FLUTE
Yu Yuan
Solo flute – Konzerthaus Berlin
1st prize at the Kobe Competition (2022)
1st prize at the Cluj International Music Competition (2021)
2nd prize at the Geneva International Music Competition (2023)
2nd prize at the Prague Spring Music Competition (2019)
Elizaveta Ivanova
Assist. Principal flute – Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester
1st prize at the Geneva International Music Competition (2023)
2nd prize at the Cluj International Music Competition (2021)
3rd prize at the Crusell Flute Competition (2017)
Matvey Demin
Solo flute – SWR Symphonieorchester Stuttgart
1st prize at the Tchaikovsky Competition (2019)
1st prize at the Friedrich Kuhlau Flute Competition (2013)
2nd prize (top) at the Aeolus International Competition (2017)
Rafael Adobas Bayog
International soloist
1st prize at the Kobe Competition (2022)
3rd prize at the Carl Nielsen Competition (2019)
Alberto Navarra
Solo flute – Tohnhalle Orchestra Zürich
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
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
Solo flute – Deutsches Nationaltheater und Staatkapelle Weimar
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)
3rd prize at the Carl Nielsen Competition (2022)
Marianna Julia Żołnacz
Solo flute – Dresdner Philharmonie
1st prize on the Guangzhou International Flute Competition (Nicolet Flute Competition), Guangzhou, China (2018)
2nd prize at the at the Carl Nielsen Competition (2019)
3rd prize at the Kobe Competition (2017, 2022)
Mario Bruno
Solo flute – Staatsorchester Kassel
1st prize at the Kobe Competition (2022)
2nd prize at the Geneva International Music Competition (2023)
2nd prize at the ARD Competition (2022)
1st prize at the Severino Sazzelloni Competition (2017)
CLARINET
Han Kim
Solo clarinet – Opéra National de Paris
2nd prize at the ARD Competition (2019)
2nd prize at the Jacques Lancelot Competition (2016)
2nd prize at the Carl Nielsen Chamber music Competition (2015)
Shirley Brill
Clarinet professor – Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg
1st prize at the Geneva International Music Competition (2007)
1st prize at the Markneukirchen International Competition (2006)
Spyros Mourikis
Solo clarinet – Athens State Orchestra
Clarinet professor – Athens Conservatory
1st prize at the Carl Nielsen Competition (1997)
Tibor Reman
Solo clarinet – Statskapelle Berlin
Clarinet professor – Universität der Künste Berlin
2nd prize (top) at the Jeunesses Musicales Bucharest Competition (2002)
Samanta Škorja
1st prize at the Cluj Internatinal Music Competition (2021)
Giovanni Punzi
Principal clarinet – Palermo Opera House
Clarinet professor – Accademia Mediterranea del Clarinetto
2nd prize at the Jacques Lancelot Competition (2012)
2nd prize at the Debussy Competition (2010)
Sergey Eletskiy
Principal clarinet – National Russian Orchestra
1st prize at the Cluj International Music Competition (2019)
1st prize at the Ghent Clarinet Competition (2015)
1st prize at the Carl Nielsen Competition (2013)
2nd prize at the ARD Competition (2012)
Damien Bachmann
Principal clarinet – CHAARTS Chamber Artists
Clarinet professor – Musik-Akademie der Stadt Basel
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)
Joë Christophe
International artist
1st prize at the ARD Competition (2019)
1st prize at the Cluj International Music Competition (2019)
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PRESIDENT OF THE JURIES
Răzvan Cosmin Poptean
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)