Sivan Magen is one of 16 contenders in consideration for the new Warner Music Prize, established by the Warner Music Group in association with Blavatnik Family Foundation and Carnegie Hall. The $100,000 cash award "will be given to a classical musician aged 18 to 35...
Grace Bauson has been appointed harp instructor at James Madison University School of Music beginning this fall. Bauson studied with Elizabeth Richter at Ball State University, where she received her Bachelor of Music in harp performance. She received a fellowship to...
Alice Giles appeared Oct. 29 on Richmond's Virginia this Morning local news show to promote her Oct. 30 concert at Grace Baptist Church. If you can suffer through the commercial and endless questions and stereotypical angel references by the reporter, you'll be...
Did you miss the annual Camac Festival, held this year in Perpignan, France? No worries, they've created a highlight video with performances and interviews from the week-end long event, held Oct. 17–19, 2014. Read more about it on their harpblog.
Photos courtesy of Anne Fouchard-Chamayou Update (10/28/14) The complete results of the 2014 Lily Laskine Competition are: Grand Prize de la Ville de Paris : not awarded Second Prize: Coline...
Warner Classics has just released Lily Laskine—The Complete Erato and HMV Recordings, a 14-CD set that spans the 23-year recording career of the famous French harp virtuoso. The collection includes Laskine's first recording—of Mozart's Concerto for Flute and Harp,...
Annabelle Taubl was named Principal Harp with the The San Francisco Ballet Orchestra following an audition on October 16. (The October audition followed one in July, 2013, won by Adrianna Horne; however, Horne subsequently left after winning the National Symphony...
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center has featured Bridget Kibbey in an Artist Profile video. Kibbey is a Season Artist on the CMS roster and will perform on their Dec. 9 Baroque Remix concert at Alice Tully Hall. Â She has also been named a Principal Artist for...
The 8th World Harp Festival in Paraguay takes place Oct. 3–5, 2014, in Asuncion, Paraguay. The event includes three days of concerts, workshops, and master classes by over 50 national artists performing on traditional harps, as well as international artists from North...
Results are in for the 3rd International Harp Competition—Golden Harp—held Sept. 15–22, 2014, in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The winners are: First prize: Tatiana Alquati (Italy) Second prize: Alexandra Tikhonova (Russia) Third prize: Agne Keblyte (Lithuania) and Joel...
