Introducing our incredible harp team for this year’s Voksenåsen Summer Academy!
Join harp teachers Isabelle Perrin and Erik Groenestein-Hendriks, alongside Alexander Technique specialist Stephen Parker, for an inspiring week of artistry, technique, and growth.
Isabelle Perrin, former co-principal harpist with the Orchestre National de France, has given recitals and concerto performances worldwide leading her to a truly international career. A devoted teacher, Isabelle gives masterclasses around the globe. Previously a teacher at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris, she is now Professor of Harp and Head of Strings at the Norwegian Academy of Music, in Oslo. Isabelle is also an appointed Visiting Professor at the Royal Academy of Music in London.
Erik Groenestein-Hendriks, from the Netherlands, has been the principal harpist with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra since 2013. He has performed with, among others, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and more than 30 other orchestras in Europe. In Sweden he has been a soloist with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Musica Vitea, and Camerata Nordica, among others. Since 2015 Erik has taught at the Högskolan för Scen och Musik at the University of Gothenburg. Together with Isabelle Perrin and Stephen Parker, he organizes courses and festivals in Sweden and Norway.
Stephen Parker teaches the Alexander Technique to many known musicians and actors in Norway. The Alexander Technique is a practical method for achieving a more effective and balanced use of the self. Stephen runs private practices in Bergen and Oslo, and works with many musicians in several national orchestras in both Norway and Sweden, including the National Opera in Oslo, the Bergen Philharmonic, the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and the Gothenburg Opera. He also has a permanent position at the Norwegian Academy of Music where he teaches both students and teachers. He emphasizes the direct application of the Technique to playing and practicing.
The Harp course takes place 11 August – 16 August 2025.
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Apply here by April 6th.