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