Winner of the 2019 Trinity Laban Soloists’ Competition, 19-year-old Noelia Cotuna has been awarded more than 25 prizes at international competitions all over Europe. These include the 88º Concurso Permanente – Juventudes Musicales España and the EMCY Prize, the 2017 North London Camac Harp Competition and 2017 'Suoni d’Arpa' International Harp Contest. Noelia is currently in her fourth year of studies with Professor Gabriella Dall’Olio at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. Since August 2019, she has also been a member of the Karajan Academy of the Berliner Philharmoniker, under the guidance of harpist Marie Pierre Langlamet. Born in Spain, she started playing the harp at the age of six and two years later attended the Professional Conservatoire of Music of Valencia where she studied with Ana Martínez and completed her studies in 2016, obtaining the Professional Prize of Music in Harp and Chamber Music, and the Scholarship Prize of the Real Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País de Valenci. Noelia was involved in Madrid Symphony Orchestra’s Proyecto Talentos between 2015 and 2018, and is principal harp of the Young Musicians’ Symphony Orchestra and Valencia Youth Orchestra, as well as a reserve for the European Union Youth Orchestra and the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester. An experienced orchestral player, she has toured extensively with the Berliner Philharmoniker in Europe and Asia, and has performed under the batons of renowned conductors such as Kirill Petrenko, Peter Eötvös, Daniel Harding, Zubin Mehta and Christian Thielemann. Noelia also performs regularly as a soloist and chamber musician in the most prestigious venues in London and abroad. She has been featured at Proms at St Jude’s Festival, Harp on Wight Festival, Rassegna dell’Arpa Viggianese, and has appeared at venues such as Cadogan Hall, St John’s Smith Square, Old Royal Naval College, Palau de la Música and Palau de les Arts in Valencia, and the National Music Auditorium in Madrid. Noelia receives regular coaching in Early music with Frances Kelly, and has taken part in masterclasses with Fabrice Pierre, Sylvain Blassel, Park Stickney, Cristina Montes, Maria Elena Bovio, Han-An Liu, Rachel Masters, Hugh Webb and Heidi Krutzen. She has been generously supported by the Gladys Bratton and Rosamund Mott Scholarship Funds, AIE Spain, and is currently a Trinity College London Scholar.
Free recital with retiring collection.