2001 Finalists

• Sabang Cho (Korea) Reflection
• Moritz Eggert (Germany) Croatoan III: Perpetuum Mobile
• Lior Navok (Israel) Three Episodes (First Prize)
• Kurt Rohde (U.S.A.) Five Dickinson Settings
• Athanasia Tzanou (Greece) Triptique
• Tonino Tesei (Italy) Portrait of George Dyer Riding a Bicycle

2000 Finalists

• Efstathios Gyftakis (Greece) Interludes
• Marc Faris (USA) Facing
• Leontios Hadjileontiadis (Greece) Amphichrona
• Tonino Tesei (Italy) Five Portraits (Second Prize)
• Itamar Erez (Israel) Concerto for 13 Instruments
• Vladimir Beluntsov (Russia) Serenade 2000(First Prize)

1999 Finalists

• Jude Weirmeir (USA) Fragments of PrometheusUnbound(First Prize)
• Rene Mense (Germany) En Face d' en Face
• Nickos Panayiotakis (Greece) Peristrofes I & II
• Aureliano Cattaneo (Italy) Poisson Soluble
• Balázs Horváth (Hungary) Timesongs

1998 Finalists

• Jason Edward Brown (USA) String Quartet
• Joseph Diermaier (Austria) Harmonices et Cadenza
• Dimitri Sykias (Greece) Winter Night's Variations
• Ana Mihajlovic Van Leyden (Yugoslavia) Full Auto Shut-Off
• Luminita-Cristina Spinu (Romania) Songs and Poems without Words
• Michalis Economou (Greece) Ealo o Adis(First Prize)

1997 Finalists

• Caterina Calderoni (Italy) Here and Somewhere
• Jongwoo Yim (South Korea) Helix
• Roman Yacub (Ukraine) Castalian Dances
• Vincent Paulet (France) Musique pour Douze Instruments(First Prize)
• Athina Pavlaki (Greece) Thunderings
• Vicente Avella (Venezuela) En el Fondo Forestal del D'a
• James R. Kallembach (USA) Four Songs on Poems of e. e. Cummings
• Bruce Hamilton (USA) Verges

1996 Finalists

• Eliane Aberdam (France) Passages
• George Hatzimichelakis (Greece) Samandakas Dance
• Drew Hemenger (USA) The Unforgettable Hour (First Prize - shared)
• Hendrik Pienaar Hofmeyr (South Africa) Fragment from Prometheus Unbound
• Jorge Liderman (Argentina) B'reshit
• Jo‹o Pedro Oliveira (Portugal) Peregrination(First Prize - shared)
• Paolo Tortiglione (Italy) L'Attimo Rapito(First Prize - shared)
• Gregory C. Smith (USA) Fire Mountain