Agenda
Agenda
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The DHC 32 is a special point of focus in Ailie Robertson‘s concert at Borough New Music Series 12, 1PM on January 22nd, 2019. On the programme: Ailie’s own composition ‘Seven Sorrows’, for DHC 32, string quartet and electronics; ‘Fall’ by Kaija Saariaho; Josef Tal’s Concerto for Harp and Electronics; and a new work by Will Handysides.
‘Seven Sorrows’ was commissioned by New Voices, premiered on February 4th, 2018 in Glasgow, and is inspired by the Gaelic grief ritual of keening. The DHC is given three pedal chains on three splits; a bowed, wire-strung harp also features, as do archive sound recordings.
Winner of The Sofia International Composition Competition, the SCO iCompose Prize, and 2nd in the Oslo Grieg Competition, Ailie has received commissions, awards and residences from Creative Scotland, Enterprise Music Scotland, the CCA, Culture Ireland, Celtic Connections, EIFF, and CALQ Montreal. She was chosen for the 2016/17 RSNO Composer’s hub, awarded a BBC Performing Arts Fellowship and was winner of the ‘Achievement in New Music’ prize at the inaugural New Music Scotland Awards. She is one of the LPO Young Composers 2017-18, and is currently in the final year of her PhD in composition at Trinity Laban. She studies with Sam Hayden, Michael Finnissy – and Dominic Murcott, with whom we worked intensively with our MIDI concert harp.
On January 15th, Ailie will also direct another concert for Borough New Music, featuring Gabriella Dall’Olio’s class Trinity Laban. In line with Trinity’s ‘Venus Blazing’ special focus on women composers throughout 2018-19, this concert will include works by Hannah Lash, Mared Emlyn, Ailie Robertson, Anne Marie O’Farrell, Ada Gentile and Kirsty Devaney.
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We are happy to be supporting the harp competition of the Franz Josef Reinl-Stiftung in 2019. This competition is open to harpists born later than January 1st, 1995, and who have not yet finished their conservatoire studies. It will take place in Munich between February 14th – 17th, 2019, with the prizewinners’ concerts in June.
Interestingly, this annual harp competition always runs at the same time as a composition competition, because the Franz Josef Reinl Foundation was set up by Hilde Reinl, the widow of the composer Franz Josef Reinl. Hilde Reinl was also the mother of Hermann Ertl, a well-known harpist of his epoch, and so the idea to support both young composers and young harpists was born. The harp programme requires the Spohr Fantasy, Pierné Impromptu-Caprice, a work post-1960, and a Scarlatti Sonata.
We will be sending concert grand instruments for competitors to perform on, and our German team will also be present with an exhibition.
More information is available in English and German here.
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Competition enquiries: Franz Josef Reine-Stiftung
Exhibition enquiries: Camac Harfen Deutschland
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The Concours Français de la Harpe is ten years old this year! We are looking forward to celebrating with Marie Monique Popesco, Véronique Chenuet, and their team of organisers, whose wonderful – voluntary – work has created a keystone of the harp competition calendar over the last decade.
2019’s competition will take place between February 22nd – 24th, 2019, in Limoges. There is a wide variety of categories, from beginner to young professional, and the event is a valuable chance to gain competition experience and perform for a top-level jury. Closing date for applications is January 29th, 2019.
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Happy quarter-century to Harpe en Avesnois! The 25th edition of the festival will take place between February 26th – March 10th, 2019, with the celebrity masterclass and recital from March 8th – 10th. This year’s master will be Nancy Allen, and the closing date to apply to play for her is February 8th.
You can also look forward to a great wider programme, with many creatively-planned concerts. Máire Ní Chathasaigh and Chris Newman’s excellent Celtic harp and guitar duo will appear on March 9th; Mélanie Dutreil and Marie Normant are pairing their regular harp duo with percussionist François Durez on March 2nd; Geneviève Létang and storyteller Philippe Arlaud will perform on February 26th; Sandrine Chatron and her Trio Polycordes will be there on March 3rd…and don’t miss our French team, who will be there with an exhibition over the masterclass weekend.
Further information, masterclass sign-up form and tickets are available from the festival website.
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Camac France is sponsoring Carolina Coimbra‘s Lisbon Harp Seminar in March of this year. On the programme: a recital and masterclass by Veronika Lemishenko, Artistic Director of the “Glowing Harp” International Competition in Kharkiv, and Principal Harp with the Ural Philharmonic in Ekaterinburg. The weekend will also shine the spotlight on young Portuguese talent: Beatriz Cortesão, featured on Got Talent Portugal in 2018, will perform, and students can also work with Carolina directly in an additional masterclass. The event will take place in the fine setting of the Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa, and is free of charge to attend.
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Telynau Vining Harps have been our partners in Wales for no fewer than twenty years! And so: they’re making their biennial Camac weekend their anniversary celebrations. An exceptional weekend awaits you on March 9th – 10th. Isabelle Moretti will return to Wales, with a solo recital in – fittingly, for her French/Spanish programme – the Impressionists Gallery at the National Museum. She’ll also give two masterclasses: one general, and one special class on Pierné’s Impromptu-Caprice.
There’s another classical masterclass opportunity with Caryl Thomas, Head of Harp at The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama. Claire Jones, formerly harpist to the Prince of Wales, will present C2: her unique harp and percussion duo with West End percussionist and emerging composer, Chris Marshall. There is also a wide variety of classes to suit all ages and musical tastes, with Claire, Chris, Natasha Gale and Heather Downie.
To add to the party, you can even book to have your Camac harp regulated free of charge!
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21 Mar 2019
Anneleen Lenaerts will soon release her latest disc – Nino Rota : Works for Harps (Warner Classics). You can get your hands on a pre-release copy on March 21st, 16:00 – 17:30 at L’Espace Camac Paris, and have it signed by Anneleen herself!
The first twenty reservations will receive a copy of this beautiful new CD with our compliments.
To register, please contact Sébastien Lehec and Olivier Galeraud at l’Espace Camac Paris.Anneleen is in Paris because she is also giving a trio concert in the Auditorium du Louvre, with colleagues Adam Walker (flute) and Timothy Ridout (viola). This will take place at 1230 on March 21st, the same day as our disc signing. L’Espace Camac is delighted to send an instrument for Anneleen for her concert, and because of this support we also have four tickets to give away! This is a superb opportunity to experience a classic Debussy trio programme, performed by some of its finest exponents in the world.
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