Under the patronage of the Federal President of the Republic of Austria

Alexander Van der Bellen

SCL Honorary Board

Christoph Wiederkehr
Federal Minister of Education

Michael Ludwig
Mayor and Governor of Vienna

Johanna Mikl-Leitner
Governor of Lower Austria

Hans Peter Doskozil
Governor of Burgenland

Bettina Emmerling
Deputy Mayor and Deputy Governor, Executive City Councillor for Education, Youth, Integration, Transparency and Vienna Markets

Veronica Kaup-Hasler
Executive City Councillor for Cultural Affairs and Science

Thomas Angyan
Executive and Artistic Director Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien (ret.)

Michael Boder
Conductor

Yefim Bronfman
Pianist

Elīna Garanča
Mezzo-soprano

Clemens Hellsberg
President of the Vienna Philharmonic (ret.)

Elke Hesse
Director of the MuTh – The Vienna Boys’ Choir Concert Hall

Ioan Holender
Director of the Vienna State Opera (ret.)

Aleksey Igudesman
Violinist, composer, conductor, comedian

Vladimir Jurowski
Chief Conductor of the Berlin Radio Symphony, General Music Director of the Bavarian State Opera

Angelika Kirchschlager
Mezzo-soprano

Harry Kopietz
President of the Vienna Provincial Parliament (ret.)

Andreas Mailath-Pokorny
Rector of the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna

Tassilo Metternich-Sándor
Owner of Schloss Grafenegg & Manager of the Grafenegg Estate

Angelika Möser
Artistic Director of the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

Matthias Naske
Executive and Artistic Director of the Wiener Konzerthaus

Franz Patay
Managing Director of the Vereinigte Bühnen Wien

Johanna Rachinger
Director General of the Austrian National Library (ret.)

Julian Rachlin
Violinist/Violist

Elisabeth Sobotka
Artistic Director, Staatsoper Unter den Linden

Ulrike Sych
Rector of the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna

Jean-Yves Thibaudet
Pianist

Franz Welser-Möst
Music Director of the Cleveland Orchestra
General Music Director of the Vienna State Opera (ret.)

Yundi
Pianist