XLVI Edition - 1999[edit] 1st Prize: Sayaka Shoji (Japan) 2nd Prize: Frank Huang (China) 3rd Prize: Akiko Ono (Japan) 4th Prize: Weiyi Wang (China) 5th Prize: Emil Chudnovsky (USA) 6th Prize: Gabriel Adorjan (Denmark) Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Sayaka Shoji Prize in memory of Mario Ruminelli: Sayaka Shoji Friends of the Nuovo Carlo Felice Association prize: Francesco Manara (Italy)