1–5 September 2016
Fondazione Scuola di Alto Perfezionamento Musicale di Saluzzo (Cuneo), Italy

Marco Salvi, Larysa Klievtsova, Giuseppe Monari, Yelyzaveta Rakovska, Agnese Contadini, Emanuela Degli Esposti, Lincoln Almada, Jana Boušková, Andrei Olaru, Valerio Lisci, Angelica Gavinelli, Miruna Vidican, Lorenzo Montenz, Silvia Capè, Elisa Netzer, Ekaterina Valiulina

Cat. A Lever and Pedal Harp soloists up to 13 years old

• First Prize: Yelyzaveta Rakovska (Kharov, Ukraine)
• Second Prize: Emanuele Raviol (Turin, Italy)
• Third Prize ex aequo: Silvia Capè (Milan, Italy) and Angelica Gavinelli (Novara, Italy)
• Honour Mention: Yan Hei Li (Hong Kong, China)
• Harp Professors’ Honour Mention: Larysa Klievtsova, Gabriella Bosio, Simona Marchesi

Giuseppe Monari (Jury Member), Larysa Klievtsova, Daniele Garella (Jury Member), Yan Hei Li, Marianne Gubri (Jury Member), Angelica Gavinelli, Silvia Capè, Yelyzaveta Rakovska, Emanuela Degli Esposti (Artistic Director), Lorenzo Montenz (Jury Member), Vincenzo Zitello (Jury Member)

Cat. B Lever Harp soloists (no age limits)

• First Prize: Agatha Bocedi (Reggio Emilia, Italy)
• Second Prize: Fabio Rizza (Modica, Italy)

Fabio Rizza, Emanuela Degli Esposti (Artistic Director), Agatha Bocedi

Cat. C Pedal Harp soloists up to 18 years old

• First Prize: Agnese Contadini (Rimini, Italy)
• Second Prize: Agatha Bocedi (Reggio Emilia, Italy)
• Third Prize: Andrei Olaru (Bucharest, Romania)
• Special Prize “Mirella Vita” for the Best Performance of M. Clementi’s Piece, Offered by Musica d’Arpa: Agnese Contadini (Rimini, Italy)
• Honour Mention: Deniz Esen (İzmir, Turkey)
• Harp Professors’ Honour Mention: Miruna Vidican

Miruna Vidican, Giuseppe Monari (Jury Member), Deniz Esen, Andrei Olaru, Agnese Contadini, Daniele Garella (Jury Member), Agatha Bocedi, Lorenzo Montenz (Jury Member), Emanuela Degli Esposti (Artistic Director), Jana Boušková (Jury Member), Ivano Scavino (Jury Member)

Cat. D Pedal Harp soloists up to 28 years old

• First Prize: Valerio Lisci (Turin, Italy)
• Second Prize: not assigned
• Third Prize: Gilda Gianolio (Reggio Emilia, Italy)
• Special Prize “Aria Veneziana” for the Best Performance of Ferdinando Paer’s Piece, Offered by the Association “Musica a Palazzo”: Valerio Lisci (Turin, Italy)

Gilda Gianolio, Valerio Lisci

Cat. E Duo with Harp, all instruments included (no age limits)

• First Prize: Elisa Netzer, Harp (Lugano, Switzerland); Ekaterina Valiulina, Violin (Russia)
• Second Prize: Giovanna Di Lecce, Harp (Milano, Italy); Yuri Guccione, Flute (Italy)
• Third Prize: Andrei Olaru, Harp (Bucharest, Romania); Miruna Vidican, Harp (Bucharest, Romania)
• Honour Mention: Fabrizio Aiello, Harp (Taranto, Italy); Gabriella Russo, Harp (Taranto, Italy)

Elisa Netzer, Ekaterina Valiulina, Giovanna Di Lecce, Yuri Guccione, Miruna Vidican, Andrei Olaru

Jury Members

• Lincoln Almada, harpist (Professor of Harp, Scuola di Arpa Popolare Viggianese)
• Jana Boušková , harpist (Soloist, Czech Philarmonic Orchestra & Professor of Harp, Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel)
• Patrizia Di Paolo, musician and producer-stage director (President, “Musica a Palazzo” Association, Venice)
• Daniele Garella, composer and pianist (Artistic Director, Festival  “Musica in Villa”, Florence)
• Marianne Gubri, harpist and musicologist (President, “Arpeggi” Association & Artistic Director, Bologna Harp Festival
• Giuseppe Monari, organist (Artistic Director, TACTUS)
• Lorenzo Montenz, harpist (Vice-President, Italian Harp Association)
• Ivano Scavino, organist (Artistic Director, Fondazione Scuola di Alto Perfezionamento Musicale, Saluzzo)
• Park Stickney, harpist and composer (Professor of Jazz Harp, Royal Academy of Music, London; Conservatoire National Supérieur, Lyon & Haute École de Musique, Lausanne)
• Vincenzo Zitello, harpist and composer (Artistic Director, Viggiano Harp Festival, Isolabona Harp Festival, Siracusa Harp Festival)

Artistic Direction

• Emanuela Degli Esposti, harpist (President, Italian Harp Association)
• Lorenzo Montenz, harpist (Vice-President, Italian Harp Association)

International Festival of Harp “Suoni d’Arpa”

• Harp Ensemble “Leonardo Primavera” directed by Emanuela Degli Esposti with Lorenzo Montenz, and Agatha Bocedi, Agnese Contadini, Carlotta Gambarelli, Petra Gambarelli, Gilda Gianolio, Fabio Rizza, Josephine Salvi
• Cuneo Harp Ensemble directed by Gian Rosario Presutti, with Maria Elena Bovio, and Francesca la Carubba, Valentina Meinero, Sara Manna, Alessia Musso, Eva Rosso, Alessandra Pereyra, Irene Munari, Andrea Pietrobon, Luna Musilli, Diletta Sereno, Marta Brezzo
• Jana Boušková, harp
• Emanuele Raviol, harp
• Mara Galassi, Davidsharfe and Welsh triple harp
• Flora Papadopoulos, baroque harp
• Nicoletta Sanzin, harp
• Liliana Bernardi, violin
• Lincoln Almada, Paraguayan harp
• Agatha Bocedi, lever and pedal harp
• Park Stickney, jazz harp

Many Thanks To:

• Associazione Italiana dell’Arpa | Italian Harp Association
• Fondazione Scuola di Alto Perfezionamento di Saluzzo
• Salvi Harps
• Museo dell’Arpa “Victor Salvi”
• Giuseppe Accardi
• Città di Saluzzo
• Tactus
• Stella Mattutina Edizioni
• UT Orpheus Edizioni
• Musica d’Arpa
• Associazione “Musica a Palazzo” (Venice)
• Fondazione Omraam Villa di Vico (Scandicci/Florence)
• Centro Culturale Italo-Tedesco (Piacenza)
• Associazione “Conoscere la Musica” (Bologna)
• Reabilita (Forlì)
• Assessorato alla Cultura e al Turismo del Comune di Taggia (Imperia)

La galleria fotografica completa e i video con le esecuzioni live saranno pubblicati a breve sul sito e sul canale YouTube dell’Associazione Italiana dell’Arpa. Fotografo ufficiale: Davide Piferi De Simoni.
The complete photo gallery and videos with live performances will be published shortly on the website and on the YouTube Channel of the Italian Harp Association. Official photographer: Davide Piferi De Simoni.