Jury JURY a) The Jury will consist of at least 5 members. b) The following are not allowed to form part of the Jury: any relative or friend of any of the contestants: anyone who is teaching or who has privately taught any contestant within the last two years; members of the Jury who are teaching at a public school at present or who have taught any of the contestants in the last two years, must refrain from discussions and abstain from voting for their own students/contestants. This abstention shall be recorded in the minutes. In compliance with this, when the Jury is being sworn in each member shall make a statement as to his/her personal position concerning the contestant. c) If one or more of the members of the Jury are unable to attend the competition, they will be replaced with jurors selected by the "Associazione Musicale Joaquin Rodrigo - ONLUS". d) The Artistic Direction may bring forward or postpone the date of the competition if there is a valid reason. e) A competitor’s performance may be interrupted at any moment by the jury. f) In the event of an exceptionally complex result in the evaluation of the finalists, the Jury may request all or some of them to play additional pieces. g) In the event of a tie, the vote of the President will be decisive.