4th USA International Harp Competition
July 4 - 14, 1998
Winners
Gold Medal
Xavier De Maistre, France
Prizes
- Lyon and Healy Concert Grand Harp, Style 30
- New York Debut Recital, Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, sponsored by The Humana Foundation
- $5,000 - David and Linda Rollo Award
After winning the 4th Competition, Xavier de Maistre was named principal harpist with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Xavier also appeared in successful recitals in Wigmore Hall, London, presented by Salvi International and in Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, on January 26, 1999. Xavier is now a world-renowned soloist and makes regular appearances in the major concert halls of Europe, Japan and the United States. His 2015/16 season has included appearances with the Chicago Symphony, Orchestre de Paris, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Tampere Philharmonic, and many others across United States, Europe, and Asia. Xavier has been an exclusive Sony Music artist since 2008. Through his recordings, he was awarded the Echo Klassik Award as “Instrumentalist of the Year” in 2009, and his baroque concerto album Notte Veneziana immediately entered in the top ten of the classical music charts in 2012. His most recent CD, Moldau-The Romantic Album was released in 2015 and has received high critical acclaim.
Bronze Medal:
CAMAC Concert Grand Harp, “Atlantide Prestige,” or Electric-Acoustic Harp, “The Blue”
Kyo jin Lee, Korea
Silver Medal:
Aoyama Gold Concert Grand Harp, Monarch 47 D
Concerts in Tokyo and Fukui Japan, sponsored by the Aoyama Harp Company
Maria Luisa Rayan, Argentina
Special Prizes
Fons Music Foundation Prize for best performance of Ami Ma’ayani's Toccata for Harp: $1,000
Xavier De Maistre
Jan Jennings Prize for best performance of Francois Boieldieu's Concerto for Harp: ,$1,000
Xavier De Maistre
Fourth Prize: $4,000 - Jill Bailiff-Reyes Prize
Baltazar Juarez, Mexico
Fifth Prize: $3,000 - Marilyn Costello Memorial Prize
Kaori Otake, Japan
Sixth Prize: $2,000 - Peter S. Reis and Rebecca Flannery Prize
Danielle Riegel, The Netherlands
Seventh Prize: $1,500 - George H. McDonald Memorial Prize
Elisabeth Cardonnet, France
Eighth Prize: $1,000 - Hubert and Amalie Barger Prize
Ramiro Enriquez, Argentina
Jury
Charles Webb, Jury President
Charles Webb is Dean Emeritus of the Indiana University School of Music. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Southern Methodist University and his doctoral degree in music from Indiana University. He maintains an active performance schedule as a conductor and pianist and serves as a judge for international music competitions throughout the world.
Sarah Bullen
Sarah Bullen is the former principal harp of the New York Philharmonic and now principal with the Chicago Symphony; former chair of the harp department at the Manhattan School of Music; and an active solo harpist.
Marcella de Cray
Marcella De Cray is a faculty member at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, active performer with the San Francisco Ballet, Opera, and Chamber Orchestras, founder of the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, and former member of the Philadelphia and Metropolitan Opera Orchestras.
Elizabeth Fontan-Binoche
Elizabeth Fontan-Binoche is Professor at the Conservatoire National in Nice, teaching at Antibes and Cagnes sur Mer. She has appeared in virtually every European and South American country, as well as the United States, Canada, Japan, Tunisia, and New Caledonia.
Taka Kling
Taka Kling is a teacher at the University of Victoria in British Columbia; founder of the harp department at the University of Louisville, former principal harpist with the Louisville Orchestra, and an active soloist and recitalist.
David Watkins
David Watkins is a composer and active soloist; former member of the orchestra at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; and principal harpist with the London Philharmonic.
Edward Witsenburg
Edward Witsenburg is faculty member at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague; former harpist with several orchestras in the Netherlands, including the Philharmonic of The Hague; and professor at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria.
Elena Zaniboni
Elena Zaniboni is a leading performer; commissioner of new harp music, particularly among contemporary Italian composers; and much sought-after teacher of master classes, frequently at the National Academy of Santa Ceclia in Rome.
Contestants
Lioubov Klevtsova, Russia
Heidi Krutzen, Canada
Yi-wen Kuang, Taiwan
Josh Layne, Canada
Kyo-jin Lee, Korea
Hong Liang, China
Elizabeth Keadle Markey, USA
Triona Marshall, Ireland
Isabel Moreton, Germany
Tat’iana Oskolkova, Russia
Kaori Otake, Japan
Anna Pachinskaya, Russia
Maria Luisa Rayan, Argentina
Danielle Riegel, The Netherlands
Marcelo Silva, Brazil
Michaela Trnkova, Czech Republic
Yukiko Uno, Japan
Ann Yeung, USA
Anne Bassand, Switzerland
Celia May-Wai Chan, USA
Elisabeth Chardonnet, France
Shu-Hsin Chen, Taiwan
Bo Cheng, China
Ching-ju Cheng, Taiwan
Rosalba Cirigliano, Italy
Xavier De Maistre, France
Manon De Preissac, South Africa
Wiedke Dirks, The Netherlands
Cliona Doris, Ireland
Kirsten Ecke, Germany
Ramiro Enriquez, Argentina
Elisa Mediero Fernandez, Spain
Catherine Gima, Greece
Baltazar Juarez, Mexico
Masami Kaigawa, Japan
Mahalia Kelz, Germany
