Concours de harpe Lily Laskine
The Concours de harpe Lily Laskine is a competition for classical harp . The competition has been held in Paris every three years since 1993 . It belongs to the Concours internationaux de la Ville de Paris and is named after the French harpist Lily Laskine . In each competition, prizes are awarded in the junior and senior categories.
Award winners
- 1st competition 1993
- 1st prize: Christine Icart , France
- 2nd prize: Xavier de Maistre , France
- 3rd prize: Cristina Bianchi , Italy
- 1. Junior Prize: Charlotte Balzereit , Germany and Valerie Kafelnikov , Russia
- 2nd competition 1996
- 1st prize: Tatiana Oskolkova , Russia
- 2nd prize: Nika Riabchinenko , Russia
- 3rd prize: Ann Yeung , USA
- 1. Junior Prize: David Lootvoet , Belgium
- 3rd competition 1999
- 1st prize: Catrin Finch , Great Britain
- 2nd prize: Eric Nielsen , USA
- 3rd prize: Letizia Belmondo , Italy
- 1. Junior Prize: Varvara Ivanova , Russia
- 4th competition 2002
- 1st prize: Jane Yoon , Korea
- 2nd prize: Maria Krouchevskaia , Russia
- 3rd prize: Angela Dastrup , USA
- 1. Junior Prize: Jimin Lee , Korea
- 5th competition 2005
- 1st prize: Aneleen Lenaerts , Belgium
- 2nd prize: Nina Kupriyanova , Russia
- 3rd prize: Reine Takano , Japan
- 1. Junior Prize: Pauline Haas , France
- 6th competition 2008
- 1st prize: not awarded
- 2nd prize: Rino Kageyama , Japan
- 3rd prize: Agnès Clément , France
- 4th prize: Alexander Boldachev , Russia
- Prize for the best interpretation of a piece by Toshio Hosokawa : Rino Kageyama, Japan
- Honorary award: Emilie Gastaud , France and Elizaveta Bushueva , Russia
- 1st Junior Prize: Benjamin Creighton Griffiths , Great Britain
- 2nd Junior Prize: Liliana Safikhanova , Russia
- 3rd Junior Prize: Wesley Hsu , USA
- Prize for the best interpretation of a piece by Esteban Benzecry : Liliana Safikhanova, Russia
- Junior Honor Award : Aistė Baliūnytė , Lithuania and Oriane David , France and Noël Wan USA