Presenting each time the greatest celebrities of the Polish and foreign musical world as well as young dynamic personalities of all continents we have been contributing to the development of Łódź, its region and the whole country, spreading Polish music worldwide and giving a boost to Polish culture so that it develops in contact with various cultures throughout the world.

The jury of the Alexander Tansman International Competition of Musical Personalities in 1996-2008 consisted of the best Polish and foreign artists and teachers. For many of them it was the first visit to Poland and Łódź, which was also an occasion to present their work in concert and invite them to give masterclasses.

Relations of the jury members with all the academic and other entities mentioned below were current at the time the artists have visited our competition.

Robert Aitken (Canada) flute, Staatliche Hochschule fur Musik Freiburg

Diane Andersen (Belgium) piano, Conservatoire Royal de Musique de Bruxelles

Edward Auer (USA) piano, University of Bloomington

Janos Balint (Hungary) flute, Detmold Academy of Music

Marian Borkowski (Poland) composer, Academy of Music In Warsaw

Wing Wah Chan (Hong Kong) composer

Tadeusz Chmielewski (Poland) piano, Head of F. Chopin Association in Warsaw

Amaury du Closel (France) composer, conductor of National Opera in Bucarest

Jeff Cohen (USA) piano

Guy Deplus (France) clarinet, Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique de Paris

Bogdan Dowlasz (Poland) composer, Rector of Academy of Music in Łódź

Marek Drewnowski (Poland) piano, Academy of Music in Łódź

Anders Engström (Sweden) bassoon

Jean-Marc Fessard (France) clarinet, Conservatoire Royal de Musique de Bruxelles

Stanisław Firlej (Poland) cello, Academy of Music in Łódź

Michael Flaksman (Germany) cello, Staatliche Hochschule fur Musik Mannheim

Patrick Gallois (France) flute, Hochschule fur Musik und Theater Hannover

Witold Herman (Poland) cello, Academy of Music in Cracow

Joel Hoffman (USA) composer, Conservatory of Music Cincinnati

Zygmunt Krauze (Poland) composer, Academy of Music in Warsaw and in Łodź

Dieter Kreidler (Germany) guitar, Hochschule fur Musik Koln

Konstanty Andrzej Kulka (Poland) violin, Academy of Music in Warsaw

Carlo Marchione (Italy) gitar, Hochschule fur Musik und Theater Leipzig

Wojciech Michniewski (Poland) conductor, composer

Madelaine Mitchell (Great Britain) violin

Ivan Monighetti (Russia/Switzerland) cello, Basel Music Academy

Annette Morreau (Great Britain) cello, musicologist

Jerzy Nalepka (Poland) guitar, Academy of Music in Łódź

Michael Nyman (Great Britain) composer

Janusz Olejniczak (Poland) piano, Academy of Music in Cracow

Grzegorz Olkiewicz (Poland) flute, Academy of Music in Wrocław

Humberto Quagliata (Uruguay/Spain) piano

Edward Pałłasz (Poland) composer, producer, Polish Radio Pragramme II

Zenon Płoszaj (Poland) violin, Academy of Music in Łódź

Paweł Przytocki (Poland) conductor, Artistic Director of Lodz Philharmony

Ilan Rogoff (Spain) piano

Axel Schmidt (Germany) oboe, Hochschule fur Musik Franz Liszt Weimar

Eleonore Schoenfeld (USA) cello, University of Los Angeles

Avi Schönfeld (Netherlands) piano, Conservatorium Maastricht

Marek Stachowski (Poland) composer, Academy of Music in Cracow

Pavel Steidl (Czech/Netherlands) guitar

Anna Wesołowska-Firlej (Poland) piano, Rector of Academy of Music in Łódź

Antoni Wierzbiński (Poland) flute, Rector of Academy of Music in Łódź

Israel Yinon (Israel) conductor

Frederic Zigante (France) guitar

Menachem Zur (Israel) composer, The Jerusalem Academy of Music

Teresa Żylis-Gara (Poland/Monaco) soprano