Experts/Jury

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  René Gulikers

  Professor , the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague

  René Gulikers studied orchestral conducting at the Music Conservatoire in Maastricht (The Netherlands). He attended several conducting courses in Holland and abroad, e.g. in Salzburg (Austria) in 1985, ...

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  Robert Guy

  Director of Ensembles , the University of Manchester

  Robert hails from North Wales and is a conductor, concert presenter, artistic director and teacher with a breadth of communication and interpersonal skills. Robert has conducted significant world premières which include working with the Orchestra of Opera North ...

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  Rüdiger Bohn

  Professor of Conducting , the Robert Schumann University

  Rüdiger Bohn studied piano and conducting at the music academies in Cologne and Düsseldorf. As a pianist, he won several international chamber music competitions. He performed regularly as a concert soloist ...

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  Florian Erdl

  Professor of Conducting , the Rostock University

  Florian Erdl has been the 1st Kapellmeister at Theater Pforzheim since the 2017/18 season, most recently as acting GMD. Here he will direct the premieres of Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream and Abrahma's Fairy Tales in the Grandhotel in 2020/21. ...

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  Stefan Ottersbach

  Lecturer for Orchestral Conducting and University Music Director

  Born in Cologne in 1966, Stefan Ottersbach studied at the music academies in Cologne, Bern, Düsseldorf and Munich after graduating from high school. There he completed his studies with a master class diploma. From 1992–1999 he was engaged as concertmaster ...