Polish harpist Urszula Mazurek died on Jan. 18, 2026, in Warsaw. Born September 17, 1937, in Toruń, Poland, Mazurek graduated in 1962 from her harp studies at the State Higher School of Music in Warsaw, then studied harp with Jacqueline Borot, first at the Paris...
The video round presentations from the second round of the World Harp Competition will premiere on the Dutch Harp Festival’s YouTube channel on Saturday, January 24th, at 2 p.m. Amsterdam time (GMT+1). Following the initial elimination round, more than two dozen...
Breton harpist Marie-Madeleine Buffandeau-Maingourd passed away on Jan. 8 at the age of 89 in Ploufragan, Brittany, France (located near Saint-Brieuc, where she lived for three decades prior to her retirement in Ploufragan). Awarded a first prize in harp and in...
The 45th Edinburgh International Harp Festival (EIHF) will take place April 10–14 at George Watson’s College, Edinburgh. Welsh harpist Catrin Finch, U.K.-based harpist and YouTube artist Amy Turk, jazz harpist Park Stickney, and Paraguayan harpist Juanjo Corbalán will...
The Somerset Folk Harp Festival 2026 will take place July 16–19 and will be held in person at The Westin Princeton at Forrestal Village in Princeton, New Jersey, and online with synchronous Zoom sessions. Presenters will include: Kathy DeAngelo, former director of the...
In their debut collaboration, New York-based artists Zeena Parkins and Cecilia Lopez have released the new album Red Shifts, featuring two instruments they invented. Parkins plays the electric harp she designed, as well as acoustic harp and ebow piano. Lopez performs...
Singer and composer Julianna Barwick and harpist Mary Lattimore released the album Tragic Magic on Jan. 16, featuring six original tracks and one cover. Created shortly after the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires, Tragic Magic explores themes of “tragedy, wonder, and the...
The 2026 World Harp Competition, organized by the Dutch Harp Festival Association (DHF), has announced the 28 candidates who have reached the video round. (Applicants were chosen for the video round based on their applications and audio recordings submitted for the...
French harpist Xavier de Maistre released a new album dedicated to the music of George Frideric Handel on Nov. 14, 2025, on the Sony Music label. Joined by the Festival Strings Lucerne, de Maistre presents not only the Concerto in B flat major, HWV 294 (Handel’s only...
The United States Coast Guard Band has announced an opening for principal harp. Applications (including a one-page resume and audio recording) must be submitted by email by March 4, 2026. Auditions will be held May 5, 2026, at Leamy Concert Hall, U.S. Coast Guard...
