The organising committee received 100 entrees from 32 different countries: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Canada, China, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Mexico, Norway, the Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Serbia, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, the United States of America and Venezuela.

We are very pleased to announce the results of the seventh International Composition Competition Harelbeke 2019:

First Prize: Mark Grandison (Australia) - The Cosmic Picure Book 
Second Prize: Girolamo Deraco (Italy) - L’attimo fulgente
Third Prize: David Avshalomov (USA) - Lifeboat Variations 
Audience Award: Girolamo Deraco (Italy)

The jury found the level of participants consistently high, of great professional level and appreciated the wide diversity of styles.  Taking this into account the jury would like to give two honourable mentions (in alphabetical order):

Junsang Bahk (South-Korea) - Atem und Atmosphäre

James Maunders (United Kingdom) - Underpass