Jury Edition 2026
Pasquale Iannone
Chairman
I remember Pasquale Iannone, very young, sat at the piano in my class at the Academy in Biella where he came to pass an audition. I was immediately struck by the power of his sound he obtained without any visible effort, by the coherence of his musical speech, direct, free from mannerism of doubtful taste.
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Here is a person who will make a career for himself.
I don’t think I was wrong. Today, P. Iannone is reckoned among the pianists who ” are able” not only to play and interpret, but also to face the hardest pages of the virtuoso repertory, that repertory disappeared for 15 years from the piano programmes ” A. Ciccolini
I don’t think I was wrong. Today, P. Iannone is reckoned among the pianists who ” are able” not only to play and interpret, but also to face the hardest pages of the virtuoso repertory, that repertory disappeared for 15 years from the piano programmes ” A. Ciccolini
With these words Aldo Ciccolini has given Pasquale Iannone his encouragement and Iannone has payed his trust back with devotion, exactness and enthusiasm that have always characterized his way of playing the piano, being very successful in prestigious international competitions such as the “Casella” in Naples, the “Gina Bachauer” in Salt Lake City, the “New Orleans” (USA), the Web Concert Hall Int. Competition (USA).
At present, in the course of a career during which he has played both in recitals and as solo player with the orchestra in Italy, USA, Japan, Germany, Romania, Spain, Belgium, Turkey, South Africa, France, South Korea, England, Scotland, Venezuela, Mexico, in concert temples such as the Carnegie Hall in New York, the Sala “Verdi” in Milan, the Kumho Recital Hall in Seoul, Pasquale Iannone has made a name as a pianist and teacher of international fame.
As a teacher he has managed to allow his students to stand out in the greatest international competitions.
Thank to his recordings and performances such as the Concert op.59 by Moszkowski and the Concert n.4 by Scharwenka, besides his usual repertory, he has been reckoned among the best italian pianists who have been appreciated abroad as well.
In the last years Pasquale Iannone has played both in recitals and with orchestra in Italy, Romania, Japan, France, the USA, Germany and has made his debut successfully in Turkey ( Istanbul ) with the Wiener Kammersymphonie and in Mexico with Orquesta Sinfonica del Estate del México.
Moreover, in June 2014 he has been invited to serve as a juror of the “Gina Bachauer International Artists Piano Competition” ( Salt Lake City – utah – USA ).
Between the end of 2014 and the beginning of 2015, he toured China and gave his debut in Budapest with the Concerto Soirée by Nino Rota with the MAV Symphony Orchestra.
During the following part of 2015 Mr Iannone, among other engagements, played in Ankara with the Baskent Chamber Orchestra, gave his debut in Bulgaria with the Beethoven’s “Emperor” Concerto, gave an acclaimed recital in Milan “Sala Verdi”, performed in Münich in the Gasteig (Carl Orff Saal) and gave his debut in Krakow in Poland.
During the 2016 and 2017 he toured China, played the Beethoven 3rd Concerto in the Hekulessaal in Munich and, in the 2018, gave his debut in Malta and Portugal with the Rachmaninov 2nd Concerto.
In the last three years Mr Iannone has played extensively in recital and with orchestra and he has many other engagements between the end of 2021 and the 2022, including the performance of the Moszkowski Piano Concerto op.59 in the USA.
It has been also published a Cd with the Italian Music Magazine “Suonare News” and it has been also published a 3CD box with the performance of 15 of his students by the label Digressione Music.
He has also served as a Jury member in the last 2021 Franz Liszt International Piano Competition in Bayreuth-Weimar.
Recently the important music magazine “Amadeus” published his last CD containing his performance of the Liszt’s B minor Sonata and the 7th Symphony by Beethoven in the solo piano transcription by Liszt.
Lorenzo Di Bella
Artistic Director
Lorenzo Di Bella, the last pupil of the Russian pianist Lazar Berman, won in 1995 the Premio Venezia, Italy’s most prestigious national piano competition and, in 2005, the First Prize and Gold Medal at the Horowitz International Piano Competition in Kiev.
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In 2006, for his artistic achievements, he was awarded the Sinopoli Prize at the Quirinale by former Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, in memory of the late conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli.
He has performed to great acclaim in some of the world’s most renowned concert halls and festivals, including the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto (by personal invitation of Gian Carlo Menotti), Auditorium Parco della Musica – Sala Santa Cecilia in Rome, Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Sala Verdi in Milan (Società dei Concerti and Serate Musicali), Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza, Michelangeli Hall in Bolzano, Grosse Tonhalle Zurich, Maison Symphonique de Montréal, ORF RadioKulturhaus and Muth Hall in Vienna, Haydn Hall in Eisenstadt, the Liszt Academy Grand Hall in Budapest, Rudolfinum and Smetana Hall in Prague, Khachaturian Hall in Yerevan, Gran Teatro Nacional in Lima, Auditorium of Universidad Carlos III in Madrid, RSI Auditorium in Lugano, as well as major venues and festivals – Chopin Festival in Marianske Lazne, Mahler Festival in Jihlava, Madeira Piano Festival, Sombor and Novi Sad Festival, PianoLoop Festival Split, Krakow Piano Festival, in Hamburg, Berlin, Utrecht, Sofia, Moscow (Gnessin Hall and Scriabin Museum), Tbilisi, Kyiv, São Paulo, Beijing, Shanghai (Oriental Center and Conservatory).
