Runners-up were Ryuichiro Sonoda of Japan and Seungup Yoon of South Korea.
The competition, which will henceforth be held every two years, took place July 4-8 at Madrid's Teatro Real. Ninety-three young directors up to age 34 applied to participate; 39 were chosen. Competitors conducted the Orquesta Sinf‹nica de Madrid and the Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real in excerpts from operas by Puccini, Mozart and Rossini.