Stage III Semi-Final
1-2 December 2012
The Janice and Philip J Levin – Tel Aviv – Yafo Music Center, 10 She’erit Israel St., Yafo
Chamber Music Concerts
Benjamin Britten: “The Death of Saint Narcissus” for high voice and harp
R. Murray Schafer: “The Crown of Ariadne” for harp with percussion
1 December 2012 Saturday Session No. 1 19:30
2 December 2012 Sunday Session No. 2 19:30
Stage IV -Final Concert
6 December 2012, 20:00
Smolarz, Tel Aviv University
The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Nir Kabaretti, Conductor
3 Finalists perform:
Claude Debussy: Danses Sacrè e Profane for harp and strings
John Williams: “On Willows and Birches” for harp and symphony orchestra, Israel premiere
Winners’ Announcement & Prize Distribution
Park Stickney, USA
Tuesday, 4 December 2012, 20:30 and 22:30
“Shablul” Jazz Club, Port of Tel Aviv
Tickets: 80 ILS, “Shablul” 03-5461891
Although Park Stickney claims that it wasn’t his plan at the age of 10 to become a world-travelling jazz harpist, he did, in fact, embark on that path then by competing in the first International Jazz and Pop Harp Festival. Since then, after finishing his studies at the Juilliard School in New York, he has traveled across Europe, Asia and the U.S., as a soloist and teacher, as well as with a variety of ensembles whose music ranges from jazz to classical to rock. Park will be remembered by Israeli audiences for his brilliant concerts during the Israel Harp Festival in October 2011.
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Stickney has toured Hong Kong, India, and Sri Lanka four times with harpist Daphne Hellman (1995-98), taught and performed at the Umbria Jazz Festival in conjunction with the Berklee College of Music (1998), given workshops and concerts in Scotland for the Edinburgh Harp Festival (2010. 2006, 2004, 2000, 1991), the Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival (1996), and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (1998, 1996). In France, he has taught and given concerts at the Academy of Pierre Jamet in Gargilesse (2009, 1999, 1997), the “Journées de la Harpe.” in Arles (2009, 2004, 1998) , and the Festival de Harpe in Avesnois. Stickney was a guest soloist at the Soka Harp Festival in Japan, the first two Caribbean Harp Festivals in Puerto Rico, the Kansas City Festival of the Harp, the Adelaide Harp Festival, and the 2002, 1999 and 1996 World Harp Congresses.
He has taught and performed in Germany at the Mosenberg Harfentreffen (1998-2007, 2009), and the Süddeutsches Harfentreffen, Violau (2007, 2004, 2002, 1999). In the fall of 1999, he was invited by electro-celtic harpist Rüdiger Oppermann to perform 25 concerts in Germany as part of his International Harp Festival. Stickney returned to Germany the following year, this time for a 10-concert solo tour.
As Rüdiger and Park found themselves constantly jamming together at harp festivals, they decided in 2003 to form an “official” duo, by making the critically acclaimed CD “Harp Summit” (“Two players at the top of their game share their complementary skill and empathy with the music.”- The Harp Column), touring Germany and Korea, and performing at the Edinburgh Harp Festival. This collaboration continued in Rüdiger’s 2004 Klangwelten tour. In Spring 2005 Stickney & Oppermann toured 12 cities in the US, including New York, Philadelphia, Seattle, Boston, and LA. They then did a repeat US west-coast tour in 2009, with stops in Seattle, San Francisco and LA
2002 saw the beginning of a long-term collaboration with the Italian bassist Dino Contenti. In duo, and with other musicians (drummer Manhu Roche, guitarist Moreno D’Onofrio, violinist Rrok Jakaj, saxophonist Claudio Fassoli), they have given numerous performances, primarily in Italy (Asti, Torino, Milano, Bergamo, Palermo, Verona, Bolzano, etc.), as well as in Switzerland, England, Germany, Albania and Spain. This duo in turn led to another group, “Sixty-three Strings”, a quartet made up of Stickney and Contenti plus the guitar duo Manomanouche, which plays the music of Django Reinhardt.
Two new recent projects are a collaboration with Swiss flutist Regula Küffer, with a program entitled “Mozart & More,” which combines classical and jazz works in an improvisational setting, and a classical trio with flutist Immanuel Davis and violist/composer Kenji Bunch, which recently performed a series of concerts for the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s educational program.
An active teacher, Stickney is visiting Professor of Jazz Harp at the Royal Academy of Music in London and is an assistant at the Conservatoire National Superieur de Lyon.
In addition, he teaches an ongoing jazz class at the Lausanne Conservatoire and the Music Hochschule of Luzern, and has given masterclasses at the Juilliard School, the Berklee College of Music, the University of Minnesota, the Chopin Conservatory in Warsaw, the Hochschule für Musik und Theatre in Munich, the Paris Conservatory, the Barcelona and Zaragosa Conservatories in Spain, the Ecole de Jazz et Musique Actuelle in Lausanne, the Conservatories of Torino, Milano, Bolzona, and Pesaro in Italy, the Royal Scottish Academy in Glasgow, and the Trinity College of Music in London. Stickney has taught at every International Jazz and Pop Harpfest since 1995, and teaches privately in Switzerland, London, and New York.
