The 8th Edition Judging Panel – 2022

John Fenton (New Zealand) – President of the Jury – blogger – Member of the Jazz Journalists Association,
Fernando Rodriguez de Mondesert (Dominican Republic) – Founder and Director of Jazz en Dominicana.
Howard Mandel (USA) – President of the Jazz Journalists Association,
Hiroki Sugita (Japan) – Director of jazz website “PJ Portrait in jazz”.
Andrea Keller (Australia) – musician, composer and improviser.
Jorge Grimaldos (Spain) – journalist and broadcaster
Tor Hammerø (Norway) – jazz journalist for Jazz Time Magazine
Boris Jourdain (France) – Booking agent for In Vivo Agency
Debbie Mari (South Africa) – Vocalist and pianist.
Alain Derbez (Mexico) – Poet, narrator, essayist, song writer and musician
Krzysztof Komorek (Poland) – jazz journalist, founder and editor of Donos kulturalny.
Kodi Hutchinson (Canada) – Artistic director Chronograph Records
Peter Slavid (UK) – broadcaster and journalist for London Jazz News.
Jan Fritz (Germany) – Founder of the agency JazzMedia & More
Vangelis Aragiannis (Greece) – Jazz journalist
Arnaldo DeSouteiro (Brazil) – Record Producer, Manager, Journalist, Publicist, member of Jazz Journalists Association;
Jagadeesh Ramanujam Mudambi (India) – Director of the Bangalore School of Musi,
Jason Lee (China) jazz journalist
Arthur Satyan (Armenia) – jazz pianist, composer and educator.
Marcela Breton (Colombia) – writer, member of the Jazz Journalists Association
Hrayr Attarian (USA) – Journalist for All About Jazz, Chicago Jazz Magazine and Jazziz.
Anna-Maria Nitschke (Netherlands) – Senior producer of the Jazz Department at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam
Geila Zilkha (Japan) – Jazz Vocalist, singer, songwriter, educator.
Eddie Becton (USA) – Writer, producer, broadcaster, and professor.
Kathryn Shackleton (UK) – booking agent for Watermill Jazz Club (UK)
Dubi Lenz (Israel) – Broadcaster, editor, artistic director of The Red Sea Jazz Festival –
Beatriz Ortega (Spain) – FeminaJazz Festival founder and producer,
Lars Thor Jensen (Denmark) – project manager at JazzDanmark
Jacopo Guidi (Italy) – Siena Jazz Artistic and Didactic Director,
Iliana Ilieva (Bulgaria) – Founder of Big Bang Booking & Management Agency
Mery Zimny (Poland) – jazz journalist – Co-founder of internet radio JAZZKULTURA.
Ralph Gluch (Switzerland) – booking-agent.
Ermanno Basso (Italy) – Producer and label manager
Adam Simmons (Australia) – Producer, Musician and editor for Dingo
Catherine Tackley (UK) – Vice President of the Royal Musical Association
Aya Al Azab (Poland) – Musicologist and journalist- Writer for Jazz Press magazine
Mirian Arbalejo (Spain) – jazz critic and autho – member of the Jazz Journalists Association