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2026 Head Judge and Masterclass Artist

Dr. Spencer Myer

Associate Professor

IU Jacobs School of Music

Current Adjudicators

Dr. Hyrum Arnesen

DMA, Cincinnatti College-Conservatory of Music

Dr. Arnesen is the Director of Piano Studies at Southern Virginia University. He holds degrees from Brigham Young University and the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. He is a committed pedagogue who regularly presents and serves as a clinician at national conferences on piano pedagogy.

Lyndon Ji

DMA Candidate, Yale School of Music

Lyndon currently serves as Staff Pianist at Rutgers University and is a candidate for the Doctor of Musical Arts at the Yale School of Music. He was the Grand Prize Winner of the 2023 Chicago International Music Competition and has performed extensively throughout the USA and Europe.

Dr. Jimmy Cheung

DMA, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music

Dr. Jimmy Cheung is an award-winning pianist, educator, and collaborator who has performed at prestigious venues around the world. He regularly presents at major pedagogy conferences and serves on competition juries. Cheung holds DMA and Artist Diploma degrees from University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and teaches at Texas Lutheran University and the Musical Arts Center of San Antonio.

Stephen Joven-Lee

DMA Candidate, Northwestern Bienen School of Music

 

Hailed as a pianist of “dazzling virtuosity”, “enthralling sound”, and “wisdom beyond his years” by the Hyde Park Herald, Philippine-born Stephen Joven-Lee is an award winner of almost two-dozen competitions which have led him to perform in many renowned stages including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and Severance Reinberger Hall.

Dr. Amy E. Gustafson

DMA, UT Austin

Praised for her “exquisite sensitivity” and a “style filled with class and elegance” by La Voz de Asturias (Asturias, Spain), American pianist Amy E. Gustafson is a Yamaha Artist and has performed across the United States, Eastern and Western Europe and in Asia. She is the director of The Palmetto International Piano Festival in South Carolina and the Gijón International Piano Festival in Gijón, Spain.

Dr. Kyunghoon Kim

DM, IU Jacobs School of Music

Kyunghoon Kim is Visiting Lecturer in Music in Chamber and Collaborative music at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. A native of South Korea, Kim made his debut at the age of 12 with the Solideo Philharmonic Orchestra. He has been featured as a piano soloist with numerous orchestras in South Korea, Vietnam, and the United States, including two appearances with the IU Symphony Orchestra as a concerto competition winner.

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