Performer Name: Harriet Earis
Show Name: Harriet Earis & Monika Stadler
Show Description
A double bill of two internationall renowned harpists from Wales and Austria, mixing Celtic harp music with jazz harp.
Harriet Earis was classically trained reaching Grade 8 with Distinction on concert pedal harp, but now specializes in the Celtic harp. She is a full-time harpist, playing extensively throughout the UK and abroad. In 2007 she performed as a soloist to 25,000 people in the 02 Arena and in the Royal Albert Hall in London as part of the "Young Voices" Tour. She was also chosen as one of 6 winners of the "Danny Kyle Open Stage Award" at the Celtic Connections Festival 2007 - picked out from among 82 different musical acts competing for the title. She was the 'Harper of All Britain' (at the All Britain round of the Fleadh Cheoil na hÉirinn) in 2000 and won it again in 2002. Performances in 2024 have included 3 German tours and a solo concert at the Edinburgh Fringe along with numerous Welsh and English concerts. She performs as a soloist but also as a duo with jazz guitarist Clovis Phillips or as a duet with the famous jazz harpist Monika Stadler.