Harp

When she’s not on stage as principal harp of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Astral laureate Emily Levin plays, well, just about anything she wants on her harp.

August 2, 2021. Elisabeth Remy Johnson sensed an imbalance: While there were plenty of female harpists playing in prominent symphonies, there seemed to be…

October 5, 2020. Philadelphia native Ann Hobson Pilot became one of the first Black musicians to win a position in a major symphony orchestra when she…

August 6, 2018. Our album of the week explores the pleasures and comforts of home through the beauty of the harp played by Elizabeth Hainen, principal…

You’ve heard her stunning harp solos in Philadelphia Orchestra concerts. Now, principal harpist Elizabeth Hainen joins us LIVE from the WRTI Performance…

A biography by writer Mary Sue Welsh reveals what it was like to be the first woman to enter the all-male sanctum of The Philadelphia Orchestra in the…

Philadelphia Orchestra Principal Harpist Elizabeth Hainen is Jill Pasternak's guest this week.Elizabeth Hainen's website

In this encore broadcast Jill speaks with harpist Ann Hobson Pilot, who in 2009 retired from her post as harpist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. We…

Join Jill Pasternak when she interviews Grammy-nominated harpist Yolanda Kondonassis. Hailed by the New York Times as a harpist with "powerful playing and…