Camac Blog

Flavours of Turkish Music for Harpists: An Open-Source Primer by Şirin Pancaroğlu

March 3, 2026
Harpist Şirin Pancaroğlu’s work with the Turkish Harp Project is recognised worldwide, including performing on authentic instruments, leading workshops globally, and publishing and composing highly acclaimed original music influenced by Turkish musical idioms.  With her latest educational resource, “Flavours of Turkish Music for Harpists,” Şirin draws on her extensive experience exploring Turkish harp music to inspire harpists from any background and introduce them to Turkish melodies and rhythms in a clear, accessible manner. This collection of carefully collected and notated melodies adopts an approach that respects both the harp’s natural qualities and Turkish musical traditions.Read more…

Rave Harps at the Vienna Virtuoso Festival, 2018

June 18, 2018

Katryna Tan's studios in Singapore and Malaysia are a wonderful example of how to combine harp distribution and service, with concerts and teaching work. Her most recent pedagogic success has been at the Vienna Virtuoso Festival, which provided the chance for over sixty young musicians to visit the Austrian capital, city of music. Read more…

Début recording for Camac’s Canopée

June 14, 2018

The Camac Canopée receives its recording debut, in a lovely Franco-Russian disc by Isabelle Perrin and Alisa Sadikova. Read more…

Harfenfest Luzern 2018

June 13, 2018

Sylvain Blassel, François Pernel, Anne Bassand and the "Deux en Harpe" of Céline Gay de Combes and Lindsay Buffington are all headlining the next Harfenfest Luzern! We are delighted to be partnering this event once again in 2018. Read more…