Joshua Kangming Tan < Conductor >
Chairman of Jury, The 5th Japan-Hong Kong International Music Competition

2nd Prize winner of the 2008 Dimitri Mitropoulos International Competition, Singaporean conductor Joshua Kangming Tan’s rise to prominence on the international scene has been marked by recent sensational debuts in Carnegie Hall, Shanghai and Taiwan. Joshua was featured as the top Singaporean musical talent to watch for in 2009 by Lianhe ZaoBao. He has won numerous awards and scholarships, including the Bruno Walter Memorial Foundation Award, NAC-Shell Scholarship and is the first ever recipient of the Charles Schiff Conducting Prize from the Juilliard School for outstanding achievement.

Joshua has come to the attention of the leading conductors of today and has studied with James DePreist, Charles Dutoit, David Zinman and Kurt Masur.

He has conducted the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, Singapore National Youth Orchestra, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Juilliard Orchestra, AACA Orchestra, Kaoshiung City Symphony Orchestra, Musical Olympus Chamber Players, St Petersburg Capella Symphony Orchestra, St Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of Colours, Cadaques Orchestra, and his successful debut with the Singapore Lyric Opera in Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors in December 2005 led to immediate annual return engagements. In 2006, he was conducting fellow under Charles Dutoit with the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra. In January 2007, he gave the world premiere of Kelly Tang’s opera, Intrigues of the Qing Imperial Court.

In the summer of 2008, he was awarded a fellowship to the American Academy of Conducting at Aspen under David Zinman. He was also showcased in a Spotlight concert in Harris Hall at the Aspen Music Festival, where his performance of Stravinsky´s L´Histoire du Soldat was broadcast live on KAJX radio.

Highlights of upcoming concerts include debuts with the Beethoven Orchestra Bonn, Macao Symphony Orchestra at the 2010 Macao Arts Festival, Taipei Symphony Orchestra, National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, the Musical Olympus International Festival in St Petersburg amongst others. From the year 2013, Joshua will take the position of the associate conductor in Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Joshua is a graduate of The Juilliard School.




Toshiki Usui < Piano >
Jury of The 5th Japan-Hong Kong International Music Competition
 
Toshiki Usui made his acclaimed international debut after winning the Cantu International Competition (Italy), and has since been concertizing extensively.
Also the winner of the Viotti International Competition (Italy) and numerous awards at Holland Music Sessions (Netherlands), Mr. Usui has played throughout Europe,U.S.A, the former Soviet Republics, Central America, the Middle East, and Asia.

Recent activities include his “Across the World” tour project, started in 2008, which has taken him across Europe, the Middle East, and the U.S.. He also actively participates in performances at international music festivals worldwide, and has been invited to the juries of international piano competitions.
From 2004 to 2006, Usui was engaged annually for subscription concerts in Kiev, Ukraine, both as recitalist and soloist with the Kiev State Philharmonic. Winning accolades for his concerts there, he was invited alongside Paul Gulda and Rafael Oleg to perform the Shostakovich First Piano Concerto for the“Schumann and his Contemporaries” (2005) and “Shostakovich 100th Anniversary” (2006) series.

He has presented charity concerts under the aegis of the U.N. for the Palestinian Refugee Camps. Since 2003, Mr. Usui is based in Vienna, centering his activities in Europe while continuing to perform worldwide.

Usui has garnered particularly high acclaim for his performances of contemporary works. He received the Donemus prize for the best performance of a contemporary work, given by Holland Music Sessions, and in 2006, a special prize for contemporary art given by the Viennese society for the advancement of contemporary art, TAMAMU. He has also given the Japanese premiere of the Vincent d’Indy Piano Concerto.

In Japan, Usui has performed with many orchestras, including the Tokyo Philharmonic, Kanagawa Philharmonic, and Geidai Philharmonia. In recitals and music festivals, he has collaborated with artists Ivry Gitlis,Pierre Amoyal, Krzysztof Wegrzyn, Wolfgang Marschner, among others.

Born in Tokyo, in 1977, Toshiki Usui studied at the Tokyo University High School for Fine Arts, Tokyo University for Fine Arts, and Salzburg Mozarteum (Austria), and has studied under professors Shuku Iwasaki, Katsumi Ueda, Karl-Heinz Kammerling, and Avo Kuyumjian.




Kaoru Kondo < Violin >
Jury of The 5th Japan-Hong Kong International Music Competition
 
Kaoru Kondo received Acanthus Music Award (the award given to the top grade students) when he graduated from Tokyo University of Arts, and he continue to study and graduated from the Graduate school of Tokyo University of Arts to receive master's degree. He performed with various orchestra as a concertmaster as he was still in the school, while he also participated in the summer camp of the Vienna Music Academy to receive master class lessons from Alban Berg Quartet, Amadeus Quartet, Hagen Quartet in order to acquire the higher level of skills and methods for chamber music.

