Gwyneth Wentink
Gwyneth is an international acclaimed harpist and cultural entrepreneur working across many genre and roles. She is initiator of various interdisciplinary productions for Foundation Harp which she founded in 1999. As a leading harpist both classical and experimental, Gwyneth Wentink has performed at world’s most prestigious stages as Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center in New York, the Royal Albert Hall and Royal Opera Hall in London and the Konzerthaus in Berlin, among others. As a dedicated and passionate teacher, Gwyneth is visiting guest professor at the Conservatory of Amsterdam and the Royal Academy of Music in London and gives masterclasses all over the world. Additionally, Wentink is a professional certified coach by the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and a qualified yoga instructor (RYT200 - Yoga Alliance)
News:
New album out now! May 2024 – Canto Ostinato
Gwyneth Wentink appointed as new member of the prestigious Society of Arts
Gwyneth appointed guest- professor at the Royal Academy of Music in London
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About
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Performing
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As a harpist, Wentink is something of a pioneer. Surprising choices and groundbreaking projects define Wentink as a first class innovator. She has often chosen to experiment with her instrument; playing styles that have led to profound changes in her discipline.
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Solo and Chambermusic
A featured performer on the world’s most prestigious stages, Gwyneth appeared as a soloist at Carnegie Hall, New York’s Lincoln Center, Concertgebouw, Kennedy Center and Royal Albert Hall. With her imaginative spirit Wentink has captured audiences on the musical stage in solo and chambermusic settings.
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In Code
An audiovisual performance of Terry Riley’s ‘In C’ for harp, electronics and visuals by Wentink in collaboration with electronica specialist and composer Wouter Snoei and visual artist Arnout Hulskamp.
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Pinkcourtesyphone
A continuing project by Los Angeles-based sound artist Richard Chartier.
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Canto Ostinato Audio Visual
An audiovisual performance with harp, electronica and visuals, based on the groundbreaking composition ‘Canto Ostinato’ by Simeon ten Holt.
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Human Body
A programme of 20th- and 21st-century music for harp, clarinet, electronic textures and the human body itself, exploring the relation between body and sound, frequencies and sensory stimuli.
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English Baroque Soloist and Orchestra Revolutionnaire et Romantique
The EBS and ORR are leading forces on the international music scene. World-class musicians and singers from many nationalities come together to share in the distinctive vision of music director, John Eliot Gardiner, in groundbreaking projects that span eight centuries of musical masterpieces.
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Elements Trio
Elements Trio represents a new standard in global chamber music, combining the unique talents of American saxophonist and composer George Brooks, north Indian violinist and vocalist Kala Ramnath and Wentink.
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Piece of Heart and Vibration
A live performance with harp and a generative audio-visual software application. The live piece is a synergy of live generated visuals and sounds generated by the player’s heart and the harp being played.
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Staalplaat & Wentink
‘Blind Date’ is an electro-acoustic sound machine collaboration between Gwyneth Wentink and Geert-Jan Hobijn (Staalplaat)
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Kirwani Quartet
The Kirwani Quartet brings together Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, one of the most important Indian musicians of the past century, and saxophonist George Brooks, the leading American voice in Indian inspired jazz, with Wentink and Indian tabla master Vijay Ghate.
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Children of Gaza
The composition Children of Gaza by composer Terry Riley is written for Wentink on the occasion of the World Minimal Music Festival 2015.
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Retreats
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Retreat Empowered
More info in May 2024
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Musicians Empowered
Where music making, nature, nurture and wellbeing connect.
Welcome to an enriching musical summer experience!
August 23 - 28, 2024
for harpists aged 16 – 35
Gwyneth Wentink - harpist, certified life coach & yoga teacher
Beate Loonstra – harpist, cultural entrepreneur
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Directing
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Gwyneth has spread her talent not only as a harpist and performer, but also as a cultural leader. As initiator of various multidisciplinairy projects and director of Foundation Harp, Gwyneth shapes the emerging world of innovation within the art world.
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Stichting Harp
Founded in 1993 with the aim of the development and support of artistic, creative and cultural activities worldwide with a focus on harp- related projects. Wentink has been appointed director in 2013.
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TodaysArt
As a global network for art and creativity, TodaysArt initiates festivals and projects which form transdisciplinary meeting points for forward -thinking ideas. Wentink has been artistic director August 2014- September 2016
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