Cliburn Competition

Jurors for the Thirteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition

Dmitri Alexeev
Russia
A Moscow native and graduate of the Moscow Conservatory, Dmitri Alexeev was unanimously awarded first prize at the 1975 Leeds International Competition. A sought after soloist and collaborator, he has toured extensively, performing in the world’s finest venues with the Berlin and Israel Philharmonics; Chicago, Philadelphia, and Munich Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestras; Orchestre de Paris; all five London orchestras; and many others. Recently, Alexeev has served on many major competition

Dmitri Alexeev
Russia
A Moscow native and graduate of the Moscow Conservatory, Dmitri Alexeev was unanimously awarded first prize at the 1975 Leeds International Competition. A sought after soloist and collaborator, he has toured extensively, performing in the world’s finest venues with the Berlin and Israel Philharmonics; Chicago, Philadelphia, and Munich Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestras; Orchestre de Paris; all five London orchestras; and many others. Recently, Alexeev has served on many major competition juries, including the Cliburn (2009), Leeds, Tchaikovsky, and Beethoven in Vienna, Santander, Geneva, and others.
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Hung-Kuan Chen
USA
HUNG-KUAN CHEN is a gold medal winner of both the Arthur Rubinstein and Busoni Competitions and was awarded an Avery Fisher Career Grant in 1991. Born in Taiwan and raised in Germany, he currently serves as chairman of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music piano department and is director of its International Piano Academy. Mr. Chen is represented by Blackstone Artists Management and Opus 3

Hung-Kuan Chen
USA
HUNG-KUAN CHEN is a gold medal winner of both the Arthur Rubinstein and Busoni Competitions and was awarded an Avery Fisher Career Grant in 1991. Born in Taiwan and raised in Germany, he currently serves as chairman of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music piano department and is director of its International Piano Academy. Mr. Chen is represented by Blackstone Artists Management and Opus 3 Artists and has recorded for the BMG and Bravo labels.

Joseph Kalichstein
Israel
Pianist Joseph Kalichstein enthralls audiences throughout the United States and Europe, winning equal praise as orchestral soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician with a diverse repertoire of works ranging from Mozart, Beethoven, and Brahms to 20th-century works by Bartok, Prokofiev, and others. He serves as the Chamber Music Advisor to the Kennedy Center, is the artistic director of the Center’s Fortas Chamber Music Concerts, and continues to hold the inaugural Chamber

Joseph Kalichstein
Israel
Pianist Joseph Kalichstein enthralls audiences throughout the United States and Europe, winning equal praise as orchestral soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician with a diverse repertoire of works ranging from Mozart, Beethoven, and Brahms to 20th-century works by Bartok, Prokofiev, and others. He serves as the Chamber Music Advisor to the Kennedy Center, is the artistic director of the Center’s Fortas Chamber Music Concerts, and continues to hold the inaugural Chamber Music Chair at The Juilliard School. Born in Tel Aviv, he came to the United States in 1962 and won the 1969 Leventritt Award. Kalichstein served on the jury for the 2005 and 2009 Cliburn Competitions.Opus3 Artists website

Jürgen Meyer-Josten
Germany
JÜRGEN MEYER-JOSTEN served as the head of music of Bavarian Radio in Munich for more than two decades, and has been the director of the International Music Competition of the Broadcasting Companies of Germany in Munich since 1967. Having begun his career as a pianist, he has several recordings to his credit and has authored numerous articles on the piano and pianists.

Jürgen Meyer-Josten
Germany
JÜRGEN MEYER-JOSTEN served as the head of music of Bavarian Radio in Munich for more than two decades, and has been the director of the International Music Competition of the Broadcasting Companies of Germany in Munich since 1967. Having begun his career as a pianist, he has several recordings to his credit and has authored numerous articles on the piano and pianists.

Marcello Abbado
Italy
MARCELLO ABBADO is former director of the Milan Conservatory and founder of the Symphonic Orchestra Verdi in Milan. He has appeared in recital and as a guest performer on five continents and worked with such eminent artists as Paul Hindemith and Wolfgang Sawallisch, as well as with the Vienna Philharmonic. Also active as a composer, he has written for a broad variety of instrumental forces.

Marcello Abbado
Italy
MARCELLO ABBADO is former director of the Milan Conservatory and founder of the Symphonic Orchestra Verdi in Milan. He has appeared in recital and as a guest performer on five continents and worked with such eminent artists as Paul Hindemith and Wolfgang Sawallisch, as well as with the Vienna Philharmonic. Also active as a composer, he has written for a broad variety of instrumental forces.

