Awards
| Award | Winner(s) | Benefits |
|---|---|---|
| First Prize (Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Gold Medal) | Nobuyuki Tsujii Zhang Hao Chen (tie) |
cash award of US $20,000 each International concert tours and career management for the three concert seasons following the competition compact disc recording on the harmonia mundi usa label contribution towards domestic and international air travel on American Airlines during the three-year concert tours performance attire provided by Neiman Marcus silver trophy cup |
| Second Prize (Silver Medal) | Yeol Eum Son | cash award of US $20,000 U.S. concert tours and career management for the three concert seasons following the competition compact disc recording on the harmonia mundi usa label |
| Third Prize (Crystal Award) | not awarded | |
| Steven De Groote Memorial Award for the Best Performance(s) of Chamber Music | Evgeni Bozhanov and Yeol Eum Son |
cash award of US $3,000 each |
| Beverly Taylor Smith Award for the Best Performance of a New Work | Nobuyuki Tsujii | cash award of US $5,000 |
| John Giordano Jury Chairman Discretionary Award | Alessandro Deljavan | cash award of US $4,000 |
| Raymond E. Buck Jury Discretionary Award | Lukáš Vondráček | cash award of US $4,000 |
| Jury Discretionary Award | Eduard Kunz | cash award of US $4,000 |
| Internet Voter Award | Mariangela Vacatello (23.9%) Nobuyuki Tsujii (22.6%) Yeol Eum Son (15.9%) |
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