2025 Competition Jury
Michelle Cann
Concert Pianist
Lauded as “exquisite” by The Philadelphia Inquirer and “a pianist of sterling artistry” by Gramophone, Michelle Cann is one of the most sought-after pianists of her generation. Recent engagements include appearances with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, The Philadelphia Orchestra, and the San Francisco Symphony. Her honors include the Sphinx Medal of Excellence and the Andrew Wolf Chamber Music Award. She studied at Cleveland Institute of Music and Curtis Institute of Music. She is on the piano faculty at Curtis and Manhattan School of Music. She is also the Christel DeHaan Artistic Partner of the American Pianists Association.
David Frost
Grammy Award-winning Record Producer
David Frost is a recording producer with releases by major labels such as Sony Classical, Decca Classics, Deutsche Grammophon, EMI Classics, and RCA Red Seal. Honors include twenty-five Grammy Awards, among them seven for Classical Producer of the Year and four for Best Engineered Classical Album. He has produced recordings for Renée Fleming, The Chicago Symphony and Riccardo Muti, Yuja Wang, Daniel Trifonov, The Metropolitan Opera, Evgeny Kissin, the Emerson String Quartet, Alicia de Larrocha, Anne Akiko Meyers, Matt Haimovitz and many others.
He is currently a music producer and mixer for the Metropolitan Opera’s “Live in HD” cinema broadcasts, and has served as music producer for WNET’s Great Performances television series, featuring Itzhak Perlman, Yo-Yo Ma, The New York Philharmonic, Andrea Bocelli, Pierre Boulez, The Cleveland Orchestra and The Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Adriaan Fuchs
Director, Festivals and Special Projects, Carnegie Hall
Adriaan Fuchs works as Director: Festivals and Special Projects at Carnegie Hall, overseeing the Hall’s major artistic projects, including citywide festivals and programmatic focuses, along with various concert series. Prior to his time at Carnegie Hall, he served as Director of Artistic Planning and Touring at The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Hailing from South Africa, his previous experience includes being Director of the Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival and Business Development Manager at Cape Town Opera. He obtained his BMus, MPhil, and MBA degrees all with distinction.
Jeremy Ney
Head of Music and Performance, The Frick Collection
Jeremy Ney is Head of Music and Performance at The Frick Collection, where he is responsible for shaping the future of the Frick’s acclaimed music and performance program, including inaugural presentation within The Frick Collection’s new 220-seat auditorium. Prior to the Frick, Jeremy was Senior Director of Music at The Phillips Collection where he ran the museum’s 83-year concert series and helped expand music’s role in the institution through commissioning and in-gallery performance. Jeremy has 15 years of experience in music and cultural nonprofit programming and management and holds an MMus in Musicology from King’s College London.
Erin Lunsford Norton
Vice President of Artistic Planning, New Jersey Symphony
Erin Lunsford Norton is an artistic administrator and bassoonist with over nine years of experience in orchestral programming. Ms. Norton is currently the Vice President of Artistic Planning at the New Jersey Symphony in Newark, NJ, overseeing all programming at the orchestra. Before joining the New Jersey Symphony, Ms. Norton held positions with the North Carolina Symphony, Utah Symphony, and Grand Teton Music Festival.
Ms. Norton holds a Bachelor of Music degree in bassoon performance from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she graduated with highest distinction and as a member of Phi Beta Kappa, in addition to earning the Benjamin Swalin Orchestra Award for outstanding commitment and artistry in the UNC Symphony Orchestra.
Lee Prinz
President & CEO, Colbert Artists
Lee Prinz is the President & CEO of Colbert Artists Management, Inc representing a select list of international conductors, instrumentalists, vocalists and chamber groups. He received a Bachelor of Music in voice from the Eastman School of Music in 1998 and worked at Columbia Artists Management, Inc. and Trawick Artists before joining Colbert in 2003. He has judged competitions, spoken to university, conservatory and young artist programs throughout the US and Canada. He is a 15-time marathoner.
CAG/Partner Jury
Tanya Bannister
President - CAG
Tim Mar
Chief Operating Officer - CAG
Alasdair Tait
Chief Executive and Artistic Director - Young Classical Artists Trust
John Glover
Director of Artistic Planning - Kaufman Music Center
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