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Dasson an Delenn 2026: The Results are in!

April 2, 2026
“Dasson an Delenn” is a unique competition for young lever harpists. Held every two years in a different town in Brittany, our home region, it showcases the new generation of musicians specialising in the Celtic harp.Read more…

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Lily Laskine

Concert in Homage to Lily Laskine, September 30th 2018 · Paris

September 20, 2018

"At the end of the day, I have loved people more than music." The French harp association is paying tribute to the great and much-loved Lily Laskine at the end of September in Paris. Read more…

Camac Harps Hungary

20th International Harp Festival, Gödöllö: October 5th – 14th, 2018

September 20, 2018

Congratulations are in order to the Gödöllö International Harp Festival, which is twenty years old this year! We are happy to be returning to the beautiful setting of the Royal Palace, as well as the Great Hall of the Academy of Music. Read more…

Les Amuse-Bouches / François Pernel

“Les Amuses-Bouches” now available on video

September 18, 2018

In part of a project to make new sheet music as accessible as possible, François Pernel is busy uploading recordings. You'll soon find YouTube videos of all the pieces in Les Amuse-Bouches, his book of sixty original compositions for lever harp beginners. Read more…

Journées de la harpe à Poitiers, Novembre 2018

Journées de la harpe à Poitiers

September 18, 2018

At the end of November, Camac is visiting Poitiers for the first time! Sylvie Bouchetière, Nikolaz Cadoret and Arnaud Roy will lead you through a fine range of concerts and workshops, from the unusual chamber combination of harp, flute and bassoon, to exploring harp amplification and sound processing.

Kalevi Aho, Anneleen Lenearts, Erkki Lasonpalo. Photo: St. Michel Strings

‘Mearra’: Kalevi Aho’s Chamber Concerto for Harp and 13 Strings

September 13, 2018

Kalevi Aho has just finished his 31st concerto - and this most acclaimed and prolific of composers has also written two for harp. Next weekend, Anneleen Lenaerts will give the Finnish premiere of 'Mearra', Aho's chamber concerto for the same scoring as the Debussy Danses.

'Mercure', page one, Schoeller.

World Premier of “Mercure” by Philippe Schœller

September 8, 2018

At the Harfenfest Luzern, on September 8th, Sylvain Blassel will give the world premier of "Mercure" by Philippe Schœller - the latest in a significant body of harp writing by the distinguished French composer.