The International Harp Contest in Israel
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The International Harp Contest in Israel is regarded as the most important harp
competition in the world. 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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Harp
The harp is a multi-stringed instrument which has the plane of its strings positioned perpendicularly to the soundboard. Organologically, it is in the general category of chordophones and has its own sub category . All harps have a neck, resonator and strings...
competition in the world. 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.
Winners of Past Competitions
2009- 1st prize: not awarded
- 2nd prize: Ina ZdorovetchiIna ZdorovetchiIna Zdorovetchi is a Moldovan-American concert harpist.-Biography:Ina Zdorovetchi is winner of the 17th International Harp Contest in Israel , having received multiple prizes including the Second Prize , the Chamber Music Prize in memory of Yona Ettinger and the Aharon Zvi & Mara Propes Prize for...
, MoldovaMoldovaMoldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part... - 3rd prize: Remy van Kesteren, NetherlandsNetherlandsThe Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
- Chamber MusicChamber musicChamber music is a form of classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small number of performers with one performer to a part...
prize: Ina Zdorovetchi, Moldova - Israeli Commissioned piece prize: Ina Zdorovetchi, Moldova
- Mario Falcao prize: Remy van Kesteren, Netherlands
- Renie prize: Emily Levin, United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
- Chamber Music
2006
- 1st prize: Sivan Magen, IsraelIsraelThe State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
- 2nd prize: Cecile Maudire, FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
- 3rd prize: Etsuko Chida, JapanJapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
- Israeli Composition prize: Sivan Magen, Israel
- Contemporary piece prize: Cecile Maudire, France
- Mario Falcao prize: Teresa Zimmermann, GermanyGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
- Renie prize: Sivan Magen, Israel
2003
- 1st prize: Varvara Ivanova, RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
- 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
2001
- 1st prize: Letizia Belmondo, ItalyItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
- 2nd prize: Jessica Li Zhou, ChinaChinaChinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
- 3rd prize: Lavinia MeijerLavinia MeijerLavinia Meijer is a Dutch harpist.-Education:When she was 11 years old, Lavinia was accepted by Erika Waardenburg to study at the Young Talent Department of the Utrecht Conservatory...
, Netherlands
1998
- 1st prize: Gwyneth Wentink, Netherlands
- 2nd prize: Christina Bianchi, Italy
- 3rd prize: Kyo-Jin Lee, KoreaKoreaKorea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
1994
- 1st prize: not awarded
1992
- 1st prize: Marie-Pierre Langlamet, France
1988
- 1st prize: Isabelle Moretti, France
1985
- 1st prize: Naoko Yoshino, Japan
1982
- 1st prize: Alice Giles, AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
1979
- 1st prize: Emily Mitchell, United States
1976
- 1st prize: Ivan Ion Roncea, RomaniaRomaniaRomania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
1973
- 1st prize: Nancy AllenNancy Allen (harpist)Nancy Allen is a prominent harpist from the United States.The daughter of a public school music teacher in the Carmel, New York district, she won numerous international competitions starting at a young age. In 1973 she won first prize at the Fifth International Harp Competition in Israel, which is...
, United States
1970
- 1st prize: Chantal Mathieu, France
1965
- 1st prize: Martine Geliot, France
1962
- 1st prize: Lynn Turner, United States
1959
- 1st prize: Susanna Mildonian, BelgiumBelgiumBelgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...