He also won the Grand Prix Youri Egorov, which means he gets to perform with the Mariinsky Orchestra conducted by Valery Gergiev. Ramon van Engelenhoven (1995) studies with Frank Peters at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam.
Sophiko Simsive (1991), who graduated from the bachelor’s degree programme at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, where she studied with Mila Baslawskaja,  won third prize.