Stickney recorded his first CD “Overdressed Late Guy,” in 1995, which was followed by a sequel “Action Harp Play Set” in 1999. In Summer 2005 he released “Still, Life with Jazz Harp,” a solo CD with guest appearances by Dino Contenti and drummer Peter Gotzmann.
Stickney holds degrees from the Juilliard School (Professional Studies 1992; Masters of Music, 1991) and the University of Arizona (Bachelor of Music Cum Laude, 1988). His teachers included Nancy Allen and Carrol McLaughlin. He plays the Lyon & Healy Electro-acoustic harp, and is inordinately fond of black-cherry yogurt.
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Saturday, 1st Decenber 2012, 10:30
“Beit Hakshatot” Kibbutz Ein Hashofet
Tickets: 60 ILS, on spot, details: ehd_lbnr@keh.co.il
The 18th International Harp Competition, Israel
presents
Master Classes and Workshop for Israeli Harpists
given by
Suzanna Klincharova, Bulgaria/France
Anna Pasetti, Italy
November, 22, 2012
09:00-14:00
Anna Pasetti,Italy 
Suzanna Klincharova, Bulgaria/FranceOn November 22, 2012, as part of the Special Events during the 18thInternational Harp Contest in Israel, Israeli harpists are invited to participate in Master Classes and Workshop given by Jury Members,Suzanna Klintcharova, concert harpist and, Anna Pasetti, harpistand musicologist. The classes will be held in the Clairmont Auditorium of the Buchman/Mehta School of Music at the Tel-Aviv University.
Suzanna Klintcharova will work with Israeli harpists on the standard solo repertoire for the concert harp and Anna Pasetti will concentrate on repertoire from the early Classical Period for both concert harp and lever harp in lessons and workshop.
Anna Pasetti, Italy Suzanna Klintcharova, Bulgaria/France
Thursday, 22 November 2012, 09:00 – 14:00
At The Claremont Auditorium of the Buchman/Mehta School of Music
at Tel Aviv University
Registration: 90 ILS at Harp Contest Office 03-6041808
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Susanna Mildonian, First Prize Winner of the 1st International Harp Contest in Israel was born in Venice in 1940 of Armenian parents. She studied harp with Margherita Cicognari at the Benedetto Marcello Conservatoire in her native city where she obtained the first prize in 1959. In 1962, further studies with Pierre Jamet at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris were again rewarded with a first prize.
Suzanna Mildonian is the only harpist ever to win a first prize in the three most important International Harp Competitions :
1959 in the International Music Competition in Israel;
1964 at the International Music Competition in Geneva, Switzerland, with a unanimous decision from the jury;
1971 at the International Competition “Marcel Tournier” in Paris.
It was also in Paris that she was awarded the prestigious “Grand Prix du Disque”
From the age of 14, Suzanna Mildonian has been performing in Italy and abroad. She made her Carnegie Hall debut in New York in 1972. She was performed with many leading orchestras all over the world and has given recitals in Europe, the United States, Japan, Russia, Korea and Taiwan.
Suzanna Mildonian was professor of harp at the Royal Conservatoire of Brussels; she also teaches at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena. Ms. Mildonian was a member of the International Jury of the 50th Anniversary International Harp Contest in Israel in 2009.
Lynne Turner, was awarded the First Prize at the Second International Harp Contest in Israel, 1962 – the first American to receive the honour. She had just completed her studies at the Paris Conservatoire in one year. She was awarded the “Premier Prix” with highest honours, “Hors Concours.”
Ms. Turner says, “After France and Israel, I returned to the United States to pursue an orchestral career and at age 24 I was appointed to my position as harpist with the Chicago Symphony by Dr. Fritz Reiner, Music Director at the time. The Chicago Symphony, one of the great ensembles of the world, has provided me with unimaginable musical experiences and continues to do so to this day with our new Music Director, Riccardo Muti. The greatest literature, interpreters, and soloists have been my musical partners. In addition to my solo appearances with the orchestra, I have also served to critical acclaim as principal and I cherish the countless number of great performances in which I have had the privilege to participate.”
Lynne Turner was a member of the International Jury at the 50th Anniversary International Harp Contest in Israel in 2009.
Martine Geliot was born to a family of harpists and studied with Pierre Jamet at the Paris Conservatory, where she won first prize. Martine Geliot was First Prize Winner at the Third International harp Contest in Israel in 1965.
Since then she appeared throughout the world as recitalist and soloist with many orchestras.
Many works were written for her and dedicated to her. Since 1978 she was principal harpist of the Orchestre National de France and a sought after guest artist.
She taught at the Paris Conservatory. She served at the Ninth International Harp Contest in Israel (1985).
Martine Geliot passed away in 1988.