Brandee Younger is nominated for a 2022 GRAMMY Award in the "Best Instrumental Composition" category for her composition "Beautiful is Black," from her 2021 album Somewhere Different. Younger says that the slow ballad, which is her favorite on the album, gave her a...
Angela Schwarzkopf won the 2020 JUNO Award for Classical Album of the Year: Solo or Chamber for her album detach. The first harpist to win in 25 years, she shares, "I am beyond thrilled to win a JUNO Award. It is such an honor to join the previous harp winners Judy...
Angela Schwarzkopf has been nominated for a 2020 JUNO Award for her album, detach. Nominated for classical album of the year (solo or chamber), Schwarzkopf's album features percussionists Michelle Colton and Étienne Levesqu on vibraphone and showcases works written...
Yolanda Kondonassis is nominated for a 2020 Grammy Award in the "Best Classical Instrumental Solo" category. Composed by Jennifer Higdon, the harp concerto was recorded with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) under conductor Ward Stare and released as part of...
Angelica Hairston was given a 2019 Governor's Award for the Arts and Humanities by Governor Brian Kemp in Georgia. Given to "honor outstanding individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions to Georgia’s civic and cultural vitality through...
On Oct. 13, Anneleen Lenaerts was awarded an Opus Klassik in the category of "Classics Without Borders," for her 2019 album, Nino Rota: Works for Harp. Out of 462 nominated works, a total of 45 awards were given by the jury. Formerly billed as the Echo Klassik Awards,...
Mallory McHenry was recently named a young artist with American Public Media’s program, Performance Today. Broadcast on nearly 300 public radio stations across the country, Performance Today reaches approximately 1.4 million listeners per week and focuses on “the...
On Nov. 15, 2018, harpist Floraleda Sacchi, alongside composer Claudia Montero and producer José Domenech, won a Latin Grammy Award for their classical album, Magica y Misteriosa. Recorded in March 2018 with the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, the album...
The European Concert Hall Organization (ECHO) recently named Anaïs Gaudemard a Rising Star for its 2018–2019 season. Since 1995, ECHO annually nominates six young artists and groups to receive professional development support and perform concert tours across Europe....
Mario Falcao recently received the 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Harp Society. An active member of the AHS since 1969, Falcao served as chairman of the board from 1975–1979, hosted the 1980 national conference at the State University of New York at...
