Our Board

The European Choral Association is currently governed by a board of twelve under the presidency of Dermot O’Callaghan (elected in November 2024).

The board receives support from different commissions and committees (such as the Artistic Strategic Group and the Youth Committee) as well as the staff of the European Choral Association.

Read our full Press Release about the elections in November 2024.

MEET THE BOARD 2024 – 2027

Dermot O'Callaghan

Ireland

President Contact

Silvija Pročkytė

Lithuania

1st Vice-President Contact

Martine Spanjers

The Netherlands

Treasurer Contact

Raul Talmar

Estonia

2nd Artistic Vice-President Contact

Joži Vovk

Slovenia

3rd Vice-President Contact

Marco Fornasier

Italy

Xavier Devillers

Belgium

Côme Ferrand Cooper

France

Kjetil Aamann

Norway

Joana Costa

Portugal

Yiğit Deniz

Türkiye

Susanna Kantelinen

Finland

Representative of the Friends of the European Choral Association

Board of European Choral Association 2021 - 2024

Dermot O’Callaghan (IE) | President
Martine Spanjers (NL) | 1st Vice-President and treasurer
Burak Onur Erdem (TR) | 2nd Artistic Vice-President
Raul Talmar (EE) | | 3rd Vice-President
Tamara Adamov Petijevic (RS)
Jeroen Beckers (BE)
Côme Ferrand-Cooper (FR)
Xavier Devillers (BE)
Marco Fornasier (IT)
Silvija Pročkytė (LT)
Josep Vila i Casanas (ES)
Daphne Wassink (NL) | Co-opted as representative of the Friends of Choral Music in Europe

Board of European Choral Association 2018 - 2021

Carlo Pavese (IT) | President
Dermot O’Callaghan (IE) | 1st Vice-President
Jean -Claude Wilkens (FR) | 2nd Artistic Vice-President
Martine Spanjers (NL) | Treasurer
Mihela Jagodic (SI)
Burak Onur Erdem (TR)
Marti Ferrer (ES)
Loti Piris Niño (BE)
Flannery Ryan (DE)
Raul Talmar (EE)
Martin Wildhaber (CH)

Board of European Choral Association 2015 - 2018

Gábor Móczar (HU) | President
Carlo Pavese (IT) | 1st Vice-President
Jan Schumacher (DE) | 2nd Vice-President, Chair of the Music Commission
Daphne Wassink (NL) | 3rd Vice-President
Koenraad De Meulder (BE) | Treasurer
Burak Onur Erdem (TR)
Martí Ferrer (ES)
Reijo Kekkonen (FI)
Victoria Liedbergius (NO)
Loti Piris Niño (BE)
Patrick Secchiari (CH)
Kaie Tanner (EE)
Jean-Claude Wilkens (FR)

Board of European Choral Association 2012 - 2015

Gábor Móczár (HU) | President
Carlo Pavese (IT) | Vice-president
Anneliese Zeh (AT) | Vice-president
Jan Schumacher (DE) | Vice-president
Koenraad de Meulder (BE) | Treasurer
Séverine Delforge (BE)
Martí Ferrer (ES)
Guido Helbling (CH)
Victoria Liedbergius (NO)
Reijo Kekkonen (FI)
Kaie Tanner (EE)
Daphne Wassink (NL)
Jean-Claude Wilkens (FR)

Board of European Choral Association 2009 - 2012

Sante Fornasier (IT) | President
Gábor Móczár (HU) | Vice-president
Fred Sjöberg (SE) | Vice-president
Jean Smeets (BE) | Treasurer
Séverine Delforge (BE)
Montserrat Gual (ES)
Guido Helbling (CH)
Mihela Jagodic (SI)
Reijo Kekkonen (FI)
Jan Schumacher (DE)
Kaie Tanner (EE)
Thierry Thiébaut (FR)
Daphne Wassink (NL)

Coo-opted after AGEC merge:
Anneliese Zeh (AT)
Hans Hierck (NL)

Board of Europa Cantat / European Federation of Young Choirs 2006 - 2009

Jeroen Schrijner (NL) | President
Thierry Thiébaut (FR) | Vice-president
Fred Sjöberg (SE) | Vice-president
Barbara Bieri (DE) | Treasurer
Kjetil Aamann (NO)
Sante Fornasier (IT)
Montserrat Gual (ES)
Mihela Jagodic (SI)
Éva Kollár (HU)
Séverine Delforge (BE)
Aarne Saluveer (EE)
Guido Helbling (CH)
Jean Smeets (BE)

