The USA International Harp Competition (USAIHC) has announced the dates of its upcoming 13th Competition as May 14–24, 2025. The competition will take place at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music in Bloomington, Ind., and is open to harpists of all...
The American Harp Foundation has announced the winners of the 2024 Anne Adams Awards and Marcel Grandjany Memorial Competition. Both competitions took place virtually in early April. The 2024 Anne Adams Awards winner is Chaela Franck, a student of Gretchen Van Hoesen...
The USA International Harp Competition is now accepting applications for its 13th edition, which will take place in Bloomington, Indiana, in the spring of 2025. Applications are due January 15, 2025. The competition is open to harpists of all nationalities between 18...
The United Kingdom Harp Competition has announced the winners of its 2024 contest. Hebe Kan won first prize; Kan is a student of Skaila Kanga at Trinity College, Cambridge. Stien De Neef (Royal Birmingham Conservatoire) won second prize, and Katie Lo (Royal Academy of...
The International Harp Contest in Israel is postponing its 22nd competition, originally scheduled for September of 2024. The competition will now take place Dec. 1–11, 2025. In an announcement on its website and social media channels, the organization says,...
The fourth Glowing Harp Competition, held April 1–30, awarded the first prize in its top division to Ligia Nowak of Poland. Eugenia Alfier (Italy) and Iva Dimitrijević (Serbia) tied for second prize. Lauren Swain (USA) won third prize. This year, 69 harpists from 19...
The USA International Harp Competition (USAIHC) has appointed Francine (Fran) Marseille as its new executive director. Marseille was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and was raised in California. She received her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees from California...
The Korea International Harp Competition (KIHC) has announced the winners of this year’s contest, which took place April 24–28, 2024, in Seoul, South Korea. Renee Yadav of Singapore won first prize in the young professional division. Eve Lung (China) won first prize...
The World Harp Competition at the 2024 Dutch Harp Festival (DHF) awarded Breton harpist and singer-songwriter Kevin Le Pennec first prize, as well as the audience prize, at the contest's final round on April 20. According to a press release, Le Pennec performed a solo...
The jury of the Dutch Harp Festival’s World Harp Competition has announced the three finalists: Kevin Le Pennec (France), Ariel Sol (United States), and Amy Nam (United States). The final round will take place this Saturday, April 20, during the 2024 Dutch Harp...
