2026 Adjudicators

Twice a gold medalist and ARCT recipient in Piano Pedagogy and Piano Performance with the Royal Conservatory of Music, Natasha Frid Finlay is now a member of the RCM College of Examiners. She holds her Masters degree from the Conservatoire de Paris and is preparing her Licentiate in Piano Performance with Trinity College in London.

Natasha runs a bilingual French-English piano studio in Toronto which partners with Community Music Schools of Toronto, funding over 6,000 classes to date. She is guest faculty at The Phil and Eli Taylor Performance Academy, training musicians to perform Baroque dances. In addition to adjudicating for music festivals online and in person, Natasha is an organizer of the Canadian Contemporary Showcase festival in Toronto.

With a parallel career in dance, Natasha is a dance notator and pre-show speaker for The National Ballet of Canada. She tutored for the Royal Academy of Dance’s Certificate of Ballet Teaching Studies and has presented at The Speakers Annex as well as being a speaker coach for TEDx Toronto.