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OVERVIEW of masterprize 1998 The Launch THE LAUNCH: John McLaren, Mstislav Rostropovich and the partners at the launch of Masterprize 1998   The Entries 1300 entries were received from over 60 countries. These were stored in the vaults of Coutts Bank. The Reading August 1997: an international panel faced the task of reading over one thousand scores in four days. The Judging A shortlist of fifteen works were recorded by the BBC Orchestras, and broadcast during the Autumn of 1997 on BBC Radio 3 and throughout the world. A prestigious international panel chose six finalists from the fifteen shortlisted works. Recording The six finalist works were recorded by the LSO under Daniel Harding at Abbey Road Studios. The Voting The LSO recording was released as a covermount CD in the March 1998 issue of BBC Music Magazine (200,000 copies worldwide), which included a voting form. Shortly before the Final, a worldwide public vote was conducted by a combination of post, internet and telephone. The result was kept secret. The Final The six finalist works were performed at the Barbican by the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Daniel Harding, in the presence of the Final Jury. The results of the worldwide public vote were combined with the vote of the Final Jury on the night, to decide the overall winner, Andrew March.