Repertoire for the 2019 Glowing Harp Competition has been announced. Taking place Apr. 5–10, 2019 in Kharkiv, Ukraine and open to harpists around the world, the competition offers seven divisions for competitors of varying ages. The deadline to submit an application is Feb. 1, 2019 and must include a letter of recommendation and your planned program. The competition will be judged by composer Paul Patterson, plus harpists Zoraida Avila, Katerina Musliyenko-Savkina, Larisa Klievtsova, and Daiva Šlyzienė. Maria Pozdnyakova and Oksana Sidyagina, both from Russia, took top honors in the 2017 Glowing Harp Competition, tying for second prize in Category IV.
“Debut” category: up to age 8
2–4 varying pieces (up to 5 min total)
І category: up to age 11
2–4 varying pieces (5–10 min total)
ІІ category: up to age 14
Stage 1 (10–15 min total)
Composition from baroque or classical period
Virtuosic piece from romantic period
Skoryk: “Memory”
Stage 2 (accompanied by chamber orchestra)
Vivaldi (arr. by Bundock Moore): Concerto C-dur I part (no repeats)
ІІІ category: up to age 18
Stage 1 (15–20 min total)
Composition from baroque or classical period
Virtuosic piece from romantic period
Erdely: “Elegy in memory of Mikhail Glinka”
Stage 2 (accompanied by chamber orchestra)
Dittersdorf: Harp concerto I part (no repeats)
ІV category: up to age 25
Stage 1 (20–30 min total)
Composition from baroque or classical period
Virtuosic piece from romantic period
Patterson: “Spiders” OR “Lizards”
Andreev: “Souvenir”
Stage 2 (accompanied by chamber orchestra)
Ravel: Introduction et allegro
“Harp duo” category: up to age 25
Freely chosen program (up to 15 min total)
Open category: age 26 and up
Stage 1 (up to 20 min total)
Freely chosen program
Stage 2 (up to 20 min total)
Freely chosen program including Tournier: Féerie
Please visit http://glowingharp-ukraine.com/ for more information.
