# List of harpists

This is a list of people who are notable as harpists, ordered by the first letter of their family name.
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* I
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## A

* Mike Absalom - English musician (including harp), poet and children's entertainer
* Ruth Acuff - American singer-songwriter and harpist
* Kirsten Agresta - American harpist and a board member of the World Harp Congress
* Pauline Åhman (1812–1904) - Swedish harpist
* Silke Aichhorn - German harpist
* Nancy Allen - American harpist
* Elias Parish Alvars (1808–1849) - English harpist and composer
* Glafira Alymova (1758–1826) - Russian lady-in-waiting and harpist
* Jon Anderson - English-American singer, songwriter and musician, and member of the band Yes
* Fulgencio Aquino (1915–1994) - Venezuelan musician and composer
* Dorothy Ashby (1932–1986) - American jazz harpist and composer
* Athy - Argentinian harpist and composer, also known as 'Athy, the electric harp'

## B

* Baby Dee
* Winifred Bambrick - (1892–1969) - Canadian classical musician and novelist
* Cormac de Barra - Irish singer, musician, and television presenter; part of the Moya Brennan Band
* William fitz Robert Barry - (fl. 1615) - blind harper in the service of David de Barry, 5th Viscount Buttevant
* Derek Bell
* Lucinda Belle
* Elinor Bennett
* Stephanie Bennett
* Hugo Blanco
* Hana Blažíková - (born 1980) - Czech soprano, harpist, and interpreter of Baroque, Medieval, and Renaissance music
* Nicolas-Charles Bochsa - (1789–1856) - French-Australian musician and composer appointed to the Imperial Orchestra
* Alexander Boldachev - (born 1990) Swiss Russian composer, arranger, harpist of academic, improvised and crossover work; founder of Zurich Harp Festival
* Jana Boušková (born 1970)
* Robin Huw Bowen - Exponent of the Welsh Triple Harp and authentic Welsh harp repertoire
* Cristina Braga
* Moya Brennan - (born 1952) - Irish folk singer, songwriter, harpist, and philanthropist; member of Clannad
* Corina Brouder
* Giolla Críost Brúilingeach
* Olivia Buckley
* Charles Bunworth - (1704 – 1772) - Church of Ireland rector of Buttevant, County Cork, Ireland
* Ursula Burns
* Patrick Byrne - (c. 1794 – 1863) - last noted Gaelic harpist in Ireland and first Irish musician to be photographed

## C

* Maria Rosa Calvo-Manzano
* Félix Pérez Cardozo
* Dee Carstensen
* Edmar Castañeda
* Clotilde Cerdà (1861–1926), also known as Esmeralda Cervantes
* Emmanuel Ceysson
* Cecilia Chailly
* Alice Chalifoux
* Máire Ní Chathasaigh - (born 1956) - five-time winner of the All-Ireland music competition
* Pearl Chertok
* Elaine Christy
* Zhay Clark (1895-1980), later known as Zhay Moor
* Marie-Elizabeth Cléry - (1761–1795) - French composer and harpist in the court of Marie-Antoinette
* Alice Coltrane
* Thomas Connellan - (c. 1640 – 1698) - Irish harper and composer whose "Molly St. George" is one of the earliest Irish harp songs with extant lyrics; brother of William Connellan
* William Connellan - 17th century Irish harper and composer; brother of Thomas Connellan
* Cécile Corbel - (born 1980) - Breton recording artist and composer

## D

* Abramino dall'Arpa - (1577–1593) - one of the few Jewish musicians in Mantua, Italy in the late 16th century
* Abramo dall'Arpa - (died 1566) - Italian harpist in the court of Mantua, Italy, and later tutor of the children of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
* Rhodri Davies - British harpist and composer
* Mikaela Davis - American musician, harpist, songwriter, vocalist and producer, known for her work with the band Southern Star
* Vera Dulova (1909–2000) - Russian harpist and instructor
* Sophia Dussek (1775–1831) - Italian-British harpist, singer and composer

## E

* Osian Ellis (1928–2021) - Welsh harpist, composer and teacher
* Víctor Espínola - Paraguayan multi-instrumentalist and singer, best known for playing the Paraguayan harp

