Meet the 2024 Competition Jury
Mark Kosower, principal cellist of the Cleveland Orchestra and 1992 Klein First Prizewinner.
Ian Swensen, Isaac Stern Distinguished Chair of Violin at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music
John Wineglass, 2024 composer (see bio)
Hal Robinson, from 1995-2022, principal bass of the Philadelphia Orchestra and a current member of the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music.
Daniel Stewart, Music Director of the Santa Cruz Symphony, and Wattis Foundation Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra.
Barbara Day Turner, conductor and Music Director of San Jose Chamber Orchestra.
Paul Yarbrough, cofounder and former violist of the Alexander String Quartet.
Past Jury Members 1986-2023
(parentheses indicate number of years served)
Richard Aaron (2)
Howard Aibel
Giancarlo Aquilanti
Adolph Baller
Cathy Basrak (2)
Lisa Bielawa
Vasile Beluska
Carlo Bussotti
Ronald Caltabiano (3)
Stuart Canin (2)
Dan Carlson
Charles Castleman
Nikki Chooi
George Cleve (2)
Robert Commanday (3)
Christopher Costanza (3)
Denis De Coteau (11)
Robert deMaine
Francesca dePasquale
Glenn Dicterow (4)
Karen Dreyfus (4)
Theodore Dollarhide (3)
Amir Eldan
Richard Festinger
Ethan Filner (4)
Jennifer Frautschi
Joel Friedman
Zlatomir Fung
David Froom
Jane Galante (2)
Michael Gelfand (5)
Peter Gelfand (7)
Robert Gibson
Marc Gottlieb (27)
Alan Grishman (8)
Saul Gropman (2)
Paul Hertelendy
Richard Hirschl
Joel Hoffman (2)
Janet Horvath (2)
Frank Huang
Dick Hyman
Andrew Imbrie
Byung-Woo Kim (12)
David Kim (3)
Jennifer Kloetzel (5)
Daniel Kobialka (6)
Joshua Kosman (9)
Mark Kosower (2)
Fredell Lack (2)
Patricia Taylor Lee (14)
J. Karla Lemon
Frederick Lifsitz (4)
David Liptak (4)
Melvin Margolis (13)
Jeffrey Miller (4)
Donna Mudge (9)
Alasdair Neale (3)
Zara Nelsova (2)
Eric Nowlin
Detlev Olshausen
Michael Ouzounian
David Park (2)
Paola Prestini
Milton Preves (6)
David Requiro
Stefan Reuss (2)
Channing Robbins
Hal Robinson
Lesley Robertson
Margaret Rowell
Elena Ruehr
William Schoen (2)
Alice Schoenfeld (12)
Eleonore Schoenfeld (5)
Amy Schwartz Moretti
Stephen Shipps (2)
Benjamin Simon
Carlos Simon
Frank Stemper
Daniel Stewart (4)
Tom Stone (2)
Ian Swensen (7)
Margaret Tait (18)
Reynold Tharp
Jassen Todorov
Barbara Day Turner (11)
Sakari Dixon Vanderveer
Laszlo Varga (6)
Mark Volkert (2)
Geraldine Walther (5)
Richard Webb
Camilla Wicks (5)
Sandy Wilson (5)
Ge-Fang Yang (3)
Paul Yarbrough (3)
Bernard Zaslav (6)
Howard Zhang