13th USA International Harp Competition Required Repertoire

 

 The 13th Competition is open to harpists of all nationalities between the ages of 18 and 32 as of May 15, 2025.

All repertoire must be performed from memory, with the exception of the 8th Composition Contest winning composition in Stage III.

Applications will open online on May 15, 2024, and the deadline to apply is January 15, 2025.

 

Stage I

  • Choose one:
    o   Wilhelm Posse: Etude No. 7 from Eight Great Studies                                                    
    o   Eric Schmidt: Etude No. 6 
                                                         

  • Choose one: (any edition) (note: repeats are optional but the total performance time of the two Scarlatti Sonatas selected should not exceed 8.5 minutes)
    o   Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata in F minor, K466
    o Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata in A Major, K208
    o   Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata in B minor, K87  
                            

  • Choose one: (any edition)          
    o   Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata in A Major, K113
    o   Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata in A Major, K209
    o   Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata in E minor, K198

  • Gabriel Fauré: Impromptu, Op. 86   

                        

Stage II

  • Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 (any edition)

  • Choose one:

    o   Germaine Tailleferre: Sonata for Harp 
    o Paul Hindemith: Sonata for Harp

  • Choose one:

    o   Carlos Salzedo: Variations sur un thème dans le style ancien, Op. 30 (for competition performance, prepare a cut after Variation VII Molto piu Lento “Trills” to Variation XI Fuga to the end of the composition. Please note: this a different cut than the traditional one indicated in the printed score).

    o   Mikhail Mchedelov: Variations on a Theme by Paganini (without repeats)             
    o Elias Parish Alvars: Introduction and Variations on Favorite Airs from Bellini’s Opera “Norma,” Op. 36                 


Stage III

Free choice recital of 45 minutes (inclusive of breaks between pieces) to include:

  • 8th USAIHC Ruth Inglefield Composition Contest winning composition (TBA, maximum 8 minutes)
    and

  • Henriette Renié: Pièce symphonique


Stage IV

  • Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Concertino for Harp and Chamber Orchestra, Op. 93a
    and

  • Free choice solo to be played after the concerto (8 minutes maximum)

USA International Harp Competition, Inc. gratefully acknowledges the support of
Lyon & Healy Harps and the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.