‧ Original Composition

。Best Orchestra Work - Kampung and the City　Chow Jun Yi (Malaysia)

。Best Solo and Orchestra Work - Concerto for Pipa and Chinese Orchestra　A Fantasy of Flying Apsaras　Kong Zhixuan (Jiangsu, China)

‧ Best Work on a Hong Kong Theme - Beating the Petty Person　Tam Yat-sing (Hong Kong, China)

‧ Outstanding Young Composer (Under 35) - Concerto for Pipa and Chinese Orchestra　A Fantasy of Flying Apsaras　Kong Zhixuan (Jiangsu, China)

‧ Best Orchestration - Concerto for Pipa and Chinese Orchestra　A Fantasy of Flying Apsaras　Kong Zhixuan (Jiangsu, China) / Fluttering Butterfly Wings II　 Guo Yuan (Sichuan, China) / Kampung and the City　Chow Jun Yi (Malaysia) / Southern Wind　Chong Kee Yong (Malaysia)

‧ Media and Publishers’ Favourite Original Composition - Beating the Petty Person　Tam Yat-sing (Hong Kong, China)

‧ HKCO Musicians’ Favourite Original Composition - Kampung and the City　Chow Jun Yi (Malaysia)

‧ Audience Favourite Original Composition - Beating the Petty Person　Tam Yat-sing (Hong Kong, China)

Southern Wind　Chong Kee Yong (Malaysia） 

1. The work submitted must be an original composition.

2. The work can be either written for orchestra or for solo and orchestra. *

3. Solo instrument may be one (and only one) of the following:

(1) Wind: dizi, sheng, suona, guan

(2) Bowed-string: gaohu, erhu, zhonghu, gehu and bass gehu

(3) Plucked-string: zheng, pipa, xiaoruan, zhongruan, daruan, sanxian

(4) Percussion: dagu (Chinese big drum), paigu (set of 5 rotodrums), sanmianluo (set of 3 gongs [not tuned]), muyu (set of 5 temple blocks)**

4. Works on Hong Kong themes should be specified upon application.

* Since the work should be written for a full-scale orchestra, it is advisable not to use amplification for solo instruments.

* * The contestant may use all, or any combination of the above instruments.