The revived 16th International Dimitris Mitropoulos Competition in Salonika ended with the jury, chaired by Thomas Sanderling, withholding first prize.
Second went to a Russian, Sergey Akimov. Third was shared between Oliver Cope (UK) and Simon Edelmann (Germany).
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