The Dutch Harp Festival (DHF) has announced its 2024 lineup. With a theme of “Night of a 1000 Strings,” this year’s festival will take place in TivoliVredenburg Utrecht on April 20. In addition to music in a variety of genres, the festival also features visuals,...
Dutch Harp Festival announces 2022 lineup
Mar 23, 2022
Following an online event last year, this year’s Dutch Harp Festival (DHF) will be held in person at the TivoliVredenburg Concert Hall in Utrecht May 7–8. Host and festival founder Remy van Kesteren has put together a lineup of harpists from around the world for the...
Dutch Harp Competition Results
Oct 10, 2016
Update: Oct 16 Emmanuel Padilla Holguín has emerged as the First Prize winner in the 2016 Dutch Harp Competition. He also received the Audience Award, determined by ballot vote...
Dutch Harp Week
Oct 6, 2016
Next week in the Netherlands – October 12-16, 2016 – four of the country's major harp events are set to coincide in the city of Utrecht: the international Dutch Harp Competition, the Dutch Harp Festival, the Open Harp Day, and the Jazz Harp Academy. Dutch Harp...
Dutch Harp Competition Announces Contestants
Jul 29, 2016
Following a preliminary screening round, quarter finalists have been selected for the fourth biennial Dutch Harp Competition, which will take place October 12–16, 2016, in Utrecht in conjunction with the Dutch Harp Festival. Thirty-three harpists will vie for a First...
Opening Night at the Dutch Harp Festival
Feb 28, 2014
The Dutch Harp Festival is now in full swing, here in Utrecht! The quarter-finals of the competition took place over the past two days—Wednesday and Thursday. Nineteen competitors played their set programs consisting of a prelude of their choice by J.S. Bach, the...
Storytelling at the Dutch Harp Festival
Feb 21, 2014
—by Elizabeth Jaxon The theme of this year’s Dutch Harp Festival (Feb 26—Mar 2) is “No Harp, No Story”, which makes reference to the traditional role of the harpist as storyteller and bearer of news. Wandering musicians, carrying a harp and singing tales of the events...
Dutch Harp Festival, Feb 26–Mar 2
Feb 19, 2014
—by Elizabeth Jaxon I'm writing to you from the city of Utrecht in the Netherlands, where the Dutch Harp Festival and Competition will be held starting just next week. This is the third edition of a festival which has been a fresh addition to the agenda of worldwide...