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Meet the Jury of the 3rd Edition of the International Opera Conducting Competition

INTERNATIONAL OPERA CONDUCTING COMPETITION
February 10 > 15, 2025

This February, the International Opera Conducting Competition of the Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège will welcome a selection of young orchestral conducting virtuosos from around the globe to its stage.

Meet the Jury of the 3rd Edition

The jury for this prestigious competition will be chaired by Stefano Pace, our General and Artistic Director, and will include a distinguished panel of experts:

  • Giampaolo Bisanti
    Conductor, Music Director of the Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège
  • Andre Comploi
    Director of Ladin Education and Culture for the Autonomous Province of Bolzano – South Tyrol
  • Pierangelo Conte
    Artistic Director of the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa
  • Sophie de Lint (Final Round)
    Director of the Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam
  • Christophe Ghristi
    Artistic Director of the Opéra National du Capitole de Toulouse
  • Hans-Georg Hofmann
    Intendant of the Bodensee Philharmonie
  • Stefano Montanari
    Conductor, Principal Conductor of the Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari
  • Isla Mundell Perkins
    Casting Director of the Staatsoper Hamburg
  • Christina Scheppelmann
    General Director of the Seattle Opera, incoming General and Artistic Director of La Monnaie De Munt in Brussels
  • Annette Weber
    Director of the Zürich Opera

These promising young talents will need to excel to follow in the footsteps of the gifted Dayner Tafur-Díaz, who triumphed in a previous edition.