Latest

Passion, Authenticity and Strong Foundations: Heather Downie

January 17, 2025

Scottish harpist Heather Downie is the principal lever harp tutor at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. She is also the creative force behind the wonderful online school: How to Harp. The community moves from the online world for the How to Harp retreat, which takes place next week in Stirling, Scotland.Read more…

News

Recomposed, remoulded and gently unfolding: FitkinWall and ‘Harpland’

May 8, 2024

Internationally renowned harp and electronica duo FitkinWall (comprising harpist Ruth Wall and composer/performer Graham Fitkin, are about to embark on the second leg of the UK tour of their critically acclaimed new show: Harpland. Read more…

Glowing Harp Competition 2024: The results are in!

May 1, 2024

After an intensive period of online rounds, assiduously overseen by an international jury of distinguished harpists and artistic director Veronika Lemishenko: the results are in! Read more…

Spring in Montpellier with the Collection Hexagone (27 and 28 April)

April 21, 2024

Next weekend, the Collection Hexagone series heads to Montpellier, where the featured artist of the weekend will be Montpellier-native Camille Heim and her group Chocho Cannelle. Read more…

Julien Dupont- Armstrong and Anne Mispelter

“Music that appeals to the imagination, to dreams”: Maxima Poesia live at the Espace Camac!

April 18, 2024

On 26 April, we are delighted to welcome this one-of-a-kind ensemble for a concert to the Espace Camac. MAXIMA POESIA are a group whose raison d’être is to accentuate the living relationship between poetic writing and modern jazz. Using texts from a variety of different styles and highly distinctive authors (amongst them Arthur Cravan, Joyce Mansour, Jacques Vaché Peter Handke and Boris Vian ), Maxima Poesia seek to: “give the poem back its orality, its voice, its breath, proposing a contemporary Jazz where it can breathe”, in a musical language that combines elements of the Chanson tradition, spoken word and slam.

Anneleen and Petra trying out harps at the Camac Nederlands showroom.

Two are better than one! An interview with Petra van der Heide and Anneleen Schuitemaker of the Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam.

April 15, 2024

The Concertgebouw orchestra is unusual in that it supports two full-time positions for harpists: Petra van der Heide, who has been principal harp since 2003 (having formerly been principal harpist of the Opera in Darmstadt) and Anneleen Schuitemaker was appointed Second harp/ Assistant principal harp in 2020 (having been academist in several major german orchestras)

Deborah Henson Conant: 5-day Baroque Flamenco Harp challenge!

April 5, 2024

If you’re looking for such a framework to energise your playing and gain confidence, join our great friend Deborah Henson-Conant for the free 5-Day BAROQUE FLAMENCO Challenge, (April 8-14, 2024)

Camac Blog