The First-round Jury

Ferenc Anger (Hungary) – Stage director
Jānis Apeinis (Latvia) – Latvian National Opera, Soloist; baritone
Ruben Asatryan (Armenia) – Vocal Theoretical Faculty at Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan, Dean; conductor
Michael Barobeck (Austria) – Graz Opera, Casting Director
Tamás Bátor (Hungary) – Hungarian National Opera and Müpa Budapest, Artistic Advisor; bass
Annemarie Burnett (Germany) – Hamburg State Opera, Artistic Operations Office
Luana DeVol (USA) – American Wagner Project, Director; Opera Las Vegas, Director Emeritus; soprano
Anna Elisabet Einarsson (Norway) – The National Academy of Arts, Dean of the Academy of Opera; mezzo-soprano
Rico Förster (Germany) – Agentur Förster, Agent
Göran Gademan (Sweden) – Gothenburg Opera, Dramaturg
Martina Gojceta Silic (Croatia) – Zagreb Academy of Music, Dean; soprano
Ivo Graca (Czechia) – Prague National Theatre Opera and State Opera, Head of the Artistic Administration
Riikka Hakola (Finland) – Vocal coach, soprano
Thomas Hermann (Germany) – Mannheim National Theater, Casting Director
Cristian Hodrea (Romania) – Opera Nationala Romana Cluj-Napoca, Soloist; baritone
Tamar Iveri (Georgia) – Batumian Rhapsody Festival and Competition, Founder and the Artistic Director; soprano
Kęstutis Jakštas (Lithuania) – Kaunas State Musical Theater, Stage Director
Jonas Janulevičius (Lithuania) – Kaunas State Musical Theatre, Chief Conductor
Evelina Pilipavičiūtė-Juraskiene (Lithuania) – Kaunas Academy of Music, pianist
Daniel Magdal (Romania) – Bucharest National Opera, Artistic Director; tenor
Eeva-Maria Kopp (Finland) – Finnish National Opera, Opera Coordinator; soprano
Franziska M. Kaiser (Germany) – Casting Consultant
Toomas Kaldaru (Italy) – Pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher
Beata Klatka (Poland) – Polish National Opera Teatr Wielki, Young Artists Programme coordinator
Jaakko Kortekangas (Finland) – Finnish National Opera, Artistic Administrator; baritone
Brigitta Kovács (Hungary) – Müpa Budapest, Manager of Co-productions
Marc Krone (The Netherlands) – Dutch opera and operetta stage director
Benedikt Nawrath (Germany) – Mannheim National Theater, Head of the Artistic Bureau; tenor
Hans Nieuwenhuis (The Netherlands) – Orfeo Foundation, General Director, opera stage director
Oksana Madarash (Ukraine) – Kyiv National Academic Operetta Theatre, Chief Conductor
Georg Malvius (Sweden) – stage director
Ērika Millere (Latvia) – Latvian National Opera, pianist
Isla Mundell Perkins (Germany) – Hamburg State Opera, Casting Director
Alexandru Petrovici (Romania) – National University of Music Bucharest, Head of the Opera Studio; pianist
Evelina Pilipavičiūtė-Juraskiene (Lithuania) – Kaunas Academy of Music, pianist
Oliver Ringelhahn (Austria) – Graz Opera, Head of the Artistic Administration Office; tenor
Henning Ruhe (Sweden) – Gothenburg Opera, Artistic Director
Anna Samuil (Germany) – Staatsoper Berlin, Soloist; the winner of the Klaudia Taev Competition in 2001; soprano
Peter Schünemann (Germany/Finland) – Advisor / Coordinator at PPPA Artists Services
Christoph Seuferle (Germany) – Deutsche Oper Berlin, Casting Manager
Benjaminas Želvys (Lithuania) – Kaunas State Musical Theatre, General Manager
Adam Tomšů (Czechia) – Prague National Theatre Opera and State Opera, Casting Manager
Steffi Turre (Germany) – Halle Opera House, Casting Director
Ivan Törsz (Germany) – conductor
Tarmo Vaask (Germany) – Staatstheater Nürnberg, Conductor