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10 things you don’t know about Sylvain Blassel

Sylvain Blassel—Instructor of harp at the Lyon Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique—will give the closing concert at the Princeton Harp Festival on Nov 8. Just listen to his performance of Bach's Goldberg Variations to understand why this French phenom is in...

10 things you don’t know about Addi & Jacq

10 things you don’t know about Addi & Jacq

Next up in our Ten Things series: Addi & Jacq. While you might already know a little bit about this N.Y.C. harp and vocal duo from the other stories we've run on them recently, we figured it wouldn't hurt to ask them a few more questions. They perform on Saturday,...

10 things you don’t know about Noa Kageyama

10 things you don’t know about Noa Kageyama

It's not often we feature a non-harpist on harpcolumn.com, but we simply couldn't resist the chance to find out 10 things about Bulletproof Musician blogger Noa Kageyama. Noa will speak at the Princeton Harp Festival on Nov. 7. How do you keep...

10 things you don’t know about François Pernel

10 things you don’t know about François Pernel

Harp Column's Ten Things series is back! This time we're catching up with some of the featured artists who'll be appearing at the Princeton Harp Festival in just four weeks. First up, from France, François Pernel, scheduled to perform at the festival's opening concert...

10 things you don’t know about Julie Smith

10 things you don’t know about Julie Smith

 What was the moment you knew you wanted to become a harpist? It came in phases for me, but I first knew I wanted to play the harp when I was 9 years old. I went to a symphony concert in my hometown and saw a harp for the first time. I was in awe...

6 things you don’t know about Dan Yu

6 things you don’t know about Dan Yu

 What was the moment you knew you wanted to become a harpist? When I first switched from piano to harp at age 10.  What’s your absolute favorite piece to play on the harp and why? There is more than one! One of them is Brahms...

10 things you don’t know about Park Stickney

10 things you don’t know about Park Stickney

Park Stickney performs on Friday, June 6.  What was the moment you knew you wanted to become a harpist? I was playing a lunch gig in NY, while working on my Masters at Juilliard, when suddenly it hit me that I really liked playing the harp. I was...

3 things you don’t know about Sarah Bullen

3 things you don’t know about Sarah Bullen

Complete this sentence: If I weren’t a harpist, I’d be… If I were not a harpist I would have loved to be an architect. I love building projects and reimagining space.  The most important element of good harp technique is: Good...

8 things you don’t know about Remy van Kesteren

8 things you don’t know about Remy van Kesteren

 What was the moment you knew you wanted to become a harpist? When I was five years old, sitting on the swing in the garden of my mother's friend, I suddenly heard a beautiful sound through the open window upstairs. I ran up as fast as I could and...

5 things you don’t know about Ann Yeung

5 things you don’t know about Ann Yeung

 Favorite food: Something tasty still to be experienced.  The most important element of good harp technique is: Flexibility with creativity and artistry.  What was your first harp? A Lyon & Healy...