FOUNDERS & AR TIS TIC ADV IS OR S “Young Artists International is an organization that consists of active and participating musicians following the dictates of their conscience; i.e. their responsibility to the younger generations. I endorse it with all my heart.� (1997) -Lord Yehudi Menuhin Founding Member, In Memoriam
Eduard Schmieder Carnell Distinguished Professor violinist, conductor / USA
Ida Haendel, CBE Great Dame of the Violin United Kingdom/Canada, In Memoriam
Lynn Harrell, In Memoriam
Board of Directors
Jonathan Steinberg, Chairman Mary Levin-Cutler, Founding Chairman Ada Sands, Vice Chair Theodore Bikel, In Memoriam Hernando Courtright, Vice Chair East Coast
Artistic Advisors
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Schmieder & Lord Menuhin
Cho-Liang Lin
Director
Laura Schmieder
Community Advisory Board
Julius Berger
Gary Karr
Wynton Marsalis
Yefin Bronfman
Gidon Kremer
Igor Oistrakh
Menachem Pressler
Ruggiero Ricci, In Memoriam
Angel Romero
Vadim Repin
Martin Chalifour
Nathaniel Rosen
Thomas Backer, Ph.D. Dr. Jim Eninger Jim Gilliam, Arts Administrator, City of Encinitas Monte M. Lemann II, Esq. Harold Schloss, The Schloss Group of Merrill Lynch Wanda Presburger, Community Liaison Anna Volkoff, CPA Hon. Zev Yaroslavsky
International Council Directors, International Competitions
Count Yvan De Launoit - Vice President Queen Elizabeth International Competition (Belguim) Kaija Saariketu - Director, Sibelius International Competition (Finland) Mihai Constantinescu - Director, George Enescu International Competition & Festival (Romania)
Festival Staff
Alexander Milovanov Jacopo Giacopuzzi Hillel Smith - Graphic Design
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