In recent years, he works in various fields and activities, as he served the concertmaster in Tokyo Scholars Ensemble, music advisor of "the World of Toru Takemitsu". He also plays wide range of music pieces from Baroque music to Contemporary music.

He also works in the field of music education of the next generation musicians, as he participates in Lanciano Music Festival in Italy by the invitation of the chief cellist of L'Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Luigi Piovano,

From 2004 to 2010, He served as the 1st violin Vorspieler of Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra. From June 2011 to Mach 2014, he was the concertmaster of The Kyushu Symphony Orchestra. Since April 2015, he is the acting concertmaster of Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra.

Morio Kitagawa < Flute >
Jury of The 5th Japan-Hong Kong International Music Competition

Morio Kitagawa was born in 1977. From the age of eleven, he was trained and mentored by flutists including Chan-Kook Kim and Paul Meisen. He studied at the Tokyo University High School of the Arts and Tokyo University of the Arts, and in 2009 he obtained a PhD in Music.
In 1995 while a high school student, he won the 2nd prize of the All Japan Student Music Competition.
Since 1998 he is a member of the Yokohama Sinfonietta, and in 2011 he was a member of the New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra.
He is the lecturer of Tokyo University of the Arts, Ueno Gakuen University and Sophia University, and from 2015 he is the associate professor of the Music Department of Seitoku University.






Krystian Tkaczewski < Piano >
Jury of The 5th Japan-Hong Kong International Music Competition

Described as Polish Virtuoso ( by Kosciuszko Foundation) Krystian Tkaczewski is pursuing his splendid piano career in both USA and Europe. He had his triumph in having Carnegie Hall Debut in April 2007. He showed devotion and natural affinity for music of his homeland.

Krystian Tkaczewski was born in 1980 in Tarnów, Poland, started his musical education at the Paderewski Music School in Tarnów in the class of J.Iwaneczko. He studied at the Chopin College in Warsaw in the studios of G. Weiss and Dr. Pawel Skrzypek. In 2000 Krystian became a student of Olga Rusina at the Academy of Music in Wroclaw and graduated with a Master of Arts degree. In 2007 Krystian received a Graduate Professional Diploma at the University of Hartford Hartt School where he is pursuing his Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in the studio of Oxana Yablonskaya.

Krystian Tkaczewski took part in many competitions and festivals around the world, including European Piano Competition in Bari, Italy, and other competitions in Madrid, Athen, New York, etc.. He has been invited to take part in various festivals, such as Chopin Festivals in various locations, a concert series at the Paderewski House, while Krystian has concertized in 20 countries countries with the Polish National Radio Orchestra, Wroclaw Philharmonic Orchestra, etc. He is also frequently invited to judge in prestigious piano competitions around the world, including Chopin International Piano Competition in Hartford, or other major competitions around the world.

Now he is an active member of the Society of Polish Musical Artist SPAM since 2004.
He has been also a founder, artistic director and president of jury of Chopin International Piano Competition in Hartford, CT.

Krystian Tkaczewski Official Homepage

Toshiki Usui < Piano >
Chairman of Jury, The 4th Japan-Hong Kong International Music Competition
 
Toshiki Usui made his acclaimed international debut after winning the Cantu International Competition (Italy), and has since been concertizing extensively.
Also the winner of the Viotti International Competition (Italy) and numerous awards at Holland Music Sessions (Netherlands), Mr. Usui has played throughout Europe,U.S.A, the former Soviet Republics, Central America, the Middle East, and Asia.

Recent activities include his “Across the World” tour project, started in 2008, which has taken him across Europe, the Middle East, and the U.S.. He also actively participates in performances at international music festivals worldwide, and has been invited to the juries of international piano competitions.
From 2004 to 2006, Usui was engaged annually for subscription concerts in Kiev, Ukraine, both as recitalist and soloist with the Kiev State Philharmonic. Winning accolades for his concerts there, he was invited alongside Paul Gulda and Rafael Oleg to perform the Shostakovich First Piano Concerto for the“Schumann and his Contemporaries” (2005) and “Shostakovich 100th Anniversary” (2006) series.

He has presented charity concerts under the aegis of the U.N. for the Palestinian Refugee Camps. Since 2003, Mr. Usui is based in Vienna, centering his activities in Europe while continuing to perform worldwide.

Usui has garnered particularly high acclaim for his performances of contemporary works. He received the Donemus prize for the best performance of a contemporary work, given by Holland Music Sessions, and in 2006, a special prize for contemporary art given by the Viennese society for the advancement of contemporary art, TAMAMU. He has also given the Japanese premiere of the Vincent d’Indy Piano Concerto.

In Japan, Usui has performed with many orchestras, including the Tokyo Philharmonic, Kanagawa Philharmonic, and Geidai Philharmonia. In recitals and music festivals, he has collaborated with artists Ivry Gitlis,Pierre Amoyal, Krzysztof Wegrzyn, Wolfgang Marschner, among others.

