New York, NY
Jurors First Stage Final Concerts

Lorin Maazel Lorin Maazel is one of world's most distinguished conductors. Appearing regularly at prestigious concert halls and opera houses around the world, he has conducted over 150 orchestras in more than 5,000 opera and concert performances in the last half-century....

Kyung-Wha Chung Violinist Kyung-Wha Chung's uniquely expressive interpretations of the violin literature have established her as one of classical music's most acclaimed performers for more than 30 years. Ms. Chung appears regularly as a soloist with the world's most prestigious orchestras and such conductors as Claudio Abbado, Daniel Barenboim, Sir Simon Rattle, André Previn, Bernard Haitink, Riccardo Muti, and the late Sir George Solti....

Glenn Dicterow Violinist Glenn Dicterow has been concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic since 1980 and a frequent soloist with orchestras worldwide. His first appearance with the Philharmonic was at the age of 18, when he was the soloist in the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto, conducted by Andre Kostelanetz. Prior to his position in New York, he served as associate concertmaster and concertmaster of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, with whom he also had a long history....

Yoichiro Omachi International conductor Yoichiro Omachi was appointed Permanent Conductor of the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra in 1999, an orchestra with whom he had been Chief Conductor beginning in 1961. He is a founder of the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony and was the Resident Conductor of the City Opera House in Dortmund, where he conducted numerous operas, operettas, musicals, ballets, and concerts. Maestro Omachi has guest conducted major orchestras throughout the world....

Krzysztof Penderecki Born in Poland in 1933, Krzysztof Penderecki is one of the most esteemed and widely discussed composers of our time and has also built an international reputation as a conductor. Mr. Penderecki's compositional career began after winning all three prizes at the 1959 Polish Composer's Association contest. His works, admired for their power and humanity, include four operas, six symphonies, many solo concertos, chamber music pieces and oratorios....

Janos Starker Janos Starker is universally acknowledged as a great virtuoso cellist and as a performing artist and teacher of worldwide influence. He has been principal cellist with the Dallas Symphony, the Metropolitan Opera, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Starker joined the faculty of the School of Music at Indiana University, Bloomington, in 1958, and his master classes have attracted string players from around the world for forty years....

Ian Stoutzker Ian Stoutzker, chairman of Dawnay Day International and former chairman of the London Interstate Bank, plays an active role in London's musical life while maintaining a highly successful business career. A former student of the violin, he attended the Royal College of Music, where he is now a vice-president and has been a member of the Executive Committee since 1968. He was Chairman and then President of the Philharmonia Orchestra from 1972-79, and since 1992 has been Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the London Symphony Orchestra and Trustee of the Foundation....

Etienne Marie Nicolas Vatelot Legendary French luthier Etienne Vatelot recently retired after more than 50 years of violin making and restoring. He began his profession as an apprentice in the workshop of his father, Marcel Vatelot, and continued his studies with Amédée Dieudonné and Victor Quenoil. In 1949 he received a Diploma of Honour in the International Lutherie Competition of the Hague and in 1959 he officially succeeded his father....

Marcello Viotti Conductor Marcello Viotti balances an acclaimed international career between work in the world's leading opera houses and on the concert stage. He was recently appointed Direttore Musicale at La Fenice Opera in Venice and has been Principal Conductor of the Munich Radio Orchestra since 1998...