2004 Winners

Emmanuel Ceysson of France was awarded the Gold Medal in the 2004 Competition. Mr. Ceysson is the principal harpist with the Paris Opera Orchestra. In 2009 he was named the winner of the ARD Music Competition in Munich. He appeared as soloist with the Munich Radio Orchestra, the Munich Chamber Orchestra and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Ceysson made his New York concert debut performing Glière’s Concerto with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s conducted by Giancarlo Guerrero at Lincoln Center. He has appeared at the Cartagena Festival Internacional de Música in Colombia and in concerto performance with the Macedonia Philharmonic.

• Silver Medal Winner – Julie A. Smith, USA
• Bronze Medal Winner – Lavinia Meijer, Netherlands
• Fourth Prize – Kazuko Shinozaki, Japan
• Fifth Prize – Maria Krushevskaya, Russia
• Sixth Prize – Polina Baranova, Russia
• Seventh Prize – Nikolaz Cadoret, France
• Eighth Prize – Anneleen Lenaerts, Belgium

Special Prizes

• Anonymous Prize - best performance of Debussy: Danses Sacrée et Profane—Emmanuel Ceysson, France
• Jan Jennings Prize - best performance of Handel: Concerto in B flat—Lavinia Meijer, Netherlands
• Mario Falcao Prize - best performance of Byrnes: Visions in Twilight—Lavinia Meijer, Netherlands
• Mario Falcao Prize - best performance of Zupko: Despedida—Julie A. Smith, USA