Born in Tokyo, in 1977, Toshiki Usui studied at the Tokyo University High School for Fine Arts, Tokyo University for Fine Arts, and Salzburg Mozarteum (Austria), and has studied under professors Shuku Iwasaki, Katsumi Ueda, Karl-Heinz Kammerling, and Avo Kuyumjian.




Kaoru Kondo < Violin >
Jury of The 3rd Japan-Hong Kong International Music Competition
 
Kaoru Kondo received Acanthus Music Award (the award given to the top grade students) when he graduated from Tokyo University of Arts, and he continue to study and graduated from the Graduate school of Tokyo University of Arts to receive master's degree. He performed with various orchestra as a concertmaster as he was still in the school, while he also participated in the summer camp of the Vienna Music Academy to receive master class lessons from Alban Berg Quartet, Amadeus Quartet, Hagen Quartet in order to acquire the higher level of skills and methods for chamber music.

In recent years, he works in various fields and activities, as he served the concertmaster in Tokyo Scholars Ensemble, music advisor of "the World of Toru Takemitsu". He also plays wide range of music pieces from Baroque music to Contemporary music.

He also works in the field of music education of the next generation musicians, as he participates in Lanciano Music Festival in Italy by the invitation of the chief cellist of L'Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Luigi Piovano,

From 2004 to 2010, He served as the 1st violin Vorspieler of Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra. From June 2011 to Mach 2014, he was the concertmaster of The Kyushu Symphony Orchestra. Since April 2015, he is the acting concertmaster of Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra.

Joshua Kangming Tan < Conductor >
Jury of The 3rd Japan-Hong Kong International Music Competition

2nd Prize winner of the 2008 Dimitri Mitropoulos International Competition, Singaporean conductor Joshua Kangming Tan’s rise to prominence on the international scene has been marked by recent sensational debuts in Carnegie Hall, Shanghai and Taiwan. Joshua was featured as the top Singaporean musical talent to watch for in 2009 by Lianhe ZaoBao. He has won numerous awards and scholarships, including the Bruno Walter Memorial Foundation Award, NAC-Shell Scholarship and is the first ever recipient of the Charles Schiff Conducting Prize from the Juilliard School for outstanding achievement.

Joshua has come to the attention of the leading conductors of today and has studied with James DePreist, Charles Dutoit, David Zinman and Kurt Masur.

He has conducted the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, Singapore National Youth Orchestra, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Juilliard Orchestra, AACA Orchestra, Kaoshiung City Symphony Orchestra, Musical Olympus Chamber Players, St Petersburg Capella Symphony Orchestra, St Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of Colours, Cadaques Orchestra, and his successful debut with the Singapore Lyric Opera in Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors in December 2005 led to immediate annual return engagements. In 2006, he was conducting fellow under Charles Dutoit with the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra. In January 2007, he gave the world premiere of Kelly Tang’s opera, Intrigues of the Qing Imperial Court.

In the summer of 2008, he was awarded a fellowship to the American Academy of Conducting at Aspen under David Zinman. He was also showcased in a Spotlight concert in Harris Hall at the Aspen Music Festival, where his performance of Stravinsky´s L´Histoire du Soldat was broadcast live on KAJX radio.

Highlights of upcoming concerts include debuts with the Beethoven Orchestra Bonn, Macao Symphony Orchestra at the 2010 Macao Arts Festival, Taipei Symphony Orchestra, National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, the Musical Olympus International Festival in St Petersburg amongst others. From the year 2013, Joshua will take the position of the associate conductor in Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Joshua is a graduate of The Juilliard School.





Morio Kitagawa < Flute >
Jury of The 3rd Japan-Hong Kong International Music Competition

Morio Kitagawa was born in 1977. From the age of eleven, he was trained and mentored by flutists including Chan-Kook Kim and Paul Meisen. He studied at the Tokyo University High School of the Arts and Tokyo University of the Arts, and in 2009 he obtained a PhD in Music.
In 1995 while a high school student, he won the 2nd prize of the All Japan Student Music Competition.
Since 1998 he is a member of the Yokohama Sinfonietta, and in 2011 he was a member of the New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra.
He is the lecturer of Tokyo University of the Arts, Ueno Gakuen University and Sophia University, and from 2015 he is the associate professor of the Music Department of Seitoku University.





Krystian Tkaczewski < Piano >
Jury of The 3rd Japan-Hong Kong International Music Competition

Described as Polish Virtuoso ( by Kosciuszko Foundation) Krystian Tkaczewski is pursuing his splendid piano career in both USA and Europe. He had his triumph in having Carnegie Hall Debut in April 2007. He showed devotion and natural affinity for music of his homeland.

