Check out Harp Column’s 2025 competition rundown below to find out about upcoming opportunities at a glance. 26th American Harp Society National Competition May 28–June 1Application period: March 1–April 1Find out more details. Anne Adams Awards May 2026Find out more...
The Rave Harps International Prestige Award has announced its 2025 event, consisting of a harp chamber competition and composition competition, open to all nationalities. The event will be held online, with a live Prestige Award winners’ concert...
Canadian harpist and composer Kalen Smith is the winner of the 8th USA International Harp Competition (USAIHC) Ruth Inglefield Composition Contest with his composition Bioluminescence. According to a press release from the USAIHC, the jury also acknowledges and...
The Hong Kong International Harp Competition has announced required repertoire for its ninth edition, to be held Oct. 1–7, 2025, in Y Square, Hong Kong. The competition consists of 12 divisions, categorized by age (as of Oct. 1, 2025) and type of harp (lever or...
The 35th Soka-Nippon International Harp Competition has announced the winners of this year’s competition, held Nov. 10–17 in Soka City, Japan. Evelien Vaneysendeyk of Belgium, who studies with Sivan Magen in Berlin, is the first prize winner of the Professional...
The 7th International Harp Competition in Szeged, Hungary, will be held Nov. 19–23, 2025, at the Reök Palace. The competition is open to harpists of all nationalities who were born on or after Nov. 24, 1999, and is divided into three age categories. Applications are...
The 2nd Ceren Necipoglu Istanbul Harp Festival will be held January 14–19, 2025, in Istanbul, Turkey. The festival includes competitions (consisting of two solo harp categories and one chamber music category), masterclasses, workshops, lectures, and...
The Franz Josef Reinl Foundation Harp Competition has announced the required repertoire for 2025. Applications are due March 20, 2025, via mail and email. The competition will take place Sept. 24–27, 2025, at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna,...
The International Jeunesses Musicales Competition in Belgrade, Serbia, will feature the harp for the first time in 2025. The competition rotates the instrument for which it accepts applications. Since its inception in 1971, over 2,000 soloists and more than 200...
Suoni d’Arpa has announced the winners of its 13th International Harp Contest in Italy, held Aug. 27–Sept. 1 in Saluzzo, Italy. Harpists from 25 different countries participated in this year’s contest. Letizia Lazzerini won first prize in the top division. Her prize...
