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...
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...
—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...
—by Elizabeth Jaxon I'm writing to you from the city of Utrecht in the Netherlands, where the Dutch Harp Festival and Competition will be held starting just next week. This is the third edition of a festival which has been a fresh addition to the agenda of worldwide...
Two big harp conferences announced this week that plans are well underway for their summer events. The program is taking shape for the 12th World Harp Congress July 20–26, 2014, in Sydney, Australia. Conference committee chair Alice Giles has promised a program that...
The first L'Académie Camac, sponsored by Camac Harps, will take place April 19–24, 2014, near Aix en Provence in the south of France. The académie will select five harpists age 18–30 to work with the French master teacher Germaine Lorenzini through participation in...
Registration is now open for Lyon & Healy's 150th Birthday Festival June 4–7, 2014, in Chicago. The harp company, founded in 1864, has gathered top players from around the world to present concerts and masterclasses at venues throughout the city for the four-day...
The inaugural events of the American Harp Center will take place July 8–July 21 in Potoskey, Mich., and will feature harp study opportunities with Judy Loman, Park Stickney, and Lynne Aspnes, who founded the center this year. The retreat is open to harpists over 18...
The Edinburgh Harp Festival, which will take place April 5–10, 2013, at Merchiston Castle School, in Edinburgh, has announced its 2013 lineup of performers. This marks the 32nd year of the folk-harp geared festival, currently under the leadership of Festival...
The ever-expanding Boston Harp Festival kicks off Friday September 28 at First Church Boston, continuing through Sunday September 30. Festivities begin with an opening recital (Firday, 8:00 p.m.) by Ina Zdorovetichi, the top prize winner at the 17th International Harp...
