COMMITTEE 2026

International Orchestras Committee Prize

Marcus Rudolf Axt – Bamberger Symphoniker
Matthieu Lescure – Berwaldhallen – Sveriges Radio
Floris Don – Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest
Martina Elmer – Budapest Festival Orchestra
Stefan Englert – Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
Robert Hanč – Czech Philharmonic
Liisa Ketomäki – Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Kathryn McDowell – London Symphony Orchestra
Alisa Meves – Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Dominique Meyer – Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
Marianne Perron – Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal
Ilona Schmiel – Tonhalle-Gesellschaft Zürich
Michael Traub – hr-Sinfonieorchester

ECHO Committee Prize

(European Concert Hall Organisation)

Frauke Bernds – Kölner Philharmonie (Germany)
Miguel Sobral Cid – Fondation Gulbenkian (Portugal)
Marian van der Meer – het Concertgebouw Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Rui Pedro Pereira – Casa da Música (Portugal)
David Hildebrandt – Konzerthaus Dortmund (Germany)
Helen Wallace – Barbican Centre (England)

French Concert Halls and Orchestras Committee Prize

Jean-Marie Blanchard – Orchestre national de Cannes
Pierre Brouchoud – Orchestre national d’Île-de-France
Pauline Chaigne – Festival d’Aix-en-Provence
Valérie Chevalier – Opéra Orchestre national Montpellier Occitanie
Floriane Cottet – Opéra Orchestre Normandie Rouen
Julia Dehais – Orchestre national de Bretagne
Nicolas Droin – Auditorium – Orchestre National de Lyon
Chrysoline Dupont – Opéra national du Rhin
Philippe Fanjas – Association Française des Orchestres
Edouard Fouré Caul-Futy – Cité de la musique – Philharmonie de Paris
Jean-Baptiste Fra – Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse
Charlotte Ginot-Slacik – Orchestre français des jeunes
Patrick Hahn – Ensemble intercontemporain
Guillaume Hébert – Orchestre National de Mulhouse
Aude-Marie Auphan – Opéra national de Bordeaux – Orchestre national de Bordeaux Aquitaine
Chloé van Hoorde – Orchestre de Picardie
Cora Joris – Opéra national de Nancy-Lorraine
Maxime Kaprielian – Orchestre Dijon Bourgogne
Alexis Labat – Orchestre national Avignon-Provence
Othman Louati – Le Balcon
Daniela Martin – Cité musicale-Metz – Orchestre national de Metz Grand Est
David Olivera – Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté
Alain Perroux – Opéra national du Rhin
Céline Prévot – Orchestre Pasdeloup
Vincent Schmitt – Orchestre des Pays de Savoie
Fabio Sinacori – Orchestre national de Lille
Anaïs Smart – Paris Mozart Orchestra
Christian Thompson – Orchestre de Paris

ARTE Committee Prize

José Correia – Head of programming at Arte Concert
Rebecca Gross – Head of the Culture/Music Editorial Department, ARTE Deutschland/ZDF
Mathilde Michel-Lambert – Director of Arts and Entertainment Unit at Arte France

Génération Opéra Committee Prize

Jérôme Gay – Executive Director of Génération Opéra
Catherine Kollen – Director of Arcal, National Lyric and Musical Theatre Company, and Vice-President of Génération Opéra
Vincent Monteil – Executive Director of the Orchestre philharmonique de Nice