PRESIDENT OF THE JURY AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
CARLES LAMA
Steinway Artist
International Concert Pianist & Professor
Member of Carles&Sofia Piano Duo since 1987
Director of KNS Classical
Mentor
THE INTERNATIONAL JURY
The International Jury of Music and Stars Awards is made of leading renowned personalities and rising stars, of outstanding reputation in their own field: soloists, chamber musicians, professors, sound technicians and video experts.
Contestants in the higher categories wll be judged by senior professionals. Contestants in the children’s categories will be judged for both senior and rising stars.
QIAN YIN
United States
Concert Violinist and Pianist
Multi-prize winner
Recording Artist
JOOWON KIM
Canada
Cellist and Faculty member of The Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto
The Taylor Academy and The Oscar Peterson School
JORDAN REDD
United States
Assistant Professor of Horn at the University of North Alabama
Principal Horn of the Shoals Symphony
MARTA KNÖRR
Spain
Mezzosoprano
Recording Artist
Vocal teacher
KRZYSZTOF KOMENDAREK-TYMENDORF
Poland
International Viola Soloist, Recording artist, Multi-prize winner, Assistant Professor at the Music Academy in Gdansk
ASUKA UCHIDA
Japan / USA
International Opera Singer
Has sung many lyrical colatura operatic roles at Carnegie Hall, Town hall, Lincoln Center, and more
LESLIE WONG
Singapore
Saxophonist
Lecturer of Saxophone at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
Co-Artistic Director of The Asia-Pacific Saxophone Academy
CRISTINA CAVALLI
Italy
Concert Pianist and Chamber Musician
Piano and Chamber Music Professor at Musical Arts Madrid
SOFIA CABRUJA
Spain
Steinway Artist Concert
Pianist and mentor
Recording artist
ÁLVARO TEIXEIRA LOPES
Portugal
Concert Pianist
Artistic Director of St Cecilia International Competition
Director of Curso de Música de Silva Monteiro
ALISA KATROSHI
Albania / Hungary
Dramatic Soprano
Danubia Talents International Music Academy
CHRISTOPH EWERS
Germany
Concert Pianist & Chamber Musician
Composer
Arranger & Conductor
ELISEU SILVA
Portugal
Concert Violinist
and Professor at University and conservatory
Maestro of Bonjoia Orchestra
CESARE CHIACCHIARETTA
Italy
Concert Accordionist
Recording Artist
Composer
Professor in “Umberto Giordano” Conservatory
SÉBASTIEN SINGER
Switzerland
Concert Cellist
Member of Swiss Piano Trio
OLGA CHICHOVA
Canada
PhD in Music Education
Steinway & Sons
President of Canada Academy of Music & Arts
FANG FANG PAN
China
Piano educator
Chairman of the Global Outstanding Chinese Artists Association
MARCO COLACIOPPO
Italy
International Solo Pianist and Chamber musician
Piano Professor at IC Orsogna, Italia
PORNPHAN ORN BANTERNGHANSA
China
Concert Pianist
Yamaha Artist
Founder/Head Faculty at Piano Academy of Bangkok
ANDI ZDRAVA
Albania / USA
Concert Pianist and Orchestra Conductor
GIANMARIA MELIS
Italy
Concert Violinist and chamber musician
Recording artist
JOHN SOLOMONS
USA
Concert pianist and Professor of Piano
Keyboard Area Coordinator
LUKAS KOWALSKI
Germany
Tonemeister
Recording producer at Emil-Berliner-Studios
INGMAR LAZAR
