IGPA Jury Members 2020

Yalchin Adigezalov
Azerbaidjan
Permanent conductor of the Azerbaidjan State and Opera and Professor at Baku Muzyk Academy

Jin Hyoun Baek
South Korea
Principal Guest Conductor of Tianjin Symphony Orchestra

Pavel Baleff
Bulgaria
Chief Conductor Philharmonic Orchestra Baden Baden

Renchang Fu
China
Artistic Director, Chief Conductor of Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra

Juri Gilbo
Russia
Artistic Director and Conductor at the Russian Chamber Philharmonic St. Petersburg

Amir Tebenikhin
Kazakhstan
Pianist and artistic director of Beethoven Festival in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Winner of the 1st International German Piano Award 2011

Nimrod David Pfeffer
Israel
Pianist and Assistant Conductor at The Metropolitan Opera

Marian Rybicki
France
Pianist and Professor Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris, Artistic Director of the Animato Association Paris

W. Schmitt-Leonardy
Germany
Pianist and Professor for Piano at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Mannheim, at the École Normale de Musique de Paris Alfred Cortot, at the International Piano Academy in Brescia and member of the Lang Lang International Music Foundation

JeungBeum Sohn
Korea
Pianist, Winner of the International German Piano Award 2019 and winner of the ARD Piano Competition

Sascha Goetzel
Austria
Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra since 2009 – Artistic Director of Istanbul’s Music for Peace Foundation – Principle Guest Conductor of the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra. After a six year tenure of the music directorship of the Kuopio Symphony in Finland he remains a regular guest with the orchestra

Jie Yuan
China
Chair of Piano Department at Harbin Conservatory of Music – Vice President at JiLin University of Arts – Artist Directors of China International Festival, Lanzhou Festival, Haikou Festival, vFun Festival.