For the Satori competition, we have been very lucky to have a judging pool composed of some of the best educators and musicians around the world. Every year, our judges are alternately selected from this pool to maintain fairness and consistency. We thank sincerely to those who have expressed their willingness to serve as judges. We are temporarily suspending the call for new judges this year as the pool has reached the maximum capacity. If there are new vacancies, we will announce it in the future.
Chair of Satori Summer Music Festival Judge Panel
Dr. Andrew Park
Assistant professor, Azusa Pacific University
Adjunct professor, Fullerton College
Honorable Shigeru Kawai Artist
Grand Prize Strings Contest Judge 2025
Marek Szpakiewicz, DMA
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR; CELLO STUDIES; DIRECTOR OF STRING STUDIES AND CHAMBER MUSIC
Xika Huang
VIOLINIST, String faculty at Azusa Pacific University
MONI SIMEONOV
VIOLINIST, Director of String Studies and Violin Professor with the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at California State University,
Grand Prize Piano Contest Judge
Dr. DMITRY RACHMANOV
Co-director of the biennial ChamberFest @ CSUN Chamber Music Festival.
THOMAS LANNERS
Pianist, Professor of Piano at Oklahoma State University.
Yung Mee Rhee
Pianist, Teacher, faculty at Colburn Music School of Performing Arts
Representative of Satori Summer Music Festival Committee.