## F

* Órla Fallon - (born 1974) - Irish soloist, songwriter, and former member of the group Celtic Woman and the chamber choir Anúna
* Vincent Fanelli - (1881–1966) - Italian-American classical musician and educator, principal harpist of the Philadelphia Orchestra
* Charles Fanning - (1736 – c. 1792) - winner of Ireland's Granard Harp Festival in 1781, 1782, and 1783
* Piaras Feiritéar - (c. 1600 – 1653) - poet and Catholic Irish leader
* Ignacio Figueredo - (1899–1995) - Venezuelan folk musician
* Catrin Finch - (born 1980) - Welsh harpist, arranger, and composer; Official Harpist to the Prince of Wales from 2000 to 2004
* Cheryl Ann Fulton - American performer and teacher

## G

* Mara Galassi
* Marilinda Garcia
* Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de Genlis - (1746–1830) - French writer, harpist, and educator known for her children's works
* Adele Girard
* Betty Glamann
* Félix Godefroid
* Marie Goossens
* Sidonie Goossens
* Tristan Le Govic
* Phamie Gow
* Marcel Grandjany

## H

* Keiji Haino
* Rachel Hair - Scottish folk harpist
* Corky Hale
* Janet Harbison - Irish harper
* Ruth Berman Harris
* Alphonse Hasselmans
* Petra van der Heide
* Deborah Henson-Conant
* Corrina Hewat - (born 1970) - winner of Scotland's Music Tutor of the Year award at the 2013 Na Trads
* Hugh Higgins - (1737–1791) - blind Irish harper
* Erin Hill
* Franziska Huhn - (born 1977) - German-American performer and composer; winner of the Jugend musiziert prize
* Robert ap Huw

## I

* Varvara Ivanova (born 1987) - Russian harpist

## J

* Adria Jackson (musician) - Canadian female traditional Celtic folk singer and harpist
* Angharad James (1677–1749) - Welsh female poet and harpist
* James James (1832–1902) Welsh musician, composer of the Welsh national anthem, Hen Wlad fy Nhadau
* Siân James (born 1961) - Welsh traditional folk singer and harpist
* Pierre Jamet (1893–1991) - French harpist and teacher
* Elizabeth Jaxon - American harpist, director of the DHF World Harp Competition and member of the band Atlantic Harp Duo
* Maria Johansdotter (fl. 1706) - Swedish harpist, folk music player and parish clerk, put on trial for homosexuality and for posing as a man
* Claire Jones - Welsh harpist
* Edward Jones (1752–1824) - Welsh harpist and collector of music

## K

* Skaila Kanga
* Camille and Kennerly Kitt
* Eduard Klassen
* Yolanda Kondonassis
* Maria Korchinska
* Iris Kroes
* Johann Baptist Krumpholtz
* Valeria Kurbatova

## L

* Théodore Labarre - (1805–1870) - French harpist, composer, and professor
* Lily Laskine - (1893–1988) - French performer and professor who received the Legion of Honour in 1958
* Mary Lattimore
* Lucile Lawrence
* Anne LeBaron
* Caroline Leonardelli - French-Canadian performer and recording artist; principal harpist with the Ottawa Symphony
* Melanie Lewy - (1823–1856)
* Lloyd Lindroth
* Judy Loman
* Lisa Lynne
* Cornelius Lyons - (1670–1740) - Irish harper of the Earl of Antrim

## M

* Marie Antoinette - last queen of France
* Cormac MacDermott - (?–1618) - harper with the English Royal Musick
* Amhlaeibh Mac Innaighneorach - (?–1168) - Chief Harper of Ireland, one of the earliest recorded Irish professional musicians
* Manuel Machado
* Mary Macmaster - (born 1955) - Scottish harpist who performs with The Poozies and in the duo Sileas
* Eileen Malone
* José Marín
* Harpo Marx - (1888–1964)
* Gulnara Mashurova
* Susann McDonald
* Marshall McGuire
* Loreena McKennitt CM OM - (born 1957) - Canadian composer and multi-instrumentalist whose albums have sold more than 14 million copies
* Geraldine McMahon
* Katie McMahon
* Lavinia Meijer
* Luisa Menárguez
* Anna Maria Mendieta
* Orazio Michi
* Susanna Mildonian
* Valérie Milot - Canadian soloist and chamber musician; the first harpist to win the Prix d’Europe
* Áine Minogue
* Rose Mooney
* David Murphy

