Winner of the Philip and Dorothy Green
Award for Young Concert Artists 2005 Eleanor was just fifteen when she
made her concerto debut at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, with the
Academy of St Martin in the Fields conducted by Daniel Harding. Eleanor
is now one of the most innovative performers in the UK, presenting her
own compositions alongside the classics of the harp repertoire. Born in
1982, Eleanor started learning the harp at the age of five. In 1993 she
began her formal musical education at the Royal College of Music Junior
Department, studying harp with Daphne Boden. She won many awards there
including the Freda Dinn and Ida Mabbett Prize and Gordon Turner Competition.
Eleanor has participated in masterclasses abroad with Erika Waardenburg,
Catherine Michel and Susann McDonald, and she is currently studying with
Alison Nicholls in the UK. In 2002 Eleanor won the Royal Over-Seas League
Award for Strings and Marisa Robles Harp Prize. In 2003 her harp duo DA
won 3rd Prize at the 5th International Competition for Chamber Music with
Harp in Arles and was chosen to perform in the Park Lane Group Young Artists
Series 2005.
Harp and Violin
The complimentary colours of the harp
and the violin combine to magical effect
Harp and Harp
showcases the astonishing dramatic range of two harps.
Cello and Harp
Music, rhythm, melody, silence, passion, sadness, energy, laughter... just
some ingredients we use!