In 2013, he performed the complete Rachmaninov Études-Tableaux in two concerts in Turin and Milan as part of the MITO – Settembre Musica Festival.
He has appeared as soloist with orchestras such as the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Pomeriggi Musicali in Milan, Filarmonica Marchigiana, Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Thüringer Symphoniker, Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie, Nancy Symphony Orchestra, MAV Budapest, Orchestra Sinfonica del Perù, OSUG of Guanajuato, Ukrainian National Symphony Orchestra, and Philarmonisches Kammerorchester Berlin, among many others. He has collaborated with distinguished conductors including James Conlon, Kirill Karabits, Eckart Preu, Oliver Weder, Reinhard Seehafer, Vassylis Christopoulos, Hasan Niyazi-Tura, Vladimir Sirenko, Juan Carlos Lomonaco, Fan Ting, Francesco Lanzillotta, Luigi Piovano and Massimiliano Caldi.
He studied with B. Bizzarri, F. Scala, Lazar Berman, and Sergio Perticaroli at the Rossini Conservatory in Pesaro, the “Incontri col Maestro” Academy in Imola, and the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome. He is currently Professor of Piano at the Pesaro Conservatory and is highly active as an international pedagogue, giving courses and masterclasses at institutions such as the Gnessin Institute in Moscow, the Imola Piano Academy, the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, the Vladigerov National Academy in Sofia, and the University of Győr.
In February 2022, he performed with the Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana in the Golden Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna as part of the Musik der Meister series.
He is the founder and artistic director of the Civitanova Classica Piano Festival, the Mugellini Festival in Potenza Picena, and the La Palma d’Oro International Piano Competition in San Benedetto del Tronto.
He has performed to great acclaim in some of the world’s most renowned concert halls and festivals, including the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto (by personal invitation of Gian Carlo Menotti), Auditorium Parco della Musica – Sala Santa Cecilia in Rome, Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Sala Verdi in Milan (Società dei Concerti and Serate Musicali), Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza, Michelangeli Hall in Bolzano, Grosse Tonhalle Zurich, Maison Symphonique de Montréal, ORF RadioKulturhaus and Muth Hall in Vienna, Haydn Hall in Eisenstadt, the Liszt Academy Grand Hall in Budapest, Rudolfinum and Smetana Hall in Prague, Khachaturian Hall in Yerevan, Gran Teatro Nacional in Lima, Auditorium of Universidad Carlos III in Madrid, RSI Auditorium in Lugano, as well as major venues and festivals – Chopin Festival in Marianske Lazne, Mahler Festival in Jihlava, Madeira Piano Festival, Sombor and Novi Sad Festival, PianoLoop Festival Split, Krakow Piano Festival, in Hamburg, Berlin, Utrecht, Sofia, Moscow (Gnessin Hall and Scriabin Museum), Tbilisi, Kyiv, São Paulo, Beijing, Shanghai (Oriental Center and Conservatory).
In 2013, he performed the complete Rachmaninov Études-Tableaux in two concerts in Turin and Milan as part of the MITO – Settembre Musica Festival.
He has appeared as soloist with orchestras such as the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Pomeriggi Musicali in Milan, Filarmonica Marchigiana, Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Thüringer Symphoniker, Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie, Nancy Symphony Orchestra, MAV Budapest, Orchestra Sinfonica del Perù, OSUG of Guanajuato, Ukrainian National Symphony Orchestra, and Philarmonisches Kammerorchester Berlin, among many others. He has collaborated with distinguished conductors including James Conlon, Kirill Karabits, Eckart Preu, Oliver Weder, Reinhard Seehafer, Vassylis Christopoulos, Hasan Niyazi-Tura, Vladimir Sirenko, Juan Carlos Lomonaco, Fan Ting, Francesco Lanzillotta, Luigi Piovano and Massimiliano Caldi.
He studied with B. Bizzarri, F. Scala, Lazar Berman, and Sergio Perticaroli at the Rossini Conservatory in Pesaro, the “Incontri col Maestro” Academy in Imola, and the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome. He is currently Professor of Piano at the Pesaro Conservatory and is highly active as an international pedagogue, giving courses and masterclasses at institutions such as the Gnessin Institute in Moscow, the Imola Piano Academy, the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, the Vladigerov National Academy in Sofia, and the University of Győr.
In February 2022, he performed with the Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana in the Golden Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna as part of the Musik der Meister series.
He is the founder and artistic director of the Civitanova Classica Piano Festival, the Mugellini Festival in Potenza Picena, and the La Palma d’Oro International Piano Competition in San Benedetto del Tronto.
Katarina Krpan
Katarina Krpan graduated and received her master’s degree from the Zagreb Academy of Music in the class of Prof. Vladimir Krpan, studied with Prof. Virginio Pavarana and received her master’s degree (1er Prix De Virtuosité) from the Conservatoire de Musique (Lausanne, Switzerland) under the guidance of Prof. Jean-François Antonioli.
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Her artistic path was greatly influenced by her work and acquaintances with pianists and pedagogues such as Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Maria Tipo, Aldo Cicollini and Andrzej Jasiński.
