FALL 2019 • VOLUME XIII, NO. 5 World Harp congress eviewTHE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE WORLD HARP CONGRESS, INC. NOW EVEN EASIER TRY OUR ENHANCED STRING SELECTOR, YOU CAN SEARCH BY BRAND OR BY HARP MODEL. www.harp.com The best site for ordering strings, music and harp accessories. Discover passion à la française Discover Camac Camac Centre Paris Workshop & Offices 92, rue Petit La Richerais BP15 75019 Paris, France 44850 Mouzeil, France www.camac-harps.com WORLD HARP CONGRESS, INC. Founder: Phia Berghout, The Netherlands The World Harp Congress was established in 1981 and incorporated in 1982. It originated from the Harpweeks in The Netherlands, organized by Phia Berghout and Maria Korchinska, that first met in 1960. The WHC is held every three years around the world and seeks to promote the exchange of ideas, stimulate contact, and encourage the composition of new music for the harp. Phia Berghout 1983 Maastricht, The Netherlands 2002 Geneva, Switzerland 1985 Jerusalem, Israel 2005 Dublin, Ireland 1987 Vienna, Austria 2008 Amsterdam, The Netherlands 1990 Paris/Sèvres, France 2011 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 1993 Copenhagen, Denmark 2014 Sydney, Australia 1996 Tacoma/Seattle, Washington, USA 2017 Hong Kong, China 1999 Prague, The Czech Republic 2020 Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom WORLD HARP CONGRESS, INC. MEMBERS OF THE CORPORATION Founder: Phia Berghout, The Netherlands Daphne Boden, United Kingdom Founding Chair: Ann Stockton, USA Alexandre Bonnet, The Netherlands Founding Artistic Director: Susann McDonald, USA Clíona Doris, Ireland Founding WHC Review Editor: Linda Wood Rollo, USA Mario Falcao, Portugal/USA Chair Emerita: Patricia Wooster, USA Mercedes Gómez, Mexico Kumiko Inoue, Japan Founding Committee Mieko Inoue, Japan Phia Berghout, The Netherlands Kathy Kienzle, USA Mario Falcao, Portugal/USA Sheila Larchet Cuthbert, Ireland Kumiko Inoue, Japan Susann McDonald, USA Marcela Kozikova, Czechoslovakia Isabelle Perrin, Norway/France Susann McDonald, USA Lieve Robbroeckx, Belgium Sylvia Meyer, USA Natalia Shameyeva, Russia Robert A. Ouimette, USA Ernestine Stoop, The Netherlands Lucile Rosenbloom, USA Helga Storck, Germany Deane Sherman, USA Karen Vaughan, United Kingdom Ann Stockton, USA Linda Wood Rollo, USA Patricia Wooster, USA Elena Zaniboni, Italy BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chair: Kathy Kienzle, USA Clíona Doris, Ireland Artistic Director: Isabelle Perrin, Norway/France Mario Falcao, Portugal/USA Associate Artistic Director: Karen Vaughan, Lucrecia Jancsa, Argentina United Kingdom Jung Kwak, Korea Vice-President: Alexandre Bonnet, The Netherlands Marcela Méndez, Argentina Vice-President: Mieko Inoue, Japan Kaori Otake, Japan/Canada Vice-President: Mercedes Gómez, Mexico ¸ Secretary: Lieve Robbroeckx, Belgium Nicoletta Sanzin, Italy Treasurer: Jaymee Haefner, USA SirinErnestine Pancaro˘glu, Stoop, TurkeyThe Netherlands Editor, WHC Review: Isabel Moretón Achsel, Germany Helga Storck, Germany Caryl Thomas, Wales, United Kingdom Milda Agazarian, Russia Guan Wang, China Kirsten Agresta Copely, USA Patricia Wooster, USA Ann Benjamin, USA Angela Yau, China Maria Cristina de Carvalho, Brazil Ann Yeung, USA Dan Yu, China HONORARY BOARD OF DIRECTORS Bernard Andrès, France Sergiu Natra, Israel Pierre Bartholomée, Belgium Paul Patterson, United Kingdom Marco Betta, Italy Libor Pesek, Czech Republic Robert Freeman, USA R. Murray Schafer, Canada Pierick Houdy, France David del Tredici, USA FALL 2019 • VOLUME XIII, NO. 5 World Harp congress eviewTHE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE WORLD HARP CONGRESS, INC. CONTENTS FALL 2019 • VOLUME XIII • NO. 5 3 WORLD HARP CONGRESS NEWS ON THE COVER: See page 37 for details. Letter from the Chair – Kathy Kienzle Greetings from the Artistic Director – Cover design by Petra Bryan. Isabelle Perrin Preliminary Program Highlights of the Fourteenth World Harp Congress in Cardiff 2020 7 PEOPLE Edward Witsenburg: About Rosa Spier, Grandjany and Harnoncourt – Kerstin Scholten EDITOR Isabel Moretón Achsel 12 HARP HISTORY ADVERTISING MANAGER Mirella Vita (1919-2012) – Marcela Mendez Sydney Campen GRAPHIC DESIGN/LAYOUT Petra Bryan 14 SPOTLIGHT The Ginastera Harp Concerto op. 25 – The World Harp Congress Review is pub- Sidsel Walstad lished biannually in November and May and is distributed to over 50 countries. The ideas and opinions expressed in this 15 IN MEMORIAM publication are those of the writers and not Libuše Váchalová – Ivana Dohnalová necessarily those of the World Harp Congress, Inc. Nathalie Brooke-Benckendorff – Karen Vaughan Memberships to the World Harp Congress, address changes, and other 16 INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS AND COMPETITIONS business matters should be directed to: Leanna Johnson, Membership Chair Edinburgh International Harp Festival – Elinor Evans 14501 Montfort Drive, #1625 Pratté International Harp Festival and Competition Dallas TX 75254, USA – Delphine Constantin-Reznik Email: [email protected] The WHC Review is included in membership USA International Harp Competition – Isabel Moreton dues. Suoni d’arpa – Nicoletta Sanzin Advertising in the WHC Review is open to International Harp Competitions At-A-Glance all harp-related businesses and events as well as schools and conservatories. Dead- lines for ad copy are September 1 and 23 NEW MUSIC March 1. Advertising copy, payment and inquiries should be directed to: Wim Henderickx: Harp Concertino Sydney Campen Recent Premieres and Publications 4612 S. Tewkesbury Ct. Mapleton, IL 61547, USA Email: [email protected] 25 NATIONAL NEWS News items should be directed to the official correspondents of each country. 