Warner Classics has just released Lily Laskine—The Complete Erato and HMV Recordings, a 14-CD set that spans the 23-year recording career of the famous French harp virtuoso. The collection includes Laskine's first recording—of Mozart's Concerto for Flute and Harp,...
Annabelle Taubl was named Principal Harp with the The San Francisco Ballet Orchestra following an audition on October 16. (The October audition followed one in July, 2013, won by Adrianna Horne; however, Horne subsequently left after winning the National Symphony...
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center has featured Bridget Kibbey in an Artist Profile video. Kibbey is a Season Artist on the CMS roster and will perform on their Dec. 9 Baroque Remix concert at Alice Tully Hall. She has also been named a Principal Artist for...
The 8th World Harp Festival in Paraguay takes place Oct. 3–5, 2014, in Asuncion, Paraguay. The event includes three days of concerts, workshops, and master classes by over 50 national artists performing on traditional harps, as well as international artists from North...
Results are in for the 3rd International Harp Competition—Golden Harp—held Sept. 15–22, 2014, in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The winners are: First prize: Tatiana Alquati (Italy) Second prize: Alexandra Tikhonova (Russia) Third prize: Agne Keblyte (Lithuania) and Joel...
Megan Conley is the new Principal Harpist with the Houston Symphony, following an audition process that began in February, 2014. The audition included four rounds: two rounds in February were screened, followed by two unscreened rounds in April. "The semi-finals...
Harpist Marianne Channon Welshman died on August 18, 2014, at 102. Marianne began playing the harp at 14, studying with Frances Calder in Providence, R.I. At age 19, Marianne went on to the Fontainebleau School of Music, in France, where she studied with Marcel...
Lyon & Healy President Antonio Forero issued an invitation to harpists to participate in the 2015 Lyon & Healy Awards, to be held June 19 and 20 prior to the American Harp Society Student Institute at Utah State University in Logan, UT. The award competition...
The American Harp Society announced three winners in its Harp Carnivale Student Harp Ensemble Contest. The winning ensembles, which were selected after submitting an application and recording last spring, performed at the AHS's 41st National Conference, held in New...
It's our birthday! And our gift is new music To celebrate our 15th anniversary year in 2015, we are commissioning composers Alissa Firsova, Nicola LeFanu, Ayanna Witter-Johnson and Savourna Stevenson to collaborate on a substantial new piece for harp quartet.As a...