Having given a series of notable recitals, performances with symphony and chamber orchestras and chamber music evenings, Katarina Krpan quickly became one of the leading Croatian concert artists. Her considerable international reputation is evidenced by invitations from renowned festivals as well as numerous concerts held in major music centers in Europe, North and South America, Australia, Africa, and Asia. The latest in a series were concerts in the United Arab Emirates, including Steinway Hall Dubai. In addition to performances with the Zagreb Soloists, the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra and the HRT Symphony Orchestra, she has also performed with numerous foreign orchestras (Cairo Symphony Orchestra, Ural Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra Sinfonica di Sanremo, National Philharmonic of Ukraine, Macedonian Philharmonic, Orchestra sinfonica de Rio de Janeiro, Niš Symphony Orchestra, Sofia Philharmonic, Perth Symphony Orchestra, Tirana Philharmonic Orchestra, Filarmonica Banatul Timișoara, etc.). She has performed on the concert stage under the leadership of the most prominent Croatian conductors, but has also collaborated with eminent foreign conductors both at home and abroad. Katarina Krpan’s enviable sound archive contains numerous studio recordings made for the most important Croatian, Swiss, Australian, UAE and Italian radio and television companies, as well as several compact discs made for domestic and foreign record labels. Katarina Krpan’s albums have won several discography awards. In her previous activities, the musician has developed a pedagogical career in addition to an intensive artistic career in the country and abroad, and has shown a strong sense for the upbringing of young musicians, paying particular attention to their comprehensive education. Katarina Krpan’s students have won a large number of national and international awards, and their careers have taken them to the prestigious stages of various seasons, cycles and festivals in the country and abroad.
Her artistic interest in 20th-century music is particularly pronounced, to which she devotes great attention, especially to Croatian music. Katarina Krpan, in fact, pays great attention to the systematic promotion of recent Croatian music literature, and she has confidently and competently premiered and recorded a truly impressive series of recent piano compositions, which – prompted by true artistic collusion – have been equally often dedicated to her by talented beginners and doyens of Croatian composition (e.g. Milko Kelemen, Berislav Šipuš, Mladen Tarbuk, Frano Đurović…). Katarina Krpan is the only pianist in Croatian history who has performed the entire opus of etudes by György Ligeti, the Concerto for Piano and Orchestra by Samuel Barber, and many works of world contemporary musical literature.
She also transfers her belief in the necessity of promoting national musical creativity to students, and with that intention, in 2010 she founded HR PROJECT, which brings together students of music schools and students of Music Academies from various departments with the aim of working on works by Croatian authors and performing them at concerts throughout the country and abroad, and with the same goal, she is increasingly building cooperation with the Jeunesses musicales Croatia. The awards she has won so far affirm the value of her activities. These are the Rector’s Award from her studies, the Croatian Music Institute Award (1992), the Ivo Vuljević Award of the Jeunesses musicales Croatia (1992), the University Teachers’ Club Award (2001), the Mai Musical Festival Award (Tergnier, 2003), the Vatroslav Lisinski Award of the Croatian Composers’ Association (2013), the Milka Trnina Award of the Croatian Music Artists’ Association (2013), the Neven Award of the St. Mark Festival (2014) and the City of Zagreb Plaque (2014). Since 1991, she has been playing in a piano duo with her father Vladimir Krpan, and this collaboration has resulted in a large number of concert performances with programs ranging from piano four-hands and two pianos, to performances in various formations and with numerous orchestras, as well as 4 albums and one DVD release. Since 2019, she has been performing in the duo #kkkk with violinist Katarina Kutnar. The duo Kutnar/Krpan has been equally well received by the public, critic and all the music profession field. They won the Porin discography award for the best classical music album (Berislav Šipuš: Zajedno) in 2019, and were nominated in all classical music categories for the album #KKKK Sanjarenje/Daydream in 2022, and the album also won two awards.
Katarina Krpan is a full-time professor with a permanent position at the Academy of Music of the University of Zagreb and the author and head of the elective course Contemporary Music for Piano since the academic year 2021/2022, within which students have performed more than a hundred recent works by composers from Croatia and the world in concerts to date. For a number of years, she worked as a guest professor at the Steinway Academy in Verona (Italy). She has been the head of the summer piano school of the International Cultural Center of Croatian Musical Youth in Grožnjan since 2016.
Having given a series of notable recitals, performances with symphony and chamber orchestras and chamber music evenings, Katarina Krpan quickly became one of the leading Croatian concert artists. Her considerable international reputation is evidenced by invitations from renowned festivals as well as numerous concerts held in major music centers in Europe, North and South America, Australia, Africa, and Asia. The latest in a series were concerts in the United Arab Emirates, including Steinway Hall Dubai. In addition to performances with the Zagreb Soloists, the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra and the HRT Symphony Orchestra, she has also performed with numerous foreign orchestras (Cairo Symphony Orchestra, Ural Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra Sinfonica di Sanremo, National Philharmonic of Ukraine, Macedonian Philharmonic, Orchestra sinfonica de Rio de Janeiro, Niš Symphony Orchestra, Sofia Philharmonic, Perth Symphony Orchestra, Tirana Philharmonic Orchestra, Filarmonica Banatul Timișoara, etc.). She has performed on the concert stage under the leadership of the most prominent Croatian conductors, but has also collaborated with eminent foreign conductors both at home and abroad. Katarina Krpan’s enviable sound archive contains numerous studio recordings made for the most important Croatian, Swiss, Australian, UAE and Italian radio and television companies, as well as several compact discs made for domestic and foreign record labels. Katarina Krpan’s albums have won several discography awards. In her previous activities, the musician has developed a pedagogical career in addition to an intensive artistic career in the country and abroad, and has shown a strong sense for the upbringing of young musicians, paying particular attention to their comprehensive education. Katarina Krpan’s students have won a large number of national and international awards, and their careers have taken them to the prestigious stages of various seasons, cycles and festivals in the country and abroad.
