3th INTERNATIONAL
RUDOLF NUREYEV BALLET COMPETITION®

Budapest, March 9 - 17, 1998

JURY

Eva EVDOKIMOVA (USA) - President
Madame Masako OHYA (Japan) - Vice President
Alexander GRANT (Great Britain)
Gyula HARANGOZÓ (Austria)
Gábor KEVEHÁZI (Hungary)
Ninel KURGAPKINA (Russia)
Ivan NAGY (USA)
Valerij PANOV (Israel)
Olivier PATEY (France)

BALLET-MASTERS

Margarita DROZDOVA  (Russia - Moscow Musical Theatre)
Evelyn TÉRI (Austria)

WINNERS

Rudolf Nureyev GRAND PRIX
Denis MATVIENKO (Ukraine)    
     
FIRST PRIZE
not distributed    
     
SECOND PRIZE
Artem DATSHISHIN (Ukraine)    
Anna LICEICA (USA)   - two equal
Tatiana HOLIAKOVA (Ukraine)  
     
THIRD PRIZE
Lukas SLAVICKY (Chech Republic)    
Julianna JURATSEK (Hungary)    
     
SPECIAL PRIZES 'Best Young Male Competitor'
Szabolcs VARGA (Hungary)    
SPECIAL PRIZES 'Best Young Female Competitor'
Elza LEIMANE (Latvia)    
SPECIAL PRIZES 'Best Artistic Prize for non-competing partner'
Ms. Tatiana BOROVIK (Ukraine)    

FINALISTS

Anastasia NABOKINA (Russia);
Andrea JENESES, Gábor SZIGETI (Hungary);
Zuzana ZAHRADNIKOVA, (Chech Republic);
Anton BOGOV (Kazahstan/Slovenia);
Tetiana HOLIAKOVA, (Ukraina);
Serzhan KAUKOV (Kazahstan);
Sinobu TAKITA (Japan);
Vadim BOURTAN (Ukraine);
Bogdan-George NICULA (Romania);
Mariela Soledad CARABELLI (Argentina);
Serge PAKHAREV (Russia);
Sonoko HASHIMOTO (Japan);
Mayu TANABE (Japan);
Krisztina PAZÁR (Hungary);
Gábor KAPIN (Hungary)

COMPETITORS

Mariela Soledad CARABELLI (Argentina);
Lukas SLAVICKY, Zuzana ZAHRADNIKOVA (Chech Republic);
Michael RAYNAUD, Sarah MANDONNET (France);
Ioanna LAGOU, Sofia KALPENIDOU (Greece);
Korana BILAN (Croatia);
Zoltán CSERE, Zoltán OLÁH, Gábor KAPIN, Krisztina PAZÁR, Enikő SOMORJAI, Szabolcs VARGA, Andrea JENESES, Julianna JURATSEK, Gábor SZIGETI (Hungary);
Sonoko HASHIMOTO, Shinobu TAKITA, Risa MATSUNAMI, Mayu TANABE,
Masahito KAJIWARA (Japan);
Serzhan KAUKOV (Kazahstan), Anton BOGOV (Kazahstan/Slovenia);
Wieslaw DUDEK (Poland);
Elza LEIMANE (Latvia);
Cristina BALABAN, Margarita CAMIS, Egor SCEPACEOV,
Andrei LITVINOV non-comp. (Moldavia);
Bogdan-George NICULA, Adrian CUNESCU, Paula-Gianina DICU,
Constantin GEORGESCU, Cosmina-Maria ZAHARIA (Romania);
Stanislav NOVAK, Nikolai OLIUNINE, Olga MIKERINA, Anastasia NABOKINA, Anastasia BANNIKOVA, Mailen TLEOUBAEV, Serge PAKHAREV (Russia);
Mihal SANDOR, Marian MESZAROS, Martin BLAHUTA, Roman LAZIK (Slovakia);
Yuan-Ting CHUANG, Ding-Wen DONG, Wu-Kang CHEN, Yu-Min YANG,
Ruby Tsan-Ju HSIEH, Hsuan CHENG, Huei-Wen LEE, Pin-Ju KANG (Taiwan);
Vadim BOURTAN, Tatyana TARAN, Artem DATSHISHIN, Denis MATVIENKO,
Tetiana HOLIAKOVA, Tatyana BOROVIK non-comp.,
Genajy GALO non-comp. (Ukraina);
Julio BRIGADO-YOUNG, Anna LICEICA (USA)