Hannah Stone
Hannah Stone | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Hannah Stone |
| Born | 1987 (age 36–37)[1] |
| Origin | Treboeth,Swansea,Wales |
| Genres | Classical |
| Occupation | Harpist |
| Years active | 2011–present |
Hannah Stone(born 1987)[1]is a professionalWelshharpist.
Since 2007 she has performed internationally and won a number of prizes, and from 2011 to 2015 wasOfficial Harpist to the Prince of Wales.
Education
[edit]Stone graduated with a Bachelor of Music degree from theGuildhall School of Music & Drama.As part of an exchange programme, she studied at the Universität Mozarteum, Salzburg, under Professor Helga Storck. In 2010 she furthered her studies atRoyal Welsh College of Music & Drama(RWCMD), Cardiff, where she graduated in 2012 with a Master of Arts.[2]
Career
[edit]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.[3]
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 withDame Kiri te Kanawa.[3]In 2008 she was awarded the third prize at the Camac Harp Competition, London, and won the first prize at theNational Eisteddfod,[4]Cardiff.
During 2010 Stone was awarded the 3rd prize at the International Harp Competition inCaernarfonand 2nd prize at the Franz Joseph Reinl Competition in Vienna. She was also appointed principal harpist with the Schleswig Holstein Festival Orchestra for 2010.[3]
In June 2011 Stone was appointed theOfficial Harpist to the Prince of Wales.[3][5]
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.[2]
Personal life
[edit]Stone was born inSwanseaand grew up inTreboethandMumbles.[6]She married singer Gary Griffiths in the early 2010s, but after two years the couple split up.[7]
In 2017 she had a daughter by SirBryn Terfel,[8]whom she married on 26 July 2019 at Caersalem Newydd Baptist Church in Swansea; she does not use the title "Lady Terfel".
References
[edit]- ^abCooper, John (26 July 2019)."Bryn Terfel marries harpist Hannah Stone in Wales on 'magical' day".WalesOnline.Retrieved18 March2021.
- ^ab"Harlequin Agency: Hannah Stone".Retrieved9 March2015.
- ^abcd"Hannah Stone becomes new official Harpist to HRH The Prince of Wales".Retrieved10 March2015.
- ^"About Hannah Stone (own website)".Archived fromthe originalon 2 April 2015.Retrieved10 March2015.
- ^"The Prince of Wales: The Arts".Retrieved9 March2015.
- ^Cooper, John (26 July 2019)."Bryn Terfel marries harpist Hannah Stone in Wales on 'magical' day".walesonline.
- ^Victoria Ward (8 July 2015)."Royal harpist who ran off with opera singer is replaced".The Daily Telegraph.Retrieved13 June2020.
- ^"Baby for Sir Bryn Terfel and harpist Hannah Stone".BBC.5 May 2017.Retrieved30 June2018.
- 1987 births
- Living people
- Alumni of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama
- Alumni of the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
- Welsh classical harpists
- British women harpists
- Welsh women musicians
- 21st-century Welsh musicians
- 21st-century classical musicians
- 21st-century British women musicians
- Musicians from Swansea
- Members of the Household of the Prince of Wales
- Wives of knights