Her artistic interest in 20th-century music is particularly pronounced, to which she devotes great attention, especially to Croatian music. Katarina Krpan, in fact, pays great attention to the systematic promotion of recent Croatian music literature, and she has confidently and competently premiered and recorded a truly impressive series of recent piano compositions, which – prompted by true artistic collusion – have been equally often dedicated to her by talented beginners and doyens of Croatian composition (e.g. Milko Kelemen, Berislav Šipuš, Mladen Tarbuk, Frano Đurović…). Katarina Krpan is the only pianist in Croatian history who has performed the entire opus of etudes by György Ligeti, the Concerto for Piano and Orchestra by Samuel Barber, and many works of world contemporary musical literature.
She also transfers her belief in the necessity of promoting national musical creativity to students, and with that intention, in 2010 she founded HR PROJECT, which brings together students of music schools and students of Music Academies from various departments with the aim of working on works by Croatian authors and performing them at concerts throughout the country and abroad, and with the same goal, she is increasingly building cooperation with the Jeunesses musicales Croatia. The awards she has won so far affirm the value of her activities. These are the Rector’s Award from her studies, the Croatian Music Institute Award (1992), the Ivo Vuljević Award of the Jeunesses musicales Croatia (1992), the University Teachers’ Club Award (2001), the Mai Musical Festival Award (Tergnier, 2003), the Vatroslav Lisinski Award of the Croatian Composers’ Association (2013), the Milka Trnina Award of the Croatian Music Artists’ Association (2013), the Neven Award of the St. Mark Festival (2014) and the City of Zagreb Plaque (2014). Since 1991, she has been playing in a piano duo with her father Vladimir Krpan, and this collaboration has resulted in a large number of concert performances with programs ranging from piano four-hands and two pianos, to performances in various formations and with numerous orchestras, as well as 4 albums and one DVD release. Since 2019, she has been performing in the duo #kkkk with violinist Katarina Kutnar. The duo Kutnar/Krpan has been equally well received by the public, critic and all the music profession field. They won the Porin discography award for the best classical music album (Berislav Šipuš: Zajedno) in 2019, and were nominated in all classical music categories for the album #KKKK Sanjarenje/Daydream in 2022, and the album also won two awards.
Katarina Krpan is a full-time professor with a permanent position at the Academy of Music of the University of Zagreb and the author and head of the elective course Contemporary Music for Piano since the academic year 2021/2022, within which students have performed more than a hundred recent works by composers from Croatia and the world in concerts to date. For a number of years, she worked as a guest professor at the Steinway Academy in Verona (Italy). She has been the head of the summer piano school of the International Cultural Center of Croatian Musical Youth in Grožnjan since 2016.
Svetlana Eganian
Trained at the Tchaikovsky State Conservatory in Moscow, Svetlana Eganian studied with distinguished masters such as Bella Davidovich and Zinaida Ignatieva, a disciple of Samuel Feinberg — one of the major figures of the Russian piano school, a contemporary and friend of Alexander Scriabin.
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She is a direct heir to this tradition, where the highest level of technical excellence is combined with a profound artistic expressiveness.
Her talent and artistic rigor were recognized with four First Prizes in the disciplines of solo performance, chamber music, pedagogy, and vocal accompaniment for opera singers. These distinctions were awarded by a distinguished jury composed of eminent representatives of the Russian piano school, including Tatiana Nikolaeva, Dmitri Bashkirov, Evgeny Malinin, Lev Naumov, and Sergei Dorensky.
Based in France, she devoted 42 years to teaching at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Lyon (CNSMD Lyon), where she trained several generations of musicians in piano and complementary piano studies. Her pedagogical approach, shaped by both Russian and French cultural traditions, has had a profound impact on many contemporary artists and educators.
A pianist, pedagogue, and leading figure in today’s musical world, Svetlana Eganian is regularly invited to serve on the juries of prestigious international competitions and gives masterclasses to musicians of various levels.
Svetlana Eganian is the founder and artistic director of three international projects: Grand Concours International de Piano, founded in 1986 Concours & Festival International de Piano de Lyon, founded in 2009 International Music Festival Paris, founded in 2017
Through her work, she contributes to the development of a culture of artistic excellence while fostering dialogue with contemporary artistic practices and supporting the next generation of musicians.
Her talent and artistic rigor were recognized with four First Prizes in the disciplines of solo performance, chamber music, pedagogy, and vocal accompaniment for opera singers. These distinctions were awarded by a distinguished jury composed of eminent representatives of the Russian piano school, including Tatiana Nikolaeva, Dmitri Bashkirov, Evgeny Malinin, Lev Naumov, and Sergei Dorensky.
Based in France, she devoted 42 years to teaching at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Lyon (CNSMD Lyon), where she trained several generations of musicians in piano and complementary piano studies. Her pedagogical approach, shaped by both Russian and French cultural traditions, has had a profound impact on many contemporary artists and educators.
