9th Singapore Performers’ Festival 2026

Adjudicators

Meet the adjudicators for the 9th PF. Click on the photo collage above to jump to each profile card, or click on any card to view the full biography.

Brian Larson
Violin Adjudicator

Brian Larson

B.Mus, High Distinction at McGill University, as a student of Mauricio Fuks and Tom Williams. He had additional studies with Gwen Thompson, Vladimir Landsman, Jean-Jacques Kantorow, & Taras Gabora. Since 1989 has performed in over 3500 concerts...

Toko Inomoto
Violin Adjudicator

Toko Inomoto

Born, 1969 in Kumamoto, Japan to parents who are both Suzuki Violin instructors, Toko started violin lessons at a very early age under her mother. She started playing in Kumamoto Youth Orchestra at age 7...

Michael Hall
Violin Adjudicator

Michael Hall

Michael Hall, viola, is an international soloist, recording artist, professor, and champion of music by living composers. He has over 170 compositions written for him, performed for three former US Presidents...

Chan Wei Shing
Violin Adjudicator

Chan Wei Shing

Chan Wei Shing is a Singapore-based cellist, conductor, and educator with a distinguished career spanning orchestral performance, chamber music, opera, and teaching...

Simon Cobcroft
Violin Adjudicator

Simon Cobcroft

Australian musician Simon Cobcroft enjoys a rich and varied musical life in Australia and further afield, as a solo and orchestral cellist, artistic director, chamber musician and educator...