Cash prizes
The following prizes are awarded for the Composition Section:
✔ Prize for the symphonic music section – €10,000 net
✔ Prize for the chamber music section – €7000 net
✔ Special prize for originality – €5000 net
For each of the Cello, Violin and Piano sections, the prize money is:
✔ First prize – €15,000 net
✔ Second prize – €10,000 net
✔ Third prize – €5000 net
Piano Section special awards:
✔ Radu Lupu Prize for the best interpretation of a work by George Enescu – €3000 net
✔ Constanța Erbiceanu Prize – €2000 net
✔ Prize offered by the Purcari Winery for the highest ranked competitor from the Repulic of Moldova – €2000 gross
✔ Prize for the best performance of the imposed work – €2000 net
✔ Audience Award – €1000 net
Violin Section:
✔ Stefan and Valentin Gheorghiu Prize for the best performance of a George Enescu Sonata – €3000 net
✔ Prize offered by the Purcari Winery for the highest ranked competitor from the Repulic of Moldova – €2000 gross
✔ Prize for the best performance of the imposed work – €2000 net
✔ Audience Award – €1000 net
Cello Section:
✔ Serafim Antropov Prize for the best performance of George Enescu’s Cello Sonata No. 2 in C major Op. 26 – €3000 net
✔ Prize offered by the Purcari Winery for the highest ranked competitor from the Repulic of Moldova – €2000 gross
✔ Prize for the best performance of the imposed work – €2000 net
✔ Audience Award – €1000 net