A pianist, pedagogue, and leading figure in today’s musical world, Svetlana Eganian is regularly invited to serve on the juries of prestigious international competitions and gives masterclasses to musicians of various levels.
Svetlana Eganian is the founder and artistic director of three international projects: Grand Concours International de Piano, founded in 1986 Concours & Festival International de Piano de Lyon, founded in 2009 International Music Festival Paris, founded in 2017
Through her work, she contributes to the development of a culture of artistic excellence while fostering dialogue with contemporary artistic practices and supporting the next generation of musicians.
Roberto Giordano
Roberto Giordano is revealed to the attention of international critics and major concert halls in the world at the age of 22, when in 2003 he is laureate prizewinner at the Queen Elisabeth International Competition in Brussels.
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“Poet of the Piano”, “Excellent pianist, with a great class and elegance”, “Incomparable virtuoso”, “A refined and sensual musician”, are some of the expressions used by an unanimous press to describe him.
Born in 1981, Roberto Giordano graduated in 1999 at the Ecole Normale de Musique “A. Cortot” in Paris, with unanimity and the special commendation of the jury and, in the same year, at the Conservatory “G. Rossini “of Pesaro with the highest rating and the honorable mention. Later he graduated in the International Piano Academy in Imola, where he received his diploma with the honorary title of MASTER. Here he studied with Piero Rattalino and later with Leonid Margarius (pupil of Regina Horowitz), whom Roberto considers to be the most influential figure in his musical formation. In Imola he also met Vladimir Ashkenazy, who was “impressed with his virtuoso ability”.
He is a regular guest of some of the most important stages and festivals in the world, such Teatro alla Scala in Milano, Palais Des Beaux Arts in Brussels, the Hermitage Theatre in St. Petersburg, Konzerthaus in Berlin, Mozarteum in Salzburg, Great National Theater and the Forbidden City Concerthall in Beijing, Xi’an Concerthall, Stadt Opern in Frankfurt, Teatro dal Verme and Teatro Manzoni in Milan, Minato Mirai Hall in Yokohama, Seoul Arts Center in South Korea, Theater an der Wien in Vienna, Palau de la Musica in Barcelona, Theater Politeama in Palermo, Filarmonica Romana, Istanbul Music Festival, Festival MiTo, Ravello Festival, Asia Performing Arts Festival in South Korea, Stresa Festival, Musical Afternoons in Milan, Brooklyn Friends of Chamber Music in New York, Ravello Festival and many others. In 2010 he was invited to give a recital at the EXPO in Shanghai.
He has also been soloist with major orchestras, including the Orchestre National de Belgique, Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège, Camerata of St Petersburg, Orchestre National de Lille, Orchestra dei Pomeriggi Musicali in Milan, Filarmonica Marchigiana, Orchestra di Padova e Veneto, Orchestra del Teatro “Carlo Felice” of Genova, Gwangjiu Symphony Orchestra (Korea), Sinfonieorchester Aachen, collaborating with conductors such, Vasily Petrenko, Rumon Gamba, Paul Mann, Gilbert Varga, Pavel Kogan, Anton Nanut, Markus Bosch, Domonkos Héja, Hansjöerg Schellenberger, Marco Guidarini, Patrick Davin, Ronald Zollman, Alvise Casellati..
Giordano’s discography actually includes 14 CD’s, exclusively released by the label La Bottega Discantica and awarded with the highest rates of the international critics. His recording repertoire includes some of the best masterpieces as The Art of Fugue, all Inventions, Sinfonias and Duets of J.S. Bach, the complete Songs without words of Mendelssohn, two monographic CDs on Schumann and Brahms, some premieres of Sgambati (Concerto in G), Martucci, Pozzoli, Luciano Chailly and two CD’s on the harpsichord repertoire of the eighteenth century.
His performances are regularly recorded and broadcasted by RTBF and VRT, Belgian Radio, RAI, Radiouno, Radiotre, Radio 24, Mediaset, ABC (Australia), FRANCE 3, ChinaTV (China), Vatican Radio, Radio Clásica-Radio Nacional de España, Bel-RTL and the Luxembourg Radio.
His videography includes, in addition to numerous videos for international broadcasters, three major works, directed by Pietro Tagliaferri: one around Mozart, for the series Pianissimo Collection, the “Roberto Giordano plays Chopin”, with all Op. 25 etudes and a live recital with works by Brahms and Beethoven. The last video, “The Chopin Challenge”, filmed in an abandoned theater, has been broadcasted by RAI 5 and by Brava Classica in more than 30 countries.
Gerard Corbiau, director of the film Farinelli was realized in 2004 a special biography, entitled “Roberto Giordano from a world to another”. The film was broadcasted by the major cultural channels in Europe, Russia, Australia and Canada.
In 2015, he is appointed Yamaha Artist by the Yamaha Music Europe.
He has also built an important experience in chamber music, through regular partnership with Josè Van Dam, wich who he worked for more than ten years, Feng Ning, in addition to the contacts with Danilo Rossi, Lorenzo Gatto, Yossif Ivanov, Marie Hallynck.
Appreciated teacher, for years he devoted himself with passion to teaching. From 2015 to 2022 Roberto Giordano has been professor and vice-director at the Imola Piano Academy. Former professor at the Institut Royal de Musique et Pédagogie in Namur (Belgium), and at the Conservatory of Reggio Calabria, he is currently professor at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp. He holds masterclasses in Europe, China, Japan, Mexico and is regularly invited to take part in the juries of international competitions.