Krystian Tkaczewski was born in 1980 in Tarnów, Poland, started his musical education at the Paderewski Music School in Tarnów in the class of J.Iwaneczko. He studied at the Chopin College in Warsaw in the studios of G. Weiss and Dr. Pawel Skrzypek. In 2000 Krystian became a student of Olga Rusina at the Academy of Music in Wroclaw and graduated with a Master of Arts degree. In 2007 Krystian received a Graduate Professional Diploma at the University of Hartford Hartt School where he is pursuing his Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in the studio of Oxana Yablonskaya.

Krystian Tkaczewski took part in many competitions and festivals around the world, including European Piano Competition in Bari, Italy, and other competitions in Madrid, Athen, New York, etc.. He has been invited to take part in various festivals, such as Chopin Festivals in various locations, a concert series at the Paderewski House, while Krystian has concertized in 20 countries countries with the Polish National Radio Orchestra, Wroclaw Philharmonic Orchestra, etc. He is also frequently invited to judge in prestigious piano competitions around the world, including Chopin International Piano Competition in Hartford, or other major competitions around the world.

Now he is an active member of the Society of Polish Musical Artist SPAM since 2004.
He has been also a founder, artistic director and president of jury of Chopin International Piano Competition in Hartford, CT.

Krystian Tkaczewski Official Homepage

Kaoru Kondo < Violin >
Chairman of Jury, The 3rd Japan-Hong Kong International Music Competition
 
Kaoru Kondo received Acanthus Music Award (the award given to the top grade students) when he graduated from Tokyo University of Arts, and he continue to study and graduated from the Graduate school of Tokyo University of Arts to receive master's degree. He performed with various orchestra as a concertmaster as he was still in the school, while he also participated in the summer camp of the Vienna Music Academy to receive master class lessons from Alban Berg Quartet, Amadeus Quartet, Hagen Quartet in order to acquire the higher level of skills and methods for chamber music.

In recent years, he works in various fields and activities, as he served the concertmaster in Tokyo Scholars Ensemble, music advisor of "the World of Toru Takemitsu". He also plays wide range of music pieces from Baroque music to Contemporary music.

He also works in the field of music education of the next generation musicians, as he participates in Lanciano Music Festival in Italy by the invitation of the chief cellist of L'Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Luigi Piovano,

From 2004 to 2010, He served as the 1st violin Vorspieler of Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra. From June 2011, he is the acting concertmaster of The Kyushu Symphony Orchestra.

Joshua Kangming Tan < Conductor >
Jury of The 3rd Japan-Hong Kong International Music Competition

2nd Prize winner of the 2008 Dimitri Mitropoulos International Competition, Singaporean conductor Joshua Kangming Tan’s rise to prominence on the international scene has been marked by recent sensational debuts in Carnegie Hall, Shanghai and Taiwan. Joshua was featured as the top Singaporean musical talent to watch for in 2009 by Lianhe ZaoBao. He has won numerous awards and scholarships, including the Bruno Walter Memorial Foundation Award, NAC-Shell Scholarship and is the first ever recipient of the Charles Schiff Conducting Prize from the Juilliard School for outstanding achievement.

Joshua has come to the attention of the leading conductors of today and has studied with James DePreist, Charles Dutoit, David Zinman and Kurt Masur.

He has conducted the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, Singapore National Youth Orchestra, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Juilliard Orchestra, AACA Orchestra, Kaoshiung City Symphony Orchestra, Musical Olympus Chamber Players, St Petersburg Capella Symphony Orchestra, St Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of Colours, Cadaques Orchestra, and his successful debut with the Singapore Lyric Opera in Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors in December 2005 led to immediate annual return engagements. In 2006, he was conducting fellow under Charles Dutoit with the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra. In January 2007, he gave the world premiere of Kelly Tang’s opera, Intrigues of the Qing Imperial Court.

In the summer of 2008, he was awarded a fellowship to the American Academy of Conducting at Aspen under David Zinman. He was also showcased in a Spotlight concert in Harris Hall at the Aspen Music Festival, where his performance of Stravinsky´s L´Histoire du Soldat was broadcast live on KAJX radio.

Highlights of upcoming concerts include debuts with the Beethoven Orchestra Bonn, Macao Symphony Orchestra at the 2010 Macao Arts Festival, Taipei Symphony Orchestra, National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, the Musical Olympus International Festival in St Petersburg amongst others. From the year 2013, Joshua will take the position of the associate conductor in Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Joshua is a graduate of The Juilliard School.





Toshiki Usui < Piano >
Jury of The 3rd Japan-Hong Kong International Music Competition
 
Toshiki Usui made his acclaimed international debut after winning the Cantu International Competition (Italy), and has since been concertizing extensively.
Also the winner of the Viotti International Competition (Italy) and numerous awards at Holland Music Sessions (Netherlands), Mr. Usui has played throughout Europe,U.S.A, the former Soviet Republics, Central America, the Middle East, and Asia.

