Applications are now open for the Princess Margaret of the Isles Memorial Prize for Celtic Harp, sponsored by the Clan Donald Lands Trust and Robert Burns Society of Charleston, South Carolina. The competition is open to all harpists 18 and older who reside in North...
Suoni d’Arpa announced the 2021 prize winners following its 10th competition, held Aug. 29–Sept. 1 in Saluzzo, Italy. Oksana Sidyagina won first prize in the top division. Tatiana Repnikova won second prize. Agnese Contadini won third prize and the Arpa Viggianese...
49 harpists representing 22 countries are the competitors in the 21st International Harp Contest in Israel. Contestants perform required repertoire and free choice selections over four stages. Due to the ongoing pandemic, the prestigious triennial competition...
Harpist Noël Wan recently won second prize in the 2021 Prix Orford Musique, held in Gilles-Lefebvre Concert Hall in Orford, Quebec. Her second prize award includes a $5,000 cash award and career coaching sessions. Wan, who is an assistant professor of harp at Western...
The Korea International Harp Competition announced the repertoire for its third competition, which will take place online in 2022. The event was last held in 2018, when Valerio Lisci of Italy took first prize in the Young Professional Division, Xinyue Zhang of China...
A new competition for young harpists will debut in October. The International Harp Competition Elena Carfi Online is open to children of all nationalities who will be evaluated by a jury of María Luisa Rayán, jury president (Argentina/U.S.), Ramiro Enríquez...
Updated Feb. 2, 2022 The Concours International de Harpes has been postponed to 2023. For more information, visit the competition website. July 2, 2021 The Concours International de Harpes has announced the repertoire for its 12th competition, to be held Feb. 18–20,...
The American Harp Society (AHS) crowned Elizabeth Yeoh-Wang as its new Concert Artist for the next two years after she won the Young Professional division of the 24th AHS National Competition. Yeoh-Wang studied with Jessica Zhou through a dual-degree program at...
Updated Feb. 2, 2022 The application deadline has been extended to April 5 for both American Harp Society Foundation competitions. The Anne Adams Awards will be held virtually on May 24. The scholarship award has been increased to $3,000 for each of the three winners....
In less than four months, all eyes in the harp world will turn to Israel as musicians representing 24 countries compete in the 21st International Harp Contest in Israel. The triennial competition announced the order of appearance of its 61 contestants in the...
