For the 10th time, more than 100 magazines from all over the world got together to vote the best products of 2008/2009 in more than 40 categories. The awards have been presented to the winners at a special MIPA-Party/Awards-Ceremony held during Musikmesse / Prolight + Sound, April 2nd, 2009. More than 300 international representatives of manufacturers and distributors of musical instruments and audio equipment have joined for the MIPA Awards Show including guests from the USA, Canada, Japan, Brazil, South Africa, Russia, Poland, Great Britain, Italy, France, Greece, The Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg, Sweden, Denmark, Austria, Switzerland and Germany.