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

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