Jury
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Ludmil Angelov
In 1994 he was awarded with the first prize of the International Piano Prize of Montecarlo, which made a turning point in his career. This prize allowed him to performe in some of the most important auditoriums of Europe. Founder and Art Director of the International Music Festival of Toledo, currently he teaches master classes in Spain and in the New Bulgarian University in Sophia.
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José M. Cervera Collado
He studied at the Music Conservatory of Valencia and the Musical Academy Chigliana of Siena, with the Professor Franco Ferrara, where he received the Award of Honor. In 1973 he became Director of the Orchestra of Valencia and, later, he became Art Director in the International Festival of Montepuciano. As Invited Director, he has conducted orchestras as the Vienna Philharmonic, Mozarterum in Salzburg, the Philharmonia of London, and has collaborated with soloists such as M. Maisky, B. Belkin, or N. Yepes. As an Opera Director, renowned singers such as Caballé, Domingo or Cappuccilli have been under his orders and, in 1985, was awarded with the Golden Applause Prize of the city of Milan.
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Leonel Morales
He was born in Cuba, he has spanish residence and lives in Spain since 1991. He is an Invited Professor in the professorship of Piano in the Conservatories of Castellón and Murcia. He is also an Academic of Madrid in the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Santa Isabel de Hungría of Sevilla. In his recent tour of 23 concerts across the United States, he has obtain an espectacular success in his career, performing the concert nº 1 of Tchaikovsky and nº 3 de Rachmaninov, accompanied by the Symphony Orchestra of Mexico directed by Enrique Bátiz.
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Pierre Réach
He is considered one of the best performers of the Goldberg Variation of Bach, which has recordered twice. Teaching piano and chamber music represents an important part of his activities. He is Professor at the Royal Academy of music of Paris, and in the Royal School of Music of Catalonia. Ha also teaches master classes in countries like Japan, Russia, China, Lithuania, Portugal, Canada and Israel. The eclectic personality of this artist, situates him as one of the most atractive and interesting pianist of his generation.
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Marian Rybicki
As a pianist and teacher, Marian Rybicki is a well known artist having studied at both the Frederic Chopin Academy in Warsaw and the Paris Conservatory. After a successful career as a perfomer, specially in Eastern Europe, he moved to Paris where he dedicated himself to education. Since 1979, he has led one of the most reputable piano classes at the Ecole Normale of Musique of Paris/Alfred Cortot. He has also taught master classes in countries throughout Europe and Asia as well as in the United States. Mr. Rybicki has been part of the jury in many international competitions like in Monte Carlo, Beijing or Shangai. From 1975 until 1995, Mr. Rybicki was the music advisor of the National Centre des Oeuvres Universitaires es Scolaires in Paris, and in 1993, he became the art director of the Animato Association.
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Pablo Sánchez Torrella
Borned in Paterna, he started his studies in the Music Society of his home town, and continue studying in the Royal Academy of Music of Valencia, where he obtained the highest degrees. He has directed the music band of Granaderos of the Queen of England ,the band of Yale´s University or the Teachers Music Orchestra of Holland, among others, what has given him the oportunity of performing in Spain, Europe and both South and North America. As director of the Music Society of Lliria, he participated in the International Piano Prize of Valencia, where he achieved eight first prizes with plays transcribed by himself. In 1959 he became a member of the Local Band of Valencia as a professor and interim director until he became director of the Symphonic Band of Madrid from 1986 until 1992, when he became director of the of the Local Band of Valencia.
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Emin Guven Yaslicam
Graduated in violin by the conservatory of Ankara, he is the director of the Symphony Orchestra of Avellino in Italy and Art Director of the Çukurova Symphony Orchestra of Turkey. He was elected as the youngest and most succesfull Director of the Year by the Internacionatl Foyer of Artist Center in 1983 in Rome. Currently he is the Director of the Symphony Orchestra of Andana in Turkey.