DATE: 20 – 23 October 2016
PLACE: Kulturhuset Birkelundgaard, Damgaardsvej 25, 2620 Albertslund, Denmark.

The Nordic Harp Meeting 2016 took place at Kulturhuset Birkelundgaard (Damgaardsvej 25, 2620 Albertslund), Denmark. Registered participants could arrive already on Thursday 20th October for an informal evening. The official programme (workshops, lectures etc.) started on Friday 21th and ended on Sunday 23th of October, 2016. The evening concerts on Friday and Saturday were open to the public.

List of musicians that contributed to workshops and lectures:

• Agnethe Christensen (Sweden/Denmark)
• Anna Rynefors & Erik Ask-Upmark (Sweden)
• Anouk Platenkamp (Netherlands)
• Aryeh Frankfurter & Lisa Lynne (USA)
• Bára Grímsdóttir & Chris Foster (Iceland/UK)
• Benjamin Bagby (USA)
• Eeva-Kaisa Kohonen (Finland)
• Helen Davies (Wales/Denmark)
• Kate Fletcher & Corwen Broch (UK)
• Leah Stuttard (UK/France)
• Niss Stricker (Denmark)
• Marit Steinsrud & Stein Villa (Norway)
• Mikuláš Bryan (Bohemia)
• Minna Raskinen (Finland)
• Vincent Michaud (Brittany/Finland)
• Wilfried Ulrich (Germany)

The official language of the meeting is music. We sing in many Nordic tongues (mostly in Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, or Swedish) but English is usually understood by everybody too.

The organiser of the Nordic Harp Meeting 2016 was Maria Ojantakanen.

The Nordic Harp Meeting 2016 was made possible by financial support from Albertslund Kommunes Kultur- Bevægelses- & Sundhedsudvalget, from Clara Lachmanns fond för befrämjande av den skandinaviska samkänslan and from Sonning-Fonden, and through a travel grant from Kulturkontakt Nord.