The Concours International de Harpe de Paris will hold its inaugural edition in October 2027. The competition includes a video pre-selection round followed by three stages of live competition in Paris Oct. 25–30, 2027. The first stage and semifinal will take place at...
Zoe Vandermeer recently released her solo soprano and triple harp album, Angel’s Wine: The Songs of John Dowland, on Centaur Records. The recording features songs from Dowland’s First and Second Bookes, A Musical Banquet, and Pilgrim’s Solace. The album takes its name...
The Atlanta Ballet Orchestra has announced an opening for principal harp. Applicants must send a one-page resume by email to musicoperations@atlantaballet.com by Jan. 9, 2027. Auditions for this tenure-track position will be held in January 2027. For more information,...
French harpists Agnès Bérard and Primor Sluchin have co-founded a new charity organization called 1%HARP to gather and distribute resources to provide more opportunities to play the harp. “We all know we play a wonderful instrument that is still difficult to access...
Harpist Oliver Wass has released a new recording on Tactus Records, titled simply Harp music · Chamber music · Harp concerto, which features works that Wass commissioned from Misha Mullov-Abbado and pairs them with works from primarily Italian composers from the 16th...
At the conclusion of One Harp World, the World Harp Congress (WHC) announced the location and dates of its next event, which will take place July 10–16, 2029, in Berlin. Australian harpist Alice Giles is the newly appointed chair of the WHC, becoming the first...
French composer and harpist Bernard Andrès died on July 14, 2026, at the age of 84. Born in 1941 in Belfort, France, Andrès discovered the harp at age 19 and studied at conservatories in Besançon and Strasbourg before entering the Paris Conservatory, where he won a...
The Evergreen Symphony Orchestra, based in Taiwan, has announced auditions for its harp position. Applications are due by Sept. 13. Please see the audition listing for further details. Following a video pre-screening round, live auditions will take place Oct. 26–27 in...
Check out Harp Column’s competition rundown below to find out about upcoming opportunities at a glance.
Harper-composer Aisling Lyons will release her second studio album, Uaithne, on Aug. 7. Lyons says the album title refers to a legendary enchanted harp from Celtic mythology, said to bring harmony in music “while connecting the mortal and divine worlds.” Except for...
