Harp Recital

- For his first CD on Globe, Edward Witsenburg has chosen a program with some of the greatest pieces ever written for harp, also showing his wide repertoire. 

- In this recording Edward Witsenburg played on two different harps: a French Erard harp, built in Style Louis XVI, and his great concert harp, which is a Lyon & Healy, Style 23 (Chicago, 1915), both instruments coming from his own famous collection

- Harp recordings always meet with great success and this CD will be no exception to this rule for both the stylish performances and the beautifully recorded sound meet the highest musical and technical demands. 

Edward Witsenburg, internationally acclaimed as one of the leading harp players of our time, begun his studies with Phia Berghout when he was seven years old. After finishing high school, he graduated from the Amsterdam Conservatory 'cum laude' with several awards. He started his career as solo harpist in various Dutch orchestras, but abandoned orchestral playing altogether in 1965 to devote himself completely to solo playing, chamber music and teaching. Edward Witsenburg performs all over the world and is the proud owner of a large collection of haprs from the Middle Ages to our time and he regularly gives lecture recitals in which he demonstrates these instruments. Since 1967, he gives yearly master classes in Wales, he is a professor of harp at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague and also holds a professorship at the Mozarteum in Salzburg.