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