Sequeira Costa working as "vice-president" in the XIII Tchaikovsky Piano Competiton. Other Jury Members included the President Nikolay Petrov, Gary Graffman, Hiroko Nakamura, Sergio Perticaroli, Kun Woo Paik, Andjzei Yasinski, Christopher Elton, Francois-Joel Thiollier, Peter Lang, Klaus Hellwig, Joaquin Soriano, Sergey Dorensky, Dmitry Bashkirov and Michail Voskresensky. (Moscow, June, 2007).