Name: Tribute to Daphne Boden
Start: 2026-07-31T14:00:00-0400
End: 2026-07-31T15:00:00-0400

Friday July 31, 2026 14:00 - 15:00 EDT

Tribute to Daphne Boden (1942 – 2025).
Daphne Boden served on the Corporation and Board of Directors of the World Harp Congress from 1993 until 2025. For many Congresses (until 2014) she managed the Focus on Youth program. Spoken contributions from Karen Vaughan, Alexandre Bonnet, Cecilia de Maria, and Eleanor Turner

Itheia Bong & Natalie Lee, Singapore
Deborah Henson-Conant (1953) - Baroque Flamenco (1994)
Meredith Hau, UK
Pearl Chertock (1918-1981) - Around the Clock Suite: Ten past two, Beige Nocturne, Harpicide at Midnight, The morning after
Momoko Komori, Japan
Albert Zabel (1834-1910) - Fantasie on a Theme from Gounod’s opera Faust
Viktoria Smetana, Ukraine
Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) - Le Grand Tango (1988) with Armand Morelli, violoncello

Moderators

Ernestine Stoop

Presenters

Eleanor Turner

Eleanor Turner is a harpist and composer who creates intriguing and meaningful live experiences as a solo and chamber musician, in acoustic and electric performances. Eleanor’s western classical technique informs, but does not inhibit, her musical choices as she carves a unique... Read More →

Itheia Bong

Itheia Bong, who has recently turned 8, absolutely loves music. Under the tutelage of Ms Katryna Tan and Ms Cheryl Tan of Rave Harps, Itheia started performing on the harp at age 4. Itheia’s harp journey has taken her to Germany for solo, ensemble, and orchestra performances, and... Read More →

Meredith Hau

UK-based harpist Meredith Hau studies with Gabriella Dall’Olio, and is a music scholar at Godolphin & Latymer School in London. Meredith achieved distinctions in ABRSM Grade 8 harp and piano at age 10, was harpist with the National Children’s Orchestra of Great Britain for four... Read More →

Viktoria Smetana

Focus on Youth

Viktoria Smetana is a versatile harpist with a passion for exploring a wide range of styles and genres. She began studying the harp at the age of seven in Kharkiv, Ukraine, under the guidance of Larisa Klievtsova. Since then, she has been recognized as a laureate of numerous Ukrainian... Read More →

Momoko Komori

Momoko Komori is a Japanese harpist currently studying with Isabelle Perrin at the Norwegian Academy of Music. She began her musical studies with piano lessons in early childhood and started studying the harp at the age of seven with Kazuko Shinozaki in Tokyo, Japan. She received... Read More →

Armand Morelli di Popolo

Cello, Focus on Youth

Cellist Armand Morelli di Popolo is completing the Bachelor of Music degree this year at the Amsterdam Conservatory. Since 2023, Armand has participated in the orchestra academy of the Jong Metropole Orkest in the Netherlands, and in 2024 as solo cellist. Armand participates in projects... Read More →

Friday July 31, 2026 14:00 - 15:00 EDT
Chestnut Ballroom

Performance, Focus on Youth

One Harp World