Irish harping has been added to UNESCO’s Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The harp is Ireland’s national symbol and has been played…
The “Lost Souls Tour”, an extensive tour of Europe, also ended up in Spain (Valencia, Murcia, Granada, Madrid, Barcelona, Zaragoza, and finally in San Sebastian).…
Harriet Earis was classically trained on concert pedal harp, but now specializes in the Celtic harp. She was the ‘Harper of All Britain’ in 2000…
Rodrigo Romero, better known as Rodrigo Romaní, was born in Noia, Spain in 1957. He was involved in the Galician folk song movement in the…
Emilio Cao is one of the central figures of the Galician Folk music scene. He recovered the use of the harp in Spanish folk music…
One of the new generation of Irish traditional musicians, harpist Laoise Kelly was born in 1973 in the town of Westport in County Mayo on…
Emer Kenny started playing harp at the age of nine. While still in her teens, she won an Alfred Byte Scholarship to study composition and…
A native of Belfast (born October 21, 1935), Derek Bell was The Chieftains‘ virtuoso harpist who originally performed with the Belfast Symphony Orchestra. He also…
Rodrigo Romaní Trío – Fios de ouro no ár (Altafonte, 2018) Spanish musician Rodrigo Romaní is one of the leading harp players in Galicia. He’s…
Alan Stivell is an innovator of the Breton-Celtic harp. For more than three decades, he has been at the forefront of a cultural and musical…