The laureate of the eighth edition of the festival is Magdalena Drmač, announced at the concert of the best competitors. The Jasminka Čakar award and plaque for the best performance of a work by Frédéric Chopin went to Dimitrij Stojčevski.
The festival had participants from more than ten countries, seminars with prof. Tutu Aydınoğlu (piano) and prof. Iva Ljubomirova (flute), and concerts by former laureates.