Masumi Nagasawa / 長澤真澄

I had the privilege of attending Vienna Harp Days 2025 in the beautiful city of Vienna.

My heartfelt thanks to Elisabeth Plank — a wonderful harpist and a truly exceptional organiser — for making this event such a memorable experience.

Due to unexpected circumstances, I had less than a week to prepare for the opening concert. Despite the tight schedule, it turned into an exciting challenge, and I thoroughly enjoyed performing a duet with Elisabeth!

I was also delighted to see so many enthusiastic students at my presentation on Spohr and during the workshop sessions.

Yes — my mission to bring music to life continues!

The annual harp mastercourse, beautifully organised by Manja Smits, took place once again in the serene setting of La Roche sur Foron, France. This year, we welcomed an international group — with many young students from China joining us, alongside participants from the Netherlands, Poland, and Belgium.

It was an intense and inspiring week of hard work, culminating in a delightful final concert that was warmly received by an enthusiastic audience.

The new CD by La Nouvelle Athènes, recorded at the historic château of Malmaison, has just been released. It captures moments from our concert last May, where I had the pleasure of performing in duo with the gifted pianist and organist Sebastien Bausch. Among the highlights is our interpretation of the lyrical second movement from Jan Ladislav Dussek’s Duo Concertante, Op. 73 — a work that resonates with both intimacy and elegance.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sFsa3dr0Beq3qy-MKeJ6mYK83AuBIjmS/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IsPsNSBUdJFPKZQr_pdzUnmKLdHTeMKl/view?usp=sharing

I am annually invited to the conservatory in Zwolle, ArtEZ, to present a Masterclass. It is truly a pleasure to hear the students there integrate historical fingerings with my musical input!
I am genuinely grateful to the harp teacher, Manja Smits, for believing my insight from years ago.

I am super happy with the teaching job in Detmold University of Music and Antwerp Royal conservatory.

I cannot wish more to have the luxury of teaching regularly as a guest teacher for both schools’ 18th and 19th-century harp literature. Occasionally, I have my chance to share my knowledge of contemporary music since I have a long history of playing avant-garde music! Recently, I worked with my students, Petrassi, Hosokawa, and Takemitsu! It is always a pleasure to have varied music.

Thank you for Godelieve Schrama and Miriam Overlach, who appointed me!

I have been privileged to have been invited as the jury of the Professional Category.

Wonderful Jury members; Norio Sato (Guitar) , Tomoko Iwashita (Flute) ,Katryna Tan, Mari Kimura, Etsuko Chida and Eri Matsumura

Japanese Harp Society organised a Spohr Presentation for me at the Aoyama Harp Office in Tokyo! I am very grateful for this opportunity!! All the Bärenreiter’s URTEXT scores of Spohr, which they had for this day, were sold out!! Extremely Happy!!

I had my first Masterclass in Japan at the Tokyo University of Arts. I prepared a Powerpoint presentation on the 18th and 19th century harp practices with 40 slides. It was great to have students from Reine Takano and Naoko Yoshino,

Thank you, Stephen Fitzpatrick, for inviting me to Mozarteum, Salzburg. Once again, it was such an intense but fun day. Handel, Scarlatti, Spohr, Parish Alvars…..Our topic was ‘How do we develop taste’ ! Thank you dear students for your enthusiasm!