EIHF Artist / Tutor announcements

Rachel Hair on 3 February 2022

This year’s festival will be hybrid with separate in-person and online zoom courses, in-person/filmed workshops and in-person/filmed concerts.

 We’ll be updating this post daily from Monday the 31st January with who you can expect to see performing and tutoring at the festival!

KEY DATES:

  • Monday 31st Jan: We begin our daily announcements letting you know the fantastic artists and tutors who will be appearing at this years festival – check back here to see who the latest is!
  • Thursday 10th February: Our box office will open for all in-person and on demand EIHF ’22 events.
  • Friday 8th- 11th April: The 41st Edinburgh International Harp Festival.Iin-person at George Watson’s College, Edinburgh and online to the world. 

OUR LIST SO FAR….

SAVOURNA STEVENSON & STEVE KETTLEY (Scotland) – Performing as a duo on harp and sax.

TRISTAN LE GOVIC (Brittany) – Breton harp

CORRINA HEWAT’S “THE SONG of the OAK and the IVY” – another chance to hear the EIHF (2010) 80th/30th Festival commission), composed by Corrina Hewat and performed live by Corrina, Bill Taylor, Heather Downie, Tristan le Govic, Mary Macmaster and Wendy Stewart.

WENDY STEWART (Scotland) – Solo harp/voice

CALUM & MÀIRI MACLEOD (Scotland) – Brother & sister duo

MAEVE GILCHRIST (Scotland/USA) – with a *NEW* commission celebrating the 40/90 joint anniversary of The Clarsach Society and the EIHF

GABRIELLA DALL’OLIO (Italy/England) – Pedal harp

FRAYA THOMSEN (Scotland) – Winner of the 2021 Princess Margaret of the Isles Prize for Senior Clarsach

TRANSATLANTIC HOT CLUB (Wales/US) – Jazz trio with Ben Creighton Griffiths on Harp, Adrien Chevalier on Violin and Ashley John Long on Bass.

A NEW GENERATION: ROMY WYMER (Netherlands), PHOENIX ZHANG (Scotland), STEPHANIE HUMPHREYS (Scotland)

CORMAC DE BARRA (Ireland) – Irish Harp

SIOBHÀN ARMSTRONG (Ireland) with the Donegal singer DOIMNIC MAC GIOLLA BRÍDE

Our EIHF 2022 tutors are:

  • Adrien Chevallier
  • Ben Creighton Griffiths
  • Bill Taylor
  • Cheyenne Brown
  • Cormac de Barra
  • Corrina Hewat
  • Doimnic Mac Giolla Bride
  • Elinor Evans
  • Fraya Thomsen
  • Gabriella Dall’Olio
  • Gillian Fleetwood
  • Heather Downie
  • Heather Yule
  • Isobel Mieras
  • Neil Wood
  • Rachel Hair
  • Savourna Stevenson
  • Siobhan Armstrong
  • Tristan Le Govic
  • Wendy Stewart