Experts/Jury

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  Helmut Zehetner

  Professor

  Helmut Zehetner, born in Lower Austria, was top prize winner of the regional violin competition of Music Schools in Lower Austria. ...

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  Neil Varon

  Conductor

  Neil Varon’s conducting career spans 40 years and several continents. Born in New York in 1950, Varon studied piano, ...

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  Arthur Fagen

  Professor of Orchestral Conducting, the Jacobs School of Music

  Arthur Fagen has been professor of orchestral conducting at the Jacobs School of Music since 2008. ...

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  Toby Purser

  Head of the Conducting Department, the Royal College of Music​

  Winning universal critical praise, Toby Purser’s recent work was nominated for an Olivier Award (Best New Opera Production) and an International Opera Award (Best Rediscovered Work - Stanford The Travelling Companion). ...

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  Mark Pogolski

  Musical Director, Hochschule für Musik und Theater München

  Mark Pogolski was born in 1977 in St. Petersburg and first studied mathematics at the State University in his hometown, while also studying composition with Prof. Sergei Slonimsky and conducting with Prof. Yuri Serebryakov at the Rimski-Korsakov Conservatory. ...