Jury 2026

Prof. Elżbieta Wtorkowska, PhD, DSc –  conductor, rector of the Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz, lecturer at Postgraduate Studies in Choirmastering and Voice Emission at the Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz between 1992 and 2025.

Prof. Marek Gandecki, PhD, DSc – conductor and academic lecturer at the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań, the Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz, and the Postgraduate Programme in Choral Conducting and Voice Training at the Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz. Founder and director of the Stefan Stuligrosz Grand Prix of Polish Choral Music

Prof. Jan Borowski, PhD, DSc – conductor, music culture facilitator, and educator at the Conducting Institute of the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań

Maria Piotrowska-Bogalecka, PhD, DSc – choral conductor, educator and cultural promoter, long-serving Artistic Director of the Polish Radio Choir and lecturer at the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań

Solomon Kladas, DSc – conductor, choirmaster, educator, and psychologist, professionally affiliated, among others, with Charles University in Prague and the University of Cyprus in Nicosia

Eduardo García-Novelli, DSc – conductor and director of Choral Studies at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, USA, head of the Department of Piano, Organ and Church Music, Voice and Choral Music