Original sentence: He was voted Best Young British Classical Performer in the Classical BRIT Awards in 2001.However, Kempf collected only third prize in the end, which provoked a barrage of indignant protests from the audience and the Russian press, who accused some of the judges of bias (especially towards contestants who also happened to be their former pupils).In April 1999, Kempf returned to Moscow with a series of television broadcasts and sold-out concerts.In a controversial turn of events, Kempf's early adult career ironically benefited from his failure to win the 1998 International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, where the first prize in the piano section went instead to Denis Matsuev.Kempf has continued to perform solo, chamber, and concertante music in Europe, the Americas, East Asia, and Australia, and has recorded recital discs of Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, and Schumann
Edited sentence: He was voted Best Young British Classical Performer in the prestigious Classical BRIT Awards in 2001.However, Kempf collected only third prize in the end, which provoked a barrage of indignant protests from the audience and the Russian press, who accused some of the judges of bias (especially towards contestants who also happened to be their former pupils) and cheating "the Hero of the Competition".In April 1999, Kempf re-entered the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory in triumph, and a series of television broadcasts and sold-out concerts confirmed the high favor in which the Russian public held him.In a controversial turn of events, the blossoming of Kempf's adult career ironically benefited from his failure to win the 1998 International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, where the first prize in the piano section went instead to Denis Matsuev.Kempf has continued to give warmly received performances of solo, chamber, and concertante music in Europe, the Americas, East Asia, and Australia, and has recorded recital discs of Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, and Schumann