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2009 Competition Judges Tamás
Ungár, Chairman (USA) Tamás Ungár, Chairman
In addition to his performing commitments, Tamás Ungár has become one of United States ' best-known and most respected teachers of the piano. As Founder - Executive Director of PianoTexas International Academy & Festival and member of the TCU Piano Faculty, he attracts students from across America and as far afield as Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, England, Germany, Greece, India, Israel, Kazakhstan, Korea, Hungary, Japan, Malaya, Mexico, Poland, Republic of Georgia, Singapore, Russia and Taiwan. His students have received prizes in national and international competitions, have performed in prestigious music centers including Alice Tully Hall and Carnegie Recital Hall , New York City and have made numerous recordings. For the Eleventh Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, three of his students were invited to participate, an achievement reserved for very few teachers. Since 1989 Tamás Ungár has been a regular guest teacher at the most important music centers in China. In 2006 he was appointed as Artistic Director of the China Conservatory International Piano Festival in Bejing and Artistic Advisor for the Zhou Guangren Summer Piano Institute in Qingdao. Dr. Ungár's most influential teachers included Alexander Sverjensky at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Lajos Hernádi at the Liszt Academy in Budapest and György Sebök at Indiana University, where he was awarded the Doctorate in Music. Prior to his present position he taught at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, the Purcell School, England and at the University of California at San Diego. Tamás Ungár records exclusively for CALA Records. Joel Harrison
Dr. Harrison has served as an officer of numerous state and national arts boards and music teacher associations and served as the Co-Chairperson for the 2002 National Convention for the Association of Anglican Musicians. He and the 2003 Classical Fellows were sponsored on an international tour in October and November of 2003 by the U. S. Department of State, playing solo recitals, concerti, chamber music concerts, giving lectures, and master classes in South Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa. Harrison
holds degrees from the University of North Carolina, Indiana University,
and Northwestern University, with additional studies in Switzerland,
Austria, and Italy. Marianne Jacobs
Marianne Jacobs has performed as soloist with orchestras and with recitals in Europe, the former Soviet Union, USA, Canada, Mexico, and Brazil. In addition to many radio- and TV programmes, Marianne Jacobs has also organized summer festivals with concerts, masterclasses and competitions. Marianne Jacobs has always combined international masterclasses, workshops, artistic projects for young musicians, lecture-recitals and performances with solo and chamber music repertoire. Marianne Jacobs is the president of European Piano Teachers Association (EPTA) in Sweden and the founder and artistic director of the Nordic Piano Competition at the Academy of Music in Malmö. Michael Krist
Seok-Rahn Kwon
As a solo artist, she has performed at Mozarteum Summer Academy (Salzburg, Austria), Banff Summer Festival (Banff, Canada) and had numerous solo recitals in such halls as Jordan Hall and Williams Hall at New England Conservatory in Boston, Concert Hall at the University of North Texas in Denton and Recital Hall at the Seoul Arts Center in Seoul. She has performed many concertos with Korean Symphony Orchestra, Kang-nam Philharmonic Orchestra, and Busan Philharmonic Orchestra. She has won New England Conservatory Honor's Audition, New England Conservatory Concerto Competition, Clark University Competition and was a prize winner of International Viotti Valsesia Competition. Native of Seoul, Korea, Seok-Rahn Kwon received her Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degree from New England Conservatory of Music with Full Scholarship and her doctoral degree from the University of North Texas. She was a recipient of Teaching Fellowship, UNT scholarship and PI KADDA LAMDA Awards. She received her DMA degree with Honor's. She has studied with JaeHee Hyun, Mrs. Sherman, Wha-Kyung Byun, Dr. Pamela Paul, and Gyogy Sebok. Dr.
Kwon is currently teaching at Seoul National University, Korea National
University of Arts, Se-jong University, Kyung-Ki Arts High school
and Sun-Wha Arts High school in Seoul, Korea. Murray McLachlan
McLachlan's
repertoire includes over 40 concertos and 25 recital programmes.
He has appeared as soloist with most of the leading UK orchestras.
His recognition has been far-reaching, bringing invitations to perform
on all five continents. The 2007-08 season saw him perform in Novi
Sad, Warsaw, Moscow, Prague and Guangazhou. In April 2008 he was
artistic director of the 'Ronald Stevenson at 80' chamber music
festival in St. John's Smith Square, London. In 2009 McLachlan will
perform in Singapore, New Zealand, Texas and Cyprus. At the same
time he continues to give numerous concerto and recital appearances
all over the United Kingdom. In
1997 Murray McLachlan was awarded a knighthood by the Order of St
John of Jerusalem in recognition of his services to music in Malta.
