Jury

Our jury is comprised of world-renowned international concert artists and pedagogues from major institutions. Judges will be evaluating the audition materials. The work of the Jury is regulated by special Rules.

The audition will be evaluated by the jury through the video materials presented by each participant. The final selections of winners will be based solely on the video recordings submitted. The judges are independent, and their students are not permitted to participate in the competition. The judges votes will be strictly confidential and will not be shared or published. All Jury decisions are final and irrevocable.

The full panel of jury members will be announced in the coming weeks.

Jury 2024

  • Ronald Van Spaendonck: Brussels Royal Conservatory
  • Gabriel Kwok: The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
  • Kuan Cheng Lu: New York Philharmonic
  • Hee Young Lim: Central Conservatory of Music (Beijing)
  • Olga Pashchenko: Conservatorium van Amsterdam
  • Nancy Yuen: The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
  • Paul Cortese: Liceu Conservatory (Barcelona)

Jury 2023

Ronald Van Spaendonck

Brussels Royal Conservatory

Rebecca Jo Loeb

Berlin Opera Academy

Chelsea Whitaker

Eastman School of Music (University of Rochester)

Kuan Cheng Lu

New York Philharmonic

Olga Pashchenko

Conservatorium van Amsterdam

Hee Young Lim

Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing

Paul Cortese

Liceu Conservatory Barcelona

Jury 2022

Gerald Martin Moore

Yale School of Music

Director, Yale Opera

United States 

Olga Pashchenko

Conservatorium van Amsterdam

One of today’s most versatile performers on the keyboard

Netherlands / Russia

Alex Ashworth

Royal Academy of Music

Concert and opera singer working across Europe

United Kingdom

Hee-Young Lim

Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing

First Korean cellist named to the Beijing faculty

China / South Korea 

Gabriel Kwok

The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts

Head of Keyboard Studies

Hong Kong

Kuan Cheng Lu 

New York Philharmonic 

Mr. Lu teaches at the Manhattan School of Music

United States / Taiwan

Adela Frasineanu

Wiener Philharmoniker

Vienna State Opera Orchestra, 2014 / Vienna Philharmonic, 2017

Austria / Romania

Nancy Yuen

The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts

Head of Vocal Studies

Hong Kong / Singapore

Christina Wright

New England Conservatory /  Keene State College

“A brilliant pianist” (Wiener Zeitung, Vienna) 

United States