Camille Awards 2026: International Jury members
ECSA is delighted to announce the members of this year’s International Jury of the Camille Awards. From the list of nominees, the jury will select the winners of the Camille Awards across the three categories. The 2026 jury brings together three internationally distinguished and highly renowned film composers: Alberto Iglesias, Christian Kolonovits, and Johan Söderqvist.
Alberto Iglesias is a widely celebrated and internationally acclaimed Spanish film composer. Iglesias has solid classical training that includes piano, guitar, composition and counterpoint, as well as electronic music studies. His considerable experience in film composition began in the early 1980s. In his illustrious career, he has composed the original scores of a large number of Spanish and international feature films with renowned directors, including Pedro Almodóvar. Collaborations with Almodóvar include films such as “Talk to Her”, “Volver”, “The Skin I Live In”, “Julieta”, “Parallel Mothers”, and, most recently, “The Room Next Door”. Other directors he has worked with include Icíar Bollaín, Julio Médem, Isabel Coixet, Carlos Vermut, Fernando Meirelles, Oliver Stone, Ridley Scott, Steven Soderbergh, Marc Forster, Tomas Alfredson, and John Malkovich. Iglesias has earned remarkable international recognition throughout his career, including with 12 Goya Awards, the Best Soundtrack Award at the Cannes Film Festival, World Soundtrack Awards, and European Film Awards. In 2025, Iglesias won his 12th Goya Award for Best Original Score for “The Room Next Door”, making him the most awarded individual in Goya Awards history. Iglesias received a Special Camille Award in 2021 in recognition of his exceptional score for the Spanish drama film “Dolor y Gloria”, also directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Iglesias has also received four Academy Award nominations, as well as nominations for Golden Globe Awards and BAFTA Awards.
Christian Kolonovits is an Austrian composer, conductor, arranger, and music producer. He is regarded as one of the most influential figures in the Austrian music scene and as a key contributor to the development of Austropop. He began studying piano at an early age and later pursued studies in piano, cello, conducting, and composition at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. His professional career started as the keyboard player of the band Milestones before he established himself as a composer and producer. Over the years, he has collaborated with virtually all major Austropop artists, including Wolfgang Ambros, Rainhard Fendrich, Georg Danzer, STS, and Ludwig Hirsch, as well as with internationally acclaimed performers such as José Carreras, Plácido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, and the Scorpions. Since the 1990s, Kolonovits has increasingly focused on symphonic projects as well as composing for film, opera, and musical theatre. His ability to combine classical music with rock and pop elements has made him an internationally sought-after arranger and conductor. In recognition of his outstanding achievements, he has received numerous honours, including the Platinum Romy Lifetime Achievement Award and the Golden Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria.
Best known for his score for the Swedish art house horror hit “Let the Right One In”, the epic music for the Electronic Arts “Battlefield 1” and “Battlefield 5” video games and numerous soundtracks for the films of Danish auteur Susanne Bier (“In a Better World”, “After the Wedding”, “Things We Lost in the Fire”), Swedish composer Johan Söderqvist enjoys a prolific international career in film, TV and video games. His music for “Madame Web” is his first score for a Marvel movie. Born in 1966, Johan attended the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, studying composition and arranging. A versatile musician who was a keyboard player in various jazz and folk music groups, Johan toured extensively around the world before turning to film composition. His first score, for “Agnes Cecilia”, featured a strikingly beautiful piano theme that became a calling card for its composer early in his career. Among the many awards and nominations Johan has received throughout the years, two nominations for the European Film Awards (for “Brothers” and “Let the Right One In”), a Camille Award (for “The Emigrants”) and a UCMF Award at the Cannes Film Festival (“Brothers”) and three Amanda Awards (“Troubled Water”, “King of Devil’s Island”, “The King’s Choice”) stand out.
The winners of the Camille Awards will be announced at the Camille Awards ceremony on 22 September 2026 at the MuTh Theatre in Vienna, Austria. The ceremony is hosted in collaboration with ACOM – Austrian Composers. Tickets are available on this link.
The Camille Awards are organised with the support of Creative Europe.