Recent activities include his “Across the World” tour project, started in 2008, which has taken him across Europe, the Middle East, and the U.S.. He also actively participates in performances at international music festivals worldwide, and has been invited to the juries of international piano competitions.
From 2004 to 2006, Usui was engaged annually for subscription concerts in Kiev, Ukraine, both as recitalist and soloist with the Kiev State Philharmonic. Winning accolades for his concerts there, he was invited alongside Paul Gulda and Rafael Oleg to perform the Shostakovich First Piano Concerto for the“Schumann and his Contemporaries” (2005) and “Shostakovich 100th Anniversary” (2006) series.

He has presented charity concerts under the aegis of the U.N. for the Palestinian Refugee Camps. Since 2003, Mr. Usui is based in Vienna, centering his activities in Europe while continuing to perform worldwide.

Usui has garnered particularly high acclaim for his performances of contemporary works. He received the Donemus prize for the best performance of a contemporary work, given by Holland Music Sessions, and in 2006, a special prize for contemporary art given by the Viennese society for the advancement of contemporary art, TAMAMU. He has also given the Japanese premiere of the Vincent d’Indy Piano Concerto.

In Japan, Usui has performed with many orchestras, including the Tokyo Philharmonic, Kanagawa Philharmonic, and Geidai Philharmonia. In recitals and music festivals, he has collaborated with artists Ivry Gitlis,Pierre Amoyal, Krzysztof Wegrzyn, Wolfgang Marschner, among others.

Born in Tokyo, in 1977, Toshiki Usui studied at the Tokyo University High School for Fine Arts, Tokyo University for Fine Arts, and Salzburg Mozarteum (Austria), and has studied under professors Shuku Iwasaki, Katsumi Ueda, Karl-Heinz Kammerling, and Avo Kuyumjian.





Morio Kitagawa < Flute >
Jury of The 3rd Japan-Hong Kong International Music Competition

Morio Kitagawa was born in 1977. From the age of eleven, he was trained and mentored by flutists including Chan-Kook Kim and Paul Meisen. He studied at the Tokyo University High School of the Arts and Tokyo University of the Arts, and in 2009 he obtained a PhD in Music.
In 1995 while a high school student, he won the 2nd prize of the All Japan Student Music Competition.
Since 1998 he is a member of the Yokohama Sinfonietta, and in 2011 he was a member of the New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra.
He is the lecturer of Tokyo University of the Arts, Ueno Gakuen University and Sophia University.





Krystian Tkaczewski < Piano >
Jury of The 3rd Japan-Hong Kong International Music Competition

Described as Polish Virtuoso ( by Kosciuszko Foundation) Krystian Tkaczewski is pursuing his splendid piano career in both USA and Europe. He had his triumph in having Carnegie Hall Debut in April 2007. He showed devotion and natural affinity for music of his homeland.

Krystian Tkaczewski was born in 1980 in Tarnów, Poland, started his musical education at the Paderewski Music School in Tarnów in the class of J.Iwaneczko. He studied at the Chopin College in Warsaw in the studios of G. Weiss and Dr. Pawel Skrzypek. In 2000 Krystian became a student of Olga Rusina at the Academy of Music in Wroclaw and graduated with a Master of Arts degree. In 2007 Krystian received a Graduate Professional Diploma at the University of Hartford Hartt School where he is pursuing his Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in the studio of Oxana Yablonskaya.

Krystian Tkaczewski took part in many competitions and festivals around the world, including European Piano Competition in Bari, Italy, and other competitions in Madrid, Athen, New York, etc.. He has been invited to take part in various festivals, such as Chopin Festivals in various locations, a concert series at the Paderewski House, while Krystian has concertized in 20 countries countries with the Polish National Radio Orchestra, Wroclaw Philharmonic Orchestra, etc. He is also frequently invited to judge in prestigious piano competitions around the world, including Chopin International Piano Competition in Hartford, or other major competitions around the world.

Now he is an active member of the Society of Polish Musical Artist SPAM since 2004.
He has been also a founder, artistic director and president of jury of Chopin International Piano Competition in Hartford, CT.

Krystian Tkaczewski Official Homepage

Joshua Kangming Tan < Conductor >
Chairman of Jury, The 2nd Japan-Hong Kong International Music Competition

2nd Prize winner of the 2008 Dimitri Mitropoulos International Competition, Singaporean conductor Joshua Kangming Tan’s rise to prominence on the international scene has been marked by recent sensational debuts in Carnegie Hall, Shanghai and Taiwan. Joshua was featured as the top Singaporean musical talent to watch for in 2009 by Lianhe ZaoBao. He has won numerous awards and scholarships, including the Bruno Walter Memorial Foundation Award, NAC-Shell Scholarship and is the first ever recipient of the Charles Schiff Conducting Prize from the Juilliard School for outstanding achievement.

Joshua has come to the attention of the leading conductors of today and has studied with James DePreist, Charles Dutoit, David Zinman and Kurt Masur.

