The jury consists of professionals from a range of different backgrounds, plus a non-professional who represents the public. Here are just a few of the previous jury members.
Roselyne Bachelot
Former Minister
Paul Badura-Skoda
Pianist
Olivier Bellamy
Radio Classique
Boris Berezovsky
Pianist
Lazar Berman
Pianist
Yuri Boukoff
Pianist
Renaud Capuçon
Violinist
Boris Brott
Violinist
Aldo Ciccolini
Pianist
Zakhar Bron
Violinist
Christine Clerc
International correspondent
Ileana Cotrubas
Soprano
Régine Crespin
Soprano
Michel Dalberto
Pianist
Xavier Darcos
Former Minister
Francois Davis
Coface president
Christian Debrus
Vigan Festival director
Patrick De Carolis
Journalist, writer
Serge Dorny
Lyon Opera
Michel Duchaussoy
Actor
Alain Duhamel
RTL
Abdel Rahman El Bacha
Pianist
Brigitte Engerer
Pianist
Franck Ferrand
Historian
Ernest Fleischmann
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Patrice Fontanarosa
Violinist
Brigitte Fossey
Actress
Irène Frain
Journalist, historian, novelist
Nelson Freire
Pianist
Robert Hossein
Director
Gundula Janowitz
Soprano
Nicolas Joel
Opéra de Paris
Momo Kodama
Pianist
Vladimir Krainev
Pianist
Philippe Labro
Journalist, writer
Alain Lompech
Le Monde
Michel Lucas
President CIC
Christa Ludwig
Mezzo soprano
S.A.R. Princesse Maria Pia de Savoie
Pierre Medecin
Chambre professionnelle des directeurs d’opéras
Inva Mula
Soprano
Francis Perrin
Actor
Pierre Petit
Le Figaro
Patrick Poivre d’Arvor
Journalist
Anne Queffelec
Pianist
Ruggero Raimondi
Baryton-Bass
Joel Robuchon
Chef
Claude Samuel
Radio France
Eric-Emmanuel Schmidt
Playwright, novelist
Helga Schmidt
Palais des Beaux Arts Reine Sofia of Valencia
Harold Schonberg
New-York Times
Vladimir Spivakov
Violinist
Maxim Vengerov
Violinist
Eric Vu-An
Dancer & choreographer
