Radio & Podcast Music Jury

 

 

• Canada CBC/SRC – Nathan Farr, Awards and Festivals
  Nathan Farr is an enthusiastic member of the awards and festivals community, known for his work in the entertainment programming field at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
• Finland YLE – Miikka Maunula, Executive Producer
  Miikka Maunula works as an Executive Producer in the Finnish Broadcasting Company, Yle. He is responsible for music productions on TV, radio and online. He has been working for Yle for more than 20 years. Major productions during these years have included the opening of the new Musiikkitalo concert hall in Helsinki, the Jean Sibelius anniversary in 2015 and many major international coproductions.
• Lithuania LRT – Rytis Skamarakas, Producer
  Rytis Skamarakas currently works as a radio documentary producer at LRT. He is passionate about music and interested in songwriting, production, and the ways music shapes storytelling. He actively seeks out radio programmes that explore music in its different forms, its cultural and historical significance, and its role in sound design. He would welcome the opportunity to evaluate submitted works with curiosity, careful listening, and an appreciation for creativity, craft and emotional impact.
• Poland PR – Agnieszka Czyżewska Jacquemet, Head of Department
  Agnieszka Czyżewska Jacquemet focuses, in her works, on the art of sound and storytelling. She is content coordinator of the Åke Blomström Masterclass, a training program for young radio authors, and member of Project Group of the Audio Storytelling Festival (EBU). She has been Radio Author of the Year (2014) and was awarded the Prix Bohemia (2017) and Prix Europa Radio Music (2019).
• Romania SRR – Octavia Galescu, Senior Editor and Producer at Radio Romania Musical Channel
  Octavia Galescu graduated from the University of Music in Bucharest, Musicology department, and since 1993 has followed all the necessary steps in building a career as a journalist at the Romanian Broadcasting Society. She is now a producer at Radio România Muzical/Romanian Musical Channel. She has produced programs based on musical offers received from the EBU and, since 2005, has been involved in organizing Concertino Praga. Over the years, she has participated in numerous events in Romania and abroad: in 2017, 2020, 2021 and 2022, at the World Conferences of Journalists in the Republic of Korea; in 2021, as a member of the International Jury of Prix Italia; and in 2025, as a member of the International Jury of Concertino Praga. Octavia Galescu has written articles, chapters and specialized books. Since 2018, she has been a member of the Professional Journalists Union from Romania, and since 2021, a member of the Union of Musical Critics and Editors from Romania.
• Vatican State RV – Luigi Picardi, Producer, Host
  Luigi Picardi, a music historian and guitarist, began guitar studies at the age of 15 and earned his diploma at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory of Rome. At the end of 1999, he began his collaboration with the staff of Vatican Radio. As a programmer, he is responsible for Con voi nella notte, a historical, Vatican Radio night-time broadcast. He also wrote and conducted several programmes. As a musical assistant, he takes part in many musical events for the Holy See. He has also been involved in recording and editing various CDs, including those of the Orchestra da Camera della Campania. Over the years, he has performed at various concerts, both as a soloist and within various chamber ensembles. He also actively collaborated with the Istituto Bibliografico Musicale, directed by the renowned musicologist Giancarlo Rostirolla, at the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale of Rome. He is currently producer and host of the daily music program Zoom, also on Vatican Radio.