The Members of the Jury of Pendim International Competition 2009

Chairman

Prof. Dr. Peter Sadlo (Germany)

Professor at the Munich University of music, Germany
Professor at the Mozarteum University, Salzburg, Austria
Doctor of Music Science
Doctor h. c. at the Pancho Vladigerov State Academy of music – Sofia, Bulgaria
At age of 20, he accepted the position of solo timpanist at the Munich Philharmonic under S. Celibidache
Has recorded more than 15 solo CD’s
Has worked with the world’s most influential conductors, such as L. Bernstein, S. Osawa, L. Maasel, Z. Mehta, D. Barenboim
Artistic director of the Les museiques festival, Basel, Switzerland
Endorser for a wide range of percussion instruments
Composer, arranger, scientist

Prof. Dr. Katarzyna Mycka (Poland, Germany)

Founder of the International Katarzyna Mycka Marimba Academy, Poland
Professor of marimba at the Paderewski Academy of music in Poznan, Poland
Has been awarded the honor of Ambassadress of Polish Percussive Arts by the Polish Percussive Arts Society
Has been member of the jury at numerous competitions
Has given master classes in the USA, Germany, Poland, Japan, China, Mexico, Luxembourg and Switzerland
Has been guest soloist with many orchestras in Europe and Asia
Prize winner of many international percussion competitions
Numerous CD recordings

http://www.marimbasolo.com

Prof. Nebojsa Zivkovic (Germany)

Composer
Concert artist
Visiting professor at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis and Hartford
Percussion department chair and visiting professor at the University of Novi Sad, Serbia
Has been member of the jury at numerous competitions
Has given master classes in the USA, Germany, Canada, Austria, Slovenia, Russia
Founder of the Zivkovic International Summer Academy for Marimba and percussion

http://www.zivkovic.de

Prof. Emmanuel Séjourné (France)

Mrs. Tatiana Koleva (Netherlands, Bulgaria)

Internationally renown virtuoso solo and ensemble musician in contemporary music
Has given master classes throughout Europe, the USA, Japan, Canada, Mexico
Co-founder and member of ELECTRA ensemble
Has duos with the jazz saxophonist Rutger van Otterloo and organist Jan Hage
Solo album "Knock on Wood" and numerous CD recordings
Solo multimedia program "Rituals & Confessions"
Co-founder of PPP/TK Education Prize for young Bulgarian talent
Musician of the Year 2007 for "all-round musical activities and significant contribution to European integration of Bulgarian culture" by the National Radio of Bulgaria

Prof. Dr. Tatiana Karparova (Bulgaria)

Professor of percussion instruments at the Pancho Vladigerov State Academy of music, Sofia, Bulgaria
Doctor of music science
Co-founder and member of Contemporary music trio
Has given many chamber music recitals
Recordings for numerous radio and TV programmes in Bulgaria and Europe

Mr. Alexander Kamenarov (Austria, Bulgaria)

Co-founder and member of Via Nova Percussion group, which won First Prize at the International Competition for Percussion instruments in Luxembourg (IPCL) 200
Member of different austrian ensembles for new music
Has given chamber music recitals in Japan, HongKong, Taiwan, and all over the Europe
CD Next generation
Solo timpanist of Philharmony of Nations, Germany

Mr. Pencho Penchev (Bulgaria)

Percussion instruments teacher at Dobrin Petkov National School for Music and Dance
President of PENDIM Co
Chairman of the PENDIM Foundation
Founder of the PENDIM Competition for Percussion Instruments