During the festival the performers are judged by an international jury made up of famous musicologists, art directors and managers of international festivals. This year’s panel of experts making up the jury hailed from Singapore, Belgium, the Republic of Korea, Indonesia, Morocco, Canada, Japan, China, India, Israel, and Uzbekistan. The function of the international jury is to select artists and groups for festival awards as a way encouraging artists and groups to further the transmission of music heritage to future generations.