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Winning USAIHC composition announced

Winning USAIHC composition announced

The USA International Harp Competition (USAIHC) announced that Ariel Sol "Ari" Bertulfo Schwartz is the winner of the 7th USAIHC Ruth Inglefield Composition Contest. The USAIHC also named the five other composers whose works were chosen for the final round: Nehuen...

Harp instructor opening at FSU

Harp instructor opening at FSU

Florida State University (FSU) has announced a job opening for Assistant Professor of Harp to begin in August 2022. Job responsibilities include teaching undergraduate and graduate harp students, recruiting, teaching music entrepreneurship courses, and increasing...

Israel Contest postpones Stages 3 and 4

Israel Contest postpones Stages 3 and 4

Updated Dec. 28, 2021 For a second time, the 21st International Harp Contest in Israel has postponed its semi-final and final stages due to the Omicron variant of COVID-19. The new date for the opening concert is March 28, 2022, at 8 p.m. Israel time (GMT +3) in the...

Brandee Younger nominated for GRAMMY

Brandee Younger nominated for GRAMMY

Brandee Younger is nominated for a 2022 GRAMMY Award in the "Best Instrumental Composition" category for her composition "Beautiful is Black," from her 2021 album Somewhere Different. Younger says that the slow ballad, which is her favorite on the album, gave her a...

Mary Lattimore releases new album

Mary Lattimore releases new album

Last month, Los Angeles-based harpist Mary Lattimore released her album Collected Pieces II. The album is available on Bandcamp and Ghostly as a cassette and digital release. We asked Lattimore to share more about her project. Tell us how Collected Pieces II differs...

Emmanuel Ceysson appointed to San Francisco Conservatory faculty

Emmanuel Ceysson appointed to San Francisco Conservatory faculty

The San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) has appointed Emmanuel Ceysson to its harp faculty. Ceysson, who recently received tenure with the Los Angeles Philharmonic after winning its principal harp audition in 2019, will begin teaching at SFCM in 2022 following...

Anaëlle Tourret releases new album

Anaëlle Tourret releases new album

French harpist Anaëlle Tourret released her first album, Perspectives, on November 12 on the Es-Dur label. Tourret is the solo harpist of the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra in Hamburg, Germany. We caught up with Tourret to find out more about her album. How did you...

Anneleen Lenaerts releases new album

Anneleen Lenaerts releases new album

Anneleen Lenaerts' new album, Vienna Stories, celebrates her experiences as the solo harpist for the Vienna Philharmonic and Vienna State Opera. The album, which features arrangements of orchestral works and operas, will be released on Warner Classics & Erato on...

Camac announces fourth season of online concerts

Camac announces fourth season of online concerts

Camac Harps announced the fourth season of its online concert series Les Jeudis de la Harpe (Harp Thursdays) in collaboration with musician and filmmaker Julien Hanck. The free concerts will be livestreamed on Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. CET from Salle Colonne in Paris on...

6th Hong Kong International Harp Competition announces winners

6th Hong Kong International Harp Competition announces winners

Rena Kojima of Japan won first prize in the professional pedal division at the sixth Hong Kong International Harp Competition, with Subin Lee (Korea) and Solenn Grand (France) winning silver and bronze respectively. Competitors submitted video recordings from Sept....