Organisation

A non-profit organisation
under the French law of 1901
chaired by Jorge Chaminé

Run by 
A board
with 13 members
from which a board of 5 members is formed.

The Eu-topia Foundation
dedicated to the CEM,
under the aegis of the Hippocrene Foundation

Jorge Chaminé
Founding chairman of the Centre Européen de Musique

Jorge Chaminé's baritone voice has brought him success on the stage from Moscow to New York through Reykjavik and Rio de Janeiro, but he is also an experienced educator who regularly gives masterclasses in Europe, Canada, Brazil and the United States.

He serves as ambassador for NGO Music in Middle East and is also a permanent member of the board of Music for Peace, an organization which recognised him as a Musician for Peace in 2011.

In 2018, he was made an Officer in the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government; in 2019, he received the “Grand Vermeil Medal” of the City of Paris. That same year, Jorge Chaminé was appointed Ambassador for Peace and Justice for the United Nations' 17 “2030 NOW Goals”. It is the winner of the 2023 Helena Vaz da Silva European Prize for Promoting Public Awareness of Cultural Heritage.

Board of Directors

Jorge Chaminé
President

Alexis Merville
Vice President and Treasurer

Alain Lamassoure
Vice President

Hervé Mouren
Secretary

Laurent de Gaulle
Member

Michel Derdevet
Member

Anne Line Hansen
Member

Guillaume Le Dieu de Ville
Member

Maria Majno
Member

Rebecca Amsellem
Member

Ginevra Ruspoli de La Rochefoucauld
Member

Sneška Quaedvlieg-Mihailović
Member

Massimo Mazzeo
Member

Operational team

Philippe Gimet
Executive Director
Member of the Steering Committee
In charge of the pan-European ecosystem

Sergio Figueiredo
Executive Director
CEM-Portugal

Isabel Pérez Dobarro
Executive President
CEM-Spain

Valentina Volpe Andreazza
Executive President
CEM Italy

Yalilé Cardona
Executive President
CEM Austria

Virginie Braud
Administration and Events Officer

Grégory Szeps
Communication officer

Natalia Selivanova
Mission Manager

Alexiane Terrochaire-Brabançon
Mission Manager

Scientific Council

Chaired by Maria Majno, the Scientific Council brings together renowned experts and academics from France and elsewhere. 

Philippe Abastado
France
Doctor, cardiologist

Jean-Michel Besnier
France
Philosopher

Emmanuel Bigand
France
Professor in cognitive psychology

Salwa Castelo-Branco
Portugal / Egypt
Ethnomusicologist

Nicolas Dufetel
France
Musicologist

Orlando Figes
United Kingdom
Historian, Professor at the University of London

Philippe Gros
France
Physiotherapist

Stefan Koelsch
Norway / Germany
Neuroscientist

Jean-Pierre Luminet
France
Astrophysicist

Raffaele Mellace
Italy
Musicologist

Isabelle Peretz
Canada / Belgium
Professor in psychology, researcher specialised in neuro-cognition and music

Ester Pineda
France / Spain
Pianist, systematic musicologist

Bernard Sève

France
Philosopher

Barbara Tillmann
France
Researcher in auditory cognition and psychoacoustic

Fredrik Ullén
Sweden
Pianist, Professor in neuro-cognition

Francis Wolff
France
Philosopher

Associate members of the Scientific Council

Dame Felicity Lott
United-Kingdom
Musician

Shani Diluka
Skri-Lanka
Musician

Olivier Tinland
France
Philosopher

Bibliography of the member of CEM Scientific Board