Satori Summer Music Festival Grand Prize Contest 2023

Chair of Satori Summer Music Festival Judge Panel:  Andrew Park
Grand Prize Strings Contest Judge
Dr. Kyung Eun Choi
Cellist
Faculty member of Seoul National University
Samvel Chilingarian
Violinist
Artistic Director and conductor of Verdugo Young Musicians Association (VYMA)
Jonathan Wei
Violinist/Concertmaster
Former Member of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Sizhi Yan
Violinist
Professor of Sichuan Conservatory of Music.
Grand Prize Piano Contest Judge
Carl Matthes
Pianist.
For 29 years Executive Director of Southwestern Youth Music Festival. Advisor to and Former Chair of the Southern California Junior Bach Festival. Advisor to and Former President of Glendale MTAC.
Dr. Janet Favreau
Pianist
Faculty of Loyola Marymount University, West Los Angeles College and Los Angeles Harbor College
Dr. Judy Huang
Concert Pianist
State Chair of the MTNA National Student Competitions and the MTAC Piano Concerto/Solo Competitions

Satori Summer Music Festival Grand Prize Contest 2022

Chair of Satori Summer Music Festival Judge Panel:  Andrew Park, Lu OuYang

Grand Prize Strings Contest Judge

Dr. Kyung Eun Choi
Cellist
Faculty member of Seoul National University

Tina Chang Qu
Violinist

Xika Huang
The Colburn Conservatory of Music USC Thornton School of Music String Department
Faculty, Azusa Pacific University, College of Music and the Arts

Grand Prize Piano Contest Judge

Alison Edwards
Associate Professor of Piano and Area Coordinator at the Cal State Fullerton School of Music.

Andrew Park
Assistant Professor, Piano Studies
School of Music – Azusa Pacific University.

Rixiang Huang, DMA
Concert Pianist
Founder & CEO, Empire Music Academy
Founder and Artistic Director, Pacific Stars International Piano Competition

Satori Summer Music Festival Grand Prize Contest 2021

Chair of Satori Summer Music Festival Judge Panel:  Lu OuYang
Grand Prize Strings Contest Judge

Dr. Pin Fei Tang

Cellist, Teacher and International String Music Judge
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Liana Gaughan

Violinist, Teacher and String Judge
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Xika Huang

Violin Performance
The Colburn Conservatory of Music
USC Thornton School of Music String Department
Faculty, Azusa Pacific University, College of Music and the Arts
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Grand Prize Piano Contest Judge

Andrew Park, DMA

Assistant Professor, Piano Studies
School of Music – Azusa Pacific University
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Dr. Evan Antonellis

Pianist and Composer
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Crystal Rivette

Pianist, Assistant Professor at Azusa Pacific University
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Satori Summer Music Festival Grand Prize Contest 2020

Grand Prize Strings Contest Judge

Tina Chang Qu
performs regularly as soloist, recitalist and chamber musician.
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Dr. Jubal Fulks
Associate Professor of Violin  at University of Northern Colorado.
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Peter Lloyd
Professor of Double Bass and Chamber Music at The Colburn Conservatory in Los Angeles.
Member of the board of directors for The International Society of Bassists
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Grand Prize Piano Contest Judge

Adam Piotr Żukiewicz
Associate Professor of Piano at University of Northern Colorado
Resident Faculty Pianist at International Music Festival of the Adriatic, Duino, Italy
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Dr. Jiayi Shi
Chamber musician and collaborative pianist, Educator
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Dr. Judy Huang
Pianist, Faculties of Orange County School of the Arts in Santa Ana.
State Chair of the Music Teacher Association of California Association of California Concerto/Solo Piano Competitions
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