2020 IMPACT Young Artists Competition Judges

IMPACT is pleased to announce this year's judging panel of six internationally renowned musicians.

Helen Huang

Pianist

Helen Huang received the Arthur Rubinstein Prize upon graduating from Juilliard in 2004. She is currently on the Juilliard Pre-College faculty.

Pianist

Dr. Peter Toth has won top prizes at numerous piano competitions. He is a regular guest artist at various piano festivals.

Pianist

Michael Brown has been hailed by The New York Times as “one of the leading figures in the current renaissance of performers.”

Violist

Andy Lin is recognized as one of the most promising and the only active performers who specialized in both western and eastern instruments.

Pianist

Orion Weiss is one of the most sought-after soloists in his generation of young American musicians

Cellist

Sophie Shao is a winner of the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant and top prizes at the Rostropovich and Tchaikovsky competitions.