The 2023 American Harp Society (AHS) Summer Institute will take place June 1–4 at the Colburn School in Los Angeles, California. The institute’s theme is “Creating Our Legacy.” The opening concert on June 1 will highlight two focal points of the institute: the...
The National Arts Centre (NAC) Orchestra Mentorship Program in Ottawa, Canada, is open to harpists for the first time this year. Participants will rehearse and perform with the NAC Orchestra, led by Music Director Alexander Shelley, May 1–19. The program includes 20...
Yolanda Kondonassis will perform and comment on works from her FIVE MINUTES for Earth® collection in a free virtual event Dec. 4 at 12 p.m. CST. The Lyon & Healy Harptacular event will also feature new music videos. Registration is required for this free event....
Harpist Teresa Suen-Campbell is set to premiere a new harp concerto by JUNO Award-winning Canadian composer Chan Ka Nin, described in a press release as “a highly personal work written during the pandemic while thinking of those most vulnerable.” Suen-Campbell has...
Spanish harpist Claudia Besné will give the premiere of a harp concerto dedicated to Nicanor Zabaleta on Nov. 5 at the Teatro Coliseo in Eibar, Spain. Besné will perform with the Andrés Egiguren Orchestra, conducted by Pedro Palacín, as part of a concert paying...
The USA International Harp Competition (USAIHC) Fall Concert features Emily Levin, bronze medalist of the 2013 USAIHC and principal harpist of the Dallas Symphony, on a program of music for harp, voice, and organ. The concert is Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. EST at First United...
Harpist and composer Ben Creighton Griffiths will premiere his own jazz harp concerto with the Chandos Symphony Orchestra on March 19, 2023, in Malvern, England. The concerto, a suite with five movements in different jazz subgenres, includes both improvisation and...
Camac Harps, which has been making harps in France since 1972, celebrates its 50th anniversary this year with a festival Oct. 21–23. Held at Camac’s showroom in Paris, with special evening concerts at the Cité de la Musique. The festival is free to attend with advance...
March 31, 2022 Claudia Lucia Lamanna of Italy was awarded first prize at the 21st International Harp Contest in Israel. Lea Maria Löffler of Germany won second prize, and Beatriz Cortesão of Portugal was the third prize winner. The three finalists each performed...
Following an online event last year, this year’s Dutch Harp Festival (DHF) will be held in person at the TivoliVredenburg Concert Hall in Utrecht May 7–8. Host and festival founder Remy van Kesteren has put together a lineup of harpists from around the world for the...
