Agenda
Agenda
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The Festival interceltique de Lorient takes place annually, and is one of the most important events of its kind. A completely multidisciplinary event, the richness of Celtic music, dance as well as all manner of traditional artists and artisans are celebrated in a convivial atmosphere.
As one of the most revered instruments of Celtic culture, the harp is at the heart of the event, and as the festival reaches its height, we have enormous pride in presenting the Camac Celtic Harp Trophy.
The grand prize is a magnificent Camac Aziliz Harp, in addition to numerous cash prizes. The festival is open to all Celtic harpists, without age limit. Click here to download competition regulations and full details of how to enter.
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The second Helsinki harp festival is part of a flowering of such festivals in the Scandinavian region. The theme of this year’s festival is wellbeing, with sound healing performances, movement and pilates lessons, and ergonomic coaching by physiotherapists aimed at harpists of all levels.
There will be performances and masterclasses among more traditional lines, including such artists as Isabelle Perrin and Sivan Magen. The festival will also host the live rounds of both the Helsinki Harp competition and the Lily Kajanus-Blenner competition. The latter memorialises the great Finnish harpist and showcases Finnish harpists aged 15-19 years.
If the theme of the festival is ‘wellness’ then our local clients can attend to the wellbeing of their harps! Our technician will be in attendance to offer free regulation of Camac harps, as well as an exhibit of our harps for your approbation.
For more information, please visit the festival website. To ask about a regulation for your Camac harp, please contact [email protected]
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08 Sep 2023
There will be two opportunities to hear our friend and acclaimed harpist Katryna Tan in concert this September, in both Kuala Lumpur and Penang.
Katryna is a vital force for the harp in South East Asia, not only as a player but as an organiser of creative harp projects, perhaps the most notable of which is her directorship of the Rave harps ensemble initiative.
In a poetic salutation to the arrival of spring, the programme will feature beloved classics of the harp repertoire as well as nanyang-influenced repertoire in solo, chamber and ensemble numbers.
In the first rendition of this exquisite programme, at The Gardens Theatre, Kuala Lumpur (8 September, 19h30) Katryna will be joined by members of Rave Harps KL, Cempaka Harp Ensemble and The Music Stage.
In the second, at Penang’s Eastern & Oriental Ballroom (10 September, 15h30), Katryna will welcome budding young harpists from Penang Rave Harpers, and guest harpists Su Yoong & Jia Hui Loh to perform alongside her.
Join them as they evoke the perfumed breezes of spring with a symphony of harps!
Visit Ms. Tan’s website for further information.
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As summer fades into the freshness of early Autumn, we will be heading to the beautiful town of Lübeck for a weekend of classes, lessons and workshops with two outstanding harpists. In the magnificent surroundings of this ancient Hanseatic city, a town of magnificent spires, tile roofs and imposing churches, harpists can come and hone their skills under Professors Gesine Dreyer and Manja Smits.
Gesine Dreyer has been harpist at Opera Houses of Kiel and Frankfurt as well freelancing with the major German orchestras. Alongside her work in the orchestra, she has taught in the music academies of Hamburg, Berlin (Hans Eisler) and Lübeck. Manja Smits became the first harpist to receive the Netherlands Music Prize, and studied with such legendary harpists as Vera Dulova and Pierre Jamet. She will be sharing her combined passions for education (she is professor of the conservatoires of Groningen and Zwolle) and repertoire of all kinds.
There will of course be an exhibition of our magnificent harps, available to try and play throughout the duration of the course.
If you wish to participate in the classes or workshops, please send an email by 15 August 2023 to [email protected]
All other enquiries, please contact [email protected]
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Two exceptional harpists and composers, Deborah Henson-Conant (nominated for a Grammy in the category Best Classical Crossover Album), and Evelyn Huber (ECHO JAZZ award winner), explore the stunning tonal possibilities achieved by two harps (and their creative spirit!), in items for solo, duo and large ensemble.
These two artists share a rich history of collaboration, mutual respect and the total expansion of the horizons of the harp.
Together with the Philharmonie Salzburg under the baton of Elisabeth Fuchs, this will be a performance by two doyennes in the fields of pop and jazz. This concert promises to be a veritable firework display of passion and emotion!
There will be two opportunities to hear them, with concerts on both 7 (at 19.30) and 8 October (at 18.00) at the Salzburg University Great hall, but don’t hesitate to visit the website of the Salzburg Philharmonie for tickets and more information.
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14 Oct 2023
Camac is on the road again! We warmly invite you to a very special event in Baden-Württemberg.
Organised by our friends at Camac Harps Germany, Wiesloch will play host to the wonderful Rachel Kelz and to Evelyn Huber, certainly one of the most exciting and original voices in the harp today.
Evelyn will give a magnificent ‘magic of harp’ concert to close proceedings. She will also give an exciting ensemble workshop on rhythms and World Music for beginners. There will also be an advanced ensemble class and a participants concert— what a day!
There will be an opportunity to enjoy an exhibition of our fine harps, and if you are already a Camac owner, then you can have your harp regulated, free of charge.
Admission is free, but registration is required. To register for active participation, to audit the workshops,or to attend evening concert please email Rachel Kelz.
All other enquiries and to reserve a regulation for your harp, please email Julia Becker at Camac Harps Germany.
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We are very pleased to announce what promises to be a magnificent concert at L’Espace Camac Paris on Sunday, October 22, 2023. Recently awarded the prestigious Prix Gisèle Tissier-Grandpierre, the programme will feature selections from Constance Luzzati’s award winning new disc ‘Enharmonique/ Rameau’.
The first recorded collection to prominently feature the music of Rameau played on the on modern harp, the album was recently awarded 5 stars from Classica magazine, who praised the recording for its ‘fascinating palette of timbres, giving Rameau’s moods hues hitherto inaccessible to the harpsichord’
Entry to the concert is free, but please make your reservations by emailing [email protected] or by phone (+33) 01.40.40.08.40
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The valleys of Eastern Catalonia will ring with the sound of the Celtic harp this November!
From 4-5 November 2023, Terrassa will play host to one of the most exciting players of the Celtic harp. This will be a wonderful opportunity for our friends in Spain to hear Kevin Le Pennec live in concert at the Municipal Auditorium of Terrassa.
A multifaceted talent as a harpist, singer, composer and author, his dynamic harp-playing and clear, powerful tenor make his performances unforgettable. There will also be a chance to learn from this leader of the rising Breton generation in workshops at the auditorium.
There will of course be an exhibition of our magnificent harps, available to try and play throughout the weekend.
For registration, information or if you wish to book a free regulation for your Camac harp, all you need to do is email our colleague [email protected]
See you there!
