Competition Judges
Spring Competition 2021
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Dr. Charles Whitehead, USA
Chief Judge of 2021 Spring Competition
Affiliation: Concert and Jazz Pianist; Former Adjudicator for the Texas Tech Jazz Festival
Professor Valentina Yablonskaya, Russia
Judge of 2021 Spring Competition
Affiliation: Assistant Professor of Piano Studies at Belgorod State Institute of Arts and Culture; Artist of Belgorod State Philharmonic Orchestra, Belgorod, Russia
Professor Lubov Skorobogatova, Russia
Judge of 2021 Spring Competition
Affiliation: Professor of Violin Studies at the String Department of the Voronezh music school; Director of the strings ensemble Caprise, Voronezh, Russia
Professor Tianqi Luo, China
Judge of 2021 Spring Competition
Affiliation: Associate Professor and Director of Modern Instrumental Music and Percussion Studies Department at Shanghai Conservatory of Music; Vice President of China Music National Percussion Association; Deputy Director of Percussion Professional Committee at Shanghai Association of Musicians; Executive Director of IPEA International Percussion Education Association, China
Professor Xiaochuan Li, China
Judge of 2021 Spring Competition
Affiliation: Professor of Trumpet and Jazz Studies at Shanghai Conservatory of Music; Winner of Best Jazz Album of the 1st CMA music awards; Winner of Best Instrumental Album and Best Studio-Recording Album of the 1st JZ Awards, China
Professor Dr. Kevin Zhao, China
Judge of 2021 Spring Competition
Affiliation: Visiting Professor of Piano at the Music Performance Department of the Preschool Education College, HN, China
Winter Festival 2021
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Professor Dr. Xin Wang, China
Judge of 2021 Winter Festival
Affiliation: Assistant Professor of Piano and Piano Pedagogy at Zhengzhou University School of Music, China
Professor Anastasia Timoshenko, Russia
Judge of 2021 Winter Festival
Affiliation: Professor of Violin Studies at State Music and Pedagogical Institute named after M.M. Ippolitov-Ivanov, Moscow, Russia; Artist of State Symphony Orchestra "New Russia", Moscow, Russia
Professor Dr. Gregory Brookes, USA
Judge of 2021 Winter Festival
Affiliation: Associate Professor of Voice at Texas Tech University, TX, USA
Dr. Elena Nezhdanova, USA
Judge of 2021 Winter Festival
Affiliation: Piano faculty at Cary School of Music and UNCSA Community Music School, North Carolina
Dr. Catalin Iacob, USA
Judge of 2021 Winter Festival
Affiliation: Piano faculty at Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA