6th USA International Harp Competition (2004)
July 1 - 11, 2004
L to R: Meijer, Smith, Ceysson
Gold Medal - Emmanuel Ceysson, France
Silver Medal - Julie A. Smith, USA
Bronze Medal - Lavinia Meijer, Netherlands
4th Prize - Kazuko Shinozaki, Japan
5th Prize - Maria Krushevskaya, Russia
6th Prize - Polina Baranova, Russia
7th Prize - Nikolaz Cadoret, France
8th Prize - Anneleen Lenaerts, Belgium
Winners
Best Performance of Debussy’s Dances sacrée et profane - Emmanuel Ceysson, France
Best Performance of Handel’s Concerto in B-flat - Lavinia Meijer, Netherlands
Best Performance of Byrnes’s Visions in Twilight -Lavinia Meijer, Netherlands
Best Performance of Zupko’s Despedida - Julie A. Smith, USA
1st Composition Contest Prize - Visions in Twilight by Garrett Byrnes (USA) and Despedida by Mischa Zupko (USA)
Special Prizes
Charles Webb (Jury President)
Jana Boušková
Jean-Michel Damase
Alice Giles
Kumiko Inoue
Marie-Claire Jamet
Kathy Kienzle
Anna Levina
Jury
Gold Medal:
Commemorative Lyon & Healy Gold Concert Grand Harp, value $55,000, sponsored by Victor Salvi Foundation
London Debut Recital, sponsored by Victor Salvi Foundation
New York Debut Recital
CD Recording, sponsored by Victor Salvi Foundation
Concert engagement with Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
Concert engagement with Mesquite Symphony Orchestra
$5000 – David and Linda Rollo Award
Silver Medal: $5,000 - Jill Bailiff Prize
Bronze Medal: $4,000 – Duquessa and Monique McGuffin Prize
Fourth Prize: $3,000 – Vanderbilt Music Company Prize
Fifth Prize: $2,500 - Dr. Konrad William Rinne and Dr. Erzsébet Gaal Rinne Prize
Sixth Prize: $2,000 – Clare McLaughlin Student Prize
Seventh Prize: $1,000 – Samuel Milligan Prize
Eighth Prize: $1,000 – Cui Jun Zhi Prize
Special Prizes
$1,000 – Anonymous Prize for the best performance of Debussy: Danses sacrée et profane
$1,000 – Jan Jennings Prize for the best performance of Handel: Concerto in B-flat
$500 – Mario Falcao Prize for the best performance of Byrnes: Visions in Twilight
$500 – Mario Falcao Prize for the best performance of Zupko: Despedida
1st Composition Contest Prizes
$1,000 American Harp Society Prize
Publication of winning compositions by Lyon & Healy Publishing
Prize Awards
Stage I
L. Spohr: Fantaisie in C-moll, Op. 35
G. Fauré: Une châtelaine en sa tour, Op. 110
Choice of:
P. Creston: Olympia, Op. 94
P. Sancan: Theme and Variations
J. Feld: Toccata and Passacaglia
Stage II
G.F. Handel arr. M. Grandjany: Prelude and Toccata
Choice of:
N. Flagello: Sonata for Harp
P. Houdy: Sonata for Harp
M. Tournier: Sonatine, Op. 30
Choice of:
W. Posse: Carnival of Venice
N. Paganini arr. Mtchedelov: Variations
Stage III
A free choice program of 35 minutes to include:
Choice of:
1st Composition Contest winning composition: Visions at Twilight by G. Byrnes
1st Composition Contest winning composition: Despedida by M. Supko
Choice of:
J. Charpentier: Danse devant l’arche
M. Grandjany: Children at Play, Op. 16
Stage IV
G.F. Handel: Concerto in B-flat major, Op. 4, No. 6 (an original unpublished cadenza not to exceed two minutes must be used in the second movement)
C. Debussy: Danses sacrée et profane
Repertoire
Polina Baranova, Russia
Agnes Berard, France
Giselle Boeters, Netherlands
Katie Elizabeth Buckley, USA
Nikolaz Cadoret, France
Emmanuel Ceysson, France
Estuko Chida, Japan
Meng-Lu Chiu, Taiwan
Sarah Christ, Australia/Germany
Angela Dastrup, USA
Daphne De Driesen, France
Yi-Wen Ding, Taiwan
Maiko Enomoto, Japan
Maria Goudimov, Germany
Adriana Horne, USA
Li-Ya Huang, Taiwan
Competitors
Nai Wei Hung, Taiwan
Jing-I Jang, Taiwan
Elizabeth Jaxon, USA
Maria Krushevskaya, Russia
Simon Kullkoff, Russia
Nora Lamoureux, France
Anneleen Lenaerts, Belgium
Elizabeth Levin, USA
Anastasia Lisitsyna, Russia
Julien Marcou, France
Lavinia Meijer, Netherlands
Cristina Montes Mateo, Spain
Yinuo Mu, China
Sanghyup Oh, South Korea
Maria Watkins Phippen, USA
Claire Place, France
Sally Pryce, United Kingdom
Sofia Ristic, Italy
Cecile Schoonbroodt, Belgium/Chile
Kazuko Shinozaki, Japan
Sara Shute, USA
Julie A. Smith, USA
Milena Stanisic, Serbia/Montenegro
Isabelle Steinbruchel, Switzerland
Fan Fen Tai, Taiwan
Midori Tajima, Japan
Reine Takano, Japan
Mayu Tamura, Japan
Sayo Tanaka, Japan
Sonja Wangensteeen, USA
Kristie A. Withers, USA
Sarah Worrall, USA
Jane Yoon, South Korea