The Harp School of Nikolai Parfenov

Nikolai Parfenov’s Harp Schoolis a Method entirely dedicated to learning and practicing thePedal Harp.

This is the first edition translated into a foreign language, which Emanuela Degli Esposti, Daniele Garella, Marina Lev and Anastasia Volkomorova collaborated on.

Historical-biographical introduction by Irina Zingg.

Based on Aleksandr Ivanovich Slepushkin’s Method, this text is considered one of the main landmarks of the modern Russian Harp School.

Published in 1960, then in 1972 thanks to Michail Mchedelov, a student of Parfenov, in addition to containing detailed guidance on various aspects of Russian harp technique, accompanied by exercises and studies, it is packed with musical excerpts and orchestral passages.

This valuable contribution to harp teaching was made in collaboration with the Italian Harp Association.