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The main jury of the 12th Klaudia Taev Competition (2021):<\/strong>

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Cynthia Makris<\/strong> (USA): Chairwoman of the Jury; soprano and voice coach
Thomas Hermann<\/strong> (Germany): Nationaltheater Mannheim, Director of the Opera Department
Plamen Kartaloff<\/strong> (Bulgaria): Sofia National Opera and Ballet, General Manager; Academic, stage director
Mariusz Kwiecie\u0144<\/strong> (Poland): Artistic Director of Wroc\u0142aw Opera; bariton
Helen Lepalaan<\/strong> (Estonia): Estonian National Opera, Casting Manager; mezzo-soprano
Erki Pehk <\/strong>(Estonia):  Artistic Director of the Klaudia Taev Competition; Director and art director of the festival PromFest; conductor
Anna Samuil<\/strong> (Russia): Staatsoper Berlin; winner of the Klaudia Taev Competition in 2001; soprano
Christoph Seuferle<\/strong> (Germany): Deutsche Oper Berlin, Artistic Administrator
Alain Surrans<\/strong> (France): Angers Nantes Opera, General Manager
Stefan Vogel<\/strong> (Germany): Luzerner Theater, Director of the Opera Department
Tamas Bator <\/strong>(Hungary) \u2013 M\u00fcpa Budapest, Program Director<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First-round jury:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Rita Ahonen<\/strong> (Finland \/ Switzerland) – Stretta Artist Management, agent
Bassem Akiki <\/strong>(Poland) – Wroclaw Opera, Musical Director
Andras Almasi-Toth<\/strong> (Hungary) – Hungarian State Opera, Artistic Director
Ashot Babrouski<\/strong> (Belarus \/ Poland) – Wroclaw Opera, pianist
Michael Barobeck<\/strong> (Austria) – Graz Opera, Casting Manager
Vyacheslav Chernukho-Volich<\/strong> (Ukraine) – Odesa Opera, Musical Director
Luana DeVol<\/strong> (USA) – Opera Las Vegas, Vice President, soprano
Gabriele Don\u00e0<\/strong> (Italy) – Staatstheater Mainz, Casting manager
Tetyana Dranchuk<\/strong> (Austria) – Graz Opera, Korrepetitor
Florin Estefan<\/strong> (Romania) – Cluj-Napoca Romanian National Opera, General Manager, baritone
Lars Gebhardt<\/strong> (Germany) – Lucerne Opera, Operndirektor
Martina Gojceta Silic<\/strong> (Croatia) – Zagreb Academy of Music, Head of the vocal department
Riikka Hakola<\/strong> (Finland) – operasinger
Zoja Hertz<\/strong> (Estonia) – vocal coach
Jonas Janulevicius<\/strong> (Lithuania) – Kaunas State Music Theatre, Chief Conductor
Walter Kobera<\/strong> (Austria) – Neue Oper Wien, Artistic Director
Jaakko Kortekangas<\/strong> (Finaland) – Finnish NAtional Opera, Casting manager
Brigitta Kov\u00e1cs<\/strong> (Hungary) – M\u00fcpa Budapest, Manager of Co-productions
Nadya Kurem<\/strong> (Estonia) – Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, Head of the Vocal department
Toomas Kuter<\/strong> (Estonia) – President of the Klaudia Taev Competition
Perrine Madoeuf<\/strong> (France\/Latvia) – Soprano
Henri Maier<\/strong> (France) – Opera Events, Artistic Leader, agent
Erika Millere<\/strong> (Latvia) – Latvian National Opera, pianist
Benedikt Nawrath<\/strong> (Germany) – Nationaltheater Mannheim, Artistic operation office
Hans Nieuwenhuis<\/strong> (The Netherlands) – Orfeo Foundation; stage director
Halina Oldakowska <\/strong>(Poland) – Wroclaw Opera, General Manager
Vera Petrova<\/strong> (Bulgaria) – Sofia National Opera and Ballet, Deputy Director; stage director
Evelina Pilipavi\u010di\u016bt\u0117-Juraskiene<\/strong> (Lithuania) – Kaunas Academy of Music, pianist
Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Roels<\/strong> (France) – Avignon Opera, Casting manager
Peter Sch\u00fcnemann<\/strong> (Finland) – Mikkeli Gergiev Festival, Artistic advisor
Raimo Sirki\u00e4<\/strong> (Finland) – Operasinger
Dimitar Stanchev <\/strong>(Bulgaria) – Sofia National Opera and Ballet, bass
Jassi Zahharov<\/strong> (Estonia) – Estonian National Opera, baritone
Algimantas Treikauskas<\/strong> (Lithuania) – Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, General Manager
Ivan T\u00f6rzs<\/strong> (Germany) – Hochschule f\u00fcr Musik, Detmold, Professor; conductor, pianist
Benjaminas \u017delvys<\/strong> (Lithuania) – Kaunas State Musical Theatre, General Manager; baritone<\/p>", "protected": false }, "excerpt": { "rendered": "

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