Football was one of the 154 events at the 1920 Summer Olympics, held in Antwerp, Belgium. It was the fifth time association football was on the Olympic schedule. The tournament expanded to 15 countries, including a non-European nation (Egypt) for the first time.
Lavinia Meijer is a South Korean-born Dutch harpist. Her concerts have included a solo harp evening at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
The USA International Harp Competition (USAIHC) was founded in 1989 by harpist and pedagogue Susann McDonald. It is the only international harp competition held in the United States, and it is one of only seven music competitions in the United States to belong to the World Federation of International Music Competitions.
Coline-Marie Orliac is a harpist from Antibes, France. A graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, she has performed with leading orchestras including the Berlin Philharmonic.
Maria Krushevskaya is a virtuoso Russian harpist. She was the gold medalist of the 2007 USA International Harp Competition, where she was awarded the Jan Jennings Prize for best performance of Pierné's Concertstück for Harp and Orchestra, the Mary L. Ogg Prize for best performance of Küne's Fantaisie sur un theme de l’opera Eugene Onegin, and best performance of Alvars' Introduction and Variations on Themes from Bellini's Opera Norma. Maria Krushevskaya was born in Moscow in 1984 in a family of musicians. She began to study music at the age of five. In 1992 she entered the Moscow Gnessin School of Music, graduating with distinction in 2002 and subsequently continued her studies at the Gnesins’ Russian Academy of Music from which she also graduated with distinction in 2008.
Alfredo Rolando Ortiz is an internationally acclaimed soloist of the Paraguayan harp, a composer, author, educator and recording artist.
The men's sprint event was part of the track cycling programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. The field consisted of 31 cyclists from 17 countries. The Vélodrome de Vincennes track was a 500-metre (1,640 ft) loop. The event was won by Lucien Michard of France, the nation's third victory in the men's sprint. His teammate Jean Cugnot earned bronze. Jacob Meijer of the Netherlands took silver, putting the Dutch team on the podium for the second consecutive Games.
The men's sprint cycling event at the 1932 Summer Olympics took place on August 1 and 3. The format was a sprint of 1000 metres. There were nine competitors from nine nations, with each nation limited to one cyclist. The event was won by Jacobus van Egmond of the Netherlands, the nation's second victory in the men's sprint. It was the fourth consecutive Games that the Netherlands reached the podium in the event. France made the podium for the third consecutive Games, with Louis Chaillot taking silver. Bruno Pellizzari gave Italy its first men's sprint medal with his bronze.
Demi Schuurs is a Dutch professional tennis player who specializes in doubles.
Iris Kroes is a Dutch singer-songwriter and harpist. She was the winner of the second season of the television program The Voice of Holland on January 20, 2012, making her the second female contestant worldwide to win the show after Steliyana Khristova, who won the Bulgarian version of the show.
The MA Festival Brugge, short for the festival Musica Antiqua Bruges in Bruges, Belgium, is a festival of early music and historically informed performances, started in 1960. The program includes concerts, master classes, conferences, visits in the region, exhibitions, instrument market, and international competitions that concentrates in a three-year cycle on organ, harpsichord, pianoforte and other period instruments, vocals, and baroque ensembles. The specialised festival is part of the Festival of Flanders.
The Nederlandse Muziekprijs is an honour bestowed by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science to a musician working in classical music. It is the higher such honour in Dutch music.
The men's sprint cycling event at the 1936 Summer Olympics took place on 6 and 7 August and was one of six events at the 1936 Olympics. There were 20 competitors from 20 nations, with each nation limited to one cyclist. The event was won, in a disputed final, by Toni Merkens of Germany, the nation's first medal in the men's sprint. Arie van Vliet took the silver medal, the fifth consecutive Games that a Dutch cyclist had finished in the top two. Louis Chaillot of France became the first man to win multiple medals in the event, adding a bronze to his 1932 silver; it was the fourth consecutive podium appearance for France.
Varvara Ivanova is a Russian virtuoso harpist and winner of major prizes in many international harp competitions.
Alexander Boldachev, also known as Sasha Boldachev, is a music composer, arranger, teacher and virtuoso harpist. He is based in Zürich, Switzerland. He is a recipient of the 2018 Aoyama Music Award in Japan. Boldachev has received multiple awards for his music in the US, Japan, England, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, Bulgaria, Russia and France. Boldachev is also a guest soloist at Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow and an official artist of Salvi Harps. He is the founder of the Harp Festival Zurich and holds dual citizenship in Russia and Switzerland.
The Dutch Harp Festival (DHF) is a harp musical festival that takes place every two years in Utrecht, Netherlands. It features a harpists from around the world and a variety of musical genres. The festival also features visuals, sound and light installations, instrument workshops, and an area to try out different harps.
Remy van Kesteren is a Dutch harpist and artistic director of the Dutch Harp Festival.
Elizabeth Jaxon is an American harpist. Originally from Champaign, Illinois, United States she is now based in Utrecht in the Netherlands. She is the Competition Director for the World Harp Competition.
Kevin le Pennec is a French harpist and singer-songwriter. He won the Camac Trophy at the Inter-Celtic Festival of Lorient in 2019, and First Prize at the DHF World Harp Competition in 2024.
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