The International Harp Contest in Israel
The International Harp Contest in Israel is a harp competition. Founded in 1959 by Aharon Zvi Propes in the city of Jerusalem, it was the first competition for the harp in the history of the instrument.
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Susanna Mildonian winner of the 1st International Harp Contest in Israel, 1959
Past competitions winners
1959
- 1st prize: Susanna Mildonian, Belgium
1962
- 1st prize: Lynn Turner, United States
- Special prize for best performance of Toccata composed by Ami Maayani: Bogumila Lutak, Poland
1965
- 1st prize: Martine Géliot, France
1970
- 1st prize: Chantal Mathieu, France
1973
- 1st prize: Nancy Allen, United States
1976
- 1st prize: Ivan Ion Roncea, Romania
1979
- 1st prize: Emily Mitchell, United States
1982
- 1st prize: Alice Giles, Australia
1985
- 1st prize: Naoko Yoshino, Japan
1988
- 1st prize: Isabelle Moretti, France
1992
- 1st prize: Marie-Pierre Langlamet, France
1994
- 1st prize: not awarded
1998
- 1st prize: Gwyneth Wentink, Netherlands
- 2nd prize: Christina Bianchi, Italy
- 3rd prize: Kyo-Jin Lee, Korea
2001
- 1st prize: Letizia Belmondo, Italy
- 2nd prize: Jessica Li Zhou, China
- 3rd prize: Lavinia Meijer, Netherlands
2003
- 1st prize: Varvara Ivanova, Russia
- 2nd prize: Julie Bunzel, Israel
- 3rd prize: Albane Mahe, France
- Gulbenkian prize: Etsuko Shoiji, Japan
- Israeli Composition prize: Julie Bunzel, Israel
- Contemporary Piece prize: Varvara Ivanova, Russia
- Chamber Music prize: Julie Bunzel, Israel
2006
- 1st prize: Sivan Magen, Israel
- 2nd prize: Cécile Maudire, France
- 3rd prize: Etsuko Chida, Japan
- Israeli Composition prize: Sivan Magen, Israel
- Contemporary piece prize: Cécile Maudire, France
- Mario Falcao prize: Teresa Zimmermann, Germany
- Renie prize: Sivan Magen, Israel
2009
- 1st prize: not awarded
- 2nd prize: Ina Zdorovetchi, Moldova
- 3rd prize: Remy van Kesteren, Netherlands
- Chamber Music prize: Ina Zdorovetchi, Moldova
- Israeli Commissioned piece prize: Ina Zdorovetchi, Moldova
- Mario Falcao prize: Remy van Kesteren, Netherlands
- Renie prize: Emily Levin, United States
2012
- 1st prize: Anais Gaudemard, France
- 2nd prize: Agne Keblyte, Lithuania
- 3rd prize: Mai Fukui, Japan
- Semi-Final Prize: In memory of Yona Ettinger: Anais Gaudemard, France
- For best performance of R. Murray Schafer: The Crown of Ariadne: Anais Gaudemard, France
- Aharon Zvi and Mara Propes Prize: Agne Keblyte
- For best performance of Israeli composition by Zvi Avni, Fantasy for harp: Agne Keblite, Lithuania
- Mario Falcao Prize: Mai Fukui, Japan
- For best performance of a Free Choice Contemporary Work, in Stage II: Mai Fukui, Japan
- Semi-Final Round Competitors
- Maiko Enomoto, Japan
- Mai Fukui, Japan
- Anais Gaudemard, France
- Agne Keblyte, Lithuania
- Stefania Saglietti, Italy
- Noël Wan, USA
- Second Round Competitors
- Bass, Elizabeth, UK
- Enomoto, Maiko, Japan
- Fukui, Mai, Japan
- Gaudemard, Anais, France
- Gott, Michelle, USA
- Guiraud, Alexandra, France
- Keblyte, Agne, Lithuania
- Loei, Yi-Yun, Australia
- Panizza, Martino, Italy
- Saglietti, Stefania, Italy
- Sidyagina, Oksana, Russia
- Vernia, Inbar, Israel
- Wan, Noel, USA
- Yoon, Jane, USA
- Second Round Repertoire:
- Légende, Henriette Renié
- Prélude, André Jolivet
- Choice of Sonata:
- Dalvimare
- Viotti
- Marin
- Free choice contemporary (to be written after 1985)
- First Round Competitors:
- Alquati, Tatiana, Italy
- Amstutz, Nathalie, Switzerland
- Bass, Elizabeth, UK
- Dimitrova, Denitza, Bulgaria
- Enomoto, Maiko, Japan
- Fukui, Mai, Japan
- Galo-Place, Claire, France
- Gaudemard, Anais, France
- Gott, Michelle, USA
- Guiraud, Alexandra, France
- Keblyte, Agne, Lithuania
- Loei, Yi-Yun, Australia
- Montes, Mateo Cristina, Spain
- Panizza, Martino, Italy
- Saglietti, Stefania, Italy
- Sato, Rieko, Japan
- Scholten, Nick, The Netherlands
- Shemesh, Sarah, Israel
- Sidyagina, Oksana, Russia
- Vernia, Inbar, Israel
- Vreeburg, Liesbeth, The Netherlands
- Wan, Noel, USA
- Widi, Rama, Indonesia
- Yoon, Jane, USA
- Young, Tamara, UK
- Zdorovetchi, Ina, Moldova
- First Round Repertoire:
- Sonata in G, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
- Rhapsodie, Marcel Grandjany
- Choice of Suite:
- Suite for Harp, Benjamin Britten
- Suite in Classic Style, Lynn Palmer
- Suite pour Harpe, Jean Francaix
- Fantasy for Harp, Tzvi Avni
2015
- 1st prize: Yuying Chen
2018
Winners
- 1st prize: Lenka Petrović (Serbia)
- 2nd prize: Joel von Lerber (Switzerland)
- 3rd prize: Marina Fradin (Israel)
Semi-final prize:
- Alisa Sadikova (Russia)
- Tjasha Gafner (Switzerland)
- Tatiana Repnikova (Russia)
Irina Kaganovsky prize:
- Lenka Petrović (Serbia)
- Joel von Lerber (Switzerland)
- Nadja Dornik (Serbia)
Mario Falcao Prize: Joan Rafaelle Kim (USA) Ropes prize: Joel von Lerber (Switzerland)
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