He is founder and director of the Cantiere Musicale Internazionale. settled in Calabria, his native region of Italy.
Roberto Giordano is also a graduate in Modern Literature at the University of Bologna.
Born in 1981, Roberto Giordano graduated in 1999 at the Ecole Normale de Musique “A. Cortot” in Paris, with unanimity and the special commendation of the jury and, in the same year, at the Conservatory “G. Rossini “of Pesaro with the highest rating and the honorable mention. Later he graduated in the International Piano Academy in Imola, where he received his diploma with the honorary title of MASTER. Here he studied with Piero Rattalino and later with Leonid Margarius (pupil of Regina Horowitz), whom Roberto considers to be the most influential figure in his musical formation. In Imola he also met Vladimir Ashkenazy, who was “impressed with his virtuoso ability”.
He is a regular guest of some of the most important stages and festivals in the world, such Teatro alla Scala in Milano, Palais Des Beaux Arts in Brussels, the Hermitage Theatre in St. Petersburg, Konzerthaus in Berlin, Mozarteum in Salzburg, Great National Theater and the Forbidden City Concerthall in Beijing, Xi’an Concerthall, Stadt Opern in Frankfurt, Teatro dal Verme and Teatro Manzoni in Milan, Minato Mirai Hall in Yokohama, Seoul Arts Center in South Korea, Theater an der Wien in Vienna, Palau de la Musica in Barcelona, Theater Politeama in Palermo, Filarmonica Romana, Istanbul Music Festival, Festival MiTo, Ravello Festival, Asia Performing Arts Festival in South Korea, Stresa Festival, Musical Afternoons in Milan, Brooklyn Friends of Chamber Music in New York, Ravello Festival and many others. In 2010 he was invited to give a recital at the EXPO in Shanghai.
He has also been soloist with major orchestras, including the Orchestre National de Belgique, Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège, Camerata of St Petersburg, Orchestre National de Lille, Orchestra dei Pomeriggi Musicali in Milan, Filarmonica Marchigiana, Orchestra di Padova e Veneto, Orchestra del Teatro “Carlo Felice” of Genova, Gwangjiu Symphony Orchestra (Korea), Sinfonieorchester Aachen, collaborating with conductors such, Vasily Petrenko, Rumon Gamba, Paul Mann, Gilbert Varga, Pavel Kogan, Anton Nanut, Markus Bosch, Domonkos Héja, Hansjöerg Schellenberger, Marco Guidarini, Patrick Davin, Ronald Zollman, Alvise Casellati..
Giordano’s discography actually includes 14 CD’s, exclusively released by the label La Bottega Discantica and awarded with the highest rates of the international critics. His recording repertoire includes some of the best masterpieces as The Art of Fugue, all Inventions, Sinfonias and Duets of J.S. Bach, the complete Songs without words of Mendelssohn, two monographic CDs on Schumann and Brahms, some premieres of Sgambati (Concerto in G), Martucci, Pozzoli, Luciano Chailly and two CD’s on the harpsichord repertoire of the eighteenth century.
His performances are regularly recorded and broadcasted by RTBF and VRT, Belgian Radio, RAI, Radiouno, Radiotre, Radio 24, Mediaset, ABC (Australia), FRANCE 3, ChinaTV (China), Vatican Radio, Radio Clásica-Radio Nacional de España, Bel-RTL and the Luxembourg Radio.
His videography includes, in addition to numerous videos for international broadcasters, three major works, directed by Pietro Tagliaferri: one around Mozart, for the series Pianissimo Collection, the “Roberto Giordano plays Chopin”, with all Op. 25 etudes and a live recital with works by Brahms and Beethoven. The last video, “The Chopin Challenge”, filmed in an abandoned theater, has been broadcasted by RAI 5 and by Brava Classica in more than 30 countries.
Gerard Corbiau, director of the film Farinelli was realized in 2004 a special biography, entitled “Roberto Giordano from a world to another”. The film was broadcasted by the major cultural channels in Europe, Russia, Australia and Canada.
In 2015, he is appointed Yamaha Artist by the Yamaha Music Europe.
He has also built an important experience in chamber music, through regular partnership with Josè Van Dam, wich who he worked for more than ten years, Feng Ning, in addition to the contacts with Danilo Rossi, Lorenzo Gatto, Yossif Ivanov, Marie Hallynck.
Appreciated teacher, for years he devoted himself with passion to teaching. From 2015 to 2022 Roberto Giordano has been professor and vice-director at the Imola Piano Academy. Former professor at the Institut Royal de Musique et Pédagogie in Namur (Belgium), and at the Conservatory of Reggio Calabria, he is currently professor at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp. He holds masterclasses in Europe, China, Japan, Mexico and is regularly invited to take part in the juries of international competitions.
He is founder and director of the Cantiere Musicale Internazionale. settled in Calabria, his native region of Italy.
Roberto Giordano is also a graduate in Modern Literature at the University of Bologna.
KOSTANTIN ILIEVSKI
Conductor
(non-voting)
Konstantin Ilievsky, born in 1979 into a distinguished Bulgarian
family of musicians, began his education at the age of five as a pianist in
Sofia with M. Kurteva.
