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Birth name
  
Hannah Stone

Name
  
Hannah Stone

Occupation(s)
  
Harpist

Role
  
Musical Artist

Years active
  
2011–present

Genres
  
Classical music, Harp

Website
  
Hannah Stone


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Born
  
27 April 1987 (age 36) (
1987-04-27
)

Origin
  
Mumbles, Swansea, Wales

Education
  
Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Guildhall School of Music and Drama

Similar People
  
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Hannah Stone (born 27 April 1987) is a professional Welsh harpist. Since 2007 she has performed internationally and won a number of prizes, and from 2011 to 2015 was Official Harpist to the Prince of Wales.

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Personal life

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Stone was born in Swansea and grew up in Treboeth and Mumbles.

Education

Stone attended Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Bryn-y-Môr (primary school, ages 4–11) and Ysgol Gyfun Gwyr, Gowerton (Secondary ages 11–18). She then trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, gaining the degrees of Bachelor and Master of Music.

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As part of an exchange program Stone studied at the Universitat Mozarteum, Salzburg, under Professor Helga Storck. In 2010 she furthered her studies at Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama (RWCMD), Cardiff, where she graduated in 2012.

Career

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Hannah Stone began performing at the age of 8. When she was 15, she played for The Queen on Her Majesty’s Jubilee Tour of Wales in 2002, and has played for the Royal Family on several other occasions. She studied under the guidance of Meinir Heulyn, Head of Harp at the RWCMD before moving to London. During this time she was a prize-winner at National Competitions including the Urdd Eisteddfod and the International Eisteddfod.

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In 2007 she performed in the European Harp Symposium and reached the semi-finals of the European Harp Competition.

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In October 2008, Stone was selected to represent the Guildhall School in collaboration with the Academies Festival Orchestra, Singapore. This project culminated in an opening gala performance for the Singapore Sun Festival at the Esplanade Theatre with Dame Kiri te Kanawa. In 2008 she was awarded the third prize at the Camac Harp Competition, London, and won the first prize at the National Eisteddfod, Cardiff.

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During 2010 Stone was awarded the 3rd prize at the International Harp Competition in Caernarfon and 2nd prize at the Franz Joseph Reinl Competition in Vienna. She was also appointed principal harpist with the Schleswig Holstein Festival Orchestra for 2010, touring Europe throughout the summer, working with many distinguished artists including baritone Thomas Hampson.

In June 2011 Stone was appointed the Official Harpist to the Prince of Wales.

Hannah Stone performed at the NATO Conference Dinner at Cardiff Castle in 2014 to delegates including US President Barack Obama, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and UK Prime Minister David Cameron. Her performance venues in Wales have included the Wales Millennium Centre and St David's Hall, Cardiff.

Media

Stone has appeared on Wedi 7 and the National Eisteddfod (S4C).

References

Hannah Stone Wikipedia