The international Jury for 2026 will be as follows:

• Benno Schollum (mdw Vienna)
• Ulf Bästlein (KUG Graz)
• Bernarda Fink (State Opera Vienna)
• Ildiko Raimondi (Mozarteum Salzburg)
• Markus Hadulla (mdw Vienna)
• Michael Linsbauer (Counsel Lower Austria)
• Inhye Kim (Central Conservatory Beijing, China)
• Christos Galilaias (Megaron Thessaloniki)
• Galina Kouznetsova (Belgium/Austria)
• Prof. Helmut Deutsch (Wien).