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At the age of fourteen, he continued his studies with
P. Čerman at the Conservatory in Bratislava and simultaneously completed
studies in “Orchestral Conducting” with Z. Bílek and “Choral Conducting”
with D. Bill, performing extensively with the conservatory orchestra
and chamber choir. He won prizes as a pianist at numerous international
competitions and participated in masterclasses, among others, with L. K.
Sin, M. Lapšansky, and E. Injic.
Later on, he studied “Composition” at the University of Music and
Performing Arts in Vienna with D. Mü ller-Siemens, K. Schwertsik, and I.
Erő d, and “Orchestral Conducting” with U. Lajovic and S. Pironkoff, comple-
ting both programs with Magister degrees. Konstantin Ilievsky attended
several conducting masterclasses, among others with Bertrand de Billy
with the Webern Sinfonietta Vienna (2010), with Ralf Weikert and the Pro
Arte Orchestra Vienna (2011), and with Daniel Harding and the Vienna
Chamber Orchestra (2011 at the Vienna Konzerthaus).
In 2013, he was selected as one of the 20 finalists of the 53rd International
Conducting Competition in Besançon (France) and participated in the
competition with the “Victor Hugo” Orchestra (Franche-Comté).
Konstantin Ilievsky previously worked for many years as Artistic Director of the Dianopolis Chamber Orchestra and Intendant of the Golden Diana International Music Festival in Yambol, Bulgaria. Together with this orchestra, in 2020 he released the CD recording “Reminiscences”, on which he also appeared as harpsichordist and organist, and together with the Dianopolis Chamber Orchestra received an important Bulgarian music award, “The Crystal Lyra”. This award was also received by Ilievsky in 2018 in the “Conductor” category for a special concert with the Symphony Orchestra of the Bulgarian National Radio and soloists from the Stuttgart and Vienna State Operas. In 2025, Ilievsky together with the Symphony Orchestra of the Bulgarian National Radio in Sofia received additional important Bulgarian music awards, namely “Ensemble of the Year” and “Musical Event of the Year”, and once again “The Crystal Lyra”, which he also received again in the “Conductor” category. Konstantin Ilievsky is “Composer in Residence” of the “Proxima Project” ensemble and a jury member of the “Artistes en Herbe” international composition competition in Luxembourg and of the and the “Divertimento musicale” Slovak ensemble orchestra competition. In 2025, he was also a jury member of the prestigious “Violin Olympus” International Violin Competition in Dubai. Ilievsky also regularly gives masterclasses in composition and conducting in Komárno, Slovakia. At the turn of the 2018/2019 year, he conducted the Bulgarian National Philharmonic (Sofia) on its first ever concert tour in China, featuring soloists from the Belgrade National Theatre in Serbia and the Burgas State Opera in Bulgaria in the most important cultural Chinese centres in front of more than 20,000 concertgoers. At the turn of the year 2024/2025, he once again successfully led another concert tour to China, this time with the Symphony Orchestra of the Johann Strauss Vienna Operetta, Austria. During the 2016/2017 season, he also worked as conductor of the Sliven Symphony Orchestra in Bulgaria. In 1996, as early as 16, Ilievsky founded the “Sinfonietta dell’Arte” international orchestra, of which he has served as General Music Director to this day. Ilievsky’s musical interests also extend beyond the boundaries of classical music. In 2024, in collaboration with the “CATCH XXII” music society, he released his first author-driven jazz album entitled “7 DAYS OF LIFE”. It represents a collection consisting of seven jazz-inspired, concretely composed pieces of minimalistic music. Together with the composer, well-known jazz musicians from Slovakia, Bulgaria, and the Czech Republic participated in the interpretation of his music on this CD recording. In 2025, the album was nominated for the Slovak “Esprit Award”, which is given for the best jazz album of the year. Occasionally, Ilievsky also works as a recording producer, primarily for recordings of contemporary music, such as “Ensemble Spectrum”, and sometimes also for recordings of classical, film, jazz, and pop music. In 2023, the CD recording “E. Dohnányi – Piano Concertos” (with L. Fančovič as soloist, Z. Müller as conductor, and the State Philharmonic Košice, Slovakia), on which Ilievsky collaborated as recording producer in cooperation with Pavlik Records, received the prestigious Slovak award “Radio_Head Award” in the category “Recording of the Year – Classical Music”. He has participated in many international festivals and regularly collaborates with renowned orchestras, ensembles, and internationally recognized soloists, such as: Jean-Marc Luisada, Svetlin Roussev, Radek Baborak, Krassimira Stoyanova, Peter Erdei, Wolfgang David, Ronald Brautigam, Dalibor Karvay, Seina Matsuoka, Svetlina Stoyanova, Hayato Sumino, Linda Ballova, Ivan Danko, Emmanuel Rossfelder, Ludmil Angelov, George Tudorache, Andreas Schager, Lidia Baich, Donka Angatscheva, Ľudmila Peterkova, Ilya Shmukler, Margarete Babinsky, Celine Roscheck, Alexandre Dimcevski, Robert Buschek, Barbara Moser, Adil Fedorov, Vittorio Ghielmi, Alessandro Travaglini, Ladislav Fančovič, Ryan Martin Bradshaw, Jordana Palovičová , Peter Berger, Georgi Cherkin, soloists from the Kopachinskaya, Jablokov, Zemtsov-Gordon, Auner, and Krastev families.
