Laureates

Protocol of the Jury Meeting held at the end of Stage III (Final), on April 1st 2001. After votes were screened, in accordance with the rules of the Competition, the following prizes were awarded:

First Prize - KIRILL GERSTEIN -
The Arthur Rubinstein Award - Competition Gold Medal and US$25, 000 donated by Mme Heide Wolf Kaufmann (Madrid).
Kawai Prize - a grand piano (RX-3) offered by Kawai Company of Japan.

Second Prize - FERENC VIZI -
Competition Silver Medal and "The Moshe Mayer Prize" - US$15,000.
Jury's Special Prize sponsored by YAMAHA - Silent Grand Piano C1S.

Third Prize - MASSIMILIANO FERRATI -
Competition Bronze Medal and US$10,000 - "The Arnold and Marjorie Ziff Prize" (Leeds); and an additional US$5,000 from Elfriede Yuki Fund.

Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Prizes: ULUGBEK PALVANOV, YUMA OSAKI and HENRY WONG DOE
Each of these prizewinners received US$3,000; and an additional US$2,000 from the Elfriede Yuki Fund.

Prize for the most outstanding Israeli Competitor: RON REGEV, US$5,000
sponsored by the Judith Eytan Fund.

Prize for the best performance of a large Chopin work: no prize was awarded.

Prize for the best performance of an Israeli Composition: FERENC VIZI , US$3,000 sponsored by Mrs. Ada Caspi

"Audience Favourite" Prize: HENRY WONG DOE, US$2,500 sponsored by Yedioth Acharonot in memory of Dr. Herzl Rosenblum,