France
Concert pianist
Winner of Tabor Foundation Piano Award
at the Verbier Festival
PRZEMEK DEMBSKI
United Kingdom
Concert Pianist
Artistic Director of The Masters Music School
PREMA KESSELMAN
USA
Flute Professor at Temple University-Boyer College of Music
Principal Flute at Opera Philadelphia
KOJIRO YUAN
USA
Concert Classical Guitarist
Guitar Teacher
Recording Artist
Award-winner
PHILIPP SCHEUCHER
Austria / Germany
Concert Pianist
Recording artist
Multi-prize winner
Bösendorfer Artist
WENTING YU
New York/ China
Doctoral of Musical Arts in Piano Performance
World-Winning Classical Pianist
Recording Artist
PAUL CORTESE
Spain
Concert Violist and Professor at Conservatori del Liceu
Larsen Strings Performing Artist
Recording Artist
COLLEEN WHITE
USA
Concert Flutist
Soloist, orchestral and chamber musician
Assistant Professor of Flute at Kansas State University
MARIO SIEGLE
Germany
Concert Violinist
4 Masters degrees in Portugal and Germany
Member of NWD Philarmonie
MARIO MARQUES
Portugal
Saxophonist
Doctor in Music
Founder of Portuguese Saxophone Association
GRIGORIOS ZAMPARAS
Greece / USA
Concert Pianist and professor
University of Tampa
NAIRA VAHANYAN
Armenia
Director of Yerevan Music School after Choukhajyan
PhD Candidate in Classical Music
CORRADO GRECO
Italy
Concert Pianist and Chamber Musician
Professor at Conservatorio Verdi
ARMEN-LEVON MANASERYAN
Armenia / Germany
Concert Pianist
Multi-prize winner Recording artist
CIHAT ASKIN
Turkey
Concert violinist
Founder of “Violins of the World”
Recording Artist
SAWAKO KOMURO
Japan
Music bachelor Degree at Osaka College
Flute teacher
FLORALEDA SACCHI
Italy
Harpist and composer
Artistic director of Lake Como International Music Festival and Electroclassic Festival
GORDANA JOSIFOVA
Macedonia
Concert Oboist and Chamber Music
Professor at the Faculty of Music Skopje
FU HONG
China
Concert Pianist
Professor of China Conservatory
IVÁN VILLAR
Spain
Clarinet Player
Orchestra & Chamber Musician
Backun Artist & Légère Artist
PAWEL RADZINSKI
Poland
Concert Violinist & Professor
Recording Artist
ÞÓRIR JÓHANNSSON
Iceland
Concert Double Bassist
Member of the Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Teacher at Kópavagur Music School
TONY HO TANG FAN
Canada
Certified Music Educator and Violin Instructor at The Royal Conservatory of Music (Canada)
CHRISTIAN DAWSON
United Kingdom
Concert Pianist
Accompanist Piano Teacher
Trinity Laban
MILENA INJAC
Republic of Serbia
Doctor of Conducting
Professor and Chief Conductor of Symphony and Chamber Orchestra “Concertante”
IGOR KIRITCHENKO
Ukraine
International Concert Cellist
Multi-prize winner
Recording Artist
Member of Elysée String Quartet and Equinox Piano Trio
EDITH FISCHER
Chile / United States
Concert Pianist
Winner of ARD Munich
competition and Dinu Lipati Prize
Director of “Semaine Internationale de Piano
et de Musique de Chambre”
LUCIANO RUOTOLO
China / Philippines / Bulgaria
Concert Pianist
Founder & Artistic Director of Nomea Competition, Mimas Music Festival, Accademia Musicale Europea
SARAH STAMBOLTSYAN
Armenia / Germany
Concert Pianist
Professor
Managing Director of “KammerMusikWelten” e. V.
