran Teatre del Liceu
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Birgitta Svendén
Former CEO
Royal Swedish Opera
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Roberto Giovanardi
Director
Associazione Teatrale Emilia Romagna
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Wiebke Hüster
Dance Critic
Frankfürter Allgemeine Zeitung, Deutschlandradio Kultur and Deutschlandfunk
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Sergei Korobkov
Critic, Chairman of the Press jury of the Ekaterina Maximova Ballet
Commission of the Union of Theatre Actors of the Russian Federation
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Johannes Öhman
Director
Royal Swedish Ballet
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Nicholas Payne
Director
Opera Europa
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Tamara Rojo
Director
English National Ballet
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Alistair Spalding
Artistic Director & Chief Executive
Sadler's Wells Theatre
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John Allison
Editor
Opera Magazine
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Pierre Audi
General Director
Festival d'Aix-en-Provence
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Peter de Caluwe
Director
Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie
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Joan Matabosch
Artistic Director
Teatro Real
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Nicholas Payne
Director
Opera Europa
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Viktor Schoner
Intendant of
Staatsoper Stuttgart
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Caroline Sonrier
Director
Opéra de Lille
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Eva Wagner-Pasquier
Consultant
Bayreuther Festspiele
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Francesc Casadesús Calvó
Director
Mercat De Les Flors
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Roberto Giovanardi
Director
Associazione Teatrale Emilia Romagna
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Wiebke Hüster
Dance Critic
Frankfürter Allgemeine Zeitung, Deutschlandradio Kultur and Deutschlandfunk
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Johannes Öhman
Director
Royal Swedish Ballet
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Benjamin Millepied
Director of Dance
Opéra national de Paris
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Nicholas Payne
Director
Opera Europa
-
Alistair Spalding
Artistic Director & Chief Executive
Sadler's Wells Theatre
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John Allison
Editor
Opera Magazine
-
Pierre Audi
Director of Opera
Dutch National Opera
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Kjell Englund
General and Artistic Director
NorrlandsOperan
-
Joan Matabosch
Artistic Director
Teatro Real
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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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