## N

* François Joseph Naderman
* Jean Henri Naderman
* Fatma Ceren Necipoğlu
* Lily Neill
* Joanna Newsom

## O

* Máel Sechnaill Ruadh Ó Braonáin
* Donell Dubh Ó Cathail
* Eachmarcach Ó Catháin
* Ruaidri Dáll Ó Catháin
* Maol Ruanaidh Cam Ó Cearbhaill
* Eoghain Ó Cianáin
* Thady Ó Cianáin
* Fláithrí Ó Corcrán
* Cearbhall Óg Ó Dálaigh - (fl. 1630) - Irish poet and harpist
* Diarmuid Ó Dubhagáin
* Donnchadh Ó Hámsaigh
* Mary O'Hara
* Dominic Ó Mongain
* Máel Ísa Ó Raghallaigh
* Turlough O'Carolan
* Arthur O'Neill
* Natalia O'Shea
* Rüdiger Oppermann - (born 1954) - German experimental musician; plays a custom-made clàrsach with 38 gold-plated bronze strings and a special mechanism that allows him to bend notes in a manner akin to blues musicians
* Coline-Marie Orliac - (born 1989) - two-time winner of the USA International Harp Competition
* Alfredo Rolando Ortiz
* David Owen
* Siobhan Owen - (born 1993) - Welsh-Australian soprano; winner of several music awards including two Irish Music Awards

## P

* Annemiek Padt-Jansen
* Şirin Pancaroğlu
* Zeena Parkins
* John Parry - (1710–1782) - blind Welsh harpist, credited with writing Deck the Halls, inspiration for Thomas Gray's 1757 poem, The Bard (poem)
* John Parry - (1776–1851) - better known as Bardd Alaw
* Laura Peperara
* Roberto Perera
* Edna Phillips
* Jemima Phillips
* Nicholas Dáll Pierce
* Ann Hobson Pilot - (born 1943) - former principal harpist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Pops

## R

* Monica Ramos
* Elizabeth Randles
* Anna-Maria Ravnopolska-Dean - (born 1960) - Bulgarian concert harpist and academic; a founder of the American University in Bulgaria
* Casper Reardon
* Susan Reed
* Henriette Renié
* Lucas Ruiz de Ribayaz
* Nansi Richards - (1888–1979) - Welsh harpist appointed official harpist to Charles, Prince of Wales
* Kim Robertson
* Marisa Robles
* Claire Roche
* Henrik Rohmann - (1910–1978) - Hungarian performer and teacher
* Clotilde Rosa
* Mindy Rosenfeld
* Diana Rowan
* Isabella Rudkin
* Jaroslav Řídký - (1897–1956) - Czech composed, conductor, harpist, and teacher

## S

* Floraleda Sacchi - (born 1978) - recording artist, composer, and musicologist from Italy
* Arnold Safroni-Middleton
* Victor Salvi
* Carlos Salzedo
* Arianna Savall
* Anne van Schothorst
* Patsy Seddon - Scottish harpist known for work with The Poozies, Sileas, and Clan Alba
* Therese Schroeder-Sheker
* Marianne Smit
* David Snell (musician)
* Monika Stadler
* Serafina Steer
* Savourna Stevenson
* Alan Stivell - (born 1944) - Celtic recording artist
* Jessica Suchy-Pilalis
* Tomoko Sugawara
* Andrei Sychra

## T

* Mia Theodoratus
* John Thomas
* Thomas Thomas
* Julia Thornton
* Miriam Timothy
* Beste Toparlak
* Juan Vicente Torrealba
* Marcel Tournier
* Tuotilo
* JoAnn Turovsky

## V

* Verónica Valerio - Mexican harpist, singer and composer
* Remy van Kesteren - Dutch harpist and founder of the Dutch Harp Festival
* Andreas Vollenweider - Swiss harpist

## W

* Maria Jane Williams (c.1795–1873) - Welsh harpist
* Sylvia Woods (harpist) - American harpist and composer
* Aristid von Würtzler (1925–1997) - Hungarian-American leader of the New York Harp Ensemble

## Y

* Gráinne Yeats (1925–2013) - Irish harpist, singer and historian
* Brandee Younger - American harpist

## Z

* Nicanor Zabaleta
* Liao Zilan
* Vincenzo Zitello