The World Harp Congress is a private nonprofit organization founded in 1981 as an outgrowth of the International Harp Weeks held in The Netherlands for twenty years under the leadership of Phia Berghout and Maria Korchinska.
The organization holds a triennial harp festival (also called the World Harp Congress) and promotes the performance of new music for the harp. The World Harp Congress also publishes a biannual journal entitled the World Harp Congress Review.
Congresses The World Harp Congress has held the following events: 1st World Harp Congress – Maastricht, Netherlands, 1983 2nd World Harp Congress – Jerusalem, Israel, 1985 3rd World Harp Congress – Vienna, Austria, 1987 4th World Harp Congress – Sèvres, France, 1990 5th World Harp Congress – Copenhagen, Denmark, 1993 6th World Harp Congress – Seattle–Tacoma, United States, 1996 7th World Harp Congress – Prague, Czech Republic, 1999 8th World Harp Congress – Geneva, Switzerland, 2002 9th World Harp Congress – Dublin, Ireland, 2005 10th World Harp Congress – Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2008 11th World Harp Congress – Vancouver, Canada, 2011 12th World Harp Congress – Sydney, Australia, 2014 13th World Harp Congress – Hong Kong, 2017 14th World Harp Congress – Cardiff, Wales, 2022
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