12th USA International Harp Competition (2022)

June 29 - July 9, 2022

L to R: Kim, Boucher, Wan, Rizea, Goerissen, Pugh-Evans, Jing, Yoo

Gold Medal - Noël Wan (Taiwan)
Silver Medal - Huw Boucher (Wales)
Bronze Medal - Hyejin Kim (South Korea)
Fourth Prize - Noelia Cotuna Rizea (Spain)
Fifth Prize - Johanna Dorothea Goerissen (Germany)
Sixth Prize - Mared Pugh-Evans (Wales)
Seventh Prize - Chenyang Jing (Japan)
Eighth Prize - Jae In Yoo (South Korea)

Winners

  • Prize for the best performance of Pierné’s Concertstück - Huw Boucher (Wales)

  • Prize for the best performance of Schwartz’ self - Noël Wan (Taiwan)

  • 7th Ruth Inglefield Composition Contest Prize - Ariel Sol Bertulfo Schwartz (USA), self

Special Prizes

Naoko Yoshino (Jury President)
Anne-Sophie Bertrand
Shannon Shuen Chieh
Dickie Fleisher
Judy Loman
Isabelle Perrin

Jury

Gold Medal:

  • Lyon & Healy Concert Grand Harp, up to a value of $55,000, sponsored by Lyon & Healy Harps 

  • Debut Recital sponsored by Lyon & Healy Harps

  • International Laureate Exchange Prize between the USA International Harp Competition and the International Harp Contest of Israel

    • Laureate Recital at the 22nd International Harp Contest of Israel

  • $6,000 Prize – Susann McDonald Prize

Silver Medal: $5,500 – Kayo Otake Memorial Prize

Bronze Medal: $5,000 – Korea International Harp Competition Prize

Fourth Prize: $4,000 – Hong Kong Harp Centre Prize

Fifth Prize: $3,000 - Dr. Konrad William Rinne and Dr. Erzsébet Gaal Rinne Prize

Sixth Prize: $2,500 – HarpMasters Academy Prize

Seventh Prize: $2,000 – Marlene Harris Prize

Eighth Prize: $1,500 Eleanor Fell Memorial Prize

Special Single Work Performance Prizes

  • $1,000 – Willy Postma Concerto Prize for the best performance of Gabriel Pierné: Concertstück, Op. 39

  • $1,000 – Mario Falcao Prize for the best performance of the winning composition of 7th USAIHC Ruth Inglefield Composition Contest – Ariel Sol Bertulfo Schwartz: self

7th Ruth Inglefield Composition Contest Prize

  • $2,000 Prize, funded by a grant from the American Harp Society, Inc.

  • Publication of winning composition by Lyon & Healy Publishing

Prize Awards

Stage I‍ ‍

  • André-François Marescotti: Mouvement

  • Choose one:

    • Elias Parish Alvars: Sérénade, Op. 83

    • Jean-Michel Damase: Sicilienne variée‍ ‍

  • Choose one:

    • Manuel de Falla: Spanish Dance No. 1 “La Vida Breve” (any edition) ­

    • Carlos Salzedo: Jeux d’eau‍ ‍

Stage II‍ ‍

  • Choose one: ­             

    • André Caplet: Deux Divertissements‍ ‍

    • Pierick Houdy: Sonata for Harp

  • Sergiu Natra: Ode to the Harp (To obtain music, email a request to: publication@natra.xyz and reference the USA International Harp Competition)

  • Franz Liszt/H. Renié: Un Sospiro

Stage III

  • A free-choice recital of 40 minutes to include:

    • the winning selection of the 7th USAIHC Ruth Inglefield Composition Contest (Ari Schwartz: self)

      AND       

    • one selection from the Baroque period (any length, any edition)  

Stage IV‍ ‍

  • Gabriel Pierné: Concertstück, Op. 39

  • Free choice encore solo to be played after the concerto (max. 8 minutes)   

Repertoire

Ben Albertson, USA
Iván Bragado Poveda, Spain
Katherine Damon, USA
Odile Foulliaron, France
Nanako Hirai, Japan
Hyejin Kim, South Korea
Cheng Wei (Ashley) Lim, Singapore
Emma Prieur-Blanc, France
Amaëlle Savary, France
Nagisa Tanaka, Japan
Vanessa Wagner, Germany
Flora Antropius, France
Heather Brooks, UK
Josefien de Waele, Belgium
Johanna Dorothea Goerissen, Germany

Competitors

Chenyang Jing, Japan
Rena Kojima, Japan
Jernej Mišič, Slovenia
Mared Pugh-Evans, Wales
Rosetta Schade, Germany
Anwen Mai Thomas, Wales
Noël Wan, Taiwan
Florencia Arizpe David, Argentina
Heather Cornelius, USA
Nadia Dornik, Serbia
Anabel Gutiérrez Orraca, Cuba
Mai Kamiyama, Japan
Clarissa Konzett, Austria
Martina Nifantani, Italy
Angela Rief, Austria

Oksana Sidyagina, Russia
Emma Thomazeau, France
Jae In Yoo, South Korea
Huw Boucher, Wales
Noelia Cotuna Rizea, Spain
Séphora Foucher de la Fuente, France
Qi Han, China
Abigail Kent, USA
Subin Lee, South Korea
Viviane Nüscheler, Switzerland
Juan Riveros, USA
Álmos László Tallós, Hungary
Evelien Vaneysendeyk, Belgium
Evelyn Yuelin Zhang, Taiwan