The Académie de musique française in Kyoto is now accepting applications for its 2015 Academie to take place March 20–April 1 at the Insitut Français in Kyoto. The deadline to apply is January 31, 2015.  Now in its 25th year, the Academie began including harp in its...
This week Ann Hobson Pilot releases Astor Piazzolla: Escualo, her new recording with Lucia Lin and JP Jofre on the Harmonia Mundi label featuring the works of Astor Piazzolla. I asked the former Boston Symphony Orchestra principal harpist to tell us about the...
Looking for some harp inspiration this year? Lucky for you, harp mini festivals are all the rage. (We've defined a mini festival as 4 days or less.) Here are a few of our favorites coming up in the earlier part of 2015: Camac Harp Weekend in Cardiff, Wales Camac Harps...
Cynthia Price-Glynn retired in December as Chair of the Harp Department at Boston Conservatory. Price-Glynn developed the school’s unique collaborative harp department, "which offers teachers, training, and experiences in a wide range of career possibilities for...
U.K.-based harp quartet 4 Girls 4 Harps has announced plans for the British Harp Chamber Music Competition 2015 for U.K. residents with a goal "to inspire future generations of harpists and as a platform to showcase the harp within diverse ensembles," according to...
Isabelle Moretti, harp instructor at the Paris Conservatory, will teach at the Académie musicale de Villecroze, in the South of France, from March 31–April 11, 2015. The Académie sponsors master classes for various instruments from April through October. "Candidates...
French harpist Ghislaine Petit-Volta has released Hommage à Rameau, a collection of "varied viewpoints on Jean Philippe Rameau" according to the disc's liner notes. In addition to Petit-Volta's transcriptions of the nine movements by Rameau in his first book of Pieces...
First-time sponsor Atlanta Harp Center has announced the lineup for the next Atlanta Harp Festival, set to take place Feb. 27–March 1, 2015, in Roswell, Ga. Bridget Kibbey and Kim Robertson will be the featured artists, along with Atlanta Symphony Orchestra principal...
The American Harp Society is seeking a full-time Executive Director. The job requires management and financial administration for the organization; planning of programs and events; working with the AHS Board of Directors; support of AHS committees; resource...
Belgian harpist Anneleen Lenaerts has released a CD of harp concertos with the Brussels Philharmonic, conducted by Michel Tabachnik. The disc, which has been released on the Warner Classic label, includes harp concertos by Reinhold Glière (op. 78) and Joseph Jongen...
