Committee of recommendation

Ruben Aharonian, Borodin Quartet

Shmuel Ashkenasi, Vermeer Quartet

Hatto Beyerle, Alban Berg Quartet

Eberhard Feltz, Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin

Liza Ferschtman, violinist

Yasmin Hilberdink, founder and director of
the String Quartet Biennale Amsterdam

Floris Kortie, programmer and presenter

György Kurtág, composer

Irina Shostakovich, widow of Dmitri Shostakovich

Winnie Sorgdrager, Minister of State and
former chair of the Council for Culture

Janneke van der Wijk, 
former director of the Amsterdam Conservatory,
director of the Elja Foundation

Honorary committee

Valentin Berlinski †, Borodin Quartet

Norbert Brainin †, Amadeus Quartet

Piero Farulli †, Quartetto Italiano

Ton Hartsuiker †, former director of the
conservatories of Amsterdam and Utrecht

Raphael Hillyer †, Juilliard Quartet

Walter Levin †, LaSalle Quartet

Theo Olof †, former concertmaster
of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Menahem Pressler †, Beaux Arts Trio

Milan Škampa †, Smetana Quartet