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