More jury members of Polstjärnepriset 2025 will be announced soon!

Anna-Karin Larsson
Head of the jury

Johannes Nebel
Assistant head of the jury

Randi Krogvold Lundqvist
Woodwinds

Lisa Ford
Brass

Judith Ingolfsson
Strings

Marko Ylönen
Strings

Katrine Gislinge
Piano

Anna-Karin Larsson, Head of the jury

Anna-Karin Larsson has been the general manager of Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra since the beginning of 2024. Before that, she worked at the Swedish Radio (SR) for 35 years, both as a producer, host for classical music shows and in various managing positions. Mainly as Music Director, working with both popular and classical music and with extended responsibilities for culture and drama production. She was also responsible for the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra for more than 10 years. This is her first time as head of the jury in Polstjärnepriset.

Randi Krogvold Lundqvist (Norway), Woodwinds

Randi Krogvold Lundqvist has a deep and versatile background as a musician and teacher, with a special focus on talent development. She is currently head of the wind department at Barratt Due Musikkinstitutt in Oslo and has for many years held the same position at Valdres sommersymfoni. Randi studied at the Norwegian Academy of Music, has worked in all the major Norwegian orchestras and performed at leading festivals in Norway and abroad.

Lisa Ford

Since 1993, Lisa Ford has been the principal horn player in the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Lisa is an active chamber musician and soloist and a member of the Contemporary Music Ensemble Gageego. She is a senior lecturer at the Academy of Music and Drama at the University of Gothenburg and serves as a mentor for the Master’s Program in Symphonic Orchestral Performance, where she coaches brass and chamber music ensembles. Lisa was educated at Interlochen Arts Academy, graduated from the Norwegian Academy of Music, and has been a member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. She previously served as Assistant Principal Horn of the San Diego Symphony Orchestra. Lisa holds a degree in Catalytic Coaching and is a certified professional coach.

Judith Ingolfsson (Iceland), Strings

Violinist Judith Ingolfsson is recognized for her intense, commanding performances, uncompromising musical maturity, and charismatic performance style. Based in Berlin and Baltimore and enjoying a global career, she performs regularly as soloist, chamber musician and in recital. Judith Ingolfsson studied at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and at the Cleveland Institute of Music with Jascha Brodsky, David Cerone and Donald Weilerstein. A Gold Medal winner at the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis in 1998, Judith Ingolfsson was honored by National Public Radio as Debut Artist of the Year 1999. She is currently Professor of Violin at the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University, co-artistic director and founder of the Festival “Aigues-Vives en Musiques” in France and the International Bach Academy Eisenach in Germany.

Marko Ylönen (Finland), Strings

Marko Ylönen has occupied numerous roles in the course of his career. A regular soloist with most of the Finnish orchestras, Marko has also appeared with the Camerata Salzburg, the English Chamber Orchestra, the Prague Chamber Orchestra, the Symphony Orchestras of Adelaide, Melbourne and Stavanger, and the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra. In chamber repertoire he has performed with many of the world’s greatest musicians, at festivals, in Finland and elsewhere. He has also reaped success in many Finnish and international competitions and recorded a large volume of staple and contemporary cello literature. Marko Ylönen was Artistic Director of the Korsholm Music Festival in 2003, 2008 and 2010–2012 and of the LuostoClassic Festival in 2014–2017. He has been Professor of chamber music at the Sibelius Academy since 2009.

Katrine Gislinge (Denmark), Piano

Pianist Katrine Gislinge is one of Scandinavia’s most striking pianists, giving solo and chamber music concerts in most of Europe and in the US. Her interpretations are characterised by a trembling sensitivity, where every little detail in the music makes sense and gathers in a clear and forward-looking stream. Katrine Gislinge’s repertoire ranges from Bach to the newest music. In recent years, Katrine Gislinge has particularly distinguished herself as an interpreter of Mozart’s piano concertos. She has recorded several CDs for, among others, Deutsche Grammophon and, in 2014, an acclaimed CD for Danacord Records with music by Schumann and Per Nørgård, who dedicated one of the works to her.