In 2003 he performed the complete cycle of 32 Beethoven Sonatas
for the fifth time in his career to critical acclaim in Manchester,
and in 2004 his Wigmore Hall Erik Chisholm Centenary Recital and
subsequent national tour attracted superlatives in the national
press. His intense schedule continued in 2006 with a 'Shostakovich
Centenary Recital tour', sponsored by the UK Shostakovich Society
and including 15 concerts all over the UK. This included a critically
acclaimed return to the Wigmore Hall. Stanislav Pochekin
After the completion of his piano studies at the Gnessin Institute in Moscow under Professors Eduard Mirzoian and Theodor Gutman, Mr. Prochekin taught at the Yekaterinburg Conservatoire in Russia. In 1989 he was invited to teach at the "Instituto Superior del Arte" in Havana, Cuba, and in 1993 he was appointed a Professor at the "Concervatorio del Liceo" de Barcelona in Spain. Highly regarded as a teacher, his students have won over 50 top prizes at national and international piano competitions. For his pedagogical merits S. Pochekin was awarded an Honorable medal by the Ministry of Culture of Russia. He is frequently invited to present masterclasses in Europe and USA and to judge International piano competitions in Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Mexico, Cuba and Russia. Currently
Mr. Pochekin is the Chairman of Piano Department at the "Concervatorio
del Liceo" in Barcelona, Professor at the Klavierakademie in
Murrhardt (Germany), and the Artistic Director of the International
Piano Competition in Andorra.
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Pianist
Tamás Ungár has earned worldwide acclaim for his powerful
performances and innovative programming. A regular guest artist
at numerous music centers in the United States, he also performs
and teaches frequently all over the globe. Between the 1997-99 seasons
he performed over 70 concerts in America , Australia , Brazil ,
Colombia , Hungary , Romania , England , Taiwan , Hong Kong, The
People's Republic of China, Korea and Japan . Some of the highlights
of recent seasons include performances with the Sacramento Symphony
Orchestra, performing as soloist/conductor of Mozart Piano Concertos
at the University of Leeds, as Artist-in-Residence and a return
visit to present a solo recital and master class series at the Liszt
Academy in Budapest. 
Dr.
Harrison is an Artistic Director of the American Pianists Association.
Prior to that, he was an award-winning Professor of Music at Mississippi
State University and the Director of the Mississippi Piano Showcase.
Harrison has played to critical success on two occasions at Weill
Hall at Carnegie Hall, at the Kennedy Center, and as artist-in-residence
at the Conservatory of Music in Prague, among others. 
Marianne
Jacobs is an Associate Professor of Piano at the Academy of Music
in Malmö. After her studies at the Royal Academy of Music in
The Hague, where she was born, she completed her studies at the
Royal Academy of Music in Brussels, with Jacques Février
in Paris; at the Royal Academy of Music with Stina Sundell; with
Rudolf Firkusny in Lucerne and Maria Curcio in London. 
Born
in Linz, Austria, Michael Krist graduated from the Munich University,
where he was a student of Professor Friedrich Wuhrer. In addition,
he also attended master classes with Erik Then-Berg and Ludwig Hoffmann.
In 1968 Mr. Krist received the Promotion Award of the Federal Selection
"Konzerte Junger Kunstler" (Concerts of Young Artists)
in Hamburg, Germany. This award entailed performances in solo recitals
and with orchestras throughout Germany. Mr. Krist won first prizes
in such international competitions as the Viotti Competition in
Vercelli, Italy, the Casella Competition in Naples, Italy, as well
as the Competition of the "Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde"
in Vienna, Austria. Maestro Krist appears as soloist and with chamber
ensembles in numerous music centers in Europe, USA, Japan, and Korea.
He performed with such renowned orchestras as the Munich Philharmonic
and the Berlin Symphony. As interpreter of chamber music, he maintained
close ties with Hermann Prey, with whom he performed in numerous
lieder recitals in Europe, the U.S., and Asia as well as made recordings
and TV productions. Since 1972 Michael Krist has been teaching at
several music colleges in Munich, Hanover, and Berlin, and since
1980 has also maintained a concert class at the University for Music
and Performing Arts in Vienna. Master-classes in Austria and abroad
round off his teaching activities. He has served as jury member
in many international competitions including the 4th Rachmaninoff
International Piano Competition in Moscow, Russia.
Seok-Rahn
Kwon is one of the most outstanding pianists in Korea. Her recent
performance with Busan Philharmonic Orchestra at the prestigious
Korea Orchestra Festival received rave reviews from the music press:
"Dazzling and colorful sound, her playing is persuasive and
brilliant"
"Murray
McLachlan is a pianist with a virtuoso technique and a sure sense
of line. His timing and phrasing are impeccable, and his tone-full
but unforced in the powerful passages, gentle and restrained in
the more lyrical- is a perpetual delight" (BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE)
Internationally
acclaimed pianist Stanislav Pochekin has performed numerous solo
recitals and as soloist with orchestras under such conductors as
M. Paverman, F. Glushenko, I. Lapinsh, R. S. Ferrer, J. Medina and
many others. His wide and diverse repertoire includes works of different
styles - from Baroque to music of the twentieth century. News| About | Prizes | Jury | Schedule | Rules | Repertoire | Application | Past Competitions | Contact & Tickets
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