KONSTANTIN BOGINO
president of jury
ARTUR IARON
Born in Kielce he completed his studies at the Kraków Academy of Music in the piano class of Irena Sijałowa - VogelHe has a rich artistic activity both as a soloist and chamber musician. He has played with such prestigious orchestras as the Warsaw Symphony, the Chamber Radio Orchestra "Amadeus," the Krakow Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, and the chamber orchestras of Bialystok, Bydgoszcz, Gdansk, Jelenia Gora, Katowice, Kielce, Koszalin, ecc.
As a chamber musician he has collaborated with Teresa Żylis - Gara, Małgorzata Walewska and others He has recorded for Radio Kielce and Russian television.
He has recorded five CDs as a soloist and as a chamber musician especially the Piano and Violin Concerto by F.Mendelssohn - Bartholdy. He is president of the Krystyna Jamroz International Music Festival at Busko Zdrój and runs a series of authorial events - "Salon di Cameral Musica" at Kielce.
IVANA MARIJA VIDOVIC
Ivana Marija Vidović has emerged as one of the most eminent Croatian pianists of her generation. From the age of four she began piano studies at the "Luka Sorkočević" School of the Arts in Dubrovnik. In the beginning she studied with L.Cobenzl then Vesna Miletic. He then continued his musical training at the Ljubljana Academy of Music with Tatjana Ognjanovič where he graduated with honors in 2002. In 2005 she studied with Lazar Berman in Florence and from 2005 to 2009 with Alicia de Larrocha in Barcelona. Ivana Marija performs all over the world, in the most prestigious concert halls and played in China for the first time in the fall of 2016. Ivana frequently participates as a jury member in piano competitions and as a guest professor, giving masterclasses and lectures worldwide. Since 2012 Ivana Marija has been teaching piano at the "Luka Sorkočević" Conservatory of Art in Dubrovnik, Croatia.
SABRINA DENTE
He completed his piano studies at the Istituto Musicale Pareggiato "G. Puccini" in Gallarate under the guidance of M° Massimo Neri, graduating with highest honors; at the same Music Institute he obtained a Level II Specialized Diploma in Musical Disciplines, graduating with highest honors. He has numerous awards in National and International Piano Competitions to his credit, including 19 First Prizes at prestigious competitions. He has studied with Emilia Fadini, Lazar Berman, François-René Duchable, and Marcella Crudeli. She is artistic director of the Cultural Music Association "More Than Sound." She is regularly invited to serve on juries in national and international music competitions.
GIOVANNA VALENTE
Giovanna Valente, born in Bari, is an internationally renowned Italian pianist. She studied at the Conservatorio "Niccolò Piccinni" in Bari, where she graduated in piano with highest honors under **Michele Marvulli**. She has had significant encounters with artists such as **Franco Ferrara** and **Nino Rota**, who offered her a permanent position as soon as she graduated. Valente has performed extensively as a soloist and chamber musician, performing in Europe and South America to great public and critical acclaim.From 1977 to 2003, he was a member of the Ferrari-Valente Piano Duo, winning national and international competitions. He taught at the "N. Piccinni" Conservatory and trained many successful pianists. Currently, he is president of the Mozart Italia Association in Bari and continues to hold seminars, master classes, and serve on juries for piano competitions.
CARLA AVENTAGGIATO
She possesses uncommon instrumental qualities and is endowed with a quivering, poetic sensibility that draws the audience in. This is how la stampa specialized defines the pianist Carla Aventaggiato who has specialized with Maestros Sergio Cafaro,Antonio Bacchelli, Novin Afrouz, Aldo Ciccolini, François Joël Thiollier and Marisa Somma. Awarded in several National and International Competitions, she carries out an intense concert activity, both as a soloist and in piano duo formation, which has led her to give concerts in prestigious Cultural Associations in Italy (Milan-Circolo della Stampa, Cosenza-Teatro Rendano, Bari Teatro Piccinni, Ravello-Villa Rufolo, etc.) and abroad (Spain, Romania, Germany, Croatia etc..). Regularly invited to serve on judging commissions of national and international piano competitions, she is the artistic director of the National Piano Competition "City of Casamassima", the 'Music Association "Amadeus" of Casamassima and the International Piano Competition "City of Acquaviva delle Fonti - "Premio Giovanni Colafemmina". He teaches principal piano at the "N. Piccinni" Conservatory of Music in Bari.
MAURIZIO MATARRESE
He graduated with highest honors from the "Niccolò Piccinni" Conservatory of Music in Bari under the guidance of Marisa Somma. He continued his studies with Novin Afrouz, Paul Badura-Skoda, Aldo Ciccolini, e François-Joël Thiollier. He made his debut at the age of seventeen at the Petruzzelli Theater of Bari, launching a brilliant concert career both as a soloist and as a piano duo with his wife Carla Aventaggiato. He has been awarded prizes in many national and international piano competitions, and is regularly invited as a judge in these competitions. He is artistic director, together with his wife, of the International Piano Competition City of Acquaviva delle Fonti - Premio Giovanni Colafemmina. He teaches principal piano at the "N. Piccinni" Conservatory of Bari, beginning his teaching activity at only eighteen years of age. His 30 years of experience is evidenced by the success of his students. He regularly holds master classes and seminars.
