Artistic Advisory Bodies
In November 2018 we changed the system of artistic advisory bodies for our activities.
Instead of having one Music Commission, we will have several commissions and committees dealing with specific activities of our association.
ARTISTIC STRATEGIC GROUP OF THE EUROPEAN CHORAL ASSOCIATION
- Burak Onur Erdem (TR) | Chair, Artistic Vice-President of the European Choral Association
- Jeroen Beckers (BE) | Board of the European Choral Association
- Josep Vila i Casañas (ES) | Board of the European Choral Association
- Xavier Devillers (BE) | Board of the European Choral Association
- Augustas Kvedaravičius (LT) | Youth Committee of the European Choral Association
- Alba Roorda Martinez (NL/ES) | Youth Committee of the European Choral Association
- Tamara Adamovic Petijevic (RS) | Board of the European Choral Association
- Silvija Pročkytė (LT) | Board of the European Choral Association
- Raul Talmar (EE) | Board of the European Choral Association
Europa Cantat junior 2023 Music Commission
Europa Cantat junior 2023 Music Commission
- Marleen Annemans (BE – chair)
- Marleen de Boo (BE)
- Mariette Effing (NL)
- Hans Helsen (BE)
- Eren Zeynep Kovankaya (TR)
- Raul Talmar (EE)
Europa Cantat junior 2023 Steering Committee
Europa Cantat junior 2023 Steering Committee
- Jeroen Beckers (BE)
- Sonja Greiner (DE)
- Jeroen Keymeulen (BE)
- Marleen Moortgat (BE)
- Silvija Prockyte (LT)
- Jean Smeets (BE)
Leading Voices 2022 Music Commission
Leading Voices 2022 Music Commission
- Burak Onur Erdem (TR – chair)
- Elisenda Carrasco i Ribot (ES)
- Seán Doherty (IE)
- Laura Lopes (PT)
- Merel Martens (NL)
- Panda van Proosdij (NL)
- Yuval Weinberg (IL)
- Martin Wildhaber (CH)
Music Commission
Leading Voices 2022 Music Commission
- Burak Onur Erdem (TR – chair)
- Elisenda Carrasco i Ribot (ES)
- Seán Doherty (IE)
- Laura Lopes (PT)
- Merel Martens (NL)
- Panda van Proosdij (NL)
- Yuval Weinberg (IL)
- Martin Wildhaber (CH)
Music Commission 2015-2018
- Jan Schumacher (DE) | Chair, ECA Vice-President
- Marleen Annemans (BE)
- Filippo Maria Bressan (IT)
- Agnes Erdély (HU)
- Burak Onur Erdem (TR) | ECA Board, link to ECA – EC Youth Committee
- Jim Daus Hjernøe (DK)
- Cecilia Martin-Löf (SE)
- Raul Talmar (EE) | link to EUROPA CANTAT XX Tallinn 2018
- Jean-Claude Wilkens (FR) | ECA – EC Board
Other committees and commissions
Leading Voices 2022 Utrecht Steering Committee
- Daphne Wassink (NL – chair)
- Appie Alferink (NL)
- Simon Gribling (NL)
- Joop Daalmeijer (NL)
- Martí Ferrer Bosch (ES)
- Dermot O’Callaghan (IE)
- Loti Piris Niño (ES/BE)
- Silvija Pročkytė (LT)
- Tido Visser (NL)
Steering Committee for EUROPA CANTAT Festival 2021 Ljubljana
- Marko Repnik (SI)
- Urška Bittner Pipan ((SI)
- Mihela Jagodic (SI)
- Martí Ferrer (ES)
- Flannery Ryan (DE)
- Sonja Greiner (DE)
www.europacantat.org/ljubljana2021
Until 2019:
International Competition for Young Conductors Steering Committee
- Xavier Daniffe (FR)
- Sonja Greiner (DE)
- Philippe Lefêvre (FR)
- Carlo Pavese (IT)
- Florent Stroesser (FR)
- Raul Talmar (EE)
www.awards-and-competitions/international-competition-for-young-conductors.org
EUROPA CANTAT junior 2020/22 Festival Steering Committee
- Kristijonas Bartosevicius (LT) (until 2021)
- Anne-Marie Cabut (FR)
- Sonja Greiner (DE)
- Ieva Krivickaitė (LT)
- Vytautas Miškinis (LT)
- Carlo Pavese (IT)
- Silvija Pročkytė (LT)
- Kaie Tanner (EE)
Advisors and music consultants
The Music Commission is supported in its work by a group of advisors and music consultants who regularly sent proposals, especially for the programme of the EUROPA CANTAT Festival, as well as for song collections and other musical projects.
