Meet the 2025 Competition Jury
Barbara Day Turner, conductor and Music Director of San Jose Chamber Orchestra
Eileen Moon, from 2007-2022, Associate Principal Cello with the New York Philharmonic
Glenn Dicterow, past concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic; current Chair in Strings and Chamber Music at the USC Thornton School of Music
Hal Robinson, from 1995-2022, principal bass of the Philadelphia Orchestra and a current member of the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music
John Wineglass, Emmy-Award Winning Composer; 2024 Klein Competition-commissioned composer
Jory Fankuchen, principal conductor of the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra, and violinist and founding member of the Chamber Music Society of San Francisco
Karen Dreyfus, violist, teaches at Manhattan School of Music and faculty of the USC Thornton School of Music
Past Jury Members 1986-2024
(parentheses indicate number of years served)
Richard Aaron (2)
Howard Aibel
Giancarlo Aquilanti
Adolph Baller
Cathy Basrak (2)
Lisa Bielawa
Vasile Beluska
Carlo Bussotti
Ronald Caltabiano (3)
Stuart Canin (2)
Dan Carlson
Charles Castleman
Nikki Chooi
George Cleve (2)
Robert Commanday (3)
Christopher Costanza (3)
Denis De Coteau (11)
Robert deMaine
Francesca dePasquale
Glenn Dicterow (4)
Karen Dreyfus (4)
Theodore Dollarhide (3)
Amir Eldan
Jory Fankuchen
Richard Festinger
Ethan Filner (4)
Jennifer Frautschi
Joel Friedman
Zlatomir Fung
David Froom
Jane Galante (2)
Michael Gelfand (5)
Peter Gelfand (7)
Robert Gibson
Marc Gottlieb (27)
Alan Grishman (8)
Saul Gropman (2)
Paul Hertelendy
Richard Hirschl
Joel Hoffman (2)
Janet Horvath (2)
Frank Huang
Dick Hyman
Andrew Imbrie
Byung-Woo Kim (12)
David Kim (3)
Jennifer Kloetzel (5)
Daniel Kobialka (6)
Joshua Kosman (9)
Mark Kosower (3)
Fredell Lack (2)
Patricia Taylor Lee (14)
J. Karla Lemon
Frederick Lifsitz (4)
David Liptak (4)
Melvin Margolis (13)
Jeffrey Miller (4)
Donna Mudge (9)
Alasdair Neale (3)
Zara Nelsova (2)
Eric Nowlin
Detlev Olshausen
Michael Ouzounian
David Park (2)
Paola Prestini
Milton Preves (6)
Gity Razaz
David Requiro
Stefan Reuss (2)
Channing Robbins
Hal Robinson (2)
Lesley Robertson
Margaret Rowell
Elena Ruehr
William Schoen (2)
Alice Schoenfeld (12)
Eleonore Schoenfeld (5)
Amy Schwartz Moretti
Stephen Shipps (2)
Benjamin Simon
Carlos Simon
Frank Stemper
Daniel Stewart (5)
Tom Stone (2)
Ian Swensen (7)
Margaret Tait (18)
Reynold Tharp
Jassen Todorov
Barbara Day Turner (12)
Sakari Dixon Vanderveer
Laszlo Varga (6)
Mark Volkert (2)
Geraldine Walther (5)
Richard Webb
Camilla Wicks (5)
Sandy Wilson (5)
John Wineglass
Ge-Fang Yang (3)
Paul Yarbrough (4)
Bernard Zaslav (6)
Howard Zhang