Jury

Stichtend directeur, docent piano en kamermuziek aan de "Muziekacademie FORTE" (www.musicacademy.be ). Stichtend directeur, docent piano, kamermuziek en docent piano aan de Internationale Muziekacademie van Brussel (www.brima.be). Oprichter, artistiek directeur, voorzitter en jurylid van het Internationaal Concours voor jonge pianisten "Merci, Maestro!" (www.mercimaestro.be).

Jurylid bij vele internationale pianoconcoursen, lid van EPTA en balletpianist.

Ook werkzaam als pianist bij een aantal vooraanstaande gezelschappen: Pasodos Dance Company (Palma Dance Center, Mallorca); Astana Ballet (Kazachstan); L'Hivernal de la dance (Luik, België), enz.

Sinds een aantal jaren treedt hij op als hoofdpianist bij het Koninklijk Ballet van Vlaanderen (Antwerpen, België); Brussels International Ballet School (Brussel, België); Koninklijke Balletschool in Antwerpen; Rosas, P.A.R.T.S. et Yantra in Brussel; Studio Bejart (Brussel, België); pianobegeleider aan een Hoge Muziekschool (Kiev, Oekraïne).

Behaalde diploma's met onderscheiding in Piano/Accompaniment/Kamermuziek/Psycho-pedagogie van drie conservatoria: Nationaal Conservatorium Tsjaikovski (Kiev, Oekraïne), Koninklijk Conservatorium van Luik (België), Koninklijk Conservatorium van Brussel (België).

Professor of piano at the Israeli Conservatory of Music in Tel–Aviv. Artistic director of “Stretto international piano competition” in Tel-Aviv. Previously artistic director of Scherzo international piano competition.Pianist and piano teacher, graduated from the Tchaikovsky National Academy of Music in Kiev, Ukraine (class of Aza Roshina). She constantly teaches around the globe in different master classes, frequently judging at  various international competitions and giving lectures about her unique teaching experience.

From 1989 up till now Lyudmyla Zakopets has been working as a piano teacher in Lviv Solomiya Krushelnytska school of music.She graduated Chernivtsi Music College in 1984 (class by Prasol M.I) and Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine (class by prof.Vitte N.M.) in 1989 with honors.Lyudmyla Zakopets has been coordinator and professor of international piano forum "Beshchady bez kordoniv" in Ukraine. Thanks to creative cooperation with Ya.Dzhevietskyi and Ya. Ostrovskyi near 300 young pianists every year for 20 years have performed on the Forum stage and took part in workshops of provident educators.Lyudmyla Zakopets is an organizator and director of the first international young pianist competition "Feurich-virtuos" in Lviv and “Bechstein”.Over the years of teaching, the achievements are: 90 prizewinners of international and national competitions, 40 performances with symphonic and chamber orchestras in Ukraine , Germany, Poland, Slowenijas. Many of Lyudmyla Zakopets' students continued the studies in Music Academies in Ukraine (Lviv, Kyiv) Poland (Krakow, Bydgosz) Austria (Graz) Spain (Barcelona).Lyudmyla was invited to "Dora Schwarzberg summer international music school"as a teacher, offen conducts master classes in Ukraine and abroad.Also worked as a member of jury of international and Ukrainian competitions.Lyudmyla is awarded with diploma by Ministry of Culture and "Achievement Medal" of Ukrainian and from Poland.

Professor viool, kamermuziek aan de Staatsmuziekschool F. Chopin, de Muziekschool nr. 2 (1e niveau) in Wrocław en aan de Staatsmuziekschool K. Szymanowski (1e en 2e niveau) in Wrocław, waar zij vele jaren hoofd was van het eerste niveau van de strijkinstrumenten- en gitaarafdeling.

Afgestudeerd aan het Staatsconservatorium van Antonina Nieżdanowa in Odessa, in de vioolklas van Aleksander Pavlov.

Gedurende vele jaren lid van de 1e violen in het orkest van de Neder-Silezische Opera in Wrocław. Medeoprichter van het Wrocław String Quartet, waarmee hij optrad in Polen en Europa. Jurylid van verschillende nationale en internationale vioolcompetities. Medeoprichter van de Neder-Silezische Vereniging van F. Chopin in Wrocław, waar ze 9 jaar lang vicevoorzitter was.

Twice she received an individual award from the Director of the Artistic Education Center for a special contribution to the development of artistic education in Poland. Was awarded the Bronze Cross of Merit and the Silver Medal by the President of the Republic of Poland.

Pascale teaches orchestral and choral conducting in Academie Ekeren.Pascale Van Os studied piano at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp with Levente Kende, Heidi Hendrickx and Nikolaas Kende and studied the violin as a secondary instrument at the conservatory with Dirk Verelst, Vegard Nilsen and Guido De Neve.From September 2010 Pascale was admitted to the master's programme in choral conducting with Luc Anthonis and Geert Hendrix and the master's programme in orchestral conducting with Ivo Venkov and Koen Kessels at the Royal Conservatory in Antwerp. In 2013 she graduated with great distinction for choral conducting (2013) and orchestral conducting (2014).In 2021-22 Pascale Van Os was the Assistant Conductor for the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège (Gergely Madaras). As a conductor she is associated with the Flemish Chamber Philharmonic, Virago Symphonic Orchestra, Stringendo, Symphonic Orchestra Artemis,...She conducted concerts with Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, KLK Symphony Orchestra and Lviv Philharmonic (Ukraine), Rousse Philharmonic Orchestra (Bulgaria), Orchestre de Picardie (France), Elblag Chamber Orchestra (Poland),...In addition, she has worked with various other choirs and orchestras such as Bachwerk, Kempens Symfonisch Orkest, the Ghent Singers, Jong Symfonisch Antwerpen,... and she has been selected by À Cœur Joie (Régionale de Bruxelles) to perform Verdi's Requiem in Bozar (Brussels) in 2022.In August 2023 she won the 1st prize, orchestra prize and audience prize at the International Conducting Competition Opéra de Baugé.In December 2022 she was awarded with a honorable mention at the “VIENNA NEW YEAR’S CONCERT” International Music Competition 2022 and in July 2023 she won the 2nd prize in the New York Classical Music Competition 2023.In November 2021 she received the Award Ernest van der Eycken as an upcoming conductor.In December 2011 she won the conductor's competition organised by Klara and she conducted the Belgian Chamber Philharmonic, broadcast live on Klara. With the Vocal Ensemble Caloroso she won the 2nd prize in the category chamber choir at the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod 2013 in Wales and the Prize of the Ministry of Culture at the Bydgoszcz Musical Impressions 2016 in Poland.She was admitted to masterclasses in orchestral conducting with Kristiina Poska, Robin Engelen, Romolo Gessi, Lior Shambadal, Giancarlo Andretta and Konrad Von Abel, Jessica Cottis, Mark Shanahan, Richard Hetherington, Michalis Economou and conducted Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen, the Collective, the Berliner Symphoniker, l'Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, the Philharmonic Mihail Jora in Bacau, the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Ensemble Chroma the Lviv Philharmonic and Athens Philharmonia Orchestra. She followed masterclasses in choral conducting with Vic Nees and Michael Scheck, among others.