55th IVC 2022

Opera | Oratorio

  • Linda Finnie mezzo-soprano | jury president
  • Leonardo Capalbo tenor
  • Damià Carbonell Nicolau Dutch National Opera Amsterdam
  • Gabriele Donà Head of Opera and Casting Director Staatstheater Mainz - Semi-finals | Grand Final
  • John Fulljames opera director | Royal Danish Opera Copenhagen
  • Vesselina Kasarova mezzo-soprano
  • Charlotte Margiono soprano
  • Paul McNamara tenor | artistic leader Dutch National Opera Academy - First Rounds


54th IVC 2021

LiedDuo

  • Dame Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano | jury president
  • Howard Haskin tenor
  • Christoph Prégardien tenor
  • Charles Spencer pianist
  • Roger Vignoles pianist
  • Mirjam Wijzenbeek programmer Concertgebouw Amsterdam


53
rd IVC
2019

LiedDuo

  • Dame Felicity Lott soprano | jury president
  • Graham Johnson pianist
  • Jard van Nes mezzo-soprano
  • Thomas Oliemans baritone
  • David Selig pianist
  • Mirjam Wijzenbeek programmer Concertgebouw Amsterdam


52
nd IVC 2018

Opera | Oratorio

  • Dame Kiri Te Kanawa soprano | jury president
  • Robert Holl bass | composer
  • Jesús Iglesias Noriega head artistic affairs Dutch National Opera Amsterdam
  • Joel Ethan Fried artistic director Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam
  • Eline de Kat artistic coordinator Opéra de Monte-Carlo
  • Nicholas Payne director Opera Europa
  • Dunja Vejzović mezzo-soprano
  • Andrew Watts countertenor
  • Evamaria Wieser director of artistic administration Salzburger Festspiele | casting Lyric Opera of Chicago
  • Zizheng Yu tenor | senior professor Nanjing Normal University


51st IVC 2017

Opera | Oratorio

  • Nicholas Payne director Opera Europe | jury president
  • Pieter Alferink impresario
  • Joel Ethan Fried artistic director Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam
  • Jesús Iglesias Noriega head artistic affairs Dutch National Opera Amsterdam
  • Jennifer Larmore mezzo-soprano
  • Sergei Leiferkus baritone
  • Cheryl Studer soprano
  • Eva Wagner-Pasquier opera manager | Bayreuther Festspiele
  • Zizheng Yu tenor | senior professor Nanjing Normal University


51st IVC 2016

LiedDuo

  • Jard van Nes mezzo-soprano | vocal pedagogue | jury president
  • Elly Ameling soprano
  • Hans Eijsackers pianist | professor Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf
  • Robert Holl bass
  • Aart-Jan van de Pol artistic coordinator Royal Concertgebouw Amsterdam
  • David Selig pianist | professor Conservatoire National Supérieur Lyon


50th IVC 2014

Opera | Oratorio

  • Ioan Holender former intendant Vienna State Opera, adviser The Metropolitan Opera, Spring Festival Tokyo, artistic director George Enescu Festival Bucharest | jury president
  • Pieter Alferink impresario
  • Anne Gjevang mezzo-soprano
  • Jesús Iglesias Noriega head artistic affairs Dutch National Opera
  • Siegfried Jerusalem tenor
  • Kenneth Montgomery conductor
  • Dominic Seldis 1st solo double bass Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
  • Dame Kiri Te Kanawasoprano
  • Evamaria Wieser artistic consultant Osterfestspiele Salzburg, casting Lyric Opera Chicago, Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

LiedDuo

  • Irwin Gage pianist | jury president
  • Elly Ameling soprano
  • Rudolf Jansen pianist
  • Siegfried Jerusalem tenor
  • Graham Johnson pianist
  • Meinard Kraak bass-baritone
  • Jard van Nes mezzo-soprano


49th IVC 2012

  • Ioan Holender former intendant Vienna State Opera, adviser The Metropolitan Opera, Spring Festival Tokyo, artistic director George Enescu Festival Bucharest | jury president
  • Arnold Alons casting director Toulouse and Chile
  • Peter de Caluwe intendant De Munt Brussels
  • Sergei Leiferkus baritone
  • Nelly Miricioiu soprano
  • Hein Mulders artistic administration De Nederlandse Opera, Amsterdam and future Intendant of the Aalto-Musiktheater, Essen
  • Peter Schreier tenor and conductor


48th IVC 2010

  • Hans Hierck musicologist and former orchestra director | jury president
  • Ivan van Kalmthout artistic administration Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona
  • Sergej Leiferkus baritone
  • Hein Meens tenor
  • Hein Mulders artistic administration De Nederlandse Opera, Amsterdam
  • Lenore Rosenberg Metropolitan Opera, New York
  • Dunja Vejzović soprano
  • Edith Wiens soprano


47th IVC 2008

  • Hans Hierck musicologist and former orchestra director | jury president
  • Roberta Alexander soprano
  • Olaf Bär baritone
  • Mya Besselink vocal pedagogue
  • Rudolf Jansen pianist
  • Hein Mulders head artistic affairs Dutch National Opera,
  • Lenore Rosenberg artistic administration Metropolitan Opera
  • Nando Schellen conductor and director opera of the Northern Arizona University
  • Ilze Sprancmane casting director Latvian National Opera Riga
  • Hanna Schwarz mezzo-soprano


46th IVC 2006

  • Hans Hierck musicologist and former orchestra director | jury president
  • Roberta Alexander soprano
  • Peter de Caluwe dramaturge and head artistic affairs Dutch National Opera
  • Robert Holl bass
  • Rudolf Jansen pianist
  • Meinard Kraak bass-baritone
  • Charlotte Margiono soprano
  • Kenneth Montgomery conductor


45th IVC 2004

  • Huub van Dael former director of concert hall De Doelen Rotterdam | jury president
  • Peter de Caluwe head artistic affairs Dutch National Opera
  • Rudolf Jansen pianist
  • Ivan van Kalmthout assistent artistic director Theater Liceu in Barcelona
  • Nelly Miricioiù soprano
  • Kenneth Montgomery conductor
  • Jard van Nes mezzo-soprano
  • Henk Smit bass


44th IVC 2002

  • Huub van Dael former director of concert hall De Doelen Rotterdam | jury president
  • Roberto Benzi conductor
  • Graham Dixon BBC 3
  • Gail Gilmore soprano
  • Rudolf Jansen pianist
  • Ivar Munk artistic director Netherlands Chamber Choir
  • Jard van Nes mezzo-soprano
  • Hans-Dieter Roser former intendant