Jury Members 2013
We deeply thank all jury members for their help and support. The jury 2013 is (in alphabetical order):
Lilian Genn / Music Education and
Body Awareness Trainer
Lilian Genn has been engaged as a music educator with various commissioned music theatres and workshop projects at the Konzerthaus and the Musikverein in Vienna, the Philharmonie Luxembourg, the Bregenzer Festspiele et. al. on a conceptional as well as performing level. She holds a diploma in music composition and was a stipendiary of the Körber Foundation's 1st Master Class on Music Education. Trained in movement pedagogy, Lilian Genn also is a specialist in body awareness training for both orchestras and individual musicians as well as a university lecturer at the Konservatorium Wien Privatuniversität.
Dr. Rainer Kahleyss / editor and distributor
Trained in economics, Mr. Kahleyss studied music, music ethnology and communication in Berlin, earning his doctorate. In 1984, Rainer Kahleyss has worked as an editor and in distribution of Bote & Bock, Berlin and has been head of the Baerenreiter company >Vereinigte Schallplatten-vertriebs GmbH Disco-Center< as well as the Neuwerk music shop. Since 1996 Mr. Kahleyss runs his own production and distribution company Klassik Center Kassel. Dr. Rainer Kahleyss is also a co-founder and chairman of CLASS, the Association of Classical Independents in Germany e.V.
Beth Morrison / Creative Producer
Creative Producer Beth Morrison’s deep commitment to empowering composers and artists in the creation of new work led her to found Beth Morrison Projects, a production company that has gone on to premiere over 24 music-theatre and opera-theatre works in New York City and around the globe. With her extensive history in the development of new opera and music-theatre, The Wall Street Journal recently said, “Ms. Morrison may be immortalized one day as a 21st-century Diaghilev, known for her ability to assemble memorable collaborations among artists… a vital link in the music-industry food chain.” In addition, Ms. Morrison served as Administrative Director for Boston University Tanglewood Institute and as Producer for New York City Opera’s VOX: Contemporary American Opera Lab and held a three-year founding tenure with the Yale Institute for Music Theatre. Ms. Morrison holds a Bachelor of Music from Boston University School of Music, a Master of Music from Arizona State University, and a Master of Fine Arts in Theater Management/Producing from Yale School of Drama.
Uffe savery / CEO Copenhagen Phil,
Radio Moderator and performing artist
In 1988 Uffe Savery and Morten Friis founded the percussion group Safri Duo. They have performed with symphony orchestras and solo recitals in prestigiouse concert halls such as Sydney Opera House, Royal Albert Hall, Wigmore Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Het Concertgebouw, the Berlin Philharmonie, and Lincoln Center. Uffe has brought his talents as a creative cultural entrepreneur into leading a symphony orchestra - he has been CEO of the Copenhagen Phil since 2010. He also moderates his own radio show "Savery Synes" ("Savery Likes") on "Radio Klassik" and is a member of VL-10 (Danish Management Society, a network for Danish top executives). (Photo: Stine Thomas Larsen)
sophie schrickeR / Artistic Director
and Classical correspondent
Sophie Schricker studied romanic philology in Freiburg, Berlin and Paris. Her professional activities span from editing, translating and lectoring to dramaturgy and management in the classical music sphere. She is the classical correspondent for the Bureau Export (French Music Export Office) in Berlin, head of Impuls neue Musik (German-French Fund for Contemporary Musik) and worked as Artistic Director with festivals such as "Shared Sounds" (2008-2010) in Berlin's Radialsystem V and "chor@berlin" (2011). Sophie Schricker is the manager of the Vokalakademie Berlin, as well as a member of the music jury of the Contemporary Arts Alliance. (CAA)
www.french-music.org / www.impulsneuemusik.com
peter wiegold / Composer, conductor and
director
Peter Wiegold is a leading innovator in British music working across cultures collaborating with musicians from Asia and Africa. His own ensemble 'notes inégales' combine scores with improvisation and play regularly at their 'club inégales' in London. As Head of Music Research at Brunel University he directs the think tank for new music-making 'Institute of Composing', and the 'Brunel Institute for Contemporary Middle-Eastern Music'. Wiegold's compositions include "He is armoured without" for the BBC Proms and "The End of the Line", an opera at Manchester Piccadilly Railway station. In 2008, Wiegold was appointed ‘Artist-in-Association’ with the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. He has conducted as renowned ensembles as the Composers Ensemble, the London Sinfonietta and the Symphony Nova Scotia.