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 Year 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize Special prizes Other details1959Susanna Mildonian, Suzan Hacket McDonald, Edward Witsenburg, 1962Lynn Turner, Guiliana Albisetti, Brigitte Deshais du Portail, for best performance of Toccata composed by Ami Maayani: Bogumila Lutak, 1965Martine Géliot, Emilia Moskvitina, Natalia Strebkova, 1970Chantal Mathieu, Catherine Michel, Ayoko Shinokazi, 1973Nancy Allen, Grace Wong, Caitriona Yeats, 1976Ivan Ion Roncea, Frédérique Cambreling, Hazel Kathleen Kienzie, 1979Emily Mitchell, Barbara Allen, Irena Kaganovska, 1982Alice Giles, Linda Aiella, and Patricia Tassini, —1985Naoko Yoshino, not awardedIeuan Jones, (UK)1988Isabelle Moretti, Lucy Wakeford, UK—1992Marie-Pierre Langlamet, Yana Boushkova, Mariko Anraku, 1994not awardedAnna Makarova, Godelive Shram, 1998Gwyneth Wentink, Christina Bianchi, Kyo-Jin Lee, 2001Letizia Belmondo, Jessica Li Zhou, Lavinia Meijer, 2003Varvara Ivanova, Julie Bunzel, Albane Mahe, Gulbenkian prize: Etsuko Shoiji, Israeli Composition prize: Julie Bunzel, Contemporary Piece prize: Varvara Ivanova, Chamber Music prize: Julie Bunzel, 2006Sivan Magen, Cécile Maudire, Etsuko Chida, Israeli Composition prize: Sivan Magen, Contemporary piece prize: Cécile Maudire, Mario Falcao prize: Teresa Zimmermann, Renie prize: Sivan Magen, 2009not awardedIna Zdorovetchi, Remy van Kesteren, Chamber Music prize: Ina Zdorovetchi, Israeli Commissioned piece prize: Ina Zdorovetchi, Mario Falcao prize: Remy van Kesteren, Renie prize: Emily Levin, 2012Anais Gaudemard, Agne Keblyte, Mai Fukui, In memory of Yona Ettinger: Anais Gaudemard, For best performance of R. Murray Schafer: The Crown of Ariadne: Anais Gaudemard, Aharon Zvi and Mara Propes Prize: Agne Keblyte For best performance of Israeli composition by Zvi Avni, Fantasy for harp: Agne Keblite, Mario Falcao Prize: Mai Fukui, For best performance of a Free Choice Contemporary Work, in Stage II: Mai Fukui, Semi-Final Round Competitors Maiko Enomoto, Stefania Saglietti, Noël Wan, Second Round Competitors Bass, Elizabeth, Enomoto, Maiko, Gaudemard, Anais, Gott, Michelle, Guiraud, Alexandra, Keblyte, Agne, Loei, Yi-Yun, Panizza, Martino, Saglietti, Stefania, Sidyagina, Oksana, Vernia, Inbar, Wan, Noel, Yoon, Jane, First Round Competitors: Alquati, Tatiana, Amstutz, Nathalie, Dimitrova, Denitza, Enomoto, Maiko, Galo-Place, Claire, Montes, Mateo Cristina, Sato, Rieko, Scholten, Nick, Shemesh, Sarah, Sidyagina, Oksana, Vreeburg, Liesbeth, Widi, Rama, Young, Tamara, Zdorovetchi, Ina, 2015Yuying Chen, Anaelle Tourett, Eva Tomsic, 2018Lenka Petrović, Joel von Lerber, Marina Fradin, Semi-final prizes: Alisa Sadikova, Tjasha Gafner, Tatiana Repnikova, Irina Kaganovsky prize: Lenka Petrović, Joel von Lerber, Nadja Dornik, Mario Falcao Prize: Joan Rafaelle Kim, Propes Prize: Joel von Lerber, 2021Claudia Lucia Lamanna, Lea Maria Löffler, Beatriz Cortesão,
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