HONOR COMMITTEE

Dario Franceschini
Minister of Cultural Affairs

Alberto Cirio
President of the Piedmont Region

Alessandro Canelli
Mayor of Novara

Gian Carlo Avanzi
Rector of the University of Eastern Piedmont

Gianni Letta
President of the Fondazione Gioachino Rossini

Leonardo Cantelli

HONOR ARTISTIC COMMITTEE

Eliahu Inbal
Winner II edition 1963

Riccardo Muti
Winner IV edition 1967

Ádám Fischer
Winner VII edition 1973 (ex aequo)

Lothar Zagrosek
Winner VII edition 1973 (ex aequo)

JURY

Christoph Becher

Director of the RSO – Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra of the ORF

Matteo Beltrami

Musical Director of the Teatro Coccia of Novara

Jordi Bernàcer

Conductor

Nazzareno Carusi

Pianist

Gabriel Chmura

Artistic Director of the Poznan Opera and First Guest Conductor at the Cracow Philharmonic

Donato Renzetti

Orchestra Conductor – last winner fo the Premio Cantelli (1980) – Teacher at Saluzzo’s Accademia di Direzione d’Orchestra

Sebastian F. Schwarz

Superintendent and Artistic Director of the Teatro Regio di Torino

Jósé Luis Gomez

Musical Director of the Tucson Symphony Orchestra

Didier de Cottignies

Artistic Director of the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

Antonino Fogliani

Musical Director of the Rossini Festival in Wildbad Principal Guest Conductor at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein

Sophie de Lint

Director of the National Opera of Amsterdam

President
Donato Renzetti
Orchestra Conductor – last winner fo the Premio Cantelli (1980) – Teacher at Saluzzo’s Accademia di Direzione d’Orchestra

Christoph Becher
Director of the RSO – Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra of the ORF

Matteo Beltrami
Musical Director of the Teatro Coccia of Novara

Jordi Bernàcer
Conductor

Nazzareno Carusi
Pianist

Gabriel Chmura
Artistic Director of the Poznan Opera and First Guest Conductor at the Cracow Philharmonic

Didier de Cottignies
Artistic Director of the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

Antonino Fogliani
Musical Director of the Rossini Festival in Wildbad
Principal Guest Conductor at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein

Sophie de Lint
Director of the National Opera of Amsterdam

Jósé Luis Gomez
Musical Director of the Tucson Symphony Orchestra

Sebastian F. Schwarz
Superintendent and Artistic Director of the Teatro Regio di Torino

CRITICS AWARD

Angelo Foletto (La Repubblica)
Enrico Girardi (Il corriere della sera)
Elvio Giudici (Il Giorno)
Alberto Mattioli (La Stampa)
Carla Moreni (Il Sole 24 Ore)

THE TOWN AWARD

Associazione Amici della Musica “Vittorio Cocito”
Conservatorio “Guido Cantelli” di Novara

YOUTH AWARD

Novara’s middle school students

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”His conducting was clear and his hands beautiful... he knew how to control the orchestra, and he could get whatever he wanted. He needed to imitate no one because his artistic personality was firm and convincing.

Enrico MinettiConcertmaster of the Orchestra of La Scala