Member of the Calliope Duo
IVAN KACHUSOV
Russia
Video editor and Motion Designer
Creator of Videos
Worked on Queen Tribute and Metallica Tribute
RYUTARO SUZUKI
Japan / France
Concert Pianist
Disciple of M.Béroff and M.Dalberto
PAMELA SKLAR
USA
Flutist and Composer
International soloist and chamber musician
Recording Session Artist
MIHYANG JOO
United States
Concert Pianist
Chair of NVMTA Robert Spencer Concerto Competition and National Gospel Music Competition
SUZANNE GILCHREST
USA
Flutist
Powell Artist
Recording Artist
Flute and Chamber Music Faculty, New York University (NYU)
CHU-PING LIN
USA
Violist
Founding Member of Taiwan String Quartet
Former Viola Principal of National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra
ROMINA CASUCCI
Italy
Solo soprano
Professor of Operalab Higher Education Course of the Accademia Musicale Europea
GIUSEPPE DEVASTATO
Italy
Concert pianist and composer
KrausePiano Artist
Professor at Musical Arts Madrid Academy and Accademia Musicale Europea
KOSMAS LAPATAS
Greece
Concert Pianist
Recording Artist
Multi-prize winner
Piano Teacher & Pedagogue
SZYMON PAWLAS
Poland
Cello Performer and Teacher
Member of Trio Espressivo and Konvalia String Quartet
Founder of D&P Music
YUNICE THAM MEI SHEN
Malaysia
Professional Piano and Vocal Educator
Jury member of Malaysia Junior Got Talent
KEIKO YANAGITA
Japan
Concert Violinist
Teacher at Shimamura Music School in Tokyo
Music director of “Weihnachts Konzert aus Hannover Series”
VADIM TCHIJIK
France
Concert Violinist and Professor
Director of numerous music festivals
Multi-prize winner
Recording artist
FEDERICO FURLANETTO
Italy
Soung engineer – Specialisation in Audio restoration
HvF Audio Studio
ARTASHES STAMBOLTSYAN
Armenia / Germany
Concert Violinist, concertmaster of the 2nd violins with the Vogtland Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor
Member of the Calliope Duo
SHIRI CONEH
Israel
Concert Classical Guitarist
Award winning Soloist and Chamber Musician
Israel Conservatory of Music
ANDY TUNG YEE TSUN
Hong Kong
Concert pianist and conductor
Maestro in May Ching Symphony Orchestra & Artistic Director in F.A.C.O Chamber
Multi prize & educator winner
MICHELE GIOIOSA
Italy
International Solo Pianist and Chamber musician
Piano Teacher at Conservatorio di Musica “U. Giordano” Foggia
MARCIO CANDIDO
USA
Concert Violinist and Violist
Multi-prize winner
Recording Artist
BIHAN LI
China / USA
Concert Violinist
Doctor of Musical Arts in violin performance and Teaching Fellow at Manhattan School of Music
JOANNE WANG LU
Singapore
Founder of Singapore Yunyi Musical Education
Specialised in Chinese music performance and education
Member of Singapore Guzheng Association
PATRICIA REYES
Chile
Professional Harpist
Soloist and Symphonic Orchestra of the University of Concepcion
Harp teacher at Arts Faculty of University de Chile
SÁNDOR SZABOLCS
Hungary
Conductor, Chamber Musician and Opera-coach
Award-winner
Frequent conductor of the opera master department of Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music
OLIVER SALONGA
China / Philippines / Bulgaria
Concert Pianist
and Professor Conservatory at European Academy of Fine Arts
Artistic Director – Hangzhou Music Institute
J. B. SMITH
USA / Australia
Emeritus Professor of Music and the former Coordinator of Percussion Studies in the School of Music at Arizona State University
NATAN DONDALSKI
Poland
Violinist
First Concertmaster of Koszalin Philharmonic
Assistant Professor at the Academy of Art in Szczecin
ALMA SAUER
Prague
Concert Pianist
Professor at the University of Music of Performing Arts in Vienna
ANNA HASHIMOTO
Japan / UK
