![]() ![]() She is a visiting professor at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and the Royal Academy of Music. In recognition of her musical achievements, Finch has been awarded with several academic honours starting with an honorary fellowship from the University of Wales in 2006, as well as honorary fellowships from the University of Wales and the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in 2005. In 2003, Finch presented Charlie’s Angel, an award-winning television documentary about her career, broadcast on BBC Wales. She continued in the post from 2000 to 2004. She was later appointed Official Harpist to the Prince of Wales, an office reinstated by Prince Charles and which had been vacant since the reign of Queen Victoria. In 2000, she won the Young Concert Artists International Auditions in New York City, subsequently performing at London's Wigmore Hall. Career įinch's award-winning musical career began in 1999, when she won the Lily Laskine International Harp Competition in France. ĭuring the 1990s, Finch won several competitions for young harpists, including the Nansi Richards Prize and the Blue Riband at the National Eisteddfod of Wales. She continued her studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London where she studied harp with Skaila Kanga. She studied harp with Elinor Bennett, who would become her mother-in-law, before attending the Purcell School, a specialist music school for children in Hertfordshire. She was a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain at the age of ten, becoming the youngest of its members to play at The Proms. By the age of nine, she had passed her grade VIII harp examination. Her mother is German and her father English, and she is a fluent Welsh speaker. ![]() Finch has given recitals at venues throughout the world.Ĭatrin Finch was born in Llanon, Ceredigion, and began learning the harp at the age of six. She was the Official Harpist to the Prince of Wales from 2000 to 2004 and is visiting professor at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama and the Royal Academy of Music in London. ![]() Finch on stage at Lorient, Brittany in 2008Ĭatrin Ana Finch is a Welsh harpist, arranger and composer. ![]()
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