37 MEET THE CORRESPONDENTS Editorial letters and photos must be re ceived by 15 August (Fall issue) and Thailand 15 February (Spring issue). Articles must Austria be sub mitted by 1 June (Fall issue) and 1 December (Spring issue). Please direct all material to: 38 WORLD HARP CONGRESS CORRESPONDENTS Isabel Moretón Achsel, Editor Lange-Hop-Strasse 76 30559 Hannover, Germany Email: [email protected] 38 INDEX OF ADVERTISERS to the World Harp Congress Review ISSN 1542-9415 www.worldharpcongress.org 39 NATIONAL HARP ASSOCIATIONS OF THE WORLD © 2019 World Harp Congress, Inc. All rights reserved. printed on recycled paper Become a member of the World Harp Congress Be part of the worldwide harp community and support the only international organization that hosts a full week harp congress in a different country every three years. Membership bene�its include : • Subscription to our biennial WHC Review, which includes world-wide harp news, interviews, harp history, new music, and international festivals • Eligibility for discounted harp insurance through Anderson Harp Insurance Group • Opportunities for professionals to perform or present at Congresses • OpportunitiesTimely/Speci�ic for Information students to about apply upcoming for Focus onCongresses Youth, masterclasses, mock orchestra audition, and workshops at Congresses • Online membership directory • Access to International Harp Archives, Audio and Video Lending Libraries, Radio Interviews and much more Please visit the website to become a member: www.worldharpcongress.com/membership Is it time to renew your membership? Please visit the website to renew you membership: www.worldharpcongress.com/membership for download on the website to send to the Membership Chair at If you cannot [email protected]. your membership online, you will �ind a registration form If you wish to pay in Euros please contact Alexandre Bonnet at [email protected]. WORLD HARP CONGRESS NEWS Letter from Greetings from the the Chair Artistic Director Dear Friends, Dear Friends and Colleagues, We are now less than a year away from our first Congress in We are now less than a year away from our next World Harp Europe in twelve years! It is so exciting to return to the conti- Congress, to be held in Cardiff 24-30 July 2020, back in Europe nent of our origin, and to go to a country which has such a long after visiting North America, Oceania and Asia. history with the harp. By the time you read this, most of the This past summer, we, the Board of Directors of the WHC programming will be listed on the website, whc2020.wales. met to organize the last details of our 14th WHC to make your The Board of Directors of the World Harp Congress recently experience in Cardiff unique. The local team is already expert held our annual summer meetings. Eighteen Board members in organizing all kinds of harp events and no doubt this one will travelled to France at their own expense, and four more attend- be as successful as all the others. ed the meetings online. I feel honored to be working with such And now, as you are reading these lines, most of our program a dedicated group. is put together and the greatest names and talents will come One of the items the WHC Board is working on is a new Vision and join us in Cardiff to make those days truly unforgettable. and Mission statement for the World Harp Congress. We are The artistic committee, among them my dearest friends Caryl lucky to have working with us several of the founding commit- Thomas, Chairman, and Catrin Finch, Artistic Director, have tee members; Mario Falcao, Kumiko Inoue, Susann McDonald, received and been through nearly five hundred very interesting and the Founding WHC Review editor, Linda Wood Rollo. With proposals. Needless to say it has been difficult to make choices their help we are updating our Vision and Mission statements and leave out so many wonderful talents and ideas - we really to bring us into the 21st century, while still honoring the Vision wish we could have had concerts and lectures 24 hours a day to and Mission of our founders, especially Phia Berghout. It was be able to include all the many talents we have in the harp world! her vision that created the Harpweeks in The Netherlands, Now everything is in place and we just need YOU, our audi- which led directly to the founding of the World Harp Congress. ence, to make it the greatest possible success. Wales is a most Another subject the Board discusses at every one of our meet- beautiful place to visit and we encourage you to take a vacation ings is where we might hold future Congresses. If you think your before or after the congress.