Petr Dvořák – General Director of Czech television
Michal Hašek – regional governor of South Moravia
Astrid Koblanck – director of Universal Edition Wien
Ivo Medek – rector of the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno
Dominique Meyer – director of Wiener Staatsoper
Roman Onderka – mayor of the city of Brno
Nicholas Payne – director of Opera Europa
Sir Simon Rattle – chief conductor and artistic director of the Berliner Philharmoniker (committee chairman)
Miloš Štědroň – musicologist
John Tyrrell – Janáček scholar, Cardiff University
