Prof. Dr. Franz Patay
- Austrian artistic and cultural manager
- 2004-07: Coordinated and developed the Vienna Mozart Year 2006
- 2007-14: Business manager and director of Kunst Haus, Vienna
- 2000-today: Member of the International Council of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, New York (responsible for Emmy Awards)
Christine Fischer
- Musical intendant of the ‘Musik der Jahrhunderte’ series in Stuttgart.
- Guided the contemporary music scene in Baden-Württemberg for over 30 years as a producer of music theatre and concert series, as manager of the Neue Vocalsolisten and as artistic director of the Eclat Festival.
- Headed the ISCM World New Music Festival ‘Grenzenlos’ (2006) and Netzwerk Süd (2007-11).
- Took over the direction of the ‘Zukunftsmusik’ festival (2010) and founded Netzwerk Neue Musik Baden-Württemberg (2011)
Dr. Gert Fischer
- Studied history and English literature in Bonn and Bristol
- Alderman of the city of Siegburg (1995–2007) and director of the Siegburg City Museum (1987–2007)
- Alderman for education, culture and sport in the city of Mönchengladbach since 2007
- Member of the cultural committee of the German Association of Cities and Towns and the North Rhine-Westphalian Association of Cities and Towns
Julia Gerlach
- Studied musicology in Berlin and Paris
- 2001-09: Freelance curator and producer of sound-art, experimental music theatre and contemporary music
- 2009-12: Project coordinator at the Karlsruhe ZKM and co-curator with Peter Weibel of the ‘Sound Art’ exhibition at the ZKM Media Museum
- 2012-today: Head of music and the ‘mikromusik’ festival of the Berlin Arts Programme, German Academic Exchange Service
Dr. Winrich Hopp
- Studied music, later musicology and philosophy
- 2002-06: Board member of the North Rhine-Westphalian Arts Foundation, among other things
- 2006-today: Artistic director of the Berlin Music Festival, organised by the Berlin Festival in cooperation with the Berlin Philharmonic Foundation
- 2011-today: Artistic director of the ‘musica viva’ series of Bavarian Radio
- Full member of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences
Christian Komorowski
- Born in Bochum, musically active since childhood
- Sang in the children’s choir of his local congregation, then served as organist there
- Took a degree in church music in Essen, followed by a degree in law and economics in Bochum
- 2006-today: Coordinator of semi-professional employees at Essen Theatre and Philharmonie.
- 2013-today: Chairman of the state chapter of the German Association of Concert Choruses and jury member for amateur music subsidies in the North Rhine-Westphalian State Music Council
Viktor Schoner
- Studied viola at the Hanns Eisler University of Music and musicology at the Humboldt University, Berlin
- Co-founder with Titus Engel of the academy Musiktheater Heute, continued as an initiative of Deutsche Bank since 2001
- Early 2001-today: Personal assistant to the intendant and dramaturgical employee at the Salzburg Festival
- September 2018-today: Intendant of the Stuttgart State Opera
Prof. Mini Schulz
- Double bass player, project manager of the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra and solo bassist inter alia in the Ludwigsburg Castle Festival Orchestra
- Jazz and pop artist with such musicians as Laurie Anderson, Stephane Grapelli, Dino Saluzzi, Lou Reed, Steve Gadd, Lang Lang, Dee Dee Bridgwater, Helen Schneider and the David Gazarov Trio
- 2006-today: Full professor of jazz and pop bass at Stuttgart University of Music
- Artistic director of the jazz club BIX, the Ludwigsburg Scala and managing member of Jazzopen, Stuttgart
Prof. Dr. Barbara Stiller
- Studied elementary music education and instrumental instruction at Hamburg University of Music with major in violin
- Taught at the State Youth Music School, Hamburg, before becoming project manager of the Children’s Concerts Initiative of Jeunesses Musicales Deutschland, Weikersheim
- 2002-today: Professor of elementary music education, instrumental instruction and music appreciation at Bremen University of the Arts
- Freelance instructor for advanced training in extracurricular music appreciation and concert education
Christina Végh
- May 2015-today: Director of the Kestner Society in Hanover
- Studied art history in Zurich and Santa Cruz
- 2000-2004: Curator of the Basel Kunsthalle
- Curator of exhibitions on Monika Baer, John Baldessari, Christopher Williams and others
- Networking and cultural policy activities: board member of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft der deutschen Kunstvereine (2008-12) as well as numerous committees, including guest examiner for the Wolfgang Hahn Prize (2017) and jury member for the Pro Helvetia Art Biennale (2015-18)