Agenda
Agenda
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It’s the last in the series for Les Jeudis de la Harpe! And what a finale it will be, as we welcome Cuerpo y Arpa: harpist Nathalie Chatelain, and flamenco dancer Anais Bayle. With music ranging from Asturias to The Mask of Zorro, harp and dance improvisations, and Deborah Henson-Conant’s famous “Baroque Flamenco”, this is a treat not to be missed!
Do download the programme to the right, and join us on Thursday, February 9th at 19:30CET, @ CamacHarpsOfficial on YouTube.
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We are delighted to be returning to Cracow for the 4th Cracow Harp Days, a festival weekend we have proudly sponsored since 2010. It all takes place thanks to the vision of Agnieszka Grela-Fedkowicz, harp professor at Cracow’s Szkoła Muzyczna I i II stopnia im. Bronisława Rutkowskiego, and since its beginnings has welcomed artists such as Anneleen Lenaerts, Isabelle Moretti, Rossitza Milevska, Tara Minton, Marta Power and Aistė Baliunytė, Florence Sitruk and Klara Wośkowiak. It is always a joyful meeting between international and Polish harpists, students and stars, and friends old and new; we also bring a harp exhibition and offer gratis regulations of Camac Harps throughout the weekend.
The 4th Cracow Harp Days will now take place between March 18-19, 2023, with guest artists François Pernel and Edmar Castaneda.
François Pernel is one of the most creative lever harpists we know: browse his YouTube channel to get a sense of his extraordinary range, and how he is developing new voices for the lever harp. Believing that interesting music belongs to every age and stage, François has also brought out several exquisitely-printed volumes of sheet music that will excite and move you from your very first harp notes. We are very proud to have developed our Excalibur instrument with him: large lever harp with an exceptionally powerful sound.
The exceptional Latin jazz virtuoso Edmar Castaneda has collaborated with Sting, Bela Fleck, John Scofield, Ricki Lee Jones, Hiromi, John Patitucci, Pedrito Martinez, Marcus Miller, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Ivan Lins, The Yellowjackets, and Paco De Lucia. The great Paquito D’Rivera has called him “an enormous talent…a musician who has taken his harp out of the shadow to become one of the most original musicians from the Big Apple.” Don’t miss his extraordinary blend of traditional Colombian music and jazz, on the harp we custom-built for him: the EC Llanera 35.
The Cracow Harp Days can be contacted via their Facebook or Instagram pages.
Harp regulation enquiries: Marta Mogielnicka, MyHarp.
Not sure who to contact? Helen Leitner, [email protected]!
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Our esteemed partners Virginia Harp Center are holding their festival in Arlington, USA! Between March 24-26, 2023, you can experience stars of the classical, jazz and Celtic harp in concerts, performance classes, and workshops. You can also take to the stage yourself, in an open mic session or as part of the VHC Festival Harp Ensemble.
Comprehensive information, schedule, location and booking is all available on the festival website.
Virginia Harp Center festival website, or contact VHC on +1 856-428-1430 / [email protected]
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We are happy to again be sponsoring the International Competition of the Slovenian Harp Association, now in its 6th edition. The competition will take place in Velenje, Slovenia between March 31 – April 2, 2023, with no fewer than 7 different categories:
Category A – born in 2012 or later
Category B – born in 2011 – 2010
Category C – born in 2009 – 2008
Category D – born in 2007 – 2005
Category E – born in 2004 – 2002
Category F – born in 1992 or laterPlease see the links below for further information.
All enquiries: [email protected]
gmail.com Please see the following links for information about:
Deadline for registration: February 12th.
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We are proud to support the fifth Wales International Harp Festival, which will take place in Caernarfon between April 5-11, 2023. It will be a busy week, full of superb concerts and an international competition. Isabelle Moretti, Deborah Henson-Conant, Edmar Castaneda, Catrin Finch and Festival Director Elinor Bennett are all on the programme. As for the competition, this runs in four categories: Junior, Youth, Chief Musician and world music.
The Camac team will be out in force along with our esteemed Welsh partners Telynau Vining, supplying harps for the competition and cheering everyone on!
The Festival is also going to be Elinor Bennett’s final one as Artistic Director, and we are looking forward to a joyful celebration of her incredible contribution to the harp world over the decades.
