2015 Prizes
First Prize
Sponsored by Lyon & Healy Harps for the First Prize of the 19th International Harp Contest in Israel: A Style 23 Gold Concert Grand harp
$5,000 (five thousand US dollars) by Lyon & Healy
A debut recital in Lyon & Healy Hall in Chicago
A CD recording produced by Lyon & Healy
The First Prize Winner will be invited to perform at the Opening Concert of the 20th International Harp Contest in Israel (2018)
The First Prize Winner will be invited to perform with the Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon-LeZion.
The First Prize Winner will perform in a special concert in the new Elma Arts Complex in Zichron Yaakov on Saturday, December 5th, 2015
The Hantang culture award – a series of concert tours in 5 big cities in China: Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjin, Shenyang & Hangzhou
Second Prize: US $8,000 donated by Ozrot Hagalil (Treasures of the Galilee)
Third Prize: US $5,000 donated by the Municipality of Akko.
Semi-Final Prize: US $3,000 in Memory of Dina & Yona Ettinger
For the best performance of Féerie, Prélude et Danse, for harp & string quartet by Marcel Tournier
Aharon Zvi and Mara Propes Prize: US $2,500
For the best performance of The New Israeli composition in Stage I:
‘Mizmor Shir’ by Menachem Wiesenberg
Irena Kaganovsky Prize: US $1,000
For the best performance of Sonata for harp by Darius Milhaud in Stage II
Subject to Changes