About the jury
Dr. Peter Peters
Peter Peters is endowed professor in the innovation of classical music and associate professor at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Maastricht University. Before coming to Maastricht University, he worked as a classical music journalist and critic. His research focuses on innovating classical music practices, especially symphonic music. Together with Stefan Rosu, he developed the research lines in the MCICM: the role of classical music and its value for society; the ways in which the relationship between performers of classical music, such as symphony orchestras and their audience is mediated; and the ways in which classical music practices contribute to the preservation of our cultural and social sounding heritage.
René Rousseau
Together with Cecile Maas, René Rousseau is initiator and sponsor of the prize. Their aim of this prize is to broaden student’s horizons and field of work, to open new doors in the creative, musical and sociocultural field. With this prize, they hope finalists tap into new sources, find new audiences and increase the opportunities on the market by taking innovative paths. See the possibilities and opportunities and go further than you can imagine! To learn to be in charge of the performance from A-Z, and to possibly work in a multidisciplinary way together, to design and implement your production, which in turn can add new dimensions to the concept and execution. And not to forget the audience, who can be amazed, surprised and challenged within their own frame of reference and reflect on what the performance offers.
Stijn Huijts
Stijn Huijts is CEO and Director of the Bonnefantenmuseum in Maastricht. Before joining the museum in 2011, he was founder and director of SCHUNCK, a multidisciplinary museum for contemporary art, music, dance and literature, he was director of the Stedelijk Museum Het Domein in Sittard. He has organized several exhibitions and collaborative projects with artists, including the Dutch Pavilion at the 26th Sao Paulo Biennale. As a current advisor to the Mondriaan Fonds, he was a member of the board of the International Committee for Modern Art Museums (CIMAM), the Visual Arts, Design and Architecture Committee of the Council for Culture and a member of the board of directors for the National Office for the Arts. Cultural Heritage. Huijts is a lecturer at international post-doctoral research institutes and a member of the International Association of Art Critics and ICOM. He holds an MA in General Cultural Studies from the University of Amsterdam.
Tine Stolte
Tine Stolte is Programme Leader of the master ‘New Audiences and Innovative Practice’ at the Prince Claus Conservatoire in Groningen. In this programme, students focus on exploring and creating innovative artistic professional practices in diverse societal contexts. Tine works as a course leader and coordinator and is connected to the research group ‘Music in Context’ as a researcher. She was initially educated as a classical singer.
