The fifteenth edition of the International Suoni D’Arpa Competition & Festival concluded successfully. We are very pleased with the exceptional response we received this year, thanks to the exceptionally high caliber of the participants and the large audience. The city of Saluzzo and the splendid APM location welcomed 59 young soloists from 26 different countries. Numerous teachers and composers attended the event, which also featured four concerts, and tours to the Salvi Harps Factory. We would like to thank everyone who contributed to the success of this year’s event! We are now publishing the names of this year’s award winners and photos from the festival’s concerts.
Opening Concert – APM School Garden
Alexander Boldachev
Jury members (from left side): Emanuela Degli Esposti (chairperson), Lorenzo Montenz, Mattia Sismonda, Alexander Boldachev, Nancy Allen and Jung Kwak.
Participants cat.A
Cat.A winners (from left side) 3rdprize: Liu Si Zuo (Taiwan), 1st prize: Eksena Kostova (Bulgaria), 2nd prize: Liu Xiyuge (China) participated in two categories (A-B), . Special prizes up to 12 year of age: Dan Kim (South Corea), Amber O’Neill (Scotland), Qiuyang Yue (China), Sophia Celeste Pansini (Italy), Maria Victoria Ler (Italy)
Monastero della Stella
Carlotta Maria Augugliaro
Qiuyang Yue
Sophia Celeste Pansini
Dan Kim
Maria Vittoria Ler
Participants cat.B
Anna Petrovitsch (Deutsch) 1st prize and “Viggiano Città dell’Arpa Prize” and “Mirella Vita Prize” with Sara Rusignolo (left) by Musica D’Arpa Store (offering Mirella Vita Prize) and Arianna Ferrara Gennari, winner of our International Competition of Harp Composition “Daniele Garella” with her piece “L’Incantesimo di Dagda”
(from left side): Anna Petrovitsch (Deutsch) 1st prize and “Viggiano Città dell’Arpa Prize” and “Mirella Vita Prize”, 2nd prize: Liu Xiyuge (China), 3rd prize: Letizia Pellanda (Italy)
Special Mention: Rio Goto (Japan)
Participants cat.C
Antico Palazzo Comunale di Saluzzo
Xinyue Zhang
Winners cat.C (from left side) 2nd prize and special prize“Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Saluzzo” for the best performance of the italian piece: Jamaal Kashim (UK), 1st prize: Eve Lung (China), 3rd prize and special prize “Emilia Fadini” for the best performance of Domenico Scarlatti Sonata: Jules Scouberyou (France)
Special prizes “Fondazione Gualtiero Marchesi”:Yuet Kan (China) and Jana Bürger (Switzerland). Photo with Simona Marchesi, President of the Fondation.
Sala Verdi Final Concert
Annalisa Perletto introduces the Major of Saluzzo Franco Demaria and the Deputy Major of Viggiano Gianfranco Moscogiuro
Marco Salvi with Eve Yung (on the left), Angela Yau and Yuet Kan. Angela Yau is the founder of the Hong Kong Harp Chamber Music, the Hong Kong Harp Society and Board Member of the prestigious USA International Harp Competition. Now she is partner of the Italian Harp Association.
Carlo Belli, President of the Fondation Omraam Onlus
Annalisa Perletto, Alexander Boldachev e Chiara Dalmasso
Emanuela Degli Esposti with Giuseppe Monari, Artistic Director of Tactus Label
Angela Yau with Emanuela Degli Esposti, Nancy Allen, head of the harp departments at the Juilliard School (USA), 1st harp New York Philarmonic. and Jung Kwak, founder & CEO of the Korea International Harp Competition, and co-founder of the Asia Harp Festival. Now she is partner of the Italian Harp Association.
Angela Yau with Ieuan Jones
Visit our VIDEO CHANNEL with the live performance of the harpists:
https://www.youtube.com/@associazioneitalianadellar4657