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ARD competition announces participants

Harpist Agnès Clément
Agnès Clément, first prize winner in harp in the 2016 ARD International Music Competition

May 9, 2023

The ARD International Music Competition has announced the 43 candidates for the harp category of its 72nd edition. The four-stage competition will be held in Munich Aug. 28–Sept. 15, 2023.

The 43 participants are listed below. For more information, visit the competition website.

Dariia Ahapova, Ukraine
Alexandra Bidi, France
Marcel Cara, France
Yoonsu Cha, South Korea
Noelia Cotuna Rizea, Spain
Josefien De Waele, Belgium
Julia Dietrich, Germany
Ekaterina Dvoretskaia, Russia
Séphora Foucher de la Fuente, France
Luisa Maria Gabrisch, Germany
Tjasha Gafner, Switzerland
Margot Gélie, France
Johanna Dorothea Görißen, Germany
Julia Grünbaum, Germany
Qi Han, China
Zachary James Hatcher, United States
Naho Higuchi, Japan
Maria Anna Hofman, Netherlands
Serafina Jaffé, Germany
Anna-Lena Killinger, Austria
Hyejin Kim, South Korea
Kyunghwa Kim, South Korea
Momoko Komori, Japan
Subin Lee, South Korea
Woojin Lee, South Korea
Lea Maria Löffler, Germany
Julia Łopuszyńska, Poland
Catharina Mothes, Germany
Daniel Noll, Germany
Lenka Petrović, Serbia
Teresa Raff, Germany
Marika Cecilia Riedl, Germany
Miriam Ruf, Germany
Vanda Sabakova, Czech Republic
Johanna Schellenberger, Germany
Sophie Shen, Germany
Álmos László Tallós, Hungary
Li Shan Tan, Singapore
Nagisa Tanaka, Japan
Gabriel Vieira, Brazil
Swantje Janne Wittenhagen, Germany
Jae In Yoo, South Korea
Xinyue Zhang, China

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