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Competition Jury Includes Renowned Musicians from 16 Countries

The Artistic Director of the Competition is Denis Matsuev, People's Artist of Russia, who chairs the Piano Jury. The Conducting Jury is chaired by People's Artist of Russia Valery Gergiev, and the Composition Jury by People's Artist of Russia Alexander Tchaikovsky.

The jury consists of distinguished artists, composers, and educators from Russia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Vietnam, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Germany, Spain, Romania, France, the United States, Japan, China, and South Korea.

Piano Jury:

Vladimir Viardo (Russia/USA)

Ta Quang Dong (Vietnam)

Hideko Kobayashi (Japan)

Li Ming Qiang (China)

Maxim Mogilevsky (Belgium)

Leonel Morales (Spain)

Ick-Choo Moon (South Korea)

Vladimir Ovchinnikov (Russia)

Valery Pyasetsky (Russia)

Vladimir Tropp (Russia)

 

Composition Jury:

Franghiz Ali-Zadeh (Azerbaijan)

Yuri Bashmet (Russia)

Muratbek Begaliev (Kyrgyzstan)

Valery Voronov (Belarus/Germany)

Borja Quintas (Spain)

Felix Kruglikov (Russia)

Tulegen Mukhamejanov (Kazakhstan)

Alexander Radvilovich (Russia)

Quan Do Hong (Vietnam)

 

Conducting Jury:

César Álvarez (Spain)

Lorenz Nasturica-Herschcowici (Romania/Finland)

Fabio Mastrangelo (Russia)

George Pehlivanian (France/USA)

Valery Polyansky (Russia)

Julien Salemkour (Germany/France)

Alexander Sladkovsky (Russia)

Justus Frantz (Germany)

Christopher Chen (Australia)

Dmitry Jurowski (Germany/Russia)

 

A total of 532 applications from 25 countries were submitted to the competition. Following the preliminary round, 65 musicians from Russia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, the United Kingdom, Germany, Kazakhstan, China, Spain, Italy, Romania, Slovenia, the United States, Uzbekistan, Ecuador, South Korea, and Japan will participate.

The II Rachmaninoff International Competition for Pianists, Composers, and Conductors will be held in Moscow from June 14 to June 26, 2025.