Advisory Council

 
 
 

Sir Ian Stoutzker, CBE

Founding Chair of the Advisory Council

A violin graduate of the Royal College of Music, he chose to study at the London School of Economics and pursue a career in commerce. In 1977, together with his friend Yehudi ...
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Sir John Tusa

EUYO Advisory Council member, IYF Trust Co-Chair, Association Board Chair

Sir John Tusa Chairs the British Architectural Trust Board and is a Trustee of the Turquoise Mountain Foundation. Published books include Art Matters, Engaged with the Arts an...
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Tania Bryer

EUYO Advisory Council member

Tania Bryer is a British born broadcaster and philanthropist. She is the Host and Executive Producer of a number of hugely popular series across CNBC’s international network, inc...
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Rudolf Buchbinder

EUYO Advisory Council member

Rudolf Buchbinder is one of the legendary artists of our time. His piano playing is an unparalleled fusion of the authority of a career spanning more than sixty years with spirit...
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Silvia Costa

EUYO Advisory Council member

Italian politician and journalist, during her time as an MEP in the European Parliament she was a member of the Committee on Culture and Education, including being its chair from...
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Etienne Davignon

EUYO Advisory Council member

Count Étienne Davignon joined the Belgian Foreign Ministry in 1959 and became head of staff of Paul-Henri Spaak, then Minister of Foreign Affairs where he remained until 1965. In...
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Tassilo Metternich-Sándor

EUYO Advisory Council member

Tassilo Metternich-Sandor was born in Vienna, Austria in 1965. He is the owner of Schloss Grafenegg, home of the Grafenegg Festival. He is also a shareholder of the Grafenegg Kul...
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Paloma O'Shea Artiñano

EUYO Advisory Council member

Paloma O’Shea was born in 1936 in Bilbao, where she lived throughout her childhood and youth. She obtained her Bachelor’s Degree in Piano at the Conservatory of Bilbao and furthe...
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Elżbieta Penderecka

EUYO Advisory Council member

Born in Cracow, Poland. After graduating from secondary school, she studied Physics at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow. Since 1965 she has managed the secretariat of her hu...
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Costa Pilavachi

EUYO Advisory Council member

Costa Pilavachi is currently Co-Curator of Music at the Athens and Epidaurus Festival in Greece. 
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Dr. Erwin Pröll

EUYO Advisory Council member

Erwin Pröll was born on December 24, 1946 in Radlbrunn, the youngest son of a family of winegrowers. After graduating from high school in Tulln, he studied agriculture at the Uni...
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Sneška Quaedvlieg-Mihailović

EUYO Advisory Council member

Sneška Quaedvlieg–Mihailović (1963) has been working for Europa Nostra for more than 25 years.
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Jan Raes

EUYO Advisory Council member

Jan Raes studied at the Antwerp Conservatory and the University of Ghent. His musical career as a flutist included solo performances, chamber music concerts and recordings. In ad...
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Simon Reinink

EUYO Advisory Council member

After having completed his Law Degree at the University of Utrecht in 1991 where he focused on Dutch Private Law and Musicology, Simon Reinink (1966) began his career as an attor...
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Anthony Sargent

EUYO Advisory Council member

Anthony Sargent studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Oxford University while concurrently busy as a conductor and singer, and then spent 13 years in radio and televis...
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Stephan Gehmacher

EUYO Advisory Council member

Born in Salzburg in 1970, after completing his law studies, Stephan Gehmacher worked as director of concerts for the Salzburg Festival for six years before becoming the personal ...
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Paolo Petrocelli

EUYO Advisory Council member

Paolo Petrocelli, PhD-EMBA-FRSA, is a senior cultural manager driven by the belief that culture, arts and education are a major force for growth, development and change globally.
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