JURY MEMBERS
The honorary jury members safeguard the impartial, fair, and transparent results of the competition.
Alexander Liebreich, Germany
Conductor
Music Director of the Orquestra de Valencia and Artistic Advisor of the Palau de la Musica Valencia, has also been President of the Richard-Strauss-Gesellschaft and Artistic Director of the Richard Strauss Festival in Garmisch-Partenkirchen since 2018, following Wolfgang Sawallisch and Brigitte Fassbaender in this position. He has previously held the positions of Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra (2018-2022), Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (NOSPR) (2012-2019 season, and Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Munich Chamber Orchestra (2006–2016).
He was Artistic Director of the festival “Katowice Kultura Natura” from 2015 – 2018. During that time some of Europe’s finest orchestras, ensembles and soloists have been invited to the Festival, including the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich and Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Leif Ove Andsnes, András Schiff, Bejun Mehta, Stefano Bollani, Artemis Quartett and Quatuor Ebène.
He held the position of Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Munich Chamber Orchestra from 2006 – 2016. Their first collaborative CD, featuring works by Joseph Haydn and Isang Yun, was released to great critical acclaim in January 2008. The ECM Classics release of Tigran Mansurian’s “Requiem“, with RIAS Kammerchor received a nomination for a Grammy Award in 2018 and won the ICMA Award 2018 in the category “Contemporary Music”.
