Magdalena Živná
festival director and chairwoman of the Viktor Ullmann Society
Internationally renowned musicologist, music manager, publicist and translator. Co-founder of the IMF Ullmann Festival (2018) and its artistic director until 2024.
Jan Dušek
dramaturg
Composer, pianist and teacher of Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, winner of numerous composition awards. Long-time interpreter of the compositions of Viktor Ullmann and other artists persecuted by Nazism (e.g. Czech composer and resistance fighter Rudolf Karel).
Anna Hořejší
production a public relations
Graduate of the Faculty of Education of Charles University in the fields of Czech and Music Education, currently student of Academy of the Performing Arts in Prague in the field of Music Management
Dana Zipserová
coordinator of the the festival programme in Český Těšín
Director of the Municipal Library in Český Těšín, has been co-creating the festival since its beginning.
Jana Galášová
founder and emeritus director of the festival
Until 2023, director of the Municipal Library in Český Těšín, currently program coordinator in the Moravian-Silesian Region.
Pavel Noga
author of the festival design
University teacher and graphic designer. At the Faculty of Multimedia Communications Tomas Bata University in Zlín, he runs the Graphic Design studio. He has been creating the visual appearance of the festival since its beginning.
Irena Troupová
artistic advisor
Soprano, musicologist, teacher at Janáček Music Academy in Brno. In addition to her engagement in the field of early music, she has long been engaged in the interpretation and scientific rediscovery of vocal works by German composers from the Bohemia of the 19th century, as well as by 20th-century authors who were persecuted by the Nazi regime.
Vlasta Reittererová
expert advisor
Musicologist, music journalist and translator, specialist in Czech-Austrian music relations and also the work of Viktor Ullmann.