Isabelle Perrin

Isabelle Perrin has been co-principal harpist with the Orchestre National de France for over twenty years. Invitations to give recitals and concerto performances with orchestras worldwide have led to a truly international career. She has recorded CDs of solo, chamber music and concertos from the eighteenth century to the present day. In addition she is a devoted teacher, having taught at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris for fifteen years and given masterclasses round the globe. She is Professor of Harp and Head of Strings at the Norwegian Academy of Music, is an appointed Visiting Professor at the Royal Academy of Music in London and was Visiting Professor at the Music Academy in Krakow, Poland, in 2013-2014.
After being the President and Artistic Director to the 6th European Harp Symposium held in France in 2004, Isabelle is currently Artistic Director to the World Harp Congress Organization. She is also an Honorary Associate to the Royal Academy of Music in London.
In 2007, she was knighted in the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Government in recognition of her involvement in the international musical world.