{"id":27358,"date":"2025-11-25T11:21:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T10:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hearandnow.nl\/?post_type=musici&#038;p=27358"},"modified":"2025-12-28T22:20:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T21:20:21","slug":"joost-willemze","status":"publish","type":"musici","link":"https:\/\/hearandnow.nl\/en\/musici\/joost-willemze\/","title":{"rendered":"Joost Willemze"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"text\" data-placeholder=\"Vertaling\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwiZzezLmuGRAxVo2AIHHXkYAW8Q3ewLegQIDBAW\" aria-label=\"Translated text: Joost Willemze (1996) is one of the most prominent Dutch harpists. At the age of sixteen, he won first prize in the national final of the Prinses Christina Concours in The Hague. In 2017, he won the International Harp Competition in Porto and, a year later, the Italian Suoni d&#039;Arpa. In 2023, he toured the most important concert halls in the Netherlands and won the prestigious Dutch Classical Talent Award, with the jury praising his playing as &#039;next-level harp&#039;. This summer, he won the &#039;Grachtenfestivalprijs&#039;, making him Artist in Residence during the 2024 edition of the Grachtenfestival, the largest classical music festival in the Netherlands. He recently made his solo debut with the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra in Debussy&#039;s &#039;Danses Sacr\u00e9e et profane&#039; at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam. The Dutch newspaper NRC recently called him a rising star for 2024.\"><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"nl\">Joost Willemze (1996) is one of the most prominent Dutch harpists. At the age of sixteen, he won first prize in the national final of the Prinses Christina Concours in The Hague. In 2017, he won the International Harp Competition in Porto and, a year later, the Italian Suoni d'Arpa. In 2023, he performed in the most important concert halls in the Netherlands and won the prestigious Dutch Classical Talent Award, with the jury praising his playing as 'next-level harp'. This summer, he won the 'Grachtenfestival Prize', making him Artist in Residence during the 2024 edition of the Grachtenfestival, the largest classical music festival in the Netherlands. He recently made his solo debut with the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra in Debussy's 'Danses Sacr\u00e9e et profane' at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam. The Dutch newspaper NRC recently called him a rising star for 2024.\r\n<\/span><\/pre>\n<pre id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"text\" data-placeholder=\"Vertaling\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwiZzezLmuGRAxVo2AIHHXkYAW8Q3ewLegQIDBAW\" aria-label=\"Translated text: Joost has won numerous prizes and awards at the International Harp Competition in Wales, the Gerswhin Competition in New York, the Concours Godefroid in Tournai, the Reinl Wettbewerb in Munich, the Bertold Hummel Competition in W\u00fcrzburg, and the Korea International Harp Competition in Seoul.\"><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"nl\">Joost has won several prizes and awards at the International Harp Competition in Wales, the Gerswhin Competition in New York, the Concours Godefroid in Tournai, the Reinl Wettbewerb in Munich, the Bertold Hummel Competition in W\u00fcrzburg, and the Korea International Harp Competition in Seoul.<\/span><\/pre>\n<pre id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"text\" data-placeholder=\"Vertaling\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwiZzezLmuGRAxVo2AIHHXkYAW8Q3ewLegQIDBAW\" aria-label=\"Translated text: Joost Willemze (1996) is one of the most prominent Dutch harpists. At the age of sixteen, he won first prize in the national final of the Prinses Christina Concours in The Hague. In 2017, he won the International Harp Competition in Porto and, a year later, the Italian Suoni d&#039;Arpa. In 2023, he toured the most important concert halls in the Netherlands and won the prestigious Dutch Classical Talent Award, with the jury praising his playing as &#039;next-level harp&#039;. This summer, he won the &#039;Grachtenfestivalprijs&#039;, making him Artist in Residence during the 2024 edition of the Grachtenfestival, the largest classical music festival in the Netherlands. He recently made his solo debut with the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra in Debussy&#039;s &#039;Danses Sacr\u00e9e et profane&#039; at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam. The Dutch newspaper NRC recently called him a rising star for 2024.\"><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"nl\">\u00a0<\/span><\/pre>","protected":false},"featured_media":28778,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"instrument":[343],"class_list":["post-27358","musici","type-musici","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","instrument-harp"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Joost Willemze - HearAndNow<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hearandnow.nl\/en\/musicians\/joost-willemze\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Joost Willemze - HearAndNow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Joost Willemze (1996) is een van de meest vooraanstaande Nederlandse harpisten. 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