The Korea International Harp Competition (KIHC) is open for registration. The competition is set to take place April 24–28, 2024, in Seoul, South Korea. The application deadline is January 31, 2024. The competition is open to applicants of all nationalities born in...
Anneleen Lenaerts has released a single from her upcoming album. Her single “Morgen” is available now on streaming platforms. The complete new digital album, More Stories, will be released on Warner Classics & Erato on January 26, 2024. The album features...
Welsh harpist Catrin Finch and duo partner Aoife Ní Bhriain (violin) reached number one on World Music Charts Europe in December 2023 for their debut album Double You. Learn more about Finch in Harp Column’s cover interview in our March/April 2020 issue.
The Rave Harps International Prestige Award has announced the required repertoire for its upcoming competition, set to take place in Singapore August 8–11, 2024. Registration will be open April 1–25, 2024. For more details, visit the competition website.
The State Opera Ruse in Bulgaria has announced harp auditions to be held December 15. Applications are due December 12. Members of the orchestra perform symphonic, operatic, operetta, and ballet works. Please see the audition listing for more information.
The Soka-Nippon International Harp Competition has announced the repertoire for its 35th contest, which will take place Nov. 10–17, 2024, in Soka City, Japan. The competition is open to harpists of all nationalities and is divided into three categories by age....
The Filarmonica de Queretaro in Mexico has appointed Joana Téllez Sosa principal harpist following its recent auditions. Téllez Sosa has won multiple prizes at the Mexico International Harp Competition, including first prize in the Intermediate II category in 2017.
The Basel International Online Harp Competition 2023 has announced its results. The competition was open to contestants of all nationalities and was divided into six categories by age. Mitsumi Okamoto of Japan won first prize and the semi-grand prize in category F...
The Global Music Awards of 2023 has awarded 2tone, a duo featuring harpist Cindy Horstman and bassist Michael Medina, the Bronze Medal in the instrumental division for their composition and production of “Remembering” from their album Duets. “We are thrilled to...
The Gewandhausorchester has announced an opening for one of its two full positions in harp, with auditions to be held May 21–22, 2024. The Gewandhausorchester performs at the Gewandhaus zu Leipzig, the Oper Leipzig, and the Thomaskirche. The ensemble began as a...
The Queensland Symphony Orchestra has appointed Emily Granger as its new principal harpist. Originally from Kansas City, Missouri, Granger studied with Susann McDonald at the Jacobs School of Music and with Sarah Bullen at the Chicago College of the Performing Arts....
Francesca Romana Di Nicola has released a new album titled Miniature, a compilation of 27 short pieces for solo harp, which she composed in 2020. According to her website, each musical miniature “tells a personal story inspired by an emotion, a reflection, a childhood...
The Young Artist’s Harp Seminar (YAHS) has announced its 2024 guest artist, Mariko Anraku, associate principal harpist of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (the Met). Applications for next summer’s YAHS and Prep programs will open on January 1, 2024, and are due by...
Harpist Kirsten Agresta Copely is nominated for a 2024 GRAMMY Award in the “Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album” category for her second New Age album, Aquamarine. According to a press release, the album is “inspired by [the artist’s] deep connection with the ocean...
Harpist Elisabeth Plank and flutist Diren Duran, accompanied by the ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester and conducted by Howard Griffiths, will release a new recording of Mozart’s Concerto for Flute and Harp. The Nov. 10 release is the seventh volume of the “Next Generation...
The upcoming Atlanta Harp Center Festival will take place March 15–17, 2024, in Decatur, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta. The festival will feature harpists Juan Riveros, Kim Robertson, Amanda Whiting, and Valérie Milot. Other guest artists will include Rhett Barnwell,...
Elizabeth “Liz” Elyse Yockey Ilku graced the world with her talent, love, disciplined determination, inner and outer beauty, and kind fellowship from March 2, 1928, until August 21, 2023. She passed away from natural causes, peacefully at her home, with her children...
The Oregon Symphony in Portland, Ore., has announced an opening for principal harp. Applicants must send a resume by email to auditions@orsymphony.org by Dec. 1, along with an indication of whether or not the applicant plans to bring a harp. The auditions will be...
The USA International Harp Competition (USAIHC) announces the appointment of its new Artistic Director Elizabeth Hainen and Associate Artistic Director Emmanuel Ceysson. Since founding the USAIHC in 1989, Susann McDonald has served as its Artistic Director. She will...
The Yehudi Menuhin School in Stoke d’Abernon, Surrey, England, has launched a new first-study harp program, led by its new Professor of Harp, Keziah Thomas. The harp program includes solo repertoire, chamber music for strings and harp, and orchestral repertoire. Harp...
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