Main Committee

Dr. Katja Wildermuth – Chairperson
General Director of Bayerischer Rundfunk, Munich
Prof. Christoph Poppen
Conductor
Matthias Ilkenhans
Annette Josef
Head of MDR KLASSIK
Management NDR-Radiophilharmonie
Heiner Louis
Management MDR-Sinfonieorchester, Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk
Prof. Christoph Poppen
Conductor
Prof. Lydia Grün
Head of University of Music and Performing Arts Munich, Munich
Martin Roth
Head of Music Department, Südwestrundfunk, Baden-Baden
Sonia Simmenauer
Concert Agent
Tanja Tetzlaff
Cellist
Werner Wittersheim
Head of the Music Program Group, Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Cologne
Prof. Dr. Stephan Frucht, co-opted member of the Main Committee
Siemens Arts Program

Honorary Committee

Markus Blume
Bavarian State Minister for Sience and Arts
Brigitte Fassbaender
Regisseurin und Sängerin
Dr. Thomas Goppel
President of the Bavarian Music Council
Dr. Winrich Hopp
Artistic Director of “musica viva” at Bayerischer Rundfunk
Prof. Martin Maria Krüger
President of the German Music Council
Zubin Mehta
Conductor
Kent Nagano
Conductor
Sir Simon Rattle
Principal Conductor Designate of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Dieter Reiter
Lord Mayor of the State Capital of Munich