2025 Winter Adjudicators
Dr. TianYi Li
DMA, The Juilliard School
Dr. Li is a Secondary Piano instructor at the Juilliard School and a Postgraduate Teaching Fellow at the New School for Music Study. Dr. Li is the recipient of the third prize alongside numerous special prizes at the 2017 Tbilisi International Piano Competition, the sixth prize at the 2024 Xiamen International Piano Competition, and a two-time Bowdoin International Music Festival piano fellow in 2022 and 2024.
Mai Mizuno
DMA, University of North Texas
Japanese-American pianist Mai has appeared in various venues throughout the world, from Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage in Washington, D.C., to Miyama Conseru in Japan. Mai holds Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from Indiana University and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano Performance from the University of North Texas.