The jury of three consisting of Hans Thomalla, Martin Iddon and Thomas Schäfer has come to a decision. The five by the Harry and Alice Eiler Foundation donated awards go to: Stefan Prins (Belgium), Aaron Einbond (USA), Malin Bång (Sweden), Evan Gardner (USA/Norway) and Mauricio Pauly (Costa Rica). Besides to the invitation to the upcoming International Summer Course 2010 every composer will write a new piece for one of invited young ensembles. The IMD initiated the following pairings: Stefan Prins will compose a piece for Ensemble Nikel (Israel), Aaron Einbond will work together with Ensemle Cairn (France), Malin Bång writes for Nadar (Belgium), Evan Gardner for Jack Quartet (USA) and Mauricio Pauly will contribute a new piece to the project of Asamisimasa (Norway).