The USA International Harp Competition (USAIHC) has announced the 45 harpists from 19 countries competing in its 13th contest, which will take place May 14–24 in Bloomington, Ind.
The USAIHC is a triennial competition that takes place at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music. Open to harpists of all nationalities between the ages of 18 and 32, the competition was founded by Susann McDonald in 1989. The USAIHC is led by Artistic Director Elizabeth Hainen, Associate Artistic Director Emmanuel Ceysson, and Executive Director Francine Marseille. Contestants compete in four stages: two stages of required repertoire, a 45–minute free choice program (incorporating two required pieces), and a concerto performance for the three finalists. The third stage will include the piece selected as winner of the 8th USAIHC Ruth Inglefield Composition Contest, Bioluminescence, written by Kalen Smith.
Contestants:
Eugenia Alfier, Italy
Huw Boucher, Wales, UK
Agnese Contadini, Italy
Teodora Cotuna Rizea, Spain
Kikuko Dachy, France/Japan
Noelia de Freitas, France
Julia Dietrich, Germany
Ekaterina Dvoretskaia, Russia
Pauline Elkaim, France
Sebastian Gobbels, Canada
Julia Grünbaum, Germany
Qi Han, China
Nanako Hirai, Japan
Julia Johnson, USA
Mai Kamiyama, Japan
Amanda Kengor, USA
Abigail Kent, USA
Hyejin Kim, South Korea
Kyunghwa Kim, South Korea
Rena Kojima, Japan
Momoko Komori, USA/Japan
Mariya Kondo, Japan
Clarissa Konzett, Austria
Letizia Lazzerini, Italy
Annette Lee, USA
Subin Lee, South Korea
Woojin Lee, South Korea
Yin Wah Natalie Lo, Hong Kong
Isabelle Low Jia En, Malaysia
Ionella Marinutsa, France
Charlotte Michels, Germany
Shamim Minoo, Iran
Renée Murphy, USA
Moe Nakata, Japan
Sakuya Ota, Japan
Joséphine Plagnol, France
Johanna Schellenberger, Germany
Sophie Xinwei Shen, Germany
Michelle Sweegers, Netherlands
Li Shan Tan, Singapore
Nagisa Tanaka, Japan
Krissy Teng, Australia
Luna Vissers, Belgium
Zhong Ming Wan, Canada
Joost Willemze, Netherlands
