JMI Board

Nenad Bogdanovic

JMI President

Cyprus

Joelle Khayat

JMI Vice President

Lebanon

Paul Soyeur

Treasurer

Belgium

Blasko Smilevski

JMI Executive Director

Belgium

Macedonia

Peng Jiapeng

Member

China

Alessandra Costa

Member

Brazil

Julien Beurms

Member

Belgium

Gustaf Elmelid

Member

Sweden

Faisal Kiwewa

Member

Uganda

Verica Ajtovska

Member

Macedonia

JMI Head Office

Blasko Smilevski

JMI Executive Director

Belgium

Macedonia

Matt Clark

Programs & Marketing Director

Belgium

South Africa

Giulia Annibaletti

Programs Manager

Italy

Suchet Malhotra

Ethno Program Director

India

Zak Hantout

Office & Financial Manager

Belgium

Janina Hakopuro

Ethno Program Manager

Sweden

Finland

JMI Foundation Council

Joelle Khayat

JMI Vice President

Lebanon

Paul Soyeur

President

Belgium

Jessie Westenholz

Treasurer

France

Blasko Smilevski

JMI Executive Director

Belgium

Macedonia

Rob Van Waaijen

Member

Netherlands

Music Crossroads Head Office

Joe Herrmann

Music Crossroads International Director

Germany

Colombia

Natasha Hosken Lange

Project Coordinator

South Africa

Tapiwa Chimbiro

Member

Mozambique

Mathews Mfune

Member

Malawi

Election Commission

Michael Christensen

Member

Denmark

Elisabetta Parisi

Member

Italy

Aleksandar Gerasimovski

Member

Macedonia

Auditor

Delphine Leclerc

Member

France

Classical Music Committee

David Zsoldos

Chair

Hungary

Michael Christensen

Member

Denmark

Julien Beurms

Member

Belgium

Wojtek Hazanowicz

Member

Poland

Naima Balić

Member

Croatia

Phillip Chiu

Member

Canada

Tonči Bilić

Croatia

Ihssan Al-Ma'ani

Member

Jordan

Klevis Gjergi

Member

Albania

Maxim Tzekov

Member

Austria

Bogdana Bushevska

Member

Macedonia

Ana Ivanković

Member

Serbia

Andrea Gonzaléz Peréz

Member

Spain

Ethno Committee

Lamija Saric

Chair

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Erik Rask

Chair

Sweden

Alessandra Costa

Member

Brazil

Joelle Khayat

Member

Lebanon

Mathews Mfune

Member

Malawi

Simon Voigt

Member

Denmark

Emanuelle Soupart

Member

Belgium

Lucile Jauffret

Member

France

Faisal Kiwewa

Member

Uganda

Mario Gulisano

Member

Italy

Martin Tomoana

Member

Solomon Islands

Christian Betanzos

Member

Spain

Veera Kuisma

Member

Finland

Durgesh Kanwal

Member

India

Magdalena Barszcz

Member

Poland

Melody Zambuko

Member

Zimbabwe

Ihssan Al-Ma'ani

Member

Jordan

Camila de Oliveira Silva

Member

Brazil

Cédric Berner

Member

Germany

Tristan Hancock

Member

New Zealand

Filip Verneert

Member

Belgium

Tapiwa Langa

Member

Mozambique

Verica Ajtovska

Member

Macedonia

Ioanna Charalambous

Member

Cyprus

Tamer Haddad

State Of Palestine

Orsolya Balogh

Member

Hungary

Maria Concepcion Neuling Pereira

Member

Chile

Lucija Maroevic

Member

Croatia

Samuel Kissi

Member

Ghana

Valerie Burinyuy Tafon

Member

Cameroon

Manolis Bountalakis

Member

Greece

Dina Tahamouqa

member

Jordan

Sarkawt Karlsson

Member

Kurdistan-Iraq

Angellah Zulanga

Member

Malawi

Mariana Ramos Correia

Member

Portugal

Maša Ivanković Lenasi

Member

Serbia

Laura Nucha Neinzer

Member

Switzerland

Myla Hardie

Member

USA

Imagine Committee

Gustaf Elmelid

Member

Sweden

Rob Driessen

Member

Netherlands

Joe Herrmann

Member Ex-Officio

Colombia

Elin Feen

Member

Norway

Camila de Oliveira Silva

Member

Brazil

Celine Simonet

Member

Belgium

Bogdana Bushevska

Member

Macedonia

Andrea Gonzaléz Peréz

Member

Spain

David Alexis Torrejón Cifuentes

Member

Chile

Omar Zouiter

Member

Finland

Elena Garry

Member

France

Mirly van Schaijk

Member

Netherlands

Young Audiences Committee

Noora Herranen

Chair

Finland

Elfa Lilja Gisladottir

Vice Chair

Iceland

Jesper Gotlieb

Vice Chair

Denmark

Naima Balić

Member

Croatia

Patrick Lenaers

Member

Belgium

Simona Gajdoska

Member

Macedonia

Emanuelle Soupart

Member

Belgium

Morten Brenne

Member

Norway

Sophie Im

Member

France

Helena Rung

Member

Sweden

Simona Gajdoska

Member

Macedonia

Nikola Nejčev

Member

Serbia

Sarah Thery

Member

France

Vedran Savić

Member

Bosnia and Herzegovina

IDEA Committee

Sofie Sondervik Saether

Member

Norway

Dubravka Dujmovic Kusan

Member

Croatia

Tapiwa Langa

Member

Mozambique

Maria Concepcion Neuling Pereira

Member

Chile

Angel Spiroski

Member

Macedonia

Jorien Stravens

Member

Netherlands

Rashif Awar

Member

Sweden

Robin Havbring

Member

Sweden

Sanna-Kaisa Sundström

Member

Finland

Sarah Macdonald

Member

New Zealand

Christina Karapataki

Member

Cyprus

World Meeting Centres Committee

Dubravka Dujmovic Kusan

Member

Croatia

Ulrich Wuester

Member

Germany

JM Jazz World Orchestra Board

Dubravka Dujmovic Kusan

Member

Croatia

Rob Van Waajen

Member

Netherlands

Luis Diego Bonilla

Member / Artistic Director

Austria/USA

Blasko Smilevski

Executive Director

Belgium

Macedonia

Music Crossroads International Foundation Board

Rob Van Waaijen

Chairperson

Netherlands

Blasko Smilevski

Treasurer

Macedonia

Dag Franzen

Board Member

Sweden

Egil Franzen

Board Member

Belgium

Joe Herrmann

Board Member Ex-Officio

World Youth Choir Foundation Board

Blasko Smilevski

JMI Executive Director

Belgium

Macedonia

Joana Costa

World Youth Choir Manager

Portugal

Stéphane Grosclaude

Treasurer

France

Sasho Tarachevski

Member

Macedonia

Euro-Arab Youth Music Center

Nenad Bogdanovic

JMI President

Cyprus

Blasko Smilevski

JMI Executive Director

Belgium

Macedonia

Kifah Fakhouri

Chair

Lebanon

Dubravka Dujmovic Kusan

Member

Croatia

Livia Prodromou

Member

Cyprus

Husham Sharaf

Member

Jordan

Tatiana Tsieti

Member

Cyprus

JM Europe Executive Committee

David Zsoldos

Member

Hungary

Blasko Smilevski

JMI Executive Director

Belgium

Macedonia

JM of the Americas

Alessandra Costa

Member

Brazil

Blasko Smilevski

JMI Executive Director

Belgium

Macedonia

Per Ekedahl

Member

Brasil

Danièle LeBlanc

Member

Canada

Joe Herrmann

Member Ex-Officio

Colombia

JM Africa

Tapiwa Chimbiro

Member

Mozambique

Matthew Mfune

Member

Malawi

Paul Nchu Ngang

Member

Cameroon

Matt Clark

Member Ex-Officio

South Africa

JMI Honorary Presidents

Per Ekedahl

JMI Honorary President

Brazil/Sweden

Pierre Goulet

JMI Honorary President

Canada

Jordi Roch

JMI Honorary President

Spain

Maria Tania Siver †

JMI Honorary President

Uruguay

Rob Van Waaijen

JMI Honorary President

Emeritus Members

Naima Balić

Member

Croatia

Dag Franzen

Board Member

Sweden

Magnus Bäckström

Sweden

Elef Neshiem

Norway

Angelika Moeser

Austria

Luc Leytens

Belgium

Claire Ringlet

Belgium

Beata Schanda

Hungary

Hadelin Donnet †

Belgium

Per Uddu

Norway

Ivo Josipović

Croatia

Joseph Rouleau †

Canada

Michael Jenne

Germany

Antun Dolicki

Croatia

Iur Naessens

Netherlands

Gunnar Nolgard †

Sweden

Nicolas Desjardins

Canada

Claude Micheroux +

Belgium

Echkart Rolf †

Germany

Miodrag Mića Pavlović †

Serbia

Manuel Capdevila

Spain

Chris Evans †

United Kingdom

Ebbe Høyrup †

Denmark

Our People

Meet the dedicated people behind JMI

JMI Board

Nenad Bogdanovic

Joelle Khayat

Paul Soyeur

Blasko Smilevski

Peng Jiapeng

Alessandra Costa

Julien Beurms

Gustaf Elmelid

Faisal Kiwewa

Verica Ajtovska

JMI Head Office

Blasko Smilevski

Matt Clark

Giulia Annibaletti

Suchet Malhotra

Zak Hantout

Janina Hakopuro

JMI Foundation Council

Joelle Khayat

Paul Soyeur

Jessie Westenholz

Blasko Smilevski

Rob Van Waaijen

Music Crossroads Head Office

Joe Herrmann

Natasha Hosken Lange

Tapiwa Chimbiro

Mathews Mfune

Election Commission

Michael Christensen

Elisabetta Parisi

Aleksandar Gerasimovski

Auditor

Delphine Leclerc

Classical Music Committee

David Zsoldos

Michael Christensen

Julien Beurms

Wojtek Hazanowicz

Naima Balić

Phillip Chiu

Tonči Bilić

Ihssan Al-Ma'ani

Klevis Gjergi

Maxim Tzekov

Bogdana Bushevska

Ana Ivanković

Andrea Gonzaléz Peréz

Ethno Committee

Lamija Saric

Erik Rask

Alessandra Costa

Joelle Khayat

Mathews Mfune

Simon Voigt

Emanuelle Soupart

Lucile Jauffret

Faisal Kiwewa

Mario Gulisano

Martin Tomoana

Christian Betanzos

Veera Kuisma

Durgesh Kanwal

Magdalena Barszcz

Melody Zambuko

Ihssan Al-Ma'ani

Camila de Oliveira Silva

Cédric Berner

Tristan Hancock

Filip Verneert

Tapiwa Langa

Verica Ajtovska

Ioanna Charalambous

Tamer Haddad

Orsolya Balogh

Maria Concepcion Neuling Pereira

Lucija Maroevic