2nd USA International Harp Competition (1992)

July 5 - 16, 1992

Program Book

Gold Medal - Jana Boušková (Czech Republic)
Silver Medal - Beatrice Guillermin (France)
Bronze Medal - Nika Riabchinenko (Russia)
4th Prize - Cristina Bianchi (Italy)
5th Prize - Nathalie Henriet (France)
6th Prize - Xavier de Maistre (France)
7th Prize - Anne Bassand (Switzerland)
8th Prize - Olga Mazzia (Italy)

Winners

Charles H. Webb (Jury President)
Kathleen Bride
Gabriel Chmura
Marilyn Costello
Vera Dulova
Jindřich Feld
Judy Loman
Catherine Michel
Susanna Mildonian
Siegfried Weinberger

Jury

Gold Medal:

  • Lyon & Healy Concert Grand HARP, Style 30 - Lyon & Healy Award

  • Debut Recital, Alice Tully Hall, NYC - Humana Foundation Award

  • Solo appearance with the National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico

  • Concert and CBC recording at Festival of the Sound, Ontario, Canada

  • Recital at Harp Festival International, San Francisco, California

  • A minimum of one performance with a leading American orchestra

  • CD recording

  • $5,000 - David Rollo and Linda Wood-Rollo Award

Silver Medal:

  • Aoyama Concert Harp, style Musa

  • Recital in Tokyo, Japan

  • Recital in Fukui, Japan

  • $2,500 - Aoyama Award

Bronze Medal:

  • Recital in Cincinnati, Ohio

  • $6,000 - Jack Nebergall Award

Fourth Prize: $3,000 and Diamond Pin - Jill Bailiff-Reyes Prize

Fifth Prize: $2,000

Sixth Prize: $1,500

Seventh Prize: $1,000

Eighth Prize: $1,000

Prize Awards

Stage I

  • Nino Rota: Sarabanda e Toccata (Ricordi)

  • André Caplet: Deux Divertissements (Durand)

    • à la française

    • à l'espagnole

Stage II

  • Choose one:

    • Jean-Michel Damase: Sicilienne Variée (Lemoine)

    • Pierre Sancan: Theme and Variations (Durand)

  • Choose one:

    • Paul Hindemith: Sonata (Schott)

    • Germaine Tailleferre: Sonata (Les Nouvelles Editions Méridan)

  • Claude Baker: Vier Nachtszenen, fourth movement

Stage III

  • A free choice program of 40-45 minutes to include:

    • Any suite by J.S. Bach (e.g. French Suites for Keyboard, Lute Suites, etc.)

Stage IV

  • Choose one:

    • Wilhelm Posse: Carnival of Venice

    • Félix Godefroid: Carnival of Venice

  • Reinhold Glière: Concerto for Harp and Orchestra

Repertoire

Anne Bassand, Switzerland
Anne Sophie Bertrand, France
Catherine Beynon, Great Britain
Cristina Bianchi, Italy
Francesca Boem, Italy
Jana Boušková, Czechoslovakia
Celia May-Wai Chan, USA
Lydia Ruth Cleaver, USA
Isabelle Courret, France
Katerina Englichova, Czechoslovakia
Elisabetta Giorgi, Italy
Karen Grimsey, USA
Beatrice Guillermin, France
Risako Hayakawa, Japan
Petra van der Heide, Holland
Nathalie Henriet, France

Competitors

Jennifer Hoult, USA
Gudrum Maria Huhmer, Germany
Kyung-Hee Kim, South Korea
Angela Lavino, Italy
Xavier de Maistre, France
Stephanie Josee Manzo, France
Miyabi Matsuoka, Japan
Olga Guisy Mzzia, Italy
Sarah Jenny O’Brien, Switzerland
Sirin Pancaroglu, Turkey
Nina Riabchinenko, Russia
Sofia Ristic, Italy
Yo Saito, Japan
Nicoletta Sanzin, Italy
Godelieve Schrama, Holland
Veronique Marie Serpenti, Holland

Estuko Shoji, Japan
Chieh Shuen, Taiwan
Helene Silvie, France
Manja Smits, Holland
Maria Stange, Germany
Calvin W. Stokes, USA
Elzbieta Monika Szmyt, Poland
Rong Tan, China
Laure Vidouta, France
Sidsel Walstad, Norway
John Alan Wickey, USA
Xiaoqun Yang, China
Ann Marie Yeung, USA