The First Prize of the Long-Thibaud piano competition in Paris goes ex aequo to the Japanese Masaya Kamei, 20, and the South Korean Hyuk Lee, 22. Third Prize was awarded to Michael Davidman, US, 25.
The jury comprised, among others, Bruno-Leonardo Gelber, Philippe Entremont, Marc Laforêt, Pavel Gililov, Éric Heidsieck, François-René Duchâble, Momo Kodama, and János Balász