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…
Musikene 2018
March 16, 2018
Musikene, in San Sebastian in the Basque Country, is housed in a splendid new building by architectural studio GAZ, with a dramatic, shiny black and gold exterior evoking the colours of the instruments inside it. We have enjoyed a very successful harp weekend in collaboration with Musikene professors Christine Icart and Julien Marcou, Isabelle Perrin, Ben Creighton Griffiths, Erasmus, Musikene and Camac Ibérica. Read more…
Harpes au Max 2018
March 6, 2018
Harpes au Max is a special festival organised by the COMPA, the civic authorities of our home in Brittany, in partnership with us and the town of Ancenis. It began after we threw a big fortieth birthday celebration in the town - after which, the elected local councillors decided to do it again! We're hugely looking forward to the third festival, and the second official Harpes au Max, over the third weekend of May 2018. Read more…
A harpist spends half their life tuning…
February 2, 2018
...and the other half playing out of tune. Nicolas Lynch-Aird and Jim Woodhouse have published two research papers on the question of how to keep a harp in tune while it is being played. Read more…
