{"id":21198,"date":"2017-07-09T00:43:09","date_gmt":"2017-07-09T00:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/?p=21198\/"},"modified":"2017-07-10T06:12:15","modified_gmt":"2017-07-10T06:12:15","slug":"whc-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/en\/news\/whc-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"World Harp Congress, Hong Kong 2017: Sunday, July 9th"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Deborah<\/a>

Deborah Henson-Conant signs CDs next to a DHC Blue Light in the Camac electro room<\/p><\/div>\n

Every day – even Sunday – at the World Harp Congress<\/a> starts with the exhibition doors being flung ceremonially open at 9:15. The Camac expo team – Eric Piron together with Thomas and L\u00e9o – are at your service every day until 17:45, across four exhibition rooms full of the best of our range. We have a Concert Grand room, a pedal harp room, a lever harp room and an electro room!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is also, of course, your chance to try our two new Concert Grand models<\/a>, the Canop\u00e9e<\/a> and the Art Nouveau<\/a>, for yourselves. On the WHC opening night, we were honoured to experience our ebony Canop\u00e9e and cherrywood Art Nouveau, played by Chantal Mathieu and Alice Giles respectively. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Isabelle<\/a>Yesterday, the Hong Kong Cultural Centre was the scene of a moment of great emotion for us, as\u00a0Isabelle Moretti performed the Debussy Dances and the Ravel Introduction et Allegro, on an ebony Canop\u00e9e. Isabelle dedicated her performance to Germaine Lorenzini<\/a>. We all loved Germaine – musician, teacher, hero of music. There was no more fitting tribute to her than such a beautiful\u00a0performance.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Today, Jakez and I continue to enjoy the Congress\u2019s artistic programme. At 10:30, David Day, Clare McCague, Mary Louis and Teresa O\u2019Donnell will present a seminar about historical harp research. We\u2019ve been thinking a lot about this subject recently thanks to the exhibition of the Camac Collection<\/a>, formally curated by Robert Adelson and now on display at the Ch\u00e2teau d\u2019Ancenis. Performing musicians are, after all, always connected to the past. We play music that can be hundreds of years old. The adage that we study history to inform the present is more pertinent than ever in the context of classical music.\u00a0<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll be able to contrast the organological discussion with a musicological one later this afternoon, when Jean-Philippe Navarre gives a lecture about the Boildieu Concerto.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The Penang Harpers<\/p><\/div>\n

We\u2019re also looking forward to hearing our friends The Penang Harpers<\/a> at another Asian Highlight Concert – this time with the spotlight on China and Malaysia. Katryna Tan<\/a>, our partner in Malaysia and Singapore<\/a>, is here with her fantastic Rave Harps ensembles. We have long been admirers of Katryna’s work. She has built up a thriving harp scene in Singapore and Malaysia, practically from scratch. She has a beautiful teaching centre<\/a>, she writes and produces harp operas<\/a>, she has published a book<\/a>, and runs countless interesting and constructive projects throughout the year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Another teacher we greatly admire is Milda Agazarian, who will give a masterclass straight after lunch. Many of the finest exponents of the formidable Russian School are graduates of Milda\u2019s class in Moscow: Maria Krushevskaya, Vasilisa Luschevskaya<\/a>, Valeria\u00a0Voshchennikova, and Veronika Lemishenko, to name but a few.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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