The Virginia Harp Center Festival will take place March 12–14, 2027, in Arlington, Va. The event includes workshops, presentations, live performances, demonstrations, and hands-on learning. This year’s featured artists will include Orchestre de Paris principal harp...
Tatiana Repnikova-Yankovskaya is the first prize winner of the 2nd Golden Harp International Competition, held Sept. 20-27 as part of the Golden Harp Festival at the St. Petersburg State Conservatory. Repnikova-Yankovskaya wins a Venus concert harp from the Russian...
Belgian harpist and Vienna Philharmonic principal harp Anneleen Lenaerts will release her new trio album French Trios on Oct. 23 on Warner Classics, together with flutist Adam Walker and violist Timothy Ridout. The album brings together chamber works rooted in the...
The international harp community mourns the passing of French harpist and beloved pedagogue Élizabeth Fontan-Binoche, who died on October 9, 2026, at the remarkable age of 100. Born May 26, 1926, she was one of the last surviving students of Marcel Tournier...
The 22nd International Harp Contest in Israel has restructured its required repertoire and competition process. The contest has also appointed Ariel Cohen as its new director and joined the World Federation of International Music Competitions. The first two rounds are...
Het Balletorkest, the Amsterdam-based orchestra of the Dutch National Ballet and the Nederlands Dans Theater, has announced auditions for principal harp. This permanent position is open to musicians from an EU or EEA country, or those holding a permanent work and...
Harpist Anna Hagen self-released her album Midnight 'til Morning: Minor & Medieval Harp Christmas Carols on Oct. 9, featuring her own arrangements of 12 carols which she says have influenced her Medieval sense of the holiday. “These haunting minor key sounds...
The Concours International de Harpe de Paris will hold its inaugural edition in the fall of 2028, with specific dates to be announced. The competition was originally scheduled for Oct. 25–30, 2027, before being postponed to the fall of 2028 with an updated age...
Harpist Mary Duplantier is the new enlisted principal harp of the United States Coast Guard Band. “I am looking forward to this unique opportunity to be able to live out my passion of playing the harp while also being able to serve my country and be a part of the...
Veronika Lemishenko has joined the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire (RBC) as co-principal harp tutor, after two years as a visiting tutor. Located in Birmingham, United Kingdom, the harp department’s teaching team now comprises co-principal harp tutors Veronika...