Konstantin Ilievsky previously worked for many years as Artistic Director of the Dianopolis Chamber Orchestra and Intendant of the Golden Diana International Music Festival in Yambol, Bulgaria. Together with this orchestra, in 2020 he released the CD recording “Reminiscences”, on which he also appeared as harpsichordist and organist, and together with the Dianopolis Chamber Orchestra received an important Bulgarian music award, “The Crystal Lyra”. This award was also received by Ilievsky in 2018 in the “Conductor” category for a special concert with the Symphony Orchestra of the Bulgarian National Radio and soloists from the Stuttgart and Vienna State Operas. In 2025, Ilievsky together with the Symphony Orchestra of the Bulgarian National Radio in Sofia received additional important Bulgarian music awards, namely “Ensemble of the Year” and “Musical Event of the Year”, and once again “The Crystal Lyra”, which he also received again in the “Conductor” category. Konstantin Ilievsky is “Composer in Residence” of the “Proxima Project” ensemble and a jury member of the “Artistes en Herbe” international composition competition in Luxembourg and of the and the “Divertimento musicale” Slovak ensemble orchestra competition. In 2025, he was also a jury member of the prestigious “Violin Olympus” International Violin Competition in Dubai. Ilievsky also regularly gives masterclasses in composition and conducting in Komárno, Slovakia. At the turn of the 2018/2019 year, he conducted the Bulgarian National Philharmonic (Sofia) on its first ever concert tour in China, featuring soloists from the Belgrade National Theatre in Serbia and the Burgas State Opera in Bulgaria in the most important cultural Chinese centres in front of more than 20,000 concertgoers. At the turn of the year 2024/2025, he once again successfully led another concert tour to China, this time with the Symphony Orchestra of the Johann Strauss Vienna Operetta, Austria. During the 2016/2017 season, he also worked as conductor of the Sliven Symphony Orchestra in Bulgaria. In 1996, as early as 16, Ilievsky founded the “Sinfonietta dell’Arte” international orchestra, of which he has served as General Music Director to this day. Ilievsky’s musical interests also extend beyond the boundaries of classical music. In 2024, in collaboration with the “CATCH XXII” music society, he released his first author-driven jazz album entitled “7 DAYS OF LIFE”. It represents a collection consisting of seven jazz-inspired, concretely composed pieces of minimalistic music. Together with the composer, well-known jazz musicians from Slovakia, Bulgaria, and the Czech Republic participated in the interpretation of his music on this CD recording. In 2025, the album was nominated for the Slovak “Esprit Award”, which is given for the best jazz album of the year. Occasionally, Ilievsky also works as a recording producer, primarily for recordings of contemporary music, such as “Ensemble Spectrum”, and sometimes also for recordings of classical, film, jazz, and pop music. In 2023, the CD recording “E. Dohnányi – Piano Concertos” (with L. Fančovič as soloist, Z. Müller as conductor, and the State Philharmonic Košice, Slovakia), on which Ilievsky collaborated as recording producer in cooperation with Pavlik Records, received the prestigious Slovak award “Radio_Head Award” in the category “Recording of the Year – Classical Music”. He has participated in many international festivals and regularly collaborates with renowned orchestras, ensembles, and internationally recognized soloists, such as: Jean-Marc Luisada, Svetlin Roussev, Radek Baborak, Krassimira Stoyanova, Peter Erdei, Wolfgang David, Ronald Brautigam, Dalibor Karvay, Seina Matsuoka, Svetlina Stoyanova, Hayato Sumino, Linda Ballova, Ivan Danko, Emmanuel Rossfelder, Ludmil Angelov, George Tudorache, Andreas Schager, Lidia Baich, Donka Angatscheva, Ľudmila Peterkova, Ilya Shmukler, Margarete Babinsky, Celine Roscheck, Alexandre Dimcevski, Robert Buschek, Barbara Moser, Adil Fedorov, Vittorio Ghielmi, Alessandro Travaglini, Ladislav Fančovič, Ryan Martin Bradshaw, Jordana Palovičová , Peter Berger, Georgi Cherkin, soloists from the Kopachinskaya, Jablokov, Zemtsov-Gordon, Auner, and Krastev families.
Members of Previous Juries
Jury members of the past editions:
Vanessa Kleva
Robert Andres
Antonio Di Cristofano
Lei Weng
Costantino Mastroprimiano
Roberto Cappello (Pres./Chairman)
Philippe Raskin
Davide Martelli
Bertrand Giraud
Francesco Monopoli
Daniela Bastiani
Michel Brousseau
Enrico Elisi (Pres./Chairman)
Filippo Gamba (Pres./Chairman)
Cong Cong Chai
Lorenzo Di Bella
Francõise Choveaux
Umberto Jacopo Laureti
Gianluca Luisi
Stefano Paci
Carlo Palese
Daria Parkhomenko
Salvatore Pettini
Roberto Plano
Riccardo Risaliti (Pres./Chairman)
Daniel Rivera (Pres./Chairman)
Sofya Gulyak (Pres./Chairman)
Vasyl Kotys
Roberto Plano (Pres./Chairman)
Borislawa Taneva
Michele Rossetti
Donella Sabatini
Marian Sobula
Luca Torrigiani
Daniela Tremaroli
Joanna Trzeciak
Irene Veneziano
Evgenij Starodubtsev
Olaf John Laneri