Conero Competition Judges

Preliminary Round Adjudicators

National Round

United States Division

Artina McCain

Yamaha Artist; Associate Professor of Piano at the University of Memphis

Donna Vince

Piano Faculty at Webster University

Dr. Alan Woo

Assistant Professor of Piano, University of Georgia

Dr. Ching-Ming Cheng

California State University San Marcus Chair of Music Department

Dr. Dmitry Rachmanov

Steinway Artist; Chair of Keyboard Studies at California State University

Dr. Jack Winerock

Chancellor’s Club Teaching Professor at the University of Kansas;
The prestigious Kemper Teaching Award

Dr. Joanna Ting

Associate Professor at National Chiayi University

Dr. Karen Follingstad

San Diego State University
Chair of Piano Department

Dr. Kunyoung Kim

Concert Pianist; former Assistant Professor of Piano at Ithaca college and the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam

Dr. Nicholas Susi

Concert Pianist; Assistant Professor in University of South Carolina

Dr. Sarah Chan

Piano Faculty at Stanford University; Associate Professor at California State University

Dr. Sarkis Baltaian

Director of Instrumental Music at the Orange County School of the Arts; Piano faculty of the Pasadena Conservatory of Music

Dr. Scott McBride Smith

Cordelia Brown Murphy Professor of Piano Pedagogy, University of Kansas
Distinguished Professor, China Conservatory of Music

Dr. Seba Ali

Piano Faculty of the University of Santa Clara

Dr. Seonghyang Kim

Academic Dean & Piano Faculty California Arts University

Dr. Stephen Pierce

Piano faculty at the University of Southern California; RCM Academic Ambassador and Examiner

Dr. Wei-Han Su

Professor of Piano and Coordinator of the Keyboard Area at Missouri State University; Chappell Gold Medal, Royal College of Music

Dr. Wenjing Liu

piano faculty of the Orange County School of the Arts;Director and CEO at the North Orange County Conservatory of Music

Ingrid Clarfield(US)

Professor of Piano Emerita at Westminster Choir College of Rider University;
Steinway Hall of Fame Teacher;
Prestigious MTNA Teacher of the Year, 2012

Michael Lewin

Steinway Artist; Professor and Head of Piano at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee

Priyeshni Peiris Perera

Piano Faculty at the University of Hartford

Reena Berger Natenberg

Professor of Piano, Pittsburg State University;
Concert Pianist

Türkiye Division

Belinda Chen

Piano Faculty of Bilkent University;
Director of Türkiye Division

Gökhan Aybulus

Piano Professor of Music and Fine Arts University

Gülsin Onay

Turkish Republic State Artist

Oliver Jia

Piano Faculty of Bilkent University

United Kingdom Division

Alexis White

Head of Keyboard - St. Paul's Girls' School; Yehudi Menuhin School

Ilya Kondratiev

Piano Faculty of Purcell School; Royal College of Music

Richard Evens

Head of keyboard at the Trinity School

William Fong

Head of Keyboard - Purcell School; Royal Academy of Music

Canada Division

Dr. Corey Hamm

Killam Teaching Award; Associate Professor of Piano, University of British Columbia

Dr. Jani Parsons

Assistant Professor of Piano, University of Calgary

Dr. Michael Esch

Piano Faculty, The University of Toronto;
Senior Examiner, RCME;
Steinway Top Teacher,2016-2021

Dr. Ronald Morgan (Canada: Vancouver)

Leading piano teacher in Canada;Adjudicator;
Senior Examiner of RCM

China Division

Andrew Tyson(China)

Concert Pianist;
Yamaha Artist;
Piano Faculty, Zhejiang Conservatory of Music(China)

Dr. Alvin Zhu (China)

Artistic Director, China Division;
Professor in Piano, Tianjin Juilliard School;
Steinway Artist;
Fulbright Scholar;

Dr. Chenggang Yang(China)

Professor, Vice-Chair of Piano department, Sichuan Conservatory of Music(China);
Prestigious YAMAHA Teaching Award,2013

Felix Tao Chang

Piano Professor at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.

Mengyang Pan

Concert Pianist; Piano Professor, Royal College of Music (London); Imperial College Blyth Centre for Music

Indonesia Division

South America Division

Dr. Theresa Bogard

Keyboard Area Coordinator at University of Wyoming

Online Division

Dr. Christopher Madden

Assistant Professor of Piano Pedagogy and Director of Undergraduate Studies at the UMKC Conservatory

Dr. Jack Winerock

Chancellor’s Club Teaching Professor at the University of Kansas;
The prestigious Kemper Teaching Award

Ingrid Clarfield(US)

Professor of Piano Emerita at Westminster Choir College of Rider University;
Steinway Hall of Fame Teacher;
Prestigious MTNA Teacher of the Year, 2012

Reena Berger Natenberg

Professor of Piano, Pittsburg State University;
Concert Pianist

Final Round Judges

Dr. Scott McBride Smith

Cordelia Brown Murphy Professor of Piano Pedagogy, University of Kansas
Distinguished Professor, China Conservatory of Music