With the return of many in-person gatherings and the accessibility of virtual events, the next few months have a wide variety of harp happenings to choose from. Check out our festival roundup below to find one that interests you. Latin American Harp Association:...
Oberlin Conservatory of Music recently appointed Diane Evans as Visiting Associate Professor of Harp, beginning in the fall of 2022. Evans will replace Oberlin harp professor Yolanda Kondonassis when she retires at the end of the spring 2022 semester. We reached out...
The Second Pratté International Harp Festival and Competition has announced the results of the competition, held Jan. 16–20 in Norrköping, Sweden. Juliette Gauthier (Belgium) won first prize. Gauthier also won the Audience Prize, as well as the Pratté Prize for the...
Diane Evans, principal harp of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, has been named Visiting Associate Professor of Harp at Oberlin Conservatory. She begins her new role in fall 2022. Evans replaces Yolanda Kondonassis, Oberlin’s harp professor since 1997, who will...
The Omaha Symphony has announced an opening for the principal harp position. Under Music Director Ankush Kumar Bahl, the orchestra performs a wide range of genres on six concert series: MasterWorks, Symphony Pops, Symphony Rocks, Family, Symphony Joslyn, and the Movie...
The Soka-Nippon International Harp Competition has announced the repertoire for its 34th contest, which will take place Nov. 17–20, 2022, in Soka City, Japan. The competition is open to harpists of all nationalities and is divided into two categories by age with a...
Lyon & Healy Harps and Salvi Harps, Inc., announced the closure of the Salvi Harps, Inc., retail location in Los Angeles, Calif., as of Dec. 22, 2021. Due to significant renovation of the building, Lyon & Healy/Salvi will no longer be able to safely display...
The Italian Harp Association has announced the repertoire for its 11th International Harp Contest in Italy Suoni D’Arpa. The competition will take place Aug. 30–Sept. 3, 2022, at the Fondazione Scuola di Alto Perfezionamento Musicale, in the medieval town of Saluzzo....
Harpist, author, and historian Roslyn Rensch Erbes Noah died Nov. 6, 2021, in Manhattan, New York. “Roslyn was my dear friend and mentor, and I had the great honor of caring for her for the last ten years of her life,” harpist Meko (aka Mike Walls) says. “She was a...
The Dutch Harp Festival (DHF) announced the 20 candidates admitted to the 2022 DHF World Harp Competition, based on their applications and audio recordings submitted for the preselection round. The preselection jury members were Dutch harpist and DHF artistic director...
