After 10 days of competition, the Autumn Concours 2007, Vietnam’s most prestigious music contest, closed on November 14 with an awards ceremony held at the Hanoi Opera House.

Among twenty-two solo winners and five winning bands, Do Hong Linh, Tran Yen Nhi and Tong Duc Cuong were recognised as the best solo pianists, Nguyen Thien Minh, Nguyen Thi Huyen Anh and Tran Chung Duy as the most outstanding solo violinists and the five-member woodwin band as the best in chamber music category.