Since one thousand nine hundred eighty-eight, the Pierre Fournier Award has been given annually to a youthful cellist to allow them with high-level performing opportunities and the chance to create a professional recording. In the competition, 25-year-old American cellist Annie Jacobs-Perkins performed two movements Elliot Carter's Sonata for Cello and Piano, as well as the Fauré Cello Sonata No. one, with pianist Dina Ivanova. As portion of her prize, Jacobs-Perkins will get a recital at London's Wigmore Corridor (and a video recording of the performance), the opportunity to record an album on the Champs Hill label, a concerto appearance with the Philharmonia Orchestra, and recitals with the Manchester Mid-day Concerts Society and Oxford May Music.

Cellist Antonin Musset was given a Special Commendation award of £1.000, while Bryan Cheng, Senja Rummukainen, and Samuel Niederhar received Commendation Awards of £500. Annie Jacobs-Perkins is presently studying with Troels Svane at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin. Previously, she completed her master's degree with Laurence Lesser at the New England Conservatory, and her undergraduate studies took space at the USC Thornton School of Music with Ralph Kirshbaum. Previous winners of the Pierre Fournier Award comprise Chiara Enderle, Mikhail Nemtsov, Gabriel Schwabe, Gemma Rosefield, and Richard Harwood.