He has conducted the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, Singapore National Youth Orchestra, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Juilliard Orchestra, AACA Orchestra, Kaoshiung City Symphony Orchestra, Musical Olympus Chamber Players, St Petersburg Capella Symphony Orchestra, St Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of Colours, Cadaques Orchestra, and his successful debut with the Singapore Lyric Opera in Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors in December 2005 led to immediate annual return engagements. In 2006, he was conducting fellow under Charles Dutoit with the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra. In January 2007, he gave the world premiere of Kelly Tang’s opera, Intrigues of the Qing Imperial Court.

In the summer of 2008, he was awarded a fellowship to the American Academy of Conducting at Aspen under David Zinman. He was also showcased in a Spotlight concert in Harris Hall at the Aspen Music Festival, where his performance of Stravinsky´s L´Histoire du Soldat was broadcast live on KAJX radio.

Highlights of upcoming concerts include debuts with the Beethoven Orchestra Bonn, Macao Symphony Orchestra at the 2010 Macao Arts Festival, Taipei Symphony Orchestra, National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, the Musical Olympus International Festival in St Petersburg amongst others. From the year 2013, Joshua will take the position of the associate conductor in Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Joshua is a graduate of The Juilliard School.





Kaoru Kondo < Violin >
Jury of The 2nd Japan-Hong Kong International Music Competition
 
Kaoru Kondo received Acanthus Music Award (the award given to the top grade students) when he graduated from Tokyo University of Arts, and he continue to study and graduated from the Graduate school of Tokyo University of Arts to receive master's degree. He performed with various orchestra as a concertmaster as he was still in the school, while he also participated in the summer camp of the Vienna Music Academy to receive master class lessons from Alban Berg Quartet, Amadeus Quartet, Hagen Quartet in order to acquire the higher level of skills and methods for chamber music.

In recent years, he works in various fields and activities, as he served the concertmaster in Tokyo Scholars Ensemble, music advisor of "the World of Toru Takemitsu". He also plays wide range of music pieces from Baroque music to Contemporary music.

He also works in the field of music education of the next generation musicians, as he participates in Lanciano Music Festival in Italy by the invitation of the chief cellist of L'Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Luigi Piovano,

From 2004 to 2010, He served as the 1st violin Vorspieler of Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra. From June 2011, he is the acting concertmaster of The Kyushu Symphony Orchestra.

Toshiki Usui < Piano >
Jury of The 2nd Japan-Hong Kong International Music Competition
 
Toshiki Usui made his acclaimed international debut after winning the Cantu International Competition (Italy), and has since been concertizing extensively.
Also the winner of the Viotti International Competition (Italy) and numerous awards at Holland Music Sessions (Netherlands), Mr. Usui has played throughout Europe,U.S.A, the former Soviet Republics, Central America, the Middle East, and Asia.

Recent activities include his “Across the World” tour project, started in 2008, which has taken him across Europe, the Middle East, and the U.S.. He also actively participates in performances at international music festivals worldwide, and has been invited to the juries of international piano competitions.
From 2004 to 2006, Usui was engaged annually for subscription concerts in Kiev, Ukraine, both as recitalist and soloist with the Kiev State Philharmonic. Winning accolades for his concerts there, he was invited alongside Paul Gulda and Rafael Oleg to perform the Shostakovich First Piano Concerto for the“Schumann and his Contemporaries” (2005) and “Shostakovich 100th Anniversary” (2006) series.

He has presented charity concerts under the aegis of the U.N. for the Palestinian Refugee Camps. Since 2003, Mr. Usui is based in Vienna, centering his activities in Europe while continuing to perform worldwide.

Usui has garnered particularly high acclaim for his performances of contemporary works. He received the Donemus prize for the best performance of a contemporary work, given by Holland Music Sessions, and in 2006, a special prize for contemporary art given by the Viennese society for the advancement of contemporary art, TAMAMU. He has also given the Japanese premiere of the Vincent d’Indy Piano Concerto.

In Japan, Usui has performed with many orchestras, including the Tokyo Philharmonic, Kanagawa Philharmonic, and Geidai Philharmonia. In recitals and music festivals, he has collaborated with artists Ivry Gitlis,Pierre Amoyal, Krzysztof Wegrzyn, Wolfgang Marschner, among others.

Born in Tokyo, in 1977, Toshiki Usui studied at the Tokyo University High School for Fine Arts, Tokyo University for Fine Arts, and Salzburg Mozarteum (Austria), and has studied under professors Shuku Iwasaki, Katsumi Ueda, Karl-Heinz Kammerling, and Avo Kuyumjian.





