Musicians who have performed or taught workshops at the Nordic Harp Meeting 2017 in Viljandi:
- Annika Mändmaa (Estonia)
- Eeva-Kaisa Kohonen (Finland)
- Bára Grímsdóttir (Iceland)
- Beth Kollé (USA)
- Chris Foster (Iceland)
- Erik Ask-Upmark (Sweden)
- Kaisa Nõges (Estonia)
- Katja Nyuppieva (Finland)
- Katrin Soon (Estonia)
- Katri Tikka (Norway)
- Liis Viira (Estonia)
- Lilian Langsepp (Estonia)
- Niss Stricker (Denmark)
- Rauno Nieminen (Finland)
- Stefan Battige (Germany)
- Tiinamai Keskpaik (Estonia)
- Václava van der Meijs (Bohemia)
Confirmed workshops:
Note: Before entering a workshop, make sure that your instrument is in tune.
It is an annoying waste of valuable teaching time if the first half of a workshop goes to tuning all your sevenhundred strings.
- Danish music on the harp with Niss Stricker (Denmark)
- Estonian tunes on the harp with Kaisa Nõges (Estonia)
- Estonian traditional tunes on the kannel (small zither) with Katrin Soon (Estonia)
- Estonian traditional singing games with Annika Mändmaa (Estonia)
- Finnish and Karelian lyrical songs and lullabies: Melodies on kantele / harp, singing and arrangement with Eeva-Kaisa Kohonen and Katja Nyuppieva (Finland)
- Harp for beginners with Stefan Battige (Germany)
- Harp for beginners with Václava van der Meijs (Bohemia)
- Hiiu kannel (bowed lyre) with Annika Mändmaa (Estonia)
- Singing with harp (for all voices and instruments) with Tiinamai Keskpaik (Estonia)
- Icelandic rímur ballads with Bára Grímsdóttir & Chris Foster (Iceland)
- Improvisation based on medieval and renaissance tunes with Lilian Langsepp
- Improvisation on harp with Liis Viira (Estonia)
- Indian healing music with Niss Stricker (Denmark)
- Norwegian folk dance songs with Katri Tikka (Norway)
- Playing from the heart – for musicians of all levels who are dealing with performance anxiety. by Beth Kollé (USA)
- Swedish tunes, and silly harp tricks with Erik Ask-Upmark (Sweden)
- Technique to serve interpretation for intermediate and advanced harpists with Katri Tikka (Norway)
- Wire-strung harp techniques with Stefan Battige (Germany)
Lectures:
- Overview of Estonian Traditional Instruments, with Kaisa Nõges (Estonia)
- How to take care of your instrument, with Pepe Weissgerber (Germany)
- Wiczlaw von Rügen – a minnesinger from the Baltic Sea, with Stefan Battige (Germany)
- Development of small hiiu kannel for children, with Rauno Nieminen (Finland)
