CMF’s Lunchtime Concert Series
Wednesday 19th April 2023
Swiss national
UK resident
Creatively forging her path as a visionary classical musician, Helena Ricci is a harpist praised for her “innovative and multifaceted musical language, having already made huge strides into her own creative world” (Sioned Williams, Principal Harpist, BBC Symphony Orchestra, 1990-2018).
I fell in love with the harp as a small child and begged my parents to play until I was eight and my hands were strong enough to start. I have been playing ever since.
This Summer Helena Ricci was this year’s only Creative Project Development Resident at the prestigious Verbier Festival Academy in Switzerland. Through her MUS!LUX project merging classical music with technology and art, she is creating mesmeric immersive concert experiences. Ricci is a 2022 City Music Foundation, 2023 Stoller Hall Emerging Artist and former Hattori Foundation Senior Awardee.
Recent highlights include an artist feature on the Swiss national television RTS for the Swiss national day; solo concerts at the Harrogate International Festivals, St George’s Bristol, St Martin-in-the-Fields, the Royal Opera House and playing for HM The King. She took part in the Encuentro de Santander, Britten-Pears Young Artist, MDW Tuning In! and Guildhall Creative Entrepreneurs programmes. Ricci is a Master alumna of the Guildhall School of Music & Drama where studied with Imogen Barford and graduated with the highest honours.
A keen videographer, her film for Brian & Roger Eno’s “Cerulean Blue” was selected as its official video and released on the Deutsche Grammophon Youtube channel.
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