The International Harp Contest in Israel

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Susanna Mildonian winner of the 1st International Harp Contest in Israel, 1959

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.

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

1970

  • 1st prize: , France

1973

1976

  • 1st prize: Ivan Ion Roncea, Romania

1979

  • 1st prize: Emily Mitchell, United States

1982

1985

  • 1st prize: Naoko Yoshino, Japan

1988

1992

1994

  • 1st prize: not awarded

1998

  • 1st prize: Gwyneth Wentink, Netherlands
  • 2nd prize: Christina Bianchi, Italy
  • 3rd prize: Kyo-Jin Lee, Korea

2001

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

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:
  • 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, China

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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