5th USA International Harp Competition (2001)

July 4 - 15, 2001

Gold Medal - Dan Yu (China)
Silver Medal - Maria Luisa Rayan (Argentina)
Bronze Medal - Julie A. Smith (USA)
4th Prize - Jessica Zhou (China)
5th Prize - Yi-Wen Kuang (Taiwan)
6th Prize - Baltazar Juarez (Mexico)
7th Prize - Kazuko Shinozaki (Japan)
8th Prize - Etsuko Chida (Japan)

Winners

  • Best performance of Ginastera’s Harp Concerto - Dan Yu (China)

  • Best performance of Ma’ayani’s Maqamat - Dan Yu (China)

  • Best performance of Leese’s Dilling Fantasy - María Luísa Rayán (Argentina)

Special Prizes

Charles H. Webb (Jury President)
Alex Bonnet
Marisela Gonzales
Ruth K. Inglefield
Skaila Kanga
Carrol McLaughlin
Chantal Mathieu

Jury

Gold Medal:

  • Commemorative 24-Karat Gold Lyon and Healy Concert Harp, specially created and hand-carved for the 2001 USA International Harp Competition, sponsored by The Victor Salvi Foundation

  • Debut Recital in London, England, sponsored by the Victor Salvi Foundation

  • Debut CD Recording, sponsored by the Victor Salvi Foundation

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

  • Recital in Paris, France, sponsored by Jakez Francois (President, Camac Harps)

  • Recitals in Tokyo and Fukui, Japan, sponsored by Kenzo Aoyama (President, Aoyama Harps)

  • $2,500 - David and Linda Rollo Award

  • $2,500 - Gloria Rensch Memorial Prize, sponsored by Dr. Roslyn Rensch-Erbes

Silver Medal:

  • Debut Concert and CD Recording, sponsored by The Victor Salvi Foundation

  • Recitals in Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington, sponsored by Aoyama Harps

  • $2,500 - Vanderbilt Music Company Award

Bronze Medal: $5,000 - George & Catherine McDonald Memorial Prize, sponsored by George & Janet McDonald and Susann McDonald

Fourth Prize: $4,000 - Jill Bailiff Prize, sponsored by Rosalind Weindling

Fifth Prize: $3,000 - Lorraine L. Yagel Memorial Prize, sponsored by Charlene Brown

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

Seventh Prize: $1,000 - Clare McLaughlin Student Prize

Eighth Prize: $1,000 - Cui Jun Zhi Prize

Special Prizes:

  • $1,000 - Harp Column Prize for the best performance of A. Ma’ayani’s Maqamat

  • $1,000 - Jan Jennings Prize for the best performance of A. Ginastera’s Concerto for Harp and Orchestra

  • $1,000 - Phia Berghout Memorial Prize, sponsored by Deane M. Sherman, for the best performance of M. Leese’s Dilling Fantasy

Prize Awards

Stage I

  • Free choice (maximum 9 minutes)

  • Choice of:

    • J.S. Bach/Grandjany: Etude No. 2 (Fugue)

    • J. Bull/Grandjany: The King’s Hunt

  • Choice of:

    • G. Tailleferre: Sonata

    • P. Glanville-Hicks: Sonata

Stage II

  • C.P.E. Bach: Sonata in G Major

  • Choice of:

    • J.M. Damase: Sicilienne Variée

    • E. Parish Alvars: “Norma” Variations

    • E. Parish Alvars: Introduction, Cadenza, and Rondo

  • Choice of:

    • J. Jongen: Valse

    • M. Flothuis: Le tombeau d’Orphée

  • A. Ma’ayani: Maqamat

Stage III

  • A free choice program of 50 minutes to include:

    • F. Liszt/Renié: Le Rossignol

    • M. Leese: Dilling Fantasy

Stage IV

  • A. Ginastera: Concerto for Harp and Orchestra

Repertoire

Polina Baranova, Russia
Paola Baron, Italy
Marianne Bouillot, France
Elisabeth Chardonnet, France
Sandrine Chatron, France
Hui-Ru Chen, Taiwan
Etsuko Chida, Japan
Meng-Lu Chiu, Taiwan
Elena Corni, Italy
Celine Gay des Combes, Switzerland
Vanessa Gong, Taiwan
Jing I. Jang, Taiwan
Baltazar Juarez, Mexico
Yanka Karguina, Russia
Ahrim Kim, Korea
Yi-Wen Kuang, Taiwan

Competitors

Lillian Lau, Hong Kong
Ya-Ting Lee, Taiwan
Elizabeth Levin, USA
Miyabi Matsuoka, Japan
Rossitza Milevska, Bulgaria
Sanghyupoh, Korea
Maria Luisa Rayan, Argentina
Jaymee Schmuck, USA
Kazuko Shinozaki, Japan
Sara Shute, USA
Julie A. Smith, USA
Nicole Staker, USA
Mariko Takada, Japan
Sayo Tanaka, Japan
Monica Turoni, Italy
Christelle Uccelli, France

Mutsuko Uematsu, Japan
Yukiko Uno, Japan
Frederike Wagner, Germany
Sonja Wangensteen, USA
Dan Yu, China
Jessica Zhou, China
Elaine Zweifel, Switzerland