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Kibbey releases new album featuring six international commissions

Kibbey releases new album featuring six international commissions

Harpist Bridget Kibbey makes her debut on the Pentatone label with her new album Crossing the Ocean, available as a digital-only release on Oct. 13. The album features six solo works for harp commissioned from an international set of composers, including Kinan Azmeh’s...

Pancaroğlu releases album of original Turkish music

Pancaroğlu releases album of original Turkish music

Turkish harpist Şirin Pancaroğlu is releasing her new album Alâim-i Semâ (Rainbow) on all digital platforms Sept. 29. Her single “The Cry of the Flamingos” is available now. The album features a series of Pancaroğlu’s compositions, which she describes as “shaped by...

Romano releases new solo album for lever harp

Romano releases new solo album for lever harp

Lever harpist and composer Amelia Romano is set to release a new album Sept. 20. Levers Engaged: Classical Works Re-imagined for Harp features 20 works ranging from 17th-century Scarlatti sonatas and an 18th-century Naderman sonatina to works by 20th-century...

Lattimore releases fifth album

Lattimore releases fifth album

Mary Lattimore’s fifth album is set for release Oct. 6 and is now available for pre-order. The new album features six original tracks that the artist describes as reflections on the passage of time and the changing world around her. “When I think of these songs, I...

Somogyi releases orchestral expansion of debut album

Somogyi releases orchestral expansion of debut album

Harpist Lara Somogyi is set to release an expanded edition of her debut solo album !, featuring orchestral reworkings and remixes. Released last September, ! features experimental techniques on the harp, including putting blu-tack on the strings, playing the strings...

van Kesteren releases new Muses album

van Kesteren releases new Muses album

Dutch harpist and composer Remy van Kesteren is set to release his new album Muses Aug. 25 via Snowstar Records in CD, vinyl, and digital formats. Named after the nine muses of artistic inspiration from ancient Greek mythology, Muses explores nine composers who have...

Agresta-Copely releases third solo album

Agresta-Copely releases third solo album

Harpist and composer Kirsten Agresta-Copely will release her third solo album, Aquamarine, on July 28. Her press release describes the New Age album as a tribute to Agresta-Copely’s late mother, who taught her to love both music and the ocean. “It was healing for me...

Jackson releases debut solo album

Jackson releases debut solo album

Harpist, writer, and educator Ashley Jackson will release her debut solo album, Ennanga, in advance of Juneteenth, the holiday celebrated on June 19 to commemorate African American history. Jackson says of the album, “Inspired by my musical heritage, Ennanga pays...

Fukui releases album of all-French repertoire

Fukui releases album of all-French repertoire

Japanese harpist Mai Fukui has released a new album, Parfum de la harpe, now available from 299 Music Records. Fukui spent a decade studying French repertoire at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris. She says, “I’ve always wanted to...

Browning releases new album about trauma recovery

Browning releases new album about trauma recovery

Jessica Browning is set to release her new album May 19 on major streaming platforms. Browning says Her Odyssey is about crossing the ocean, healing from childhood trauma, and coming home to herself. “I've made a choice to speak openly about my trauma, and a community...