The jury of the 10th Klaudia Taev Competition (2017)

Luana de Vol (USA) – Chairman of the Jury; Opera Las Vegas, Vice President, soprano
Erkki Alste (Finland/Germany) – Opera-Connection; Stretta Management, Manager
Tamas Bator (Hungary) – Müpa Budapest, Program Director
Jochen Breiholtz (Germany/Austria) – Theater an der Wien, Casting manager; Wiener Kammeroper, Artistic Director 
Thomas Hermann (Germany) – Staatstheater Nürnberg, Casting Manager
Henri Maier (France) – Opera Events, Artistic Leader, agent
Hans Nieuwenhuis (The Netherlands) – Orfeo Foundation; stage director
Erki Pehk (Estonia) – Artistic Director of the Competition, conductor
Marika Petti (Estonia) – Music Theatre Vanemuine, Casting Manager 
Peter Schünemann (Finland) – Mikkeli Gergiev Festival, Artistic advisor
Christoph Seuferle (Germany) – Deutsche Oper Berlin, Artistic Administrator

First round jury

Bianca Luigia Manoleanu (Romania) – the National University of Music in Bucharest, soprano
Davide Cicchetti (Hungary) – Studiomusica Hungary, managing director
Ferenc Anger (Hungary) – Hungarian State Opera, Artistic Director
Csaba Káel (Hungary) – Müpa Budapest, Chief Executive Officer 
Brigitta Kovács (Hungary) – Müpa Budapest, Manager of Co-productions
Martina Gojceta Silic (Croatia) – Zagreb Academy of Music, Head of the vocal department
Ivan Josip Skender (Croatia) – Croatian National Opera, conductor
Simon Krečič (Slovenia) – Slovenian National Theatre Maribor, Artistic Director, conductor
Bruno Berger-Gorski (Germany) – Stage Director
Luděk Golat (Czech Republic) – Stage Director 
Tatiana Tsybulskaya (Belarus) – State Academy of Music, Head of the vocal department
Alla Kulbaba (Ukraine) – Ukrainian National Opera, conductor
Aleksandr Dyachenko (Ukraine) – Academy of Music, Head of the vocal department
Anzhelina Shvachka (Ukraine) – Ukrainian National Opera, soloist, mezzo-soprano
Mykhalo Dutchak (Ukraine) – Lviv National Opera, chief-conductor
Lyudmyla Savchuk (Ukraine) – Lviv National Opera, soloist, soprano
Marya Khokhlohorska (Ukraine) – Lviv Opera, Head of Opera Stage Administration
Arturs Maskats (Latvia) – Latvijas Koncerti, Program Director, composer
Jonas Janulevicius (Lithuania) – Kaunas State Music Theatre, Chief-conductor
Algimantas Treikauskas (Lithuania) – Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra
Franziska M. Kaiser (Denmark) – The Royal Danish Opera, Artistic Administrator
Christiane Pesendorfer (Germany) – Deutsche Oper Berlin, Referentin desOperndirektors
Dominik Licht (Germany) – Komische Oper Berlin, Chefdisponent
Pavel Gerdjikov (Bulgaria) – The National Music Academy, professor
Alim Shakh (Russia) – St. Petersburg State Conservatoire Opera Theatre, chief conductor
Hannu Norjanen (Finland) – Cantores Minores, Choir of Helsinki Cathedral, Artistic Director
Maximilian Schattauer (Sweden) – Svenska Konsertbyrån, Managing Director
Ivan Törzs (Germany) – Hochschule für Musik, Detmold, Professor; conductor, pianist
Peter van der Leeuw (The Netherlands) – Dutch National Opera, Coordinator Talent Development Opera
Riikka Hakola (Finland) – operasinger