Anneleen Lenaerts

Belgian harpist Anneleen Lenaerts is one of the leading soloists of her instrument. In December 2010 she was appointed Principal Harpist of the Vienna Philharmonic. From an early age Anneleen started winning an impressive amount of prizes, 23 prizes between 1997 and 2009, at international harp competitions of which the “Grand Prix International Lily Laskine and the ARD International Music Competition in Munich are particularly outstanding. At the latter, she was both a prizewinner and winner of the Audience Prize. As a soloist Anneleen has performed with the Symphony Orchestra of Bavarian Radio, the Mozarteum Orchestra, the Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra, the Polish National Radio Orchestra, the Brussels Philharmonic and others. Anneleen Lenaerts has made her solo debut at venues such as the Wigmore and Carnegie Hall, Berliner Philharmonie, Grosses Festspielhaus in Salzburg and in festivals such as Rheingau Festival, Dresden Musikfestspiele, Lockenhaus festival, Moritzburg festival and Aspen Music Festival. Solo appearances have been recorded by various stations including BBC 3, Radio France Musique and Deutschlandfunk. Anneleen is an exclusive recording artist for Warner Classics. She teaches at the University of Maastricht (NL) and is a Faculty Member of the Aspen Music Festival (USA).