Name: Manchester Harp Festival
Start: 2024-01-19T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2024-01-20T23:59:59+00:00
Location: Manchester

Anne-Marie O'Farrell is set to perform at the inaugural Manchester harp festival later this month. Good luck from everyone at Cruit Éireann | Harp Ireland!

FRIDAY 19 JANUARY

1.30pm: Free lunchtime harp recital from Students of Chetham’s School of Music

7.30pm: Opening Night Recital with Louise Thomson, Marie Leenhardt, Anne Marie O’Farrell and Esther Swift.

SATURDAY 20 JANUARY

9am onward: Live finals of the Manchester Harp Competition

2.30 – 3.30pm: Demonstrations of Harp•E, super sleek electro-acoustic instruments, which won the Red Dot Design Award and are sold by SALVI Harps. They are played by both classical and experimental musicians on the world’s biggest stages.

7.30pm: Headlining performance by Anneleen Lenaerts

The festival is generously sponsored by Salvi Music, London, who will be exhibiting their beautiful collection of both Salvi and Lyon & Healy harps for you to try out throughout the day.