Jury 2006

Professor Boris Bloch

Boris Bloch

(Ukraine/Germany | concert pianist, Head of the jury and artistic director, Professor at the Folkwang Hochschule)

Idil Biret

Idil Biret

(Turkey | concert pianist)
Andrea Bonatta
(Italy | concert pianist, artistic director of the “Ferruccio Busoni” piano competition and
festival in Bolzano)

Dr. Eleonore Büning

Dr. Eleonore Büning

(Germany | music editor and critic of Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)

Peter Froundijan

Peter Froundjian

(Germany | Founder and artistic director of the festival ”piano rarities” of Husum)

Kirill Gerstein

Kirill Gerstein

(USA | concert pianist)

Wolfram Goertz

Wolfram Goertz

(Germany | music editor and critic of Rheinische Post and DIE ZEIT)

Andreas Groethuysen

Andreas Groethuysen

(Germany | pianist | Member of the piano duo Tal & Groethuysen)

Dang Thai son

Dang Thai Son

(Vietnam/Canada | concert pianist)

Alexandr Tschaikovsky

Alexandr Tschaikovsky

(Russia | composer, pianist | Artistic director of the Moscow Philharmonic Society)

Honorary Committee

Berenice Küpper (Chairwoman)
Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer C. Bechstein Pianofortefabrik AG

Prof. Dr. Martin Pfeffer
President Folkwang Hochschule and Chairman of the Conference of the
German Music Colleges Presidents

Michael Kaufmann
Manager and artistic director Philharmonie Essen

Benedikt Stampa
Manager and artistic director Konzerthaus Dortmund

Marina Grochowski
Manager and artistic director Bochumer Symphoniker

Rolf-Rüdiger Arnold
Former manager and artistic director Theater und Philharmonie Duisburg

Dr. Alfred Wendel
Manager and artistic director Theater and Philharmonie Duisburg

Attila Csampai
Music-editor, Bavaria Broadcasting

Renate Ronnefeld
General secretary World Federation of International Music Competitions

Drs. Gustav Alink
Alink-Argerich Foundation

Wulf Mämpel
President of the friends of the Theater and Philharmonie Essen e. V.

Karl Schulze
Chairman of the Board C. Bechstein Pianofortefabrik AG

Dr. Wolfgang Reiniger
Mayor city of Essen

Dr. Oliver Scheytt
Town council offi cial for education, youth and culture city of Essen