The Virginia Harp Center Festival will take place March 12–14, 2027, in Arlington, Va. The event includes workshops, presentations, live performances, demonstrations, and hands-on learning. This year’s featured artists will include Orchestre de Paris principal harp...
Tatiana Repnikova-Yankovskaya is the first prize winner of the 2nd Golden Harp International Competition, held Sept. 20-27 as part of the Golden Harp Festival at the St. Petersburg State Conservatory. Repnikova-Yankovskaya wins a Venus concert harp from the Russian...
Belgian harpist and Vienna Philharmonic principal harp Anneleen Lenaerts will release her new trio album French Trios on Oct. 23 on Warner Classics, together with flutist Adam Walker and violist Timothy Ridout. The album brings together chamber works rooted in the...
The international harp community mourns the passing of French harpist and beloved pedagogue Élizabeth Fontan-Binoche, who died on October 9, 2026, at the remarkable age of 100. Born May 26, 1926, she was one of the last surviving students of Marcel Tournier...
The 22nd International Harp Contest in Israel has restructured its required repertoire and competition process. The contest has also appointed Ariel Cohen as its new director and joined the World Federation of International Music Competitions. The first two rounds are...
Het Balletorkest, the Amsterdam-based orchestra of the Dutch National Ballet and the Nederlands Dans Theater, has announced auditions for principal harp. This permanent position is open to musicians from an EU or EEA country, or those holding a permanent work and...
Harpist Anna Hagen self-released her album Midnight 'til Morning: Minor & Medieval Harp Christmas Carols on Oct. 9, featuring her own arrangements of 12 carols which she says have influenced her Medieval sense of the holiday. “These haunting minor key sounds...
The Concours International de Harpe de Paris will hold its inaugural edition in the fall of 2028, with specific dates to be announced. The competition was originally scheduled for Oct. 25–30, 2027, before being postponed to the fall of 2028 with an updated age...
Harpist Mary Duplantier is the new enlisted principal harp of the United States Coast Guard Band. “I am looking forward to this unique opportunity to be able to live out my passion of playing the harp while also being able to serve my country and be a part of the...
Veronika Lemishenko has joined the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire (RBC) as co-principal harp tutor, after two years as a visiting tutor. Located in Birmingham, United Kingdom, the harp department’s teaching team now comprises co-principal harp tutors Veronika...
Nearly a half century after its founding, Dusty Strings has reached two milestone serial numbers representing 45,000 instruments handcrafted in Seattle. These milestone instruments are harp number 25,000 and dulcimer number 20,000. “We see [reaching these milestones]...
On Oct. 9, Scottish harpist Rachel Hair will release Hello Harp, her first solo harp recording since her 2007 debut album Hubcaps and Potholes. Following her solo debut, Hair released a series of albums with her trio and in duos with Manx singer-songwriter Ruth Keggin...
Harpist Elizabeth “Lizzie” Steiner released her debut album, Reluctant Princess, on Sept. 25. The album features Steiner’s arrangements of 10 of her favorite songs by Sade, Beyoncé, SWV, Kali Uchis, Solange, and others, plus two of her original compositions, all...
Richard Allen is the newly appointed section principal harp of the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. “I couldn’t be more thrilled to be joining the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra,” Allen says. “Some of my most significant musical memories have been made playing with these...
The 4th International Harp Competition Elena Carfi has announced required repertoire for its online contest in 2027. The competition includes four categories for harpists of all nationalities who are 18 years of age or younger as of Dec. 31, 2027. Contestants must...
The York Symphony Orchestra has announced an opening for principal harp. Application materials are due by Sept. 21. If a pre-screening video round is necessary, video links will be due by Oct. 5. The required refundable audition deposit must be postmarked by Oct. 12....
Dallas-based singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, avant-garde harpist, and multidisciplinary artist Jess Garland released her debut album, GLOW, on Aug. 28 on all streaming platforms. According to a press release, the album’s seven tracks include both...
The Rock City Falls Trio released its debut album, SIGNAL, on Aug. 28 on Adhyâropa Records. According to a press release, the album comes from the long-time collaboration between Alex Chang (electric harp and electronics), Jason Handron (string bass), and Adam Forman...
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (NZSO) is holding recorded auditions for the position of principal harp. These auditions are only open to candidates with the right to work in New Zealand for the NZSO at the time of application. All audition materials are due by...
The Italian Harp Association has announced the winners of its 15th International Harp Contest in Italy Suoni d’Arpa, held Aug. 25–30 at the Fondazione Scuola di Alto Perfezionamento Musicale in Saluzzo, Italy. Eve Lung of China won first prize in the top division,...
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