Val Tidone International Music Competitions

Juries - 2012 edition

"Silvio Bengalli" Piano Prize
"Tina Orsi Anguissola Scotti" Chamber Music Prize
"Carlo Civardi" Accordion Prize
"Egidio Carella" Composition Competition
"Val Tidone" Young Talents Competition




"Silvio Bengalli" Piano Prize


  Andrzej Jasinski (Poland) - President
  Concert pianist, professor at the Katowice Music Academy
  and at the Sommerakademie of the Salzburg Mozarteum

  Filippo Arlia (Italy)
  Concert pianist, professor and pro-rektor of the Nocera Terinese
  "P.I. Tchaikovsky" Conservatory

  Michele Campanella (Italy)
  Concert pianist, teacher and music critic

  Ratko Delorko (Austria)
  Concert pianist and professor at the Frankfurt Musikhochschule

  Ayami Ikeba (Japan)
  Concert pianist and professor at the Graz Universität für Musik

  Jura Margulis (U.S.A.)
  Concert pianist, professor at the Arkansas University, at the Salzburg
  Mozarteum and director of the "International Piano Academy Freiburg"

  Siro Saracino (Italy)
  Concert pianist, professor and vice-director of the Darfo Boario Terme
  Conservatory (branch of the "L. Marenzio" Brescia Conservatory)




"Contessa Tina Orsi Anguissola Scotti" Chamber Music Prize


  Pavel Ionescu (Romania) - President
  Concert bassoonist, conductor and artistic director
  of the Bacau Philharmonic Orchestra

  Frieder Berthold (Germany)
  Concert cellist and Artistic Director of the Limone sul Garda, Gargnano
  and Caldonazzo Chamber Music Festivals

  Elisabetta Garetti (Italy)
  Concert violinist, konzertmeister of the “Carlo Felice” Genova Theater Orchestra
  and professor at the "N. Paganini" Genova Conservatory

  Ayami Ikeba (Japan)
  Concert pianist and professor at the Graz Universität für Musik

  Pierino Miretti (Italy)
  Former principal clarinet of the Torino Regio Theatre and professor
  at the "L. Perosi" Biella International Academy

  Alfred Rutz (Switzerland)
  Concertist and principal flute of the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana,
  professor at the Lugano Conservatory

  Andrea Talmelli (Italy)
  Composer and pianist, former director of the "A. Peri"
  Reggio Emilia Conservatory




"Carlo Civardi" Accordion Prize


  Jacques Mornet (France) - President
  Concert accordionist, professor and president of the C.N.I.M.A.,
  General Secretary of the C.M.A.

  Luu Quang Minh (Vietnam)
  Concert accordionist, professor and pro-rektor of the
  Vietnam National Academy of Music - Hanoi

  Corrado Rojac (Italy)
  Concert accordionist, composer
  and professor at the "G. Tartini" Trieste Conservatory

  Radzhap Shaykhutdinov (Russia)
  Concert accordionist, pro-rektor, head of the Bayan and Accordion Faculty
  and professor at the Ufa Talents Institute

  Raimondas Sviackevicius (Lithuania)
  Concert accordionist, professor at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre -
  Vilnius and president of the Lithuanian Accordionist Association




"Egidio Carella" Composition Competition


  Ivan Fedele (Italy) - President
  Composer and professor at the "Santa Cecilia" Academy of Music - Roma

  Giuseppe Colardo (Italy)
  Composer and professor at the "G. Verdi" Milano Conservatory

  Barbara Rettagliati (Italy)
  Composer and professor at the "L. Cherubini" Firenze Conservatory

  Andrea Talmelli (Italy)
  Composer and pianist, former director of the "A. Peri"
  Reggio Emilia Conservatory




"Val Tidone" Young Talents Competition


The juries will be composed by professors taking part in the professional Prizes juries and:

  Leonardo Colonna (Italy)
  Former principal doublebass of the Teatro alla Scala, RAI and Solisti Veneti
  orchestras, professor at the "G. Nicolini" Piacenza Conservatory

  Mirella Greco (Italy)
  Pianist and professor at the "A. Vivaldi" Alessandria Conservatory

  Rustam Shaykhutdinov (Russia)
  Concert pianist, professor and director of the Piano Faculty
  at the Ufa State Academy of Arts