Advisors
Former Board members of ECA-EC, Europa Cantat and AGEC as well as former members of the Music Commission who wish to stay in touch with the association
- Kjetil Aamann (NO)
- Kari Ala-Pöllänen (FI)
- Marleen Annemans (BE)
- Urbain van Asch (BE)
- Xavier Baulies (ES)
- Barbara Bieri (DE)
- Inessa Bodyako (BY)
- Filippo Maria Bressan (IT)
- Nicola Campogrande (IT)
- Elisenda Carrasco (ES)
- Darina Chakarova (BG)
- Jim Daus Hjernøe (DK)
- Séverine Delforge (BE)
- Julien Dubois (FR/NL)
- Ágnes Erdélyi (HU)
- Tomaž Faganel (SI)
- Sante Fornasier (IT)
- Lluís Gómez i Roldan (ES)
- Montserrat Gual (ES)
- Maud Hamon-Loisance (FR)
- Guido Helbling (CH)
- Rainer Held (CH)
- Volker Hempfling (DE)
- Hans Hierck (BE/NL)
- Mihela Jagodic (SI)
- Hansruedi Kämpfen (CH)
- Reijo Kekkonen (FI)
- Éva Kollár (HU)
- Tamás Lakner (HU)
- Harold Lenselink (NL)
- Erwin List (FR)
- Victoria Liedbergius (NO)
- Cecilia Martin-Löf (SE)
- Koenraad de Meulder (BE)
- Noël Minet (BE)
- Donka Miteva (BG/DE)
- Gábor Móczár (HU)
- Erik van Nevel (BE)
- Maria van Nieukerken (NL)
- Margaret O’Sullivan (IE)
- Andrew Parrott (GB)
- Theodora Pavlovitch (BG)
- Josep Prats (ES)
- Jonathan Rathbone (GB)
- Aarne Saluveer (EE)
- Jeroen Schrijner (CH/NL)
- Jan Schumacher (DE)
- Patrick Secchiari (CH)
- Christopher Simmons (GB)
- Fred Sjöberg (SE)
- Jean Smeets (BE)
- Dan-Olof Stenlund (SE)
- Kaie Tanner (EE)
- Thierry Thiebaut (FR)
- Alexander Vacek (UA)
- Aleksandar Vujic (RS)
- Daphne Wassink (NL)
- Anneliese Zeh (AT)
- Julia Blank (NO/DE)
- Martí Ferrer (ES)
- Dóra Halas (HU)
- Katharina Henrysson (SE)
- Damijan Močnik (SI)
- Simona Rožman Strnad (SI)
- Loti Piris Niño (BE/ES)
- Martin Wildhaber (CH)
- Jean-Claude Wilkens (FR)
Music Consultants
Music Consultants help the organisation to reach out to countries otherwise not (well-) represented in the different bodies of the association and/or among its member organisations.
- Zeljka Andric (BA)
- Margrét Bóasdottir (IS)
- Joseph Lia (MT)
- Angelina Nicolaidou (CY)
- Dominika Semaňáková (SK)
- Krzysztof Szydzisz (PL)
- Sasho Tatarchevski (MK)
Consultant for cooperation with the Russian Federation:
- Pavel Brochin (DE/RU)