4th USA International Harp Competition (1998)

July 4 - 14, 2001

Gold Medal - Xavier De Maistre (France)
Silver Medal - Maria Luisa Rayan (Argentina)
Bronze Medal - Kyo Jin Lee (Korea)
4th Prize - Baltazar Juarez (Mexico)
5th Prize - Kaori Otake (Japan)
6th Prize - Danielle Riegel (Netherlands)
7th Prize - Elisabeth Cardonnet (France)
8th Prize - Ramiro Enriquez (Argentina)

Winners

  • Best Performance of Ami Ma’ayani’s Toccata for Harp - Xavier De Maistre (France)

  • Best Performance of François Boieldieu’s Concerto for Harp - Xavier De Maistre (France)

Special Prizes

Jury

Charles Webb (Jury President)
Sarah Bullen
Marcella De Cray
Elizabeth Fontan-Binoche
Taka Kling
David Watkins
Edward Witsenburg
Elena Zaniboni

Gold Medal:

  • Lyon and Healy Concert Grand Harp, Style 30

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

  • $5,000 - David and Linda Rollo Award

Silver Medal:

  • Aoyama Gold Concert Grand Harp, Monarch 47 D

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

Bronze Medal: Camac Concert Grand Harp, “Atlantide Prestige,” or Electric-Acoustic Harp, “The Blue”

Fourth Prize: $4,000 - Jill Bailiff-Reyes Prize

Fifth Prize: $3,000 - Marilyn Costello Memorial Prize

Sixth Prize: $2,000 - Peter S. Reis and Rebecca Flannery Prize

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

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

Special Prizes:

  • $1,000 - Fons Music Foundation Prize for the best performance of Ami Ma’ayani's Toccata for Harp

  • $1,000 - Jan Jennings Prize for best performance of François Boieldieu'sConcerto for Harp

  • Sony Corporation of America Prize for the Best Performance of Michael Mauldin's Birds in Winter - Sony Mini Disc player, Model #MZ-R30

Prize Awards

Stage I

  • Antoine Francisque/Grandjany: Pavane et Bransles

  • Henri Busser: Pièce de concert, Op. 32

Stage II

  • Choice of:

    • Sophia Corri-Dussek: Sonata in B-flat Major

    • Sophia Corri-Dussek: Sonata in G Major

    • Sophia Corri-Dussek: Sonata in C Minor

  • Ami Ma’ayani: Toccata

  • Choose any two contrasting pieces from Marcel Tournier: Images

Stage III

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

    • Choice of:

      • J.S. Bach: Prelude No. 2 from The Well-Tempered Clavier

      • J.S. Bach: Prelude No. 3 from The Well-Tempered Clavier

    • Michael Mauldin: Birds in Winter

Stage IV

  • François Boieldieu: Concerto for Harp

Repertoire

Anne Bassand, Switzerland
Celia May-Wai Chan, USA
Elisabeth Chardonnet, France
Shu-Hsin Chen, Taiwan
Bo Cheng, China
Ching-ju Cheng, Taiwan
Rosalba Cirigliano, Italy
Xavier De Maistre, France
Manon De Preissac, South Africa
Wiedke Dirks, The Netherlands
Cliona Doris, Ireland
Kirsten Ecke, Germany
Ramiro Enriquez, Argentina
Elisa Mediero Fernandez, Spain
Catherine Gima, Greece
Baltazar Juarez, Mexico
Masami Kaigawa, Japan
Mahalia Kelz, Germany

Competitors

Lioubov Klevtsova, Russia
Heidi Krutzen, Canada
Yi-wen Kuang, Taiwan
Josh Layne, Canada
Kyo-jin Lee, Korea
Hong Liang, China
Elizabeth Keadle Markey, USA
Triona Marshall, Ireland
Isabel Moreton, Germany
Tat’iana Oskolkova, Russia
Kaori Otake, Japan
Anna Pachinskaya, Russia
Maria Luisa Rayan, Argentina
Danielle Riegel, The Netherlands
Marcelo Silva, Brazil
Michaela Trnkova, Czech Republic
Yukiko Uno, Japan
Ann Yeung, USA