Committee of Recommendation

Maarten Asscher, writer, former director of Athenaeum Boekhandel

Jan Brokken, writer

Jan Anthonie Bruijn, chairman of the Senate of the Netherlands (Eerste Kamer)

Joel J. Cahen, former director of the Jewish Historical Museum

Job Cohen, associate professor Leiden University

Miranda van Drie, business director Residentie Orkest

Robert J. Elias, President OREL Foundation V.S.

Tonny Eyk, composer and musician

Liza Ferschtman, violinist

Annemarie Goedvolk, director Lustr

Michael Haas, historian, former curator Jewish Museum of the City of Vienna and author of the book ‘Forbidden Music’

Hartmut Haenchen, conductor

Werner Herbers, founder and artistic leader Ebony Band

Daniel Hope, violinist

Remy van Kesteren, harpist

Ronald Leopold, executive director Anne Frank Foundation

Henk van der Meulen, vice-president and principal of the Royal Conservatoire

Ernst Numann, former vice-president of the Supreme Court

Leo Samama, musicologist and composer

Bart Schneemann, oboist and artistic leader Nederlands Blazers Ensemble

Ed Spanjaard, conductor

Abram de Swaan, professor emeritus social sciences from the University of Amsterdam

Sieuwert Verster, founder and director Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century

Paul van Vliet, performer, writer, comedian

Margriet Vroomans, radio host

Janneke van der Wijk, director Conservatorium van Amsterdam

Frits Zwart, musicologist, former director Nederlands Muziek Instituut