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Past CIJA Winners & Press
WINNERS
CIJA 2026 LTR: 2nd place: Andreas Varady (guitar), 1st Place: Alan Bartus (piano), 3rd Place: Jordi Roviro (trumpet), CIJA director: Lukas Gabric, PhD, PC: Gilbert Waldner
CIJA 2024 ltr: 1st Place Rahul Shah (USA), 2nd Place Ben Harris (USA), 3rd Place & Audience Award Peter Haensel (USA) PC: Gilbert Waldner
CIJA 2024: 1st Place Rahul Shah (USA) PC: Gilbert Waldner
CIJA 2024: 2nd Place Ben Harris (USA) PC: Gilbert Waldner
CIJA 2024: 3rd Place & Audience Choice Award Peter Haensel (USA) PC: Gilbert Waldner
CIJA 2023: 1st Place Howard Dietz (USA)
PC: Erich Dorfer
CIJA 2023: 2nd Place Grega Skaza (SLO)
PC: Erich Dorfer
CIJA 2023: 3rd Place Steffan Bello (CAN)
PC: Erich Dorfer
CIJA 2022: 1st place David Bernot (USA)
CIJA 2022: 2nd place Vetit Suebnukarn (Thailand)
CIJA 2022: 3rd place Márton Papp (Hungary)
CIJA 2022: Finalist Zakk Machemer (USA)
CIJA 2020: 1st place Daniel Cohen (Israel), 2nd place Nathan Bellot (USA), 3rd place M. Alex Ramirez (Colombia/USA)
CIJA 2019: 1st place Maxense Ravelomanantsoa (France) ex aequo with Dean Tsur (Israel)
CIJA 2019: 1st place Dean Tsur (Israel) ex aequo with Maxense Ravelomanantsoa (France)
CIJA 2019: 2nd Place Alex De Lazzari (USA)
CIJA 2018: 3rd place Martin Gasser (Austria)
CIJA 2018: 2nd place Stephen Martin (USA)
CIJA 2018: 1st place Francesco Patti (Italy)
PRESS
CIJA 2026 Nachbericht – Kleine Zeitung – Gilbert Waldner
CIJA 2026 Nachbericht – JAM Music Lab University Website
CIJA 2018: Newspaper article about the placements of the finalists
Newspaper article about Lukas Gabric and his role in organizing the CIJA
CIJA 2019: Newspaper article announcing the finalists (Kleine Zeitung, July 20, 2019)
CIJA 2019: Newspaper article declaring the placements of the finalists (Kleine Zeitung)
CIJA 2024 Announcement Newspaper Article Kleine Zeitung by Gilbert Waldner
CIJA 2024 Newspaper Article Kleine Zeitung by Gilbert Waldner
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