3rd USA International Harp Competition (1995)

July 5 - 17, 1995

Gold Medal - Gaëlle Vandernoot (France)
Silver Medal - Marie-Pierre Langlamet (France)
Bronze Medal - Gaëlle Thouvenin (France)
4th Prize - Ksenia Markina (Russia)
5th Prize - Miyabi Matsuoka (Japan)
6th Prize - Tat’iana Oskolkova (Russia)
7th Prize - Nika Riabchinenko (Russia)
8th Prize - Maria Luisa Rayan (Argentina)

Winners

Charles Webb (Jury President)
Kathleen Bride
Germaine Lorenzini
Natalia Shameyeva
Ann Mason Stockton
Helga Storck
David Watkins
John J. Weinzweig
Atsuko Yoshino

Jury

Gold Medal:

  • Lyon & Healy Concert Grand Harp, style 30

  • New York Debut Recital, Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, sponsored by The Humana Foundation

  • Concert appearance at Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia

  • Full score of A. Zabel’s Concerto for Harp and Orchestra in C Minor donated by Safari Publications (DeWayne Fulton and Paul Hurst)

  • $5,000 - David and Linda Rollo Award

Silver Medal:

  • Aoyama Concert Grand Harp, style Musa

  • Concerts in Tokyo and Fukui Japan, sponsored by the Aoyama Harp Company

  • Full score of Johann Baptist Krumpholtz’s Concerto No.5 in B-Flat Major donated by Safari Publications (Dewayne Fulton and Paul Hurst)

  • $2,500 - Vanderbilt Music Company Award

Bronze Medal:

  • $6,000 - Jack Nebergall Prize

  • Concert appearance in San Francisco, sponsored by the Schlomovitz-Quinn Harp Studios

  • Full score of Camille Saint-Saens’ Morceau de Concert, Op. 154, donated by Safari Publications (Dewayne Fulton and Paul Hurst)

Fourth Prize: $4,000 and Diamond Pin - Jill Bailiff- Reyes Prize

Fifth Prize: $3,000 - Alberta Lammerding Memorial Prize

Sixth Prize: $2,000 - Mary Elizabeth McNulty Memorial Prize

Seventh Prize: $1,500 - George H. McDonald Memorial Prize

Eighth Prize: $1,000 - Hubert and Amalie Barger Prize

Prize Awards

Stage I

  • Louis Spohr: Variations on “Je suis encore dans mon printemps,” Op. 36

  • André-François Marescotti: Mouvement

Stage II

  • Franz Anton Rosetti: Six Harp Sonatas— choose one

  • Gabriel Fauré: Impromptu, Op. 86

  • Choose one:

    • Nicolas Flagello: Sonata

    • Paul Patterson: Spiders

    • Elie Siegmeister: American Harp

    • Julien-François Zbinden: Three Esquisses Japonais

Stage III

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

    • Contemporary work of the participant’s choosing, written in or after 1985

Stage IV

  • Joaquin Rodrigo: Concierto Serenata for Harp and Orchestra

  • Félix Godefroid: La Danse de Sylphes

Repertoire

Odile Abrell, France
Anne Bassand, Switzerland
Christine Baumann, Germany
Valentina Borisova, Russia
Claudia Campos Silva, Brazil
Marie-Luce Challet, Switzerland
Celia Chan, USA
Elisabeth Chardonnet, France
Hsin-Yi Chen, Taiwan
Shu-Hsin Chen, Taiwan
Pascale Delabrosse, France
Cliona Doris, Ireland
Yumiko Endo, Japan
Cristina Ghidotti, Italy
Olga Gorshkova, Russia
Nina Gvamichava, Russia
Nathalie Henriet, France
Mikiko Homma, Japan
Chia-Ping Hsieh, Taiwan
Baltazar Juarez Davila, Mexico

Competitors

Kaguya Kawasaki, Japan
Mahalia Kelz, Germany
Ji-In Kim, South Korea
Bronislava Klablenova, Czech Republic
Nora Koch, Germany
Jung Kwak, South Korea
Marie-Pierre Langlamet, France
Ya-Wen Lin, Taiwan
Alessia Luise, Italy
Ksenia Markina, Russia
Miyabi Matsuoka, Japan
Alison Nicholls, England
Tatiana Oskolkova, Russia
Marcello Penido, Brazil
Iraida Poberezhnaya, Russia
Anna Ponnomarenko, Russia
Maria Luisa Rayan, Argentina
Nika Riabchinenko, Russia
Olga Shevelevich, Russia
Eri Shinoda, Japan

Petra Smolikova, Czech Republic
Olga Sudzilovskaya, Russia
Rong Tan, China
Gaelle Thouvenin, France
Rebecca Todaro, USA
Christian Topp, Germany
Sandra-Yoonee van den Eynde, Belgium
Gaëlle Vandernoot, France
Asami Uemura, Japan
Anna M. Verkholantseva, Russia
Ellen Maria Versney, Holland
Ana Angelica Vianna, Brazil
Astrid Walschot, Holland
Ann Yeung, USA
Dan Yu, China
Jessica Li Zhou, China