Kilpailu on kolmiosainen, jossa kilpailijat soittavat sekä omia sävellyksiä että valittuja jazz standardeja.
Awards 2010
Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris : Nikolas Anadolis – Greece (10 000 €)
2nd Prize – Fondation BNP Paribas : Vadim Neselovskyi – Germany (7 000 €)
3rd Prize, given by the FCM : Thomas Enhco – France (4 000 €)
4th Prize : Sebastian Sternal – Germany (3 000 €)
Prize for Young soloist contestant offered by Sacem : Alessandro Lanzoni – Italy (2 000 €)
Mentions : Dimitar Bodurov – Bulgaria and Andre Joseph Petersen – South Africa
The jury:
Martial Solal, président, France
Franco d’Andrea, Italy
Claude Carrière, France
Jean-Louis Chautemps, France
Ronnie Lynn Patterson, USA
Xavier Prévost, France
Hervé Sellin, France
Emil Spányi, Hungary
Mario Stantchev, Bulgaria