9th USA International Harp Competition (2013)

July 10 - 20, 2013

L to R: van Kesteren, Marinelli, Levin

Gold Medal - Remy van Kesteren (Netherlands)
Silver Medal - Marta Marinelli (Italy)
Bronze Medal - Emily Levin (USA)
4th Prize - Yu Ying Chen (China)
5th Prize - Emily Hoile (UK)
6th Prize - Joel von Lerber (Switzerland)
7th Prize - Gwenllian Llyr (Wales)
8th Prize - Alexandra Mullins (USA)

Winners

  • Prize for Best Performance of Carl Reinecke’s Harp Concerto in E Minor, Op. 182 - Marta Marinelli (Italy)

  • Prize for the Best Performance of Benjamin Attahir's De l'obsurite II - Remy van Kesteren (Netherlands)

  • 4th Composition Contest Prize - Benjamin Attahir (France), De l'obsurite II

Special Prizes

Ann Yeung (Jury President)
Mieko Inoue
Baltazar Juárez
Maria Luisa Rayan
Gillian Benet Sella
Dan Yu
Emile Naoumoff

Jury

Gold Medal:

  • Commemorative Lyon & Healy Gold Concert Grand Harp, value $55,000, Sponsored by Lyon & Healy Harps

  • Two Debut Recitals sponsored by Lyon & Healy Harps

  • CD Recording sponsored by Lyon & Healy Harps

  • Career Promotion sponsored by Lyon & Healy Harps

  • $5,000 – David and Linda Rollo Award in memory of Mindee Rollo

Silver Medal: $5,000 – Bow Brand Prize

Bronze Medal: $4,000 – Eul Duk Kwak Memorial Prize

Fourth Prize: $3,000 – Vanderbilt Music Company Prize in Memory of Eleanor Fell

Fifth Prize: $2,500 - Dr. Konrad William Rinne and Dr. Erzsébet Gaal Rinne Prize

Sixth Prize: $2,000 – Rachel Mary and John Isaac Jones Memorial Prize

Seventh Prize: $1,500 – Marlene Rapp Prize

Eighth Prize: $1,000 Friend of the Harp Competition Prize

Special Prizes:

  • $1,000 – Willy Postma Concerto Prize for the best performance of Carl Reinecke’s Harp Concerto in E Minor, Op. 182

  • $1,000 – Mario Falcao Prize for the best performance of the winning composition of the 4th Composition Contest – Benjamin Attahir's De l'obsurite II

4th Composition Contest Prize:

  • $2,000 American Harp Society Prize

  • Publication of winning composition by Lyon & Healy Publishing

Prize Awards

Stage I

  • Choose One:

    • Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata K113 (no repeats)

    • Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata K209 (no repeats)

  • Gabriel Fauré: Impromptu, Op.86

  • Ami Ma’ayani: Maqamat

Stage II

  • Henriette Renié: Contemplation

  • Choose One:

    • Alfredo Casella: Sonata for Harp

    • Nicholas Flagello: Sonata for Harp

  • Gioacchino Rossini/Bochsa-Moretti: Rondo on “Zitti Zitti”

  • Choose One:

    • Mikhail Glinka-Balakirev: The Lark, ed. Agazarian (Harp Masters) or Erdeli (Salvi Publications)

    • Franz Liszt: The Nightingale, ed. Renié

Stage III

A free choice recital program of 40 minutes to include:

  • Benjamin Attahir: De l’obscurité II

  • Henriette Renié: Danse des Lutins

Stage IV

  • Carl Reinecke: Concerto in E Minor for Harp & Orchestra, Op. 182

Repertoire

Vuokko Ahtila, Finland
Ritsuko Arima, Japan
Emilie Bastens, Netherlands
Chu Chun Cheng, Taiwan
Yu Ying Chen, China
Daphné Coullet, France
Seika Dong, USA
Maja Dvoracek, Germany
Irene Fenninger, Germany
Xing Gao , China
Helen Gerhold, USA
Louise Grandjean, France
Zachary Hatcher, USA
Emily Hoile, UK
SeHee Hwang, South Korea
Saika Ikeshiro, Japan

Competitors

Coline Jaget, France
Jeremy Kepplemann, USA
Merve Kocabeyler, Turkey
Elizaveta Kozina, Russia
Emily Levin, USA
Chu-Heng Liao, Taiwan
Gwenllian Llyr, UK
Julia Lukan, Austria
Marta Marinelli, Italy
Mina Marinkovic, Serbia
Ann McLaughlin, USA
Ian McVoy, USA
Mayo Miura, Japan
Yuki Miyata, Japan
Cristina Montes Mateo, Spain
Alexandra Mullins, USA

Emmanuel Padilla Holguin, Mexico
Jia Peng, China
Elisabeth Plank, Austria
Betuel Ramirez, Mexico
Marion Ravot, France
Mary Reid, UK
Haley Rhodeside, USA
Aubrey Shumway, USA
Remy van Kesteren, Netherlands
Joel von Lerber, Switzerland
Nora von Marschall, Germany