Harp Dreams wins 3 regional Emmy awards as well as the prestigious CINE Golden Eagle Award 

Harp Dreams, the WTIU-produced documentary of the 2007 competition, showcases the best young harpists in the world as they prepare for a high-stakes ten-day event held every three years at the Jacobs School of Music on the Bloomington campus of Indiana University.  The documentary is a celebration of contestants from around the world and, ultimately, the competition itself.

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Public Performances:

Find out about upcoming public performances of past USA International Harp Competition participants.  The USAIHC will compile information about the public performances of our participants from all eight prior competitions.  We hope you will take advantage of the opportunity to hear some of our talented harpists perform in venues from Bloomington to Tokyo and many places in between. 

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Rising Classical Music Stars to Make Midwest Debut 

November 8, 9, and 12, 2011 rising classical music stars Agnes Clement, 2010 USA International Harp Competition (USAIHC) gold medallist from France and Andrey Baranov, 2010 laureate of the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis (IVCI) from Russia will perform a joint debut concert.

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The Mission of the USA IHC is to:

• conduct a world-class international harp competition in the United States;
• promote and foster the careers of gifted young harpists from throughout the world;
• promote the harp as a concert and solo instrument and to introduce the harp repertoire to a broader public;
• encourage composers to write new works for the harp; and
• foster friendship and understanding among harpists worldwide.

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2013 Competition Prizes

The gold medal winner of the 2013 USA International Harp Competition will receive a one of a kind gold harp built by Lyon & Healy in Chicago and a debut recital. Thousands of dollars in cash prizes will be awarded to the top 8 contestants as well as the top performers of select required repertoire in the competition.

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2009 Composition Contest Winner

After reviewing nearly 70 compositions for solo harp, submitted by composers from 24 countries, the first place winner which is to be performed by all Stage III participants in the July Competition is AWAKENING STILLNESSES by Michael Maganuco, USA.

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