Juan Corbalán of Paraguay is the first prize winner of the 2022 World Harp Competition, held May 7–8 in conjunction with the Dutch Harp Festival in Utrecht, The Netherlands. Julie Rokseth of Norway is the recipient of the second prize and the audience award. Maria Sá...
At the age of 12, Bulgarian harpist Nicole Samareva has released her debut EP, Nicole’s Heavenly Harp. The EP, which comprises three songs, is available on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and other streaming platforms. Samareva recently won a gold prize at the...
Colombian harpist Edmar Castañeda is a featured performer on May 14 at 8 p.m. CDT at the 8th Chicago Jazz String Summit (CJSS). Founded by cellist and composer Tomeka Reid, CJSS is a BIPOC-led organization that presents live performances showcasing jazz, improvised,...
Camac Harps will launch the fifth season of its online concert series Les Jeudis de la Harpe on May 5. The free concerts will be livestreamed on Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. CET on Camac’s YouTube channel, and will remain online for audiences in other time zones. The...
Welsh harpist Catrin Finch and Senegalese kora player Seckou Keita will release their third collaborative album, ECHO, on May 27 on the bendigedig label. The album marks 10 years of collaboration between the two artists. ECHO is available for pre-order from Finch and...
Harpist Mary Lattimore and guitarist Paul Sukeena will release their first full-length collaborative album, West Kensington, on May 20. The album’s six tracks feature harp, ambient, guitar, chimes, and drone. West Kensington is available for pre-order from Three Lobed...
Jazz harpist Amanda Whiting will release her third album with Jazzman Records on June 24. Whiting says that new explorations in a time of global changing events and uncertainty led her to record Lost in Abstraction. Whiting’s trio, including Aidan Thorne (bass) and...
Joel von Lerber will release his second album, Légende, on May 27 on the Claves label. Celebrating the harp’s newly expanded chromatic capabilities in the 1800s, the album features works by Renié, Fauré, Grandjany, Posse, Parish Alvars, Mchedelov, Liszt, and Bochsa....
Harpist Jim Palmer of Maryville, Missouri, died on March 22, 2022, after a brief illness. Jim performed in many prestigious settings in his home state of New York including the United Nations, Guild Theatre, the TOBAY Distinguished Artists Series, and numerous...
The Félix Godefroid International Harp Competition has announced the winners of its 8th edition. Sponsored by Camac Harps, the competition took place April 7–10 in Tournai, Belgium. The triennial competition is open to harpists ages 35 and under, divided into four...
The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra (FWSO) has announced an opening for the position of principal harp. This is a per-service position for the 2022-2023 season only. Interested candidates must send a one-page resume to auditions@fwsymphony.org by April 7. A limited...
The Colorado Springs Philharmonic has announced an opening for its principal harp position, paid on a per-service basis. The deadline to reserve an audition time is May 24. Auditions will be held on June 7. Under the baton of Music Director Josep Caballé-Domenech, the...
The Royal Academy of Music (RAM) in London has appointed Catrin Finch as its Head of Harp, beginning in the 2022–2023 academic year. We reached out to Finch to find out more about her recent appointment. What are your goals as a teacher and department head at RAM? My...
Canadian actor, artist, and writer Rajiv Surendra recently toured Lyon & Healy’s Chicago factory to create a video about harpmaking for HGTV Handmade's YouTube channel. The video explores each step of harp assembly: building a harp’s body and soundboard, carving...
The 25th American Harp Society (AHS) National Competition will be held May 31–June 4, 2023, at the Colburn School in Los Angeles, California. The competition is open to harpists up to the age of 30 as of June 1, 2023, who are AHS national members and who are citizens...
The USA International Harp Competition (USAIHC) has announced the 48 harpists from 21 countries competing in its 12th contest, which will take place June 29–July 9 in Bloomington, Ind. The jury, led by jury president Naoko Yoshino (Japan), also includes Anne-Sophie...
The University of Texas at Austin Butler School of Music has appointed Mallory McHenry to its faculty. She will begin her new position as lecturer in harp this fall. McHenry will replace Delaine Fedson Leonard, who is retiring at the end of May. “As an alum, it feels...
The Omaha Symphony has appointed Chloe Tula principal harpist after the retirement of former principal harpist Mary Bircher. Following a preliminary round by video submission, the semi-final and final audition rounds were held live in Omaha on March 14. Tula will...
March 31, 2022 Claudia Lucia Lamanna of Italy was awarded first prize at the 21st International Harp Contest in Israel. Lea Maria Löffler of Germany won second prize, and Beatriz Cortesão of Portugal was the third prize winner. The three finalists each performed...
The Royal Academy of Music (RAM) in London has appointed Catrin Finch as its Head of Harp, beginning in the 2022–2023 academic year. Finch, a RAM alumna, succeeds Karen Vaughan, the London Symphony Orchestra’s former co-principal harpist. Vaughan served as head of the...
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