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Artist Scoop
Catrin Finch held the appointment of Royal Harpist to HRH the Prince of Wales from 2000 to 2004. This post, last offered by Queen Victoria in 1871, was revived by the Prince after he heard Catrin perform at his fiftieth birthday celebrations in Buckingham Palace. Born in Wales, Catrin has won numerous awards and honours including First Prize at the Lily Laskine International Harp Competition in France in 1999, the Marisa Robles Harp Prize at the Royal Overseas League Music Competition in London in the same year and prizes at the Wales National Eisteddfod Festival and the World Harp Festival Competitions. In 2004 she won the ECHO Klassik Award for "Best Crossover Artist" in Germany and in the same year was nominated for the Classical Brit Awards in the category of "Young British Classical Performer", resulting in a performance on ITV with baritone Bryn Terfel. Catrin has performed with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, the London Mozart Players and James Galway, the English Chamber Orchestra, the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at the Welsh Proms. She has recorded several CDs, some on the Sony Classical label. Catrin Finch will be the featured soloist in the CCOHK's upcoming Queen of Harps concert. Don't miss her Hong Kong debut!
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