Dario Franceschini
Minister of Cultural Affairs
HONOR COMMITTEE
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
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
Hein Mulders
Superintendent of the Opera and Philarmonic Essen

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, Board Member of Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Managing Director

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

Hein Mulders
Superintendent of the Opera and Philarmonic Essen

Jósé Luis Gomez
Musical Director of the Tucson Symphony Orchestra

Sebastian F. Schwarz
Superintendent and Artistic Director of the Teatro Regio di Torino
”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
Honor Committee Photo Credits
Eliahu Inbal: Ph. Rikimaru Hotta / Riccardo Muti: © Todd Rosenberg Photography – Courtesy of riccardomutimusic.com / Adam Fischer: © Nikolaj Lund / Lothar Zagrosek: © Christian Nielinger









