News about plucked strings in the Nordic countries 2011:

since January 2011: We are happy to announce that the number of harp players in Blekinge has increased from zero to seven! :-)
More info: Astrid Selling Sjöberg.

6 March 2011: Legenden om Ravhjärts harpa. Esbo, Finland
Musiksaga skriven och komponerad av den amerikanska harpisten Sylvia Woods. Texten är översatt till svenska av Lis-Britt Dalkarl och bearbetad av Kristian Thulesius. För musikens instudering står Hanna Rantalaiho och Pauliina Kallio. På scenen: Berättare, 16 harpister, slagverk, trumpet och flöjt.
Organised by Musikinstitutet Kungsvägen.
Place: Tapiolasalen, Esbo kulturcentrum (Hagalund), 3 p.m.

26-27 March 2011: Öresund Harp Weekend in Malmö, southern Sweden.
Concerts and workshops with Park Stickney (jazz harp) and Vincenzo Zitello (folk harp). Salvi Harps Ltd is main sponsor, and will be exhibiting their most popular harp models. All are welcome to try these harps, and if you are interested in trying a specific model, let Susan know so Salvi can have that model along for you.
Place: Palladium, Södergatan 15, 211 34 Malmö. Organised by Susan Enochsson and Salvi Harps Ltd.

21-22 May 2011: Weekend workshop in kantele playing in Östervik, Sweden.
Learn to play the 5-stringed, 10-stringed or even bigger kantele! Organised by musikkulturförening Kantele- och Kalevala vänner. More information: Helena Tuupanen

23 July 2011 première of the theatre piece Kung Byxlös, featuring Blekinge's first harp orchestra :-)

September 2011 concerts and harp workshops with Robin Huw Bowen in the Öresund region.
15 September: concert at Palladium in Malmö, Sweden (click for more information)
16-18 September: Concerts and harp workshop in Måløv and Copenhagen, Denmark (click for more information)

13-16 October 2011: Nordic Harp Meeting 2011 in Denmark. Featuring folkeviser + strængespil!
Location: Broby Gamle Skole, an old school that now works as a culture-centre or course centre. It is situated a bit east of Ringsted, somewhat south of Sorø on the Island of Sjælland (where Copenhagen and the airport is also situated). There is a chance that autumn has not yet come to Denmark by that time.
More details are here.


Permanent reminders:

Study early harps with Andrew Lawrence-King in Copenhagen, Denmark
[early harps = medieval & renaissance, baroque, metal-strung harp, triple harp, single-action harp etc]
This is a new two-year course, starting September 2010, leading to a Masters degree.
Applications are to be made to the Royal Danish Academy of Music, Copenhagen, Denmark.
ALK will be teaching an Early Harp Foundation Course and an Early Harp Specialist Course.