7th MKD 5-14 XII 2003

2 ex aequo 1st  awards and Gold Medals founded by the minister of culture and the marshal of the Province of Silesia:

Aleksandar Marković (Serbia) and Modestas Pitrenas (Lithuania).

The 2nd  award was not granted.

3rd award and a Bronze Medal  founded by the mayor of Katowice:

 Marko Ivanović (Czech Republic).

1st  distinction of PKO BP – Chol-Ung Ri (South Korea)

2nd  distinction of  the Workers Foundation Pro-Eko – Vsevolod Polonsky (Russia)

3rd  distinction of the Music Foundation of the International Competition for Conductors –  Harutiun Arzumanian (Armenia)

Additional awards

The Witold Rowicki Award, founded by Maria Magdalena Krzysztofowicz-Pospiech and Włodzimierz Pospiech – Chol-Ung Ri for the best rendition of a Polish oeuvre (‘Livre pour orchestra’ by W. Lutosławski).

Medal of the Association of Polish Artist Musicians and the Award of the ZAIKS Authors Association – Tomasz Tokarczyk (Poland).

Association Award STOART - Anna Jaroszewska (Poland).

Polish Music Publishing Award for the best interpretation of a piece by Polish composer (scores of contemporary Polish works) - Vsevolod Polonsky (Russia).

The winners were invited for conducting concerts to  philharmonic: Pomeranian, Krakow, Wroclaw, Sudeck, Kielce, Zielonogórska, Kaliska, Lower Silesia and also the Baltic and Lower Silesia Opera House.