Harpist and composer Alexander Boldachev is collaborating with the Italian fashion brand Fendi for its 100-year jubilee. The collaboration, which will include events featuring Boldachev's harp performances, was sparked by a performance at the private house of Barnaba...
On March 1, over 20 harpists from Los Angeles performed on 1,000 harp strings at a benefit concert raising funds to help musicians and artists affected by the wildfires near Los Angeles. Held at One On One Recording Studio in North Hollywood, the sold-out show drew an...
The Urban Youth Harp Ensemble of Atlanta was featured on the Kelly Clarkson Show on Feb. 19. During her “Rad Humans” segment, Clarkson recognized co-founder and executive director Roselyn Lewis, along with teaching artist Jennifer Betzer, for their achievements in...
Harpist Rita Costanzi returns to the New York stage in the world premiere of “Woman on a Ledge,” based on Costanzi’s memoir and adapted by Hershey Felder. Directed by Lissa Moira, the show will run November 7–24 at Theater for the New City in New York. According to a...
A new award-winning short film titled The Fries Rebellion features theme music composed by harpist Sarajane Williams and scored for the film by composer Thibaut Falgairette. After hearing music in a dream, Williams expanded it on the harp to become “Kayla’s Journey”...
On Friday, Aug. 30, harpist Brandee Younger will perform on the harp played by jazz harpist Alice Coltrane for the first time since its recent restoration. The performance is free to attend, and will take place Aug. 30 at 7:00 p.m. on the Carhartt Amphitheater Stage,...
Harpist and composer Renée Qin has been named to CBC Music’s 30 Hot Classical Musicians under 30, 2024 edition. Released by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), the list is described in a press release as “a celebration of young Canadian talents shaping the...
A harp emoji is one of seven new characters expected to be available for use in late 2024 or early 2025. Unicode Consortium recently added the new harp emoji to the beta version of its Unicode 16.0 emoji catalog. When the beta review period concludes July 2, the...
Harpist Cindy Horstman has created a video for World Otter Day using music she composed to represent the playfulness of otters. According to a press release, after hearing a performance by Duo Da Capo of her piece Life Aquatic for flute and harp, Cindy Horstman heard...
Atlanta-based harpist Angelica Hairston is featured in a new American Family Insurance commercial. We asked Hairston to share more about her experience. How did this commercial come about? The commercial came about through an open national call from [American Family...
