FLUTE
Rafael Adobas Bayog (ES)
International soloist
1st prize at the Kobe Competition (2022)
3rd prize at the Carl Nielsen Competition (2019)
Alberto Navarra (IT)
Academist in the Karajan Akademy at Berliner Philarmoniker
1st prize at the Carl Nielsen Competition (2022)
1st prize at the Severino Sazzelloni Competition (2021)
1st prize at the Dorin Baicu Competition (2020)
Joidy Scarlet Blanco Lewis (VE)
International soloist
2nd prize at the Tchaikovsky Competition (2019)
2nd prize at the Markneukirchen Competition (2018)
3rd prize at the Guangzhou Competition (2018)
2nd prize at the Crussel Competition (2017)
Alberto Acuña Almela (ES)
Academist in the Karajan Akademy at Berliner Philarmoniker
1st prize at the Cluj International Music Competition (2019)
2nd prize at the Aurèle Nicolet International Competition from GuangZhou (2018)
1st prize at the Andalucia Flauta International Competition (2016)
Marianna Julia Żołnacz (PL)
Solo flute – Dresdner Philharmonie
1st Prize on the Guangzhou International Flute Competition (Nicolet Flute Competition), Guangzhou, China (2018)
2nd prize, Carl Nielsen International Competition – Odense, Denmark (2019)
3rd Prize on the 10th Kobe International Flute Competition – Kobe, Japan (2017, 2022)
Mario Bruno (IT)
Solo flute – Staatsorchester Kassel
1st prize at the Kobe Competition (2022)
2nd prize at the ARD Competition (2022)
1st prize at the Severino Sazzelloni Competition (2017)
Yu Yuan (CN)
International soloist
1st prize at the Kobe Competition (2017)
1st prize at the Krakow Competition (2017)
2nd prize at the „Prague Spring” Competition (2019)
1st prize at the Cluj International Music Competition (2021)
Mathilde Calderini (FR) – withdrew due to professional reasons
CLARINET
Shirley Brill (IL)
Clarinet professor – Hochschule für Musik Saar
1st prize at the Geneva International Music Competition (2007)
1st prize at the Markneukirchen International Competition (2006)
Giovanni Punzi (IT)
Principal clarinet – Copenhagen Philharmonic
Clarinet teacher – Accademia Mediterranea del Clarinetto
2nd prize at the Jacques Lancelot Competition (2012)
2nd prize at the Debussy Competition (2010)
Sergey Eletskiy (RU)
Principal clarinet – National Russian Orchestra
1st prize at the Carl Nielsen Competition (2013)
2nd prize at the ARD Competition (2012)
1st prize at the Ghent Clarinet Competition (2015)
Damien Bachmann (CH)
Principal clarinet – CHAARTS Chamber Artists
1st prize at the Gheorghe Dima Competition (2015)
1st prize at the Bela Kovacs Competition (2015)
3rd prize at the Czech Clarinet Art Competition (2013)
Sérgio Fernandes Pires (PT)
Principal clarinet – Musikkollegium Winterthur Orchester
Teacher at the University of Minho, Portugal
1st prize at the Gheorghe Dima Competition (2017)
Gold medal at the Berliner Competition (2017)
1st prize at the Marco Fiorindo Competition (2012)
Joë Christophe (FR)
International artist
1st prize at the ARD Competition (2019)
1st prize at the Cluj-Napoca International Music Competition (2019)
Samanta Škorja (SI)
International soloist
1st prize at the Cluj International Music Competition (2021)
1st prize at the „Città di Carlino” Competition (2017)
3rd prize at the Thailand Competition (2020)
Han Kim (KR) – – withdrew due to professional reasons
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PRESIDENT OF THE JURIES
Răzvan Cosmin Poptean (RO)
Professor – Gheorghe Dima Music Academy Cluj
Clarinet – Transylvania State Orchestra
2nd prize at the Jeunesses Musicales Bucharest Competition (2006)
Special jury prize at the Jeunesses Musicales Bucharest Competition (2008)