Reminder:
Last date to send applications: 1st May 2024
The 22nd International Harp Contest in Israel
13 August – 26 September 2024*
Will take place in Tel Aviv
At the Tel Aviv-Yafo Music Center
*First Stage will be broadcasted on the Internet between 13–17 August 2024.
We are proud to announce
the International Jury of the 22nd Harp Contest in Israel:
Judy Loman, USA – President
Josef Bardanashvili, Israel
Alexander Boldachev, Russia/Switzerland
Jana Boušková, Czech Republic
Jason Chang, China
Adina Haroz, Israel
Baltazar Juárez, Mexico
Jung Kwak, South Korea
Doron Salomon, Israel
Claudia Lucia Lamanna, Italy First Prize Winner of the 21st International Harp Contest in Israel, will perform at the Opening Concert of the 22nd Harp Contest.
The First Stage will be held online. The Second Stage, The Third Stage and the Final stage will be performed live in front of an audience.
Contestants will record their performance of First Stage between 4-10 August 2024,
depending on the final number of the accepted contestants.
A preliminary timetable:
18 September Arrival to Israel
19 September Opening Concert
20 September Stage II
21 September Stage II
24 September Stage III
26 September Final Stage & Winners’ announcement
27 September Departure
We are looking forward to greeting you here in Israel!
The commissioned Israeli work for the 22nd Harp Contest:
“Northern Wind” by Uri Brener.
The name of the piece is inspired by a quote
from the Babylonian Talmud (Tractate Berachot 3b):
“A harp was hanging above David’s bed. As soon as midnight arrived,
a North wind came and blew upon it and it played of itself.
He arose immediately and studied the Torah till the break of dawn…”
The work is available for free downloading:
Northern Wind by Uri Brener (PDF)