Solo and Orchestral Clarinettist Clarinet tutor at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Vandoren UK Artist
ROBERT SANDERL
United States
Professor of Percussion
Radford University USA
Soloist, Composer, Educator
MERVE KOCABEYLER
Turkey
International Harpist
Multi-prize winner
Joined La Scala Milan’s Orchestra Academy in 2015
CHRISTOPH von WEITZEL
Germany
International Bariton
Specialized in Lied
Founder of the festival of “DEIN LIED- Internationales Festival des Liedes”
YUKI OSA
Japan / Australia
International Guitarist
Recording Artist
Guitar teacher at Octave8 Music Academy in Sydney
Multi-prize winner
ONWARA CHAISOMKUN
Thailand
Voice educator
Founder and Director at Cantabile Music
JINGCI LIU
USA / China
World-Winning Pianist
Recording Artist
Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano, Teaching Fellow at the University of Connecticut, USA
Professional Studies Diploma & Master of Music, Mannes
IGOR RUHADZE
The Netherlands
Concert Violinist
Recording artist
Artistic leader of Ensemble Violini Capricciosi
Artistic leader of the concert series NPKA (NL)
IAN GOH
Malaysia
Concert Pianist, Composer, Artistic Director of Putra International Piano Competition (PIPC), Founding President of Malaysia Piano Teachers Association (MPTA)
ANDRÉ BANGAMBULA VINDU
Democratic Republic of Congo / China
Composer
Master’s Degree in Music composition from Shanghai Conservatory of Music
NICOLE GRANROTH
USA / Mexico
Former flute/piccolo, Orquesta Sinfonica Sinaloa de las Artes
Flutist, Symphony of the Americas
Flutist, South Florida Symphony
JIAYIN HUANG
China
Founder of Chinese Violin “Theory of Combinations” and Nanjing Jiayin Violin School
Member of musicians’ association in Jiangsu province of China
JEAN WOZENCRAFT-ORNELLAS
United States
International Opera Singer
Head of the Music Department and Associate Professor of Voice at Meredith College
Distinguished Professor Emerita 2018 at Eastern New Mexico University
ANDREI KUDRIAKOV
China / Russia
Concert Pianist
Professor at music college of Nantong University, China
PETER SCHOENING
Sweden
Concert cellist, Teacher & Conductor
Pedagog at Hvitfeldtska Music Academy in Sweden
ADRIANO HENDRIKUS
Timor Leste
Bachelor of Music Education
Vocal and Piano Teacher
Choir Master and Conductor of Vox Laudes Choir
Baritone
MILEVA KRIVOKAPIC
Montenegro
Violinist
Master diploma
Soloist and member of the chamber duo K&K
Multi-prize winner
Music school “Vida Matjan”
ZALA REK
Slovenia
Violinist & Violin Mentor
International Music
Festivals Artist
Various Orchestras Member
YONCA ÖZKAN
Turkey
Concert Harpist and Chamber Musician
Harp Teacher at Istanbul University State Conservatory
FELIX KALMAN
Russia
Violinist & Professor
Head of the Chair String Instruments, Far Eastern Institute of Arts
Honoured Artist of Russia
EDITA RANDOVÁ
Czech Republic
International Mezzosoprano
Recording Artist
Gustav Mahler European Prize Awardee
SINSKE
Japan
Yamaha Artist
Concert Marimbist
Recording Artist
CHAERIN KIM
USA
Multi-instrumentalist
Composer
Conductor
Professor of Harp and Piano at University of Massachusetts Boston
P’NG KHER CHING
Malaysia
Asia Outstanding Piano Instructor Awardee
SEMRA FAYEZ
Turkey
Violin Professor
Founder of “Ankara CAKA” Violin School
JANNE GONÇALVES
Brazil
Concert pianist Piano Professor
Director of Gabriel Camargo Music School
JENA CHUN-WAH PANG
UK
Concert Pianist, & Violinist
Teacher and Adjudicator of the British and International Federation of Festivals of Music, Dance and Speech and Drama
EUGÉNIA MOURA
Portugal
Concert Pianist & Chamber Musician
Professor at Music Conservatory of Barcelos, Portugal
Member of NOVITATIS TRIO