May 28th / 31st, 1998
Signed competitors n. 35 / Present candidates n. 26
Foreign countries n. 16

With

the Participation

• MARCHE REGION / DEPARTMENT for CULTURE
• MUNICIPALITY of FERMO / DEPARTMENT for CULTURE
• "CASSA di RISPARMIO di FERMO" FOUNDATION - "CARIFERMO" SpA

Jury

• Mr. Corrado ROMANO (Switzerland) President
• Mrs. Carmelita COCIVERA (Italy)
• Mr. Marco FORNACIARI (Italy)
• Mr. Georg MÖNCH (Germany / Italy)
• Mr. Matiss VAITSNER (Russia)

Winners

Category - A

• 1st Janna Gontarenko (Russia)
• 2nd Tea Bakhtadze (Geòrgia)
• 3rd not awarded

Category - B

• 1st ex aequo Ivan Pokrovsky (Russia) · Maria Rosaria D'Aprile (Italy)
• 2nd ex aequo Natalia Gorbunova (Russia) · Lia Sachaleli (Geòrgia)
• 3rd Alsu Hakimullina (Kazakhstan)

Category - C

• 1st not awarded
• 2nd Daniela Gueorguieva Chtereva (Russia)
• 3rd not awarded

Category - D

• 1st Alissa Vaitsner (Russia)
• 2nd Alexej Barschewitsch (Poland)
• 3rd ex aequo Enzo Ligresti (Italy) · Dimiter M. Ivanov (Bulgaria)

Absolute winner

• not awarded