Adam International Cello Festival and Competition

[2] The festival was based at the Great Hall, located in the Christchurch Arts Centre and took the form of a week long programme of competition rounds, guest recitals, masterclasses, workshops, conversations, and social events.

[6] Prize winners: Invited cellists: Ashley Brown, Tara Cuddeford, Ken Endo, Sebastian Foron, Stephen Framil, Charmian Hammill, Christopher Hutton, Matthew Jones, Bongshin Ko, Tibor Nemeth, Martin Osten, Timothy Park, Julie Platt, Wolfgang Schmidt, Peter Seidenberg, Nicolai, Skliarevski, Iaroslav Tcherenkov, Igor Zubkovski.

[8] International jury panel: David Geringas (Lithuania/Germany), Natalia Pavlutskaya (Russia/NZ), Markus Stocker (Switzerland/Australia), Young-Chang Cho (Korea/Germany), Alexander Ivashkin (Russia/NZ) Finals gala conductor: Theodore Kuchar (United States) [9] Prize winners: Invited cellists: Greg Beaver, Marie Bittloch, Jung-Eun Choi, Christina Christensen, Hye-Min Chung, Fabian Diedrichs, David Garner, Elke Hager, Ichiro Hasabe, Rachel Johnston, Doo Min Kim, Soo-Yeon Kim, Phillip Koerner, Inbal Meggido, Daniel Morris, Alice Neary, Timothy Nemeth, Timothy Park, Julie Platt, Li-Wei Qin, Alexei Sarkissov, Hilmar Schweizer, Vitautus Sondeckis[10] International jury panel: Siegfried Palm (Germany), Natalia Pavlutskaya (Russia/NZ), David Pereira (Australia), Markus Stocker (Switzerland/Australia), Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi (Japan) Finals gala conductor: Brian Law (NZ) [11] Prize winners: International jury panel: Mstislav Rostropovich (didn't come because of the illness), Karine Georgian (Armenia/UK), Alexander Ivashkin (Russia/NZ), Philippe Müller (France), Natalia Pavlutskaya (Russia/NZ), Nathan Waks (Australia) Finals gala conductor: Sir William Southgate [12] Prize winners: International jury panel: Alexander Ivashkin (Russia/NZ), Torleif Thedéen (Sweden), Georg Pedersen (Denmark/Australia), Natalia Pavlutskaya (Russia/NZ), Lev Markiz (The Netherlands).

Finals Gala Guest Conductor: Brian Law (NZ) [15] [16] Prize winners: International jury panel[18] Alexander Ivashkin (Russia/UK), Simon Morris (UK), Natalia Pavlutskaya (Russia/UK), Leslie Parnas (USA) and Arvo Volmer (Estonia) Finals Gala Concert Conductor: Arvo Volmer (Estonia) [19] Prize winners: International jury panel: Frans Helmerson (Sweden), Alexander Ivashkin (Russia/UK), Natalia Pavlutskaya (Russia/UK), Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt (Germany), Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi (Japan) Finals gala conductor: Werner Andreas Albert (Germany) [21] Initiated in 2006,[22] The Young Composers’ Competition ran alongside the festival and competition and was open to composers under the age of 30 enrolled in or graduates from a New Zealand secondary or tertiary level School of Music.

Featured cellists were Yoosha (Yoon-Jung) Kim (NZ/UK), Alice Neary (UK), László Fenyö (Hungary/Germany), Wolfgang Schmidt (Germany), Li-Wei Qin (Australia/UK), and Monika Leskovar (Croatia/Germany).