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Harpist Karen Vaughan is one busy Brit. If she isn't playing or touring with the London Symphony she is teaching at the prestigious Royal Academy of Music or helping put together the next World Harp Congress. You can read about Vaughan passion for all of her work in the March/April 2012 issue of Harp Column.
Also in this issue, learn what every harpist needs to know about intellectual property law in copyrights 101 with real-life experiences from experts in the field, and find out what to teach in the first month with a new student. Plus news, opinions, and features you need to read!
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Editor's YouTube Pick of the Month
It's easy to see why the Yale University harp studio video about "things harpists say" has gotten over 11,000 views on YouTube in the last month. Have you said any of these things?
Each month we will post our favorite YouTube harp clip here to share with the Harp Column community. If you see a video on YouTube that you think we should pick, e-mail it to us!
- Amandine Carbuccia wins 2012 Dutch Harp Competition
Posted 04/02/12Amandine Carbuccia
The French harpist Amandine Carbuccia is the winner of the 2012 Dutch Harp Competition, held in conjunction with the Dutch Harp Festival. She was awarded the first prize of € 10,000 as well as a concert tour in the 2012/2013 season. The second prize of € 5,000 was awarded to Sarah Verrue (Belgium), with the third prize of € 2,500 going to Ruth Bennett (USA/UK). The prizes were presented by chairman of the jury Bart van Oort. The Audience Prize went to Amandine Carbuccia.
The competition finale was held in the Vredenburg Leidsche Rijn in Utrecht. The finalists were accompanied by the Nieuwe Philharmonie Utrecht under the direction of Johannes Leertouwer. All three finalists played an arrangement for harp of Joaquín Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez. The international jury was made up of harpists Sandrine Chatron, Anton Sie and Naoko Yoshino, soprano and voice teacher Henny Diemer, pianist Igor Roma and violinist Mikhail Zemtsov and was chaired by fortepianist Bart van Oort. The finale was broadcast live on a Dutch Radio 4 webcast.
The Dutch Harp Competition is the central event of the Dutch Harp Festival. Now in its second session, this young competition is even more focused on finding the best musician. For the 2012 competition there were 70 candidates from 28 countries, making the Dutch Harp Competition one of the largest of its kind in the world. 29 candidates were selected for the quarter finals, of which eight went through to the semi-finals. The quarter finals were held with the jury sitting behind a screen organized completely, so that candidates might be judged on their musicality alone. The Dutch Harp Festival is organized by students and young professionals; its artistic director and founder is the 23-year old harpist Remy van Kesteren who was interviewed in the January/February 2012 issue of Harp Column.You can read a full report of the Dutch Competition and Festival in the upcoming May/June 2012 issue of Harp Column.
- Magen Receives BBT Trust Award
Posted 04/02/12Sivan Magen
Harpist Sivan Magen is the 2012 recipient of the Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award. Praised by the press as a “great musician who happens to be a harpist”, 31-year-old Sivan Magen is the only Israeli to have ever won the International Harp Contest in Israel (2006), and is a recent winner of the Pro Musicis International Award in 2009.
The Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award is given annually to an artist or ensemble of great quality and musicianship whose career is usually well established. Award winners receive a budget of £20,000 to assist them in developing their long-term careers. Currently based in New York City, Magen holds a Master’s degree from the Juilliard School, a Premier Prix of the Paris Conservatory.
- UNO Holds Jazz Weekend
Posted 04/02/12The University of New Orleans hosts the New Orleans Jazz & Pop Harp Weekend, June 8–10. In addition to guest artist Jan Jennings, the faculty will include Patrice Fisher, Catherine Anderson, Kimberly Houser, bassist David Anderson, pedal steel guitarist David Easley, and Latin jazz percussionist Carlos Valladares.
The weekend of workshops will focus on improving the jazz skills of students and professionals and generating interest among music students to study jazz harp. There will also be daily jam sessions, a jazz listening trip to the New Orleans French Quarter, and a faculty concert.
The event is sponsored by a grant from the American Harp Society and the University of New Orleans. For more information visit www.neworleansjazzharp.com.