Board of Europa Cantat / European Federation of Young Choirs 2003 - 2006

Jeroen Schrijner (NL) | President
Christopher Simmons (UK) | Vice-president
Theodora Pavlovitch (BG) | Vice-president
Barbara Bieri (DE) | Treasurer
Kjetil Aamann (NO)
Sante Fornasier (IT)
Montserrat Gual (ES)
Éva Kollár (HU)
Donka Miteva (BG)
Margaret O’Sullivan (IE)
Aarne Saluveer (EE)
Fred Sjöberg (SE)
Jean Smeets (BE)
Thierry Thiébaut (FR)

Board of Europa Cantat / European Federation of Young Choirs 2000 - 2003

Christopher Simmons (UK) | President
Hansruedi Kämpfen (CH) | Vice-president
Noël Minet (BE) | Vice-president
Tomaz Faganel (SI) | Treasurer
Kjetil Aamann (NO)
Gábor Baross (HU)
Barbara Bieri (DE)
Julien Dubois (FR)
Lluis Gomez (ES)
Monique Lesenne (BE)
Theodora Pavlovitch (BG)
Aarne Saluveer (EE)
Jeroen Schrijner (NL)

Board of Europa Cantat / European Federation of Young Choirs 1997 - 2000

Noël Minet (BE) | President
Philip Olsson (SE) | Vice-president
Erwin List (FR) | Vice-president
Tomaz Faganel (SI) | Treasurer
Gábor Baross (HU)
Lluis Gomez (ES)
Georg Grün (DE)
Hansruedi Kämpfen (SE)
Monique Lesenne (BE)
Josep Mas i Bigas (ES)
Theodora Pavlovitch (BG)
Christopher Simmons (UK)
Dino Stella (IT)

Board of Europa Cantat / European Federation of Young Choirs 1995 - 1997

Noël Minet (BE) | President
Philip Olsson (SE) | Vice-president
Lore Auerbach (DE) | Treasurer
Gábor Baross (HU)
Tomaz Faganel (SI)
Andrew Fairbairn (UK)
Lluis Gomez (ES)
Steen Lindholm (DK)
Erwin List (FR)
Andries Ponsteen (NL)
Jan Schneider (CZ)
Dino Stella (IT)
Robert Sund (SE)

Board of Europa Cantat / European Federation of Young Choirs 1994 - 1995

Gilbert Martens (BE) | President
Philipp Olsson (SE) | Vice-president
Erwin List (FR) | Vice-president
Noël Minet (BE) | Treasurer
Gábor Baross (HU)
Lore Auerbach (DE)
Andrew Fairbairn (UK)
Lluis Gomez (ES)
Steen Lindholm (DK)
Andries Ponsteen (NL)
Jan Schneider (CZ)
Dino Stella (IT)
Robert Sund (SE)

Board of Europa Cantat / European Federation of Young Choirs 1993 - 1994

Marcel Corneloup (FR) | President
Lore Auerbach (DE) | Vice-president
Gilbert Martens (BE) | Vice-president
Carlos Bourgeois (BE) | Treasurer
Gábor Baross (HU)
Giorgio Cogoli (IT)
Andrew Fairbairn (UK)
Lluis Gomez (ES)
August Konow (BG)
Enrique Lacomba (ES)
Venno Laul (EE)
Philip Olsson (SE)
Dino Stella (IT)

Board of Europa Cantat / European Federation of Young Choirs 1991 - 1993

Due to the large number of new members, in autumn 1991 the regulation that each member federation automatically become a member of the executive committee was changed and from 1991 there were elections for a 13-member presidium.

Marcel Corneloup (FR) | President
Willi Gohl (CH) | Vice-president
Jószef Maklari (HU) | Vice-president
Oriol Martorell (ES) | Vice-president
Paul Wehrle (DE) | Vice-president
Jean Baudry (FR) | Treasurer
Karlo C. Christensen (DK)
Giorgio Cogoli (IT)
André Dumont (BE)
Bengt Olof Engström (SE)
Andrew Fairbairn (UK)
Lluis Gomez (ES)
Sandro Katscharawa (GE)
Juris Klavins (LV)
Jiri Kolar (Czechoslovakia)
Nikolaij Kutusov (RU)
Enrique Lacomba (ES)
Venno Laul (EE)
Theodor Lind (NO)
Erwin List (FR)
Antonio Lourenco (PT)
Gilbert Martens (BE)
Juhani Orrenmaa (FI)
Manuel Sagastume (ES)
Herbert Sass (DE)
Dino Stella (IT)
Kasimierz Stobiecki (PL)
Fritz ter Wey (DE)
Hansruedi Willisegger (CH)

