It is Saturday night at the Salle Olivier-Messiaen in Paris that was held the gala concert of the prizewinners of the latest edition of the prestigious Long-Thibaud Piano Competition. No first prize was awarded this year. The 26-year-old Russian pianist Maria Masycheva went home with the second prize (15,200 euros) and the SAS Prince Albert II of Monaco Prize, for best recital. Twenty finalists from eight countries were heard. The mythical piano competition was founded in 1943 by pianist Marguerite Long and violinist Jacques Thibaud.

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