The Nashville International Chopin Piano Competition Announces Screening Jury Members
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Californer -- The Administration of the Nashville International Chopin Piano Competition today announced the names of the members of the competition Screening Jury. They are responsible for listening to recorded performances of the best young interpreters of the music of Frédéric Chopin from around the world and admitting contestants to the live competition to be held October 14-15 in Nashville, TN.

Competition Artistic Director, Dr. Graciella Kowalczyk, made public the names of renowned pianists Ingmar Lazar, Anton Mordasov, Andrey Ponechevny, and Zbigniew Raubo who will perform the screening.

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Dr. Kowalczyk was quoted as saying "The Nashville International Chopin Piano Competition is an organization of the highest integrity, transparency, and fairness and we ensure that our process upholds those qualities by having a remarkably experienced and qualified group of world-class artists judging the screening round, while the competition jury will hear the competitors for the first time in their live performances."

Jury biographies can be found on the competition Jury page. Applications are now open at  on the competition website's Apply Now page. Please direct inquiries to competition Administrative Director Joshua Izzard.