• John Allison editor of „Opera Magazine”

• Piotr Beczała tenor
  

• Michael Fichtenholz director of Opera, Opernhaus Zürich

• Jonathan Friend artistic administrator, Metropolitan Opera

• Tobias Hasan coordinating opera director, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin
• Boris Ignatov casting director, Staatsoper Stuttgart

• Peter Mario Katona director of casting, Royal Opera House

• Izabella Kłosińska casting director, Teatr Wielki - Polish National Opera

• Gianluca Macheda director of GM Art&Music

• Pal Christian Moe casting consultant, Bayerische Staatsoper and Glyndebourne Festival Opera

• Nicholas Payne director, „Opera Europa”

• Alain Perroux artistic advisor, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, France

• Ewa Podleś contralto
  

• Evamaria Wieser artistic administrator, Salburg Festival and European casting consultant, Lyric Opera of Chicago

MAIN PRIZES:

• First Prize – 15 000 EUR
• Second Prize – 11 000 EUR
• Third Prize – 9 000 EUR
• Fourth Prize – 7 000 EUR
• Fifth Prize – 5 000 EUR
• Sixth Prize – 4 000 EUR
• Remaining Finalists – 2 000 EUR each
  
  
• Every Participant admitted to and performing in Stage 2 but not admitted to Stage 3 (Finals) will receive 500 EUR. 
  
  
• The Maria Fołtyn Prize for the Best Performance of a Stanisław Moniuszko Piece – 8 000 EUR
• The Prize for the Best Performance of a Mieczysław Weinberg’s Song – 2 000 EUR
• The Prize for the Best Pianist (born not earlier than on 6 May 1984) – 1 500 EUR 

PRIZES FROM THE KOSCIUSZKO FOUNDATION (USA) FUNDED BY ANN COX ZAGOREOS:

• The Carlo Maria Giulini Prize 
  awarded in male and female category separately
  *Prize in memory of Carlo Maria Giulini, for a performance of profound musical expression drawing on the essence of humanity: USD 5 000
  *Il premio nella memoria di Carlo Maria Giulini per il canto che sorge dall’emozione profonda e che attinge dall’essenza di umanità.
• The Jan and Edward Reszke Prize for the best performance of a Polish work by a foreign entrant: USD 3 000
  
• The Marta Eggerth and Jan Kiepura Prize for the most promising Polish voice: USD 2 000

More special prizes will be announced in due course.