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\"Rave<\/a>

The Rave Harps Center, Singapore<\/p><\/div>\n

“Here is my new harp centre”, said Katryna Tan to Jakez and me over Skype. “Wow Katryna, it looks incredible”, said we. “How long did it take?” “It was quite busy to get it all done, because we planned three months for the building work”, she said. “Well yes, I can understand”, said Jakez. “How long did it really take, then?”. “Er – three months”, said Katryna, looking slightly baffled.\u00a0French three-month building projects have nothing to do with actual concrete measures of time, so we were suitably amazed.<\/p>\n

\"HarpColumn-SepOct15-cover\"<\/a>We usually are amazed, when it comes to news from\u00a0Singapore. Just when you think it’s not possible to get more impressive, Katryna Tan and her wonderful team do it again!<\/p>\n

Katryna\u00a0is on the cover of this month’s Harp Column magazine<\/a>. Inside, you will find an extensive interview about her work, and also about how she built it up – from the days when there were in effect no harpists in Singapore, to the thriving dual centres in Singapore and Malaysia of today. We also recommend Katryna’s book, Unleash the Musician in You<\/a>\u00a0– and there is HarpFest<\/a>. The fourth HarpFest featured a full-length harp opera, and this year, there was a sequel.<\/p>\n

\"HarpFest<\/a>For those of us that couldn’t be there to watch “Pluck and the Magic Banyan Tree”, Leonard Lim has written it up. Read it here:\u00a0Pluck and the Magic Banyan Tree – Review<\/a><\/p>\n

HarpFest V also featured a competition for the first time: the\u00a0Asian Harp Chamber Competition<\/a>. Here are the results:<\/p>\n

Junior Category<\/strong><\/p>\n

First Prize: Chloe Liow and Renee Yadav (Singapore, harp duo)<\/p>\n

Second Prize:\u00a0Chloe Lam and Celestine Sheum\u00a0(Singapore, harp duo)<\/p>\n

Third Prize:\u00a0Jane Wong, Rose Shek, Mui Wing Sum, Elishia Yeung (Hong Kong, harp quartet) and
\nKaitlyn Tan and Isabel Ho (Singapore, harp duo)\u00a0ex aequo<\/p>\n

Youth Category<\/strong><\/p>\n

First Prize:\u00a0Charmaine Teo, harp; Hsieh Yu Ling, violin; Wang Tzu Wen, cello (Singapore)<\/p>\n

Second Prize:\u00a0Nicolette Chin, harp; Clarissa Lim, violin (Singapore)<\/p>\n

Third Prize:\u00a0Bianca Beng, harp; Tsumugu Misugi, violin (Singapore)<\/p>\n

Congratulations to them all!<\/p>\n

On the long flight to 2012’s HarpFest,\u00a0I chanced upon an inflight film about\u00a0a hotelier who, although an economist and not a hotelier by training, had gone into hospitality because he wanted to build something tangible. Be it in Singapore, in Tettnang, teaching or performing, be it for concert work or events management, I’m continually inspired by artists who independently build their careers. They create work for themselves, and they reach out to others.\u00a0Their students, whether they become professional harpists or not, will look back on their harp studies as having really added something to their life experience. Their audiences, similarly, enjoy\u00a0something special and meaningful that wasn’t in their lives before.<\/p>\n

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