{"id":3013,"date":"2015-12-14T15:33:36","date_gmt":"2015-12-14T15:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harpblog.info\/?p=3013"},"modified":"2017-06-29T07:21:45","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T07:21:45","slug":"jakez-francois-international-lever-harp-competition-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/en\/uncategorized\/jakez-francois-international-lever-harp-competition-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Jakez Fran\u00e7ois International Lever Harp Competition 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2015\/12\/jf-lever-comp-2009-crop-.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3014\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2015\/12\/jf-lever-comp-2009-crop--287x300.jpg\" alt=\"JF Lever comp 2009 crop\" width=\"287\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2015\/12\/jf-lever-comp-2009-crop--287x300.jpg 287w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2015\/12\/jf-lever-comp-2009-crop--768x804.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2015\/12\/jf-lever-comp-2009-crop--978x1024.jpg 978w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2015\/12\/jf-lever-comp-2009-crop--1000x1047.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2015\/12\/jf-lever-comp-2009-crop--300x314.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2015\/12\/jf-lever-comp-2009-crop--800x837.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2015\/12\/jf-lever-comp-2009-crop--55x58.jpg 55w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2015\/12\/jf-lever-comp-2009-crop--250x262.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2015\/12\/jf-lever-comp-2009-crop-.jpg 1177w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 287px) 100vw, 287px\" \/><\/a>We held the\u00a0Jakez Fran\u00e7ois International Lever Harp Competition in Nantes, between 2005 &#8211; 2009. Recently, we have continued our commitment to emphasising the lever harp&#8217;s flourishing identity with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/en_blog\/2015\/04\/dasson-an-delenn-new-breton-lever-harp-competition\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dasson An Delenn<\/a>, also in our native Brittany.<\/p>\n<p>Laureates\u00a0of the JF Lever Harp Competition include many notable\u00a0professionals today:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.catrionamckay.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">Catriona McKay<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.francois-pernel.com\" target=\"_blank\">Fran\u00e7ois Pernel<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bjcg.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Creighton-Griffiths<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.annepostic.fr\/pages\/indexpag.html\" target=\"_blank\">Anne Postic<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ameylia-saad-wu.com\" target=\"_blank\">Ameylia Saad<\/a>, to name but a few. The competition also made its contribution to the classical lever repertoire, for example commissioning Pierrick Houdy&#8217;s &#8216;De cordes et d&#8217;archets&#8217; (&#8216;Of bows and arrows&#8217;) for the 2009 senior final.<\/p>\n<p>Harpblog also published a collection of lever-harp-themed articles\u00a0around the 2009 competition. <em>Is Celtic a Myth? The Lever Harp in Brittany<\/em> offers some background to our company roots, and there are also some\u00a0in-depth interviews with some of the most important Breton and other lever harp artists: for example Dominig Bouchaud, Mariannig Larc&#8217;hantec, Kim Robertson and Mary Macmaster.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We held the Jakez Fran\u00e7ois International Lever Harp Competition in Nantes, between 2005 &#8211; 2009. 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