The Dutch Harp Festival (DHF) announced the 20 candidates admitted to the 2022 DHF World Harp Competition, based on their applications and audio recordings submitted for the preselection round. The preselection jury members were Dutch harpist and DHF artistic director Remy van Kesteren, Russian cellist Maya Fridman, and Mexican harpist and 2016 DHF competition winner Emmanuel Padilla Holguín.
The following candidates were selected to perform in the video round, which will be broadcast online in February 2022. Results from the video round will be announced by March 1, 2022, and the chosen candidates will advance to the semi-final and final rounds, to be held live during the DHF in May 2022 in Utrecht, the Netherlands.
- Ciorstaidh Beaton, Scotland
- Marcel Cara, France
- Héloïse Carlean-Jones, France
- Juan Corbalán, Paraguay
- Cara Dawson, Germany
- Katherine Harrison, Scotland
- Nathania Ko, Canada
- Dai-An Liu, Taiwan
- Sandra Macher, Austria
- Rosanna Moore, UK/USA
- Eléonore Niubo, France
- Pippa Reid-Foster, Scotland
- Haley Rhodeside, USA
- Rafaelle Rinaudo, France
- Sophie Rocks, Scotland
- Julie Rokseth, Norway
- Maria Sá Silva, Portugal
- Stef Van Vynckt, Belgium
- Tara Viscardi, Ireland
- Hope Wilk, USA/Canada
