So far, the Prize winners were the Austrian publisher Wieser Verlag from Klagenfurt (2007), French publisher Gaia Editions from Bordeaux (2008), Hungarian publisher Jelenkor from Pécs (2009), Italian publisher Zandonai from Rovereto (2010), Bulgarian publisher Siela from Sofia (2011) and Slovak publisher Kaligram from Bratislava (2012).
The last opera he choreographed for the company was Riccardo Zandonai's Francesca da Rimini which gave its final performance on February 13, 1986 with Renata Scotto in the title role.
She has won many international competitions including the Giacomo Puccini competition in Milan, Italy 1997, Spontini International Competition in Ancona, Italy 1998, Zandonai in Rovereto, Italy 1999, and The Best Singer at the Wexford Festival, 2000.
She has received recognition in several international singing competitions: Roero in Musica, Nino Carta of Moncaleri, Titta Ruffo of Pisa, Ismaele Voltolini of Mantova, Riccardo Zandonai of Riva del Garda and Voice Masters of Monte Carlo.
She was also much admired in contemporary works by Zandonai, Wolf-Ferrari, and Respighi.