The International Competition of the Slovenian Harp Association has announced the prize winners of its 7th edition, held April 23–26 in Velenje, Slovenia. Laura Colombo won first prize in the top division, Category F, which takes place in two stages. Paola Gregoric...
The 3rd International Harp Competition “Ángel Padilla Crespo” has announced the results of its online contest held this spring, in which recorded video submissions serve as the competition performances. The competition is organized by the Opera Zero Cultural...
Two events celebrating the music of Louis Spohr will take place this October in Nieste in central Germany. The 28th Louis Spohr Competition for Harp is scheduled for Oct. 5–7, with a winners’ concert on Oct. 10. The 3rd Louis Spohr Festival for Harp will take place...
Bethany Caswell is the first prize winner of the 2026 United Kingdom Harp Competition; Caswell is a student of Imogen Barford at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Natalie Lo (Royal Academy of Music) won second prize, and Hanjiao Zou (Royal College of Music) won...
The Félix Godefroid International Harp Competition has announced the winners of its 9th edition, which took place April 29–May 3 in Tournai, Belgium. The triennial competition is open to harpists ages 35 and under, divided into four categories based on the length and...
The Korea International Harp Competition (KIHC) has announced the winners of this year’s contest, which took place March 29–April 5 in Seoul, South Korea. Jia Yao (China) won second prize in the young professional division, in which no first prize was awarded. Hei U...
Ukrainian harpist Veronika Lemishenko is the first prize winner of the 9th World Harp Competition, which took place at the 1000 Strings Festival in Utrecht, The Netherlands. The competition’s semifinal and final rounds took place April 16–18. According to a press...
The Glowing Harp Competition has announced the repertoire for its fifth contest, which will take place online April 1–30, 2027. Led by artistic director Veronika Lemishenko, the contest is open to harpists of all nationalities ages 25 and under as of April 1, 2027,...
The Hampton Roads Harp Festival and Competition has announced the winners of its 2026 competition. After a preliminary online round, finalists were invited to perform live at the 10th annual Hampton Roads Harp Festival (HRHF) event, held on Feb. 28 at the F. Ludwig...
The 15th edition of the Concours Français de la Harpe took place Feb. 13–15, 2026, in Limoges, France. The international competition included 12 repertoire divisions. This year, Kaisa Helena Žigurs of Estonia won a unanimous first prize in the top division, Excellence...
