21st
ITURBI
INTERNATIONAL
PIANO
COMPETITION
VALÈNCIA
June 23 to July 2, 2021
Competition Jury
- Concert Pianist and Recording Artist.
- “Artist for Peace” by the UNESCO.
- Accademico ad Honorem, Accademia Chigiana Siena, Italy.
- Gold Medal Fine Arts, Spain.
- Palau de la Música Medal, València.
- Professor Endowed Chair, Southern Methodist University (SMU) Dallas, US.
Founder and Artistic Director of the Festival Piano aux Jacobins, Toulouse.
Founder of the Festival Les Grand Interpretes, Toulouse.
International concert performer.
Diploma of Honor from the great F. Chopin International Competition, Warsaw 1980.
Great connoisseur of the work o f Manuel Castillo.
A living legend.
Founder and Pianist of the Beaux Arts Trio.
Recording Artist.
Distinguished Professor of Indiana University in Bloomington.
President of the World Federation of International Music Competitions (WFIMC).
General Secretary of the Geneva International Competition.
Concert Pianist and Recording Artist.
Winner George Enescu Competition.
First Prize Jose Iturbi Competition.
Artistic director of important international theaters and festivals.
Awarded with the degree of “Commendation with Plaque of the Order of Alfonso X el Sabio” by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports of the Government of Spain.
Chairman of the IMG Artist, one of the biggest Artist Management Agencies with offices across the Americas, Europe and Asia, representing more than 500 artists, and operating and promoting festivals around de world
Preselection Jury
President
Co-Founder, Director and Artistic Adviser of Patrons of Exceptional Artists, INC Foundation.
Co-Founder and Artistic Director of the “Miami International Piano Festival”.
Concert Pianist and Recording Artist.
Winner George Enescu Competition.
First Prize Concurso José Iturbi.
Concert Pianist and Recording Artist.
Chamber Music performer.
Professor de MusicalArts Madrid.
Sevillian pianistwho has performed in the most relevant national and international stages.
Professor of piano at the “Manuel Castillo” Superior Conservatory of Seville.
Thomas Schwan
Pianist, composer and photographic artist.
