At the 4th competition in 1966.

Daniil Shafran was on the jury of the 1962 Tchaikovsky Competiton in Moscow for the first time. Later he was on the jury of the 1966 and 1970 competition - in both occassions Rostropovich was the chairperson. Shafran was the chairperson for the cello section of the 1974 and 1978 competition.

He took his duty as a chairperson of the jury seriously. He rendered good services and leadership. He always made notes for every performance.

At the 7th competition in 1978. From left to right: Yoritoyo Inoue (Japanese cellist and jury in this competition), Mari Fujiwara (Japanese famous female cellist, won the 2nd prize), Svetlana and Daniil Shafran, Nathaniel Rosen (US cellist, won the 1st prize).