Carnegie Hall has featured Edmar Castaneda in a series of videos to promote his upcoming performance at the legendary venue on March 6. If you have yet to hear this amazing Colombian jazz harp phenom (and it's hard for us to believe that's possible!) now is a great...
Grande Fantasie on “Lucia”
Elias Parish Alvars' "Grande Fantasie" on Donezetti's Lucia de Lammermoor lives up to its name in the hands of French harpist Valérie Milot, who released this video rendition in Oct. 2014. Read more about Milot at www.valeriemilot.com and more about Parish Alvars on...
Modern Love Waltz
We're starting the year off with a little Philip Glass, courtesy of Floraleda Sacchi. She's playing his "Modern Love Waltz." The piece was written for solo piano in 1977. Enjoy!
Addi & Jacq perform the title track off their debut album, “Less Likely Places” in Central Park, NYC.
Consolation Prize
Feeling stressed this holiday season? Running around got you crazy? Sit back and listen to Sylvain Blassel's gorgeous interpretation of Franz Liszt's "Consolation" and your cares will melt away. Blassel plays on a 1907 Erard harp in this video uploaded to YouTube by...
Naoko Plays Faure
Naoko Yoshino plays Gabriel Fauré's captivating "Une châtelaine en sa tour" in this live concert recording from March 2011 at Tokyo's Bunka Kaikan Recital Hall. The piece was written for harpist Micheline Kahn, a student of Hasselmans at the Paris Conservatory, who...
Marie-Pierre Langlamet Dazzles with Schubert
Words aren't necessary to describe what a virtuosic display Marie-Pierre Langlamet presents with her interpretation of Schubert's Impromptu Op. 90, No. 2, in this video recently posted to YouTube by her duo partner violinist Lara St. John. If you've never been lucky...
Edmar Castaneda’s World Ensemble
Today on Harp Column: Does your day need a bit of jazzing up? Edmar Castaneda's latest video offering ought to do the trick! Enjoy! For more on Edmar, see his website.
So French
Today on Harp Column we're listening to "So French Cabaret," a group featuring Berklee-trained French harpist/singer "Margot." Here's their take on the French jazz standard "C'est si bon." The group is busy recording a full-length album that will include mostly...
Alice Giles Plays “Whirlwind”
Alice Giles appeared Oct. 29 on Richmond's Virginia this Morning local news show to promote her Oct. 30 concert at Grace Baptist Church. If you can suffer through the commercial and endless questions and stereotypical angel references by the reporter, you'll be...
