Katherine Siochi wins 2016 USA International Harp Competition

photos by Seika Dong

Stage 4 Results:

American Katherine Siochi is the first prize winner of the 10th USA International Harp Competition following the 4th and final stage held Saturday, June 18 at Auer Hall on the campus of Indiana University in Bloomington. She is the first American to win the competition since Marie Casale in 1989. Elizabeth Bass of the United Kingdom finished second and Lenka Petrovic of Serbia won third prize. The three finalists each performed Ginastera’s Concerto for Harp Op. 25. The winner receives a gold Lyon & Healy harp, a cash prize, concert engagements, and a recording contract. Other prize winners are as follows:

Fourth Prize: Se Hee Hwang, South Korea
Fifth Prize: Claudia Lamanna, Italy
Sixth Prize: Valeria Voshchennikova, Russia
Seventh Prize: Woojin Lee, South Korea
Eighth Prize: Aisté Baliunyté, Lithuania

 Willy Postma Concerto Prize for best performance of Alberto Ginastera’s Harp Concerto Op. 25: Katherine Siochi

Willy Postma Composition Prize for best performance of 2015 Composition Contest Winning composition Sublimation: Lenka Petrovic

Zaniboni Prize for the highest ranked Italian contestant: Claudia Lamanna

Stage 3 Results:

Following Stage 3 of the USA International Harp Competition, the following harpists will advance to the final round, which takes place Saturday, June 18, 2016.

Elizabeth Bass – United Kingdom
Lenka Petrovic – Serbia
Katherine Siochi – USA

Stage 2 Results

Following Stage 2 of the 2016 USA International Harp Competition, which took place June 13–14, 2016, the following harpists will move on to Stage 3 on Wednesday June 15:

For more details about the USA International Harp Competition, visit their website at usaihc.org.

Stage 1 Results

Following Stage 1 of the 2016 USA International Harp Competition, which took place June 9–11, 2016, the following harpists will move on to Stage 2:

Woojin Lee, South Korea (age 18)
Abigail Kent, USA (age 21)
Catherine Derrick, United Kingdom (age 21)
Joanna Thalmann, Switzerland (age 21)
Noël Wan, Taiwan (age 22)
Jia Peng, China (age 25)
Aisté Baliunyté, Lithuania (age 23)
Alexandra Tikhonova, Russia (age 19)
Yunhuan Chen, China (age 22)
Valerio Lisci, Italy (age 21)
Elizabeth Bass, United Kingdom (age 21)
Lenka Petrovic, Serbia (age 20)
Maria Mikhaylovskaya, Russia (age 23)
Klara Woskowiak, Poland (age 24)
Arianna Rossi, Italy (age 22)
Katherine Siochi, USA (age 22)
Claudia Lamanna, Italy (age 20)
Valeria Voshchennikova, (age 23)
Se Hee Hwang, South Korea (age 20)
Elise Veyres, France (age 23)

For more details about the USA International Harp Competition, visit their website at usaihc.org.