Zhuhai International Mozart Competition Announces 2023 Jury

This year's edition will be held from September 8 - 20 at the Zhuhai Huafa & CPAA Grand Theatre in China

Established in 2015, the Zhuhai International Mozart Competition is presented by the University of Mozarteum Salzburg and held for emerging violin and piano players.

Open to violinists and pianists under 23, the competition not only focuses on young musicians’ virtuosity but also attaches great importance to their understanding and interpretation of classical music style.

The jury for both categories of the competition is as follows:

Violin Jury

• Paul Roczek, Chairman（Austria）
• Soon-Mi Chung Barratt-Due（Norway）
• Radu Blidar（France）
• Harald Eggebrecht（Germany）
• David Frühwirth（Austria）
• Kun Hu（France）
• Dora Schwarzberg（Israel）
• Weidong Tong（China）

Piano Jury

• Pavel Gililov, Chairman（Germany）
• Sergei Edelmann（United States）
• Marián Lapšanský（Slovakia）
• Kostantin Scherbakov（Switzerland）
• Barbara Szczepanska（Germany）
• Zhe Tang（China）
• Ying Wu（China）

With an application deadline of May 7, candidates will be shortlisted through pre-screening of submitted recordings.

Former first prize winners of the competition include VC Artist María Dueñas, Ziyu He, Chloe Chua, Daniil Bulayev, Shihan Wang, Liu Yiming, Yuzhe Qiu, Jinan Woo, Lina Nakano, Simon Zhu, and Haruna Shinoyama.

To apply and learn more, click here.