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Melanie Moult

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About Anneleen

Anneleen Lenaerts has been Principal Harpist of the Vienna Philharmonic since 2010, and as a soloist has performed with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerische Rundfunk, the Mozarteum Orchestra, Bruckner Orchestra Linz, the Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra, the Polish National Radio Orchestra, the Brussels Philharmonic, and the National Orchestra of Belgium amongst others.

Anneleen has made her recital debut at venues such as the Wigmore Hall, Carnegie Hall, Berliner Philharmonie, Salle Gaveau, Großes Festspielhaus, and Bozar, and at festivals such as Rheingau Musik Festival, Dresden Musikfestspiele, Lockenhaus festival, Moritzburg Festival and Aspen Music Festival.

The 23/24 season sees Anneleen debut with Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz (Venzago), and Philharmonie Zuidnederland (Ward), and returns to Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Tomasiewicz), Symphony Orchestra Flanders (Perruchon), and Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège. In recital she debuts at Waiblingen (with Avi Avital), Essen Philharmonie (with Julia Hagen), Tonyeong Festival (with Emmanuel Paahud and Antoine Tamestit), and Bodenseefestival (with Christiane Karg). She will perform the German and Belgian premieres of Kalevi Aho’s Double Concerto for Flute and Harp (Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz / Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen) and the world premieres of Wouter Lenaerts’ Concerto for Harp and Orchestra (Royal Symphonic Band of the Belgian Guides) and Ektoras Tartanis’ Harp Concerto (Philharmonisches Orchester Freiburg).

Anneleen is an exclusive recording artist with Warner Classics. Her 2019 release of Nino Rota’s works for the harp with Emmanuel Pahud and the Brussels Philharmonic earned an Opus Klassik Award.

Anneleen is based in Vienna

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Worldwide General Management with Askonas Holt

Season Highlights

Sep 2024
Mannheim
Orchestra: Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège Conductor: Valentina Peleggi Ginastera's Harp Concerto
Nov 2024
Maasmechelen
Recital with Julia Hagen, cello
Jan 2025 - Jan 2025
Recital at Detmolder Meisterkonzerte

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Selected Repertoire

Boieldieu Concerto in C
AhoDouble concerto for English Horn & Harp   •   Double concerto for Flute & Harp
Deltour Concertino in Jazz
GinasteraHarp Concerto
GlièreHarp Concerto
HandelConcerto in Bes
John Williams On Willows and Birches
JolivetConcerto for harp and chamber orchestra
Jongen Harp Concerto Op. 129
LenaertsHarp Concerto
LutoslawