IBLA International Competition - The Jury

The Jury

The IBLA International Jury is the largest and most diverse among international competitions and comprises representatives from the most important music institutions worldwide such as:

  • Marcello Abbado, former Director of the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milano,
  • Howard Aibel, Piano Faculty at the University of Northern Iowa,
  • Licia Albanese, Chairperson of The Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation in New York,
  • Sarah Arneson, Voice Faculty at Boston University,
  • Hasmig Baghadjian, Piano Faculty at the Higher National Conservatory in Beirut,
  • Sherman Banks, Commissioner of the Sister Cities program in Little Rock,
  • David Bender, Voice Faculty at New York University,
  • Angela Boone, IBLA International Advisor,
  • Victor Bunin, Piano Faculty from the Damascus Conservatory,
  • Renè Clemènt, Director of the Music Conservatory of Lyon,
  • Joseph Conlin, Impresario from New York City,
  • Agata DeMartino, President Amici della Musica of Ragusa,
  • Kyoko Edo, President of the Edo Foundation in Tokyo,
  • Victoria Fisher, piano faculty at Elon College, Gloria Gari, IBLA International Adviser,
  • Vakhtang Jordania, Conductor of Russian Federal Orchestra, St. Petersburg Festival Orchestra and the Kharkov Philharmonic Orchestra,
  • Carla Giudici, former Piano Faculty at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome,
  • Margaret Hanegraaf, Voice Faculty, Cedar Arts Center in Corning, New York,
  • Frank Heneghan, former Director of the DTI Music College in Dublin,
  • Jeffrey James, Project Director of Angelok Classics Records and President of Jeffrey James Arts Consultant / 4tay Records,
  • George Kern, Piano Faculty at the Salzburg Academy of Music,
  • Fernando Laires, Piano Faculty at the Eastman School of Music and President/Founder of the American Liszt Society,
  • Eric Larsen, Piano Faculty at the North Carolina School of the Arts, Vladimir Leyetchkiss, Piano Faculty at DePaul University in Chicago, Sheila McKenna, Director of the Preparatory Department at the College Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati,
  • Barbara Meister, IBLA International Advisor,
  • Victoria Mushkatkol, Piano Faculty at the Juilliard School,
  • Malek Jandali, Piano Faculty from Atlanta, USA
  • Tatsuya Nagashima, Internationally renown concert pianist, Music Director of Akron Summer Music Festival in Ohio,
  • Ksenia Nosikova, Piano Faculty at the University of Iowa,
  • Sheryl Overholt, Voice Faculty at Purchase College-Conservatory State University of New York, Gunther Reinhold, Piano Faculty at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe,
  • Baroness Titetta Savarese Cafici, Artistic Director of the Lyceum Concert Series in Catania,
  • Bela Siki, Piano Faculty at the University of Washington,
  • Irina Skvortsova, International Cultural Exchange Foundation in Russia,
  • Gordon Sparber, journalist and music critic,
  • Peggy Spence, Piano Faculty at the University of Central Oklahoma,
  • Jan Pokorny Steele, Piano Faculty at the University of Central Oklahoma and Founder/President of Chopin Society of Mid-America,
  • Ruth Thomas, Trustee of the Menuhin Foundation in Bermuda,
  • Ireneus Zuk, Piano Faculty / Director of the School of Music at Queen's University in Kingston, Canada and
  • Luba Zuk, Piano Faculty at McGill University in Montreal.

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