Jury - Preliminary Rounds
Adjudicator Katherine Thomas
Jury - Final Contest
Adjudicators of the Final Round: Catrin Finch and Katherine
Thomas
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Katherine
Thomas : is a harpist who has performed
with artists as Bryn Terfel, Rolando Villazon, Katherine Jenkins
and the Manic Street Preachers. She has toured extensively as a
soloist and with orchestras such as the Orchestra of the Welsh
National Opera with whom she is Associate Principal Harp. Playing
both the pedal and triple harps, Katherine is a graduate of Guildhall
School of Music & Drama (where she studied with David Watrkins).
She is now an active teacher - teaching at the junior department
of the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama and at Christ College,
Brecon.
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Catrin
Finch : Described as “The Queen of Harps”, Catrin
has delighted audiences with her performances worldwide and has
performed with many of the world’s leading orchestras. Inspired
to learn the harp at the age of five, her first major competition
success came in 1999 winning the Lily Laskine International Harp
Competition in France. Catrin is the former Royal Harpist to H.R.H.
the Prince of Wales. Catrin’s most recent CD ‘Blessing’ reached
number 1 in the UK Classical Charts as did her recording of Bach’s
Goldberg Variations. Keen to push the boundaries of the harp, Catrin
is committed to promoting the harp and classical music in general
to a new and wider audience.
Web site www.catrinfinch.com
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