Judy Loman performs on June 5 at the Lyon & Healy 150th Birthday Festival. What was the moment you knew you wanted to become a harpist? The minute I started playing. What’s your absolute favorite piece to play on the harp...
Harp Traditions of Latin America Festival
The Orange County Children’s Therapeutic Arts Center will present a Latin American Harp Festival and Concert June 25–28, in Santa Ana, Calif. Master harpists from México, Paraguay, and Colombia, accompanied by international ensemble musicians, will present three days...
6 things you don’t know about Naoko Yoshino
Naoko Yoshino performs at the closing concert on June 7 at the Lyon & Healy 150th Birthday Festival; she will also perform on June 6. What was the moment you knew you wanted to become a harpist? I really cannot think of a specific moment....
10 things you don’t know about Carol Robbins
Carol Robbins performs at the Lyon & Healy 150th Birthday Festival on Friday., June 6. What was the moment you knew you wanted to become a harpist? I saw a harpist playing in a hotel in Canada on a trip with my family when I was eight. The...
10 things you don’t know about Marie-Pierre Langlamet
Marie Pierre Langlamet performs at the Lyon & Healy 150th Birthday Festival on Thursday June 5 and Friday June 6. What was the moment you knew you wanted to become a harpist? The moment I stepped into Elizabeth Fontan Binoche's (my first and...
10 things you don’t know about Angel Padilla
Angel Padilla will perform opening night (Wed. June 4) at the Lyon & Healy 150th Birthday Festival. What was the moment you knew you wanted to become a harpist? When I was 5 years old and I listened to my first harp concert. Nicanor Zabaleta...
Lyon & Healy 150th Birthday Festival
In case you haven't heard, harp-maker Lyon & Healy is throwing a birthday party in June. The company turns 150 this year, and in addition to coming out with a new harp model (the Style 150, of course) they'll be featuring a star-studded line up of harp concerts...
Edinburgh Harp Festival Begins April 4
The five-day Edinburgh International Harp Festival runs April 4–9 in Edinburgh. The event, which began in 1982 through Pilgrim Harps, is now overseen by The Clarsach Society. Workshops and concerts are scheduled throughout the day and evening featuring well-known...
Opening Night at the Dutch Harp Festival
The Dutch Harp Festival is now in full swing, here in Utrecht! The quarter-finals of the competition took place over the past two days—Wednesday and Thursday. Nineteen competitors played their set programs consisting of a prelude of their choice by J.S. Bach, the...
Storytelling at the Dutch Harp Festival
—by Elizabeth Jaxon The theme of this year’s Dutch Harp Festival (Feb 26—Mar 2) is “No Harp, No Story”, which makes reference to the traditional role of the harpist as storyteller and bearer of news. Wandering musicians, carrying a harp and singing tales of the events...