Board of Europa Cantat / European Federation of Young Choirs 1988 - 1991

Marcel Corneloup (FR) | President
Willi Gohl (CH) | Vice-president
Jószef Maklari (HU) | Vice-president
Oriol Martorell (ES) | Vice-president
Paul Wehrle (DE) | Vice-president
Jean Baudry (FR) | Treasurer
Karlo C. Christensen (DK)
Giorgio Cogoli (IT)
André Dumont (BE)
Andrew Fairbairn (UK)
Karl-Ernst Hoffmann (AT)
Carl Høgset (NO)
Enrique Lacomba (ES)
Erwin List (FR)
Gilbert Martens (BE)
Ivo Reis-Miranda (PT)
Juhani Orenmaa (FI)
Alrberto Rios (ES)
Herbert Sass (DE)
Helmut Steger (DE)
Hansruedi Willisegger (CH)

Board of Europa Cantat / European Federation of Young Choirs 1983 - 1988

Marcel Corneloup (FR) | President
Willi Gohl (CH) | Vice-president
Oriol Martorell (ES) | Vice-president
Paul Wehrle (DE) | Vice-president
Jean Baudry (FR) | Treasurer
André Dumont (BE)
Andrew Fairbairn (UK)
Karl-Ernst Hoffmann (AT)
Carl Høgset (NO)
Erwin List (FR)
Jószef Maklari (HU)
Gilbert Martens (BE)
Luigi Paolin (IT)
Helmut Steger (DE)
Hansruedi Willisegger (CH)

Board of Europa Cantat / European Federation of Young Choirs 1982 - 1983

François Bourel (FR) | President
Willi Gohl (CH) | Vice-president
Oriol Martorell (ES) | Vice-president
Paul Wehrle (DE) | Vice-president
Jean Baudry (FR) | Treasurer
Marcel Corneloup (FR)
André Dumont (BE)
Andrew Fairbairn (UK)
Karl-Ernst Hoffmann (AT)
Carl Høgset (NO)
Jószef Maklari (HU)
Gilbert Martens (BE)
Luigi Paolin (IT)
Herbert Sass (DE)
Claude Tagger (FR)
Hansruedi Willisegger (CH)

Board of Europa Cantat / European Federation of Young Choirs 1977 - 1982

François Bourel (FR) | President
Willi Gohl (CH) | Vice-president
Oriol Martorell (ES) | Vice-president
Herbert Sass (DE) | Chairman
Jean Baudry (FR) | Treasurer
Marcel Corneloup (FR)
Kuniberta Dobrovolskis (DE)
André Dumont (BE)
Laszlo Heltay (UK)
Heinz-Anton Höhnen (DE)
Karl-Ernst Hoffmann (AT)
Jószef Maklari (HU)
Gilbert Martens (BE)
Sachari Mednikarof (BG)
Johan Rotman (NL)
Dan-Olof Stenlund (SE)
Hansruedi Willisegger (CH)

Board of Europa Cantat / European Federation of Young Choirs 1968 - 1977

François Bourel (FR) | President
Oriol Martorell (ES) | Vice-president
Willi Gohl (CH) | Vice-president
Herbert Sass (DE) | Chairman
Jean Baudry (FR) | Treasurer
Svend Asmussen (DK)
Philippe Caillard (FR)
Marcel Corneloup (FR)
André Dumont (BE)
Hans Grischkat (DE)
Laszlo Heltay (UK)
Karl-Ernst Hoffmann (AT)
Gilbert Martens (BE)
Gottfried Wolters (DE)

Board of Europa Cantat / European Federation of Young Choirs 1965 - 1968

François Bourel (FR) | President
Svend Asmussen (DK) | Vice-president
Oriol Martorell (ES) | Vice-president
Herbert Sass (DE) | Chairman
Gilbert Martens (BE)
André Dumont (BE)
Gottfried Wolters (DE)
Marcel Corneloup (FR)
Philippe Caillard (FR)
Hans Grischkat (DE)
Willi Gohl (CH)
Pio Fernandez (IT)
Pierre Pernoud (CH)

Board of Europa Cantat / European Federation of Young Choirs 1963 - 1965

François Bourel (FR) | President
Oriol Martorell (ES) | Vice-president
Pierre Pernoud (CH) | Vice-president
Roger Motz (FR)
Gottfried Wolters (DE)
Herbert Sass (DE)
Pierre Host
Klari Fredborg
Willi Träder (DE)
Marcel Corneloup (FR)