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The Foundation's Governing Board
and the Chairmen

At Winifred Wagner's suggestion, the respective Lord Mayor of the city of Bayreuth has also been Chairman of the Board of the Richard Wagner Scholarship Foundation since 1941.

These were

1941 to 1945
Lord Mayor Dr. Friedrich Kempfler

1951 to 1962
Lord Mayor Hans Rollwagen

1962 to 1988
Lord Mayor Hans Walter Wild

1988 to 2006
Lord Mayor Dr. Dieter Mronz

2006 to 2012
Lord Mayor Dr. Michael Hohl

2012 to 2020
Lord Mayoress Brigitte Merk-Erbe

since 2020
Lord Mayor Thomas Ebersberger

The current foundation board is formed by:

  • Thomas Ebersberger
    Lord Mayor
  • Prof. Katharina Wagner
    Festival Director
  • Ulrich Jagels
    Managing Director of the Bayreuth Festival
  • Harry Leutscher
    President of the Richard Wagner Verband International e. V.
  • Dr. Georg von Waldenfels
    Chairman of the Society of Friends of Bayreuth e. V.
  • Stephanie Anna Kollmer
    Managing Director of the Richard Wagner Scholarship Foundation
  • Florian Luderschmid
    President of the Government of Upper Franconia
  • Nicolaus Richter
  • Siegmund Schiminski
  • Wolfgang Hetz
  • Roland Karcher

Chairman of the
Foundation Board:

Lord Mayor Thomas Ebersberger
Neues Rathaus
Luitpoldplatz 13
95444 Bayreuth
Germany
Phone : 0049 921 251200