Caryl Thomas
Caryl Thomas is widely recognised as one of
the most accomplished solo recital harpists performing to great
critical acclaim throughout Europe, the United States, Russia and
Japan. She made her American debut in 1981 at Carnegie Halls as
winner of the Concert Artists Guild Award, and her London debut at
the Wigmore Hall a year later.
She graduated from RWCMD and New York University, where she
received an MA degree. She has been awarded many scholarships and
prizes, including a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship and was the
first British harpist to win a major prize at the International
Harp Contest in Jerusalem.
Caryl has appeared as a soloist with the BBC Welsh Symphony
Orchestra, the London Mozart Players, the Bournemouth Sinfonietta
and the Mozarteum Orchestra of Salzburg. She has recorded the
Mozart Flute and Harp Concerto with the London Philharmonic and has
played with numerous chamber groups.
Caryl has given numerous Radio 3 recitals, hosted her own music
series on S4C and has completed a solo record entitled "Claire de
Lune” and a selection of chamber works with the Prometheus Ensemble
called "French Impressions”. In 2007, Caryl was Chairperson
of Arpa Viva Cymru, the 7th European Harp Symposium.