Violinist Sergey Krilov, 47, is the president of the jury of the 55th International Paganini Violin Competition. He has been nominated by the councilor Elisa Serafini on the proposal of the artistic director Giuseppe Acquaviva and supported by the mayor of Genoa, Marco Bucci. The other members of the jury for the 2018 edition that will be held in Genoa from April 5 to 14, are violinists Dimitri Berlinsky, Bin Huang, Heiner Madl, Svetlana Makarova, Anna Tifu and the conductor Daniel Smith.