Morio Kitagawa < Flute >
Jury of The 2nd Japan-Hong Kong International Music Competition

Morio Kitagawa was born in 1977. From the age of eleven, he was trained and mentored by flutists including Chan-Kook Kim and Paul Meisen. He studied at the Tokyo University High School of the Arts and Tokyo University of the Arts, and in 2009 he obtained a PhD in Music.
In 1995 while a high school student, he won the 2nd prize of the All Japan Student Music Competition.
Since 1998 he is a member of the Yokohama Sinfonietta, and in 2011 he was a member of the New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra.
He is the lecturer of Tokyo University of the Arts, Ueno Gakuen University and Sophia University.





Krystian Tkaczewski < Piano >
Jury of The 2nd Japan-Hong Kong International Music Competition

Described as Polish Virtuoso ( by Kosciuszko Foundation) Krystian Tkaczewski is pursuing his splendid piano career in both USA and Europe. He had his triumph in having Carnegie Hall Debut in April 2007. He showed devotion and natural affinity for music of his homeland.

Krystian Tkaczewski was born in 1980 in Tarnów, Poland, started his musical education at the Paderewski Music School in Tarnów in the class of J.Iwaneczko. He studied at the Chopin College in Warsaw in the studios of G. Weiss and Dr. Pawel Skrzypek. In 2000 Krystian became a student of Olga Rusina at the Academy of Music in Wroclaw and graduated with a Master of Arts degree. In 2007 Krystian received a Graduate Professional Diploma at the University of Hartford Hartt School where he is pursuing his Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in the studio of Oxana Yablonskaya.

Krystian Tkaczewski took part in many competitions and festivals around the world, including European Piano Competition in Bari, Italy, and other competitions in Madrid, Athen, New York, etc.. He has been invited to take part in various festivals, such as Chopin Festivals in various locations, a concert series at the Paderewski House, while Krystian has concertized in 20 countries countries with the Polish National Radio Orchestra, Wroclaw Philharmonic Orchestra, etc. He is also frequently invited to judge in prestigious piano competitions around the world, including Chopin International Piano Competition in Hartford, or other major competitions around the world.

Now he is an active member of the Society of Polish Musical Artist SPAM since 2004.
He has been also a founder, artistic director and president of jury of Chopin International Piano Competition in Hartford, CT.

Krystian Tkaczewski Official Homepage

Toshiki Usui < Piano >
Chairman of The 1st Japan-Hong Kong International Music Competition executive committee
 
Toshiki Usui made his acclaimed international debut after winning the Cantu International Competition (Italy), and has since been concertizing extensively.
Also the winner of the Viotti International Competition (Italy) and numerous awards at Holland Music Sessions (Netherlands), Mr. Usui has played throughout Europe,U.S.A, the former Soviet Republics, Central America, the Middle East, and Asia.

Recent activities include his “Across the World” tour project, started in 2008, which has taken him across Europe, the Middle East, and the U.S.. He also actively participates in performances at international music festivals worldwide, and has been invited to the juries of international piano competitions.
From 2004 to 2006, Usui was engaged annually for subscription concerts in Kiev, Ukraine, both as recitalist and soloist with the Kiev State Philharmonic. Winning accolades for his concerts there, he was invited alongside Paul Gulda and Rafael Oleg to perform the Shostakovich First Piano Concerto for the“Schumann and his Contemporaries” (2005) and “Shostakovich 100th Anniversary” (2006) series.

He has presented charity concerts under the aegis of the U.N. for the Palestinian Refugee Camps. Since 2003, Mr. Usui is based in Vienna, centering his activities in Europe while continuing to perform worldwide.

Usui has garnered particularly high acclaim for his performances of contemporary works. He received the Donemus prize for the best performance of a contemporary work, given by Holland Music Sessions, and in 2006, a special prize for contemporary art given by the Viennese society for the advancement of contemporary art, TAMAMU. He has also given the Japanese premiere of the Vincent d’Indy Piano Concerto.

In Japan, Usui has performed with many orchestras, including the Tokyo Philharmonic, Kanagawa Philharmonic, and Geidai Philharmonia. In recitals and music festivals, he has collaborated with artists Ivry Gitlis,Pierre Amoyal, Krzysztof Wegrzyn, Wolfgang Marschner, among others.

Born in Tokyo, in 1977, Toshiki Usui studied at the Tokyo University High School for Fine Arts, Tokyo University for Fine Arts, and Salzburg Mozarteum (Austria), and has studied under professors Shuku Iwasaki, Katsumi Ueda, Karl-Heinz Kammerling, and Avo Kuyumjian.

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Kaoru Kondo < Violin >
Jury of The 1st Japan-Hong Kong International Music Competition

Kaoru Kondo received Acanthus Music Award (the award given to the top grade students) when he graduated from Tokyo University of Arts, and he continue to study and graduated from the Graduate school of Tokyo University of Arts to receive master's degree. He performed with various orchestra as a concertmaster as he was still in the school, while he also participated in the summer camp of the Vienna Music Academy to receive master class lessons from Alban Berg Quartet, Amadeus Quartet, Hagen Quartet in order to acquire the higher level of skills and methods for chamber music.

In recent years, he works in various fields and activities, as he served the concertmaster in Tokyo Scholars Ensemble, music advisor of "the World of Toru Takemitsu". He also plays wide range of music pieces from Baroque music to Contemporary music.

He also works in the field of music education of the next generation musicians, as he participates in Lanciano Music Festival in Italy by the invitation of the chief cellist of L'Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Luigi Piovano,

From 2004 to 2010, He served as the 1st violin Vorspieler of Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra. From June 2011, he is the acting concertmaster of The Kyushu Symphony Orchestra.

Morio Kitagawa < Flute >
Jury of The 1st Japan-Hong Kong International Music Competition

Morio Kitagawa was born in 1977. From the age of eleven, he was trained and mentored by flutists including Chan-Kook Kim and Paul Meisen. He studied at the Tokyo University High School of the Arts and Tokyo University of the Arts, and in 2009 he obtained a PhD in Music.
In 1995 while a high school student, he won the 2nd prize of the All Japan Student Music Competition.
Since 1998 he is a member of the Yokohama Sinfonietta, and in 2011 he was a member of the New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra.
He is the lecturer of Tokyo University of the Arts, Ueno Gakuen University and Sophia University.






Krystian Tkaczewski < Piano >
Jury of The 1st Japan-Hong Kong International Music Competition

Described as Polish Virtuoso ( by Kosciuszko Foundation) Krystian Tkaczewski is pursuing his splendid piano career in both USA and Europe. He had his triumph in having Carnegie Hall Debut in April 2007. He showed devotion and natural affinity for music of his homeland.

Krystian Tkaczewski was born in 1980 in Tarnów, Poland, started his musical education at the Paderewski Music School in Tarnów in the class of J.Iwaneczko. He studied at the Chopin College in Warsaw in the studios of G. Weiss and Dr. Pawel Skrzypek. In 2000 Krystian became a student of Olga Rusina at the Academy of Music in Wroclaw and graduated with a Master of Arts degree. In 2007 Krystian received a Graduate Professional Diploma at the University of Hartford Hartt School where he is pursuing his Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in the studio of Oxana Yablonskaya.

Krystian Tkaczewski took part in many competitions and festivals around the world, including European Piano Competition in Bari, Italy, and other competitions in Madrid, Athen, New York, etc.. He has been invited to take part in various festivals, such as Chopin Festivals in various locations, a concert series at the Paderewski House, while Krystian has concertized in 20 countries countries with the Polish National Radio Orchestra, Wroclaw Philharmonic Orchestra, etc. He is also frequently invited to judge in prestigious piano competitions around the world, including Chopin International Piano Competition in Hartford, or other major competitions around the world.

Now he is an active member of the Society of Polish Musical Artist SPAM since 2004.
He has been also a founder, artistic director and president of jury of Chopin International Piano Competition in Hartford, CT.

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Joshua Kangming Tan < Conductor >
Jury of The 1st Japan-Hong Kong International Music Competition

2nd Prize winner of the 2008 Dimitri Mitropoulos International Competition, Singaporean conductor Joshua Kangming Tan’s rise to prominence on the international scene has been marked by recent sensational debuts in Carnegie Hall, Shanghai and Taiwan. Joshua was featured as the top Singaporean musical talent to watch for in 2009 by Lianhe ZaoBao. He has won numerous awards and scholarships, including the Bruno Walter Memorial Foundation Award, NAC-Shell Scholarship and is the first ever recipient of the Charles Schiff Conducting Prize from the Juilliard School for outstanding achievement.

Joshua has come to the attention of the leading conductors of today and has studied with James DePreist, Charles Dutoit, David Zinman and Kurt Masur.

He has conducted the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, Singapore National Youth Orchestra, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Juilliard Orchestra, AACA Orchestra, Kaoshiung City Symphony Orchestra, Musical Olympus Chamber Players, St Petersburg Capella Symphony Orchestra, St Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of Colours, Cadaques Orchestra, and his successful debut with the Singapore Lyric Opera in Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors in December 2005 led to immediate annual return engagements. In 2006, he was conducting fellow under Charles Dutoit with the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra. In January 2007, he gave the world premiere of Kelly Tang’s opera, Intrigues of the Qing Imperial Court.

In the summer of 2008, he was awarded a fellowship to the American Academy of Conducting at Aspen under David Zinman. He was also showcased in a Spotlight concert in Harris Hall at the Aspen Music Festival, where his performance of Stravinsky´s L´Histoire du Soldat was broadcast live on KAJX radio.

Highlights of upcoming concerts include debuts with the Beethoven Orchestra Bonn, Macao Symphony Orchestra at the 2010 Macao Arts Festival, Taipei Symphony Orchestra, National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, the Musical Olympus International Festival in St Petersburg amongst others.