Multiple GRAMMY-nominated harpist Yolanda Kondonassis announces her new album FIVE MINUTES for Earth, available from Azica Records on April 1. Kondonassis, who has been involved in earth conservation for 20 years, describes the concept of the album as a personal...
On March 11, Lauren Swain (USA), Juan Riveros (USA), and Evelien Vaneysendeyk (Belgium) were chosen as the three winners in the 2022 Lyon & Healy Awards in Chicago, judged by Jacquelyn Bartlett, Agnès Clément, and June Han. Each winner received $2,000 to further...
The Sarasota Orchestra has announced an opening for principal harp. Auditions will be held on May 15 and 16 at Friedman Symphony Center in Sarasota. The position begins in September 2022. Candidates must submit a one-page resumé by email, which must be received by...
The sixth edition of the International Harp Competition in Szeged, Hungary, will take place Nov. 29–Dec. 4, 2022, at the Reök Palace in Szeged. This year's competition celebrates the 140th anniversary of Zoltán Kodály’s birth (1882) and the 110th anniversary of...
Robbin Gordon-Cartier is this year's Education Award Recipient from the Wharton Institute for the Performing Arts. Gordon-Cartier is the founder of the Elizabeth School District harp program, which is now at the Cicely Tyson Performing Arts School in the East Orange...
Princeton University in New Jersey has appointed Stacey Shames to its music performance faculty. Shames is the solo harpist of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, is a member of the Aureole Trio (flute, viola, and harp), and has recorded on several internationally...
Delaine Fedson Leonard will retire from the University of Texas at Austin Butler School of Music at the end of the current academic year in May. Leonard joined the faculty in 2000 and held concurrent teaching positions at Baylor University, St. Edwards University,...
Magdalena Hoffmann, principal harpist of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, has released her new album, Nightscapes, on the Deutsche Grammophon label. Both digital and physical versions are available from Deutsche Grammophon. “In the music on this album, I wanted...
Canadian harpist-composer Caroline Lizotte releases her debut album, Lizotte plays Lizotte, today. Both digital and physical versions are available from RougébLeuë Productions. The album features some of her best-known works for harp, as well as two world premiere...
Updated Feb. 25, 2022 The Glowing Harp Festival has been postponed. We will update readers with more information as it becomes available. Feb. 22, 2022 The Glowing Harp Festival has announced its 2022 guest artist lineup. The festival, directed by Veronika Lemishenko,...