Menahem Pressler
USA
Menahem Pressler, distinguished professor of music at the Indiana School of Music, has maintained a career as one of the world’s most esteemed concert and chamber musicians for six decades. Born in Germany, he received his early music training in Israel and won first prize at the Debussy International Piano Competition at the age of 17. Other achievements include: founder, Beaux Arts Trio; winner, Grand Prix de Disque; Lifetime Achievement

Menahem Pressler
USA
Menahem Pressler, distinguished professor of music at the Indiana School of Music, has maintained a career as one of the world’s most esteemed concert and chamber musicians for six decades. Born in Germany, he received his early music training in Israel and won first prize at the Debussy International Piano Competition at the age of 17. Other achievements include: founder, Beaux Arts Trio; winner, Grand Prix de Disque; Lifetime Achievement Award, Gramophone magazine; German Critics’ Ehrenurkunde award; member, American Academy of Arts & Sciences; and recipient, highest cultural and civilian honors from France and Germany. He served on the 1993, 1997, 2001, 2005, and 2009 Cliburn Competition juries.

Michel Beroff
France
Michel Beroff graduated from the Paris Conservatory in 1966. The following year, he won first prize at the first Olivier Messiaen International Piano Compétition and went on to perform with the world’s most prestigious orchestras under conductors including Abbado, Barenboim, Bernstein, Dutoit, and Thomas. An exclusive EMI artist for more than 20 years, he has published more than 50 recordings, among them the complete works for piano and orchestra by

Michel Beroff
France
Michel Beroff graduated from the Paris Conservatory in 1966. The following year, he won first prize at the first Olivier Messiaen International Piano Compétition and went on to perform with the world’s most prestigious orchestras under conductors including Abbado, Barenboim, Bernstein, Dutoit, and Thomas. An exclusive EMI artist for more than 20 years, he has published more than 50 recordings, among them the complete works for piano and orchestra by Liszt, Prokofiev, and Stravinsky, conducted by Ozawa and Masur. Beroff recently embarked on a conducting career and currently teaches at the Paris Conservatory. He served as a juror for the 2009 Cliburn Competition.
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Richard Dyer
USA
Richard Dyer was chief music critic for The Boston Globe for 33 years, writing and publishing more than 12,000 articles and reviews. His writings cover classical music, plays, films, and dance, and he published interviews with most of the leading pianists of the past three decades. Mr. Dyer is a two-time recipient of the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for distinguished music criticism. A former Briggs-Copeland Lecturer at Harvard, Mr. Dyer’s

Richard Dyer
USA
Richard Dyer was chief music critic for The Boston Globe for 33 years, writing and publishing more than 12,000 articles and reviews. His writings cover classical music, plays, films, and dance, and he published interviews with most of the leading pianists of the past three decades. Mr. Dyer is a two-time recipient of the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for distinguished music criticism. A former Briggs-Copeland Lecturer at Harvard, Mr. Dyer’s work appears in the New Grove Dictionary of American Music, the Metropolitan Opera Encyclopedia of Opera, and the Encyclopedia Americana. This will be his fourth time to serve on the Cliburn Competition jury (previous juries: 2001, 2005, 2009).

Tadeusz Strugała
Poland
TADEUSZ STRUGAŁA is a prominent Polish conductor who is regularly invited to guest-conduct major orchestras throughout Europe, the United States, and the Far East. Mr. Strugała has received numerous awards for his recordings and performances of works by contemporary Polish composers, and serves as a professor of conducting at the Krakow Music Academy.
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Tadeusz Strugała
Poland
TADEUSZ STRUGAŁA is a prominent Polish conductor who is regularly invited to guest-conduct major orchestras throughout Europe, the United States, and the Far East. Mr. Strugała has received numerous awards for his recordings and performances of works by contemporary Polish composers, and serves as a professor of conducting at the Krakow Music Academy.
www.strugala.com

Yoheved Kaplinsky
Israel
Dr. Yoheved Kaplinsky is the chairperson of the Piano Department at The Juilliard School in New York, as well as a professor of piano at TCU. A native of Israel, she studied at the Tel Aviv Music Academy and then attended Juilliard where she earned her Master’s and Doctoral degrees. Widely regarded as one of the world’s foremost teachers, Kaplinsky has served on the faculties of the Peabody Conservatory and

Yoheved Kaplinsky
Israel
Dr. Yoheved Kaplinsky is the chairperson of the Piano Department at The Juilliard School in New York, as well as a professor of piano at TCU. A native of Israel, she studied at the Tel Aviv Music Academy and then attended Juilliard where she earned her Master’s and Doctoral degrees. Widely regarded as one of the world’s foremost teachers, Kaplinsky has served on the faculties of the Peabody Conservatory and the Manhattan School of Music, and was appointed artistic director of Juilliard’s pre-college division in 2007. She frequently adjudicates in international competitions such as the Cleveland, Rubinstein, Tchaikovsky, and Cliburn (2001, 2005, 2009).