Chairman & Board

The Board of the European Composers Forum consists of 11 members elected by the Annual General Assembly every third year. Each of the Board members are representing a composer society from another country in Europe. The last elections have taken place in Glasgow, 29th October 2009.

The ECF Board meets regularly, at least once in three months. Any ECF membership organisation can send a representative to the Board meetings as an observer.

• Klaus Ager (Austria), President
(President of Österreichischer Komponistenbund)

• Konrad Boehmer (Netherlands), Vice-President
(Chairman of Genootschap van Nederlandse Componisten)

• Helmut W. Erdmann (Germany), Vice-President
(Board member of Deutscher Komponistenverband)

• Tomislav Saban (Croatia)
(General Secretary of Hrvatsko društvo skladatelja)

• Niels Rosing-Schow (Denmark)
(Chairman of Dansk Komponistforening)

• Máté Hóllos (Hungary)
(President of Magyar Zeneszerzõk Egyesülete)

• Kjartan Olafsson (Iceland)
(Chairman of Tónskáldafélag Íslands)

• Jerzy Kornowicz (Poland)
(President of Związek Kompozytorów Polskich)

• Dušan Bavdek (Slovenia)
(Board member of Društvo slovenskih skladateljev)

• Csaba Kézér (Switzerland)
(General Secretary of Schweizerischer Tonkünstlerverein / L’Association Suisse des Musiciens )

• David Stoll (UK)
(Board member of British Academy of Songwriters, Composers & Authors)

The Headoffice is located in Vienna (Austria) and managed by Frank Stahmer (MA), acting General Secretary.