1949 gewann er den "Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud-Wettbewerb" in Paris; ein weiterer Preisgewinner war Paul Badura-Skoda. ###>In 1949, he won, "ex-aequo" (tied) with Ventsislav Yankov, the Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud Competition in Paris (among the other prizewinners were Paul Badura-Skoda and Pierre Barbizet).