Competitions
Dates listed are when the competition is, not the closing date for applications! Click through to the competitions' own websites for all further details.
May 6th - 12th, 2013: 18th Petar Konjović International Competition, Serbia
May 14th & 19th, 2013: Concours Bellan, Paris
August 9th - 10th, 2013: Trophée Camac, Festival Interceltique de Lorient
October 25th - 27th: Third International Competition of the Harpist Association of Slovenia, Velenje
November 28th - December 1st, 2013: Third International Harp Competition, Szeged, Hungary
February 28th - March 2nd, 2014: Third Dutch Harp Festival and Competition, Utrecht
Courses
27th April - 7th May 2013 : Académie internationale de harpe Pierre Jamet, spring chamber music courses. Infos: Francine Rabot-Jamet, francine.rabot@orange.fr
July 17th - August 3rd, 2013: Harpmasters Academy (Milda Agazarian, Skaila Kanga, Karen Vaughan, Irina Zingg)
June 29th - July 13th, 2013: Young Artists Harp Seminar, Georgia USA (Susan Benett Brady, Kimberly Rowe, plus guest artists Judy Loman, María Luisa Rayan-Forero, Julie Ann Smith, Bridget Kibbey)
August 5th - 11th, 2013: Stages de musique de Dinant, Belgium (Annie Lavoisier)
Teaching
Mahidol University, with possible complementary position with the Thailand Philharmonic.
Young Artists Harp Seminar: Teaching assistant; Counselor-Apprentice; Counselor-Assistant
Orchestra
If you want an orchestral job, the most extensive listings are in the German-language Das Orchester magazine. Most of their jobs are in Germany and Austria, but international listings (eg in Scandinavia) appear too. You can also search the same job listings by registering (free) at music-job.com. Another useful vacancy site, and frequent centre for online applications, is www.muv.ac.
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra: Principal Harp
Orchestra La Monnaie / De Munt: Principal Harp. Closing date: 15.05.2013. Send CV and covering letter by email to c.vanroy@lamonnaie.be, ref: "Audition - Orchestra".
Sinfonieorchester Basel: Principal Harp (50%). Apply via www.muv.ac
Orchesterakademie der Staatskapelle Weimar: Academy position. Age limit 28, closing date 30.04.2013. Send applications to: Deutsches Nationaltheater und Staatskapelle Weimar GmbH, Staatstheater Thüringen, Personalabteilung, Postfache 2003 + 2005, 99401 Weimar.
Orchester-Akademie der Staatskapelle Berlin: Harp academy position. Age limit 27, 2-year contract, you need to have completed a first music degree. Send covering letter, CV in tabular form, copies of certificates, photo and any other relevant documents to: Stiftung Oper in Berlin, Staatsoper im Schiller Theater, Orchesterdirektion, Bismarckstrasse 110, 10625 Berlin.
