Eighth Competition
October 26-31, 2003
Prizes
Solo recital performance in the Music from Saint Mark’s Series
SECOND PRIZE : Silver Medal and $10,000
THIRD PRIZE : Bronze Medal and $5,000
FOURTH PRIZE : $1,500
FIFTH PRIZE : $1,000
SEMIFINAL ROUND SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARDS: $500 each
BEST PERFORMANCE AWARDS: $1,000 each
Roger Wright (USA) Gold Medal
Young-Ah Tak (Korea) Silver Medal
Boris Feiner (Ukraine/Israel) Bronze Medal
Best Performance of the Commissioned Work: Roger Wright
Best Performance of a Classical Work: Young-Ah Tak
Best Performance of a Romantic Work: Roger Wright
FOURTH PRIZE : Charisse Baldoria, The Phillipines
FIFTH PRIZE : Dahye Choi, Korea
Semifinalists
Hyun Jung Kim, Korea
Serhii Morozov, Ukraine
Sergio Ruderman, Russia
Alexander Solomon, USA
Contestant Selection Jury
Andrea Sokol-Albert
Kiyoshi Tamagawa
Competition Jury
Ann Schein, USA
Daniel Pollack, USA
Commissioned Composer
Wizards
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