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Jury announced for
12th USA International Harp Competition
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Anne-Sophie Bertrand (Germany)
Anne-Sophie Bertrand is Principal Harpist with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra (hr-Sinfonieorchester-Frankfurt), and Guest Professor and Associate Artist at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Born in France, Anne-Sophie Bertrand graduated with honors from the Royal Academy of Music in London where she studied with Prof. Skaila Kanga, and from the Royal Conservatoire of Brussels with the highest distinction, and also studied with Catherine Michel and Germaine Lorenzini in France.
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Shannon Shuen Chieh (Taiwan)
A leading harpist and teacher in Taiwan and Asia, Ms. Chieh has been Principal Harpist with the National Symphony of Taiwan and faculty of National Taiwan Normal University and Asian Youth Orchestra (HK) since 1999. She was former Principal Harpist with the Knoxville and San Antonio Symphony Orchestras in the US and presented her New York debut recital in Carnegie Hall in 2000. Since then, Ms. Chieh has been continually active in the international harp scene, including serving as soloist and jury member at Nippon International Harp Competition, Korea International Harp Festival and Singapore Harpfest.
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Dickie Fleisher (U.S.A.)
Dickie Fleisher has been the Principal Harpist with the Naples Philharmonic since 1983. He has also performed with the Cincinnati Symphony, Grant Park Symphony, Miami City Ballet, and internationally, with the Nagoya Symphony, Lucerne Symphony, National Symphony of Mineria, and the National Symphony of the Dominican Republic. Mr. Fleisher is the director of the Naples Harp Ensemble and teaches at Florida Gulf Coast University.
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Maria Krushevskaya (Russia)
Maria Krushevskaya is the Principal Harpist of the Bolshoi Theatre of Russia Orchestra, and from 2003-2019 was a soloist with the harp section of the Mariinsky Orchestra. She studied at the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music with Milda Agazarian, and won the Gold Medal in the 7th USA International Harp Competition in 2007. Maria has performed solo recitals at major international venues including Carnegie Hall (New York), the Queen Elizabeth Hall and the Royal Academy of Music in London, the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatoire, the National Concert Hall of Taipei, Mariinsky Theatre Concert Hall, and Saint-Petersburg State Philharmonia.
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Judy Loman (Canada)
Known as one of today’s outstanding harpists, Judy Loman graduated from The Curtis Institute of Music, where she studied with the celebrated harpist, Carlos Salzedo. She was Principal
Harpist with the Toronto Symphony and was featured as a soloist on many tours. She retired in 2002, and maintains a busy teaching and performing schedule. Judy Loman is a Visiting Artist at The Curtis Institute of Music, Adjunct Professor of Harp at the University of Toronto, and Instructor of Harp at the Glenn Gould School, Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. Ms. Loman is a Fellow of the Royal Conservatory of Music and a member of The Order of Canada for her contribution to the Arts in Canada, and a winner of Canada’s Juno Award for Best Classical Recording.
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Isabelle Perrin (France)
Isabelle Perrin, Co-principal Harpist with the Orchestre National de France for over 20 years, has led an international solo career and is regularly invited to give recitals and play with prestigious orchestras throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. She taught at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris from 2001-2015, and is currently Professor of Harp and Head of Strings at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo, and an appointed Visiting Professor at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Isabelle is Artistic Director of the World Harp Congress, and in recognition of her exemplary career and her musical commitment was decorated by the French Ministry of Culture and Communication and admitted to the Knighthood of the Order of Arts and Letters in 2007.
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USA International Harp Competition, Inc. gratefully acknowledges our exclusive sponsors
Lyon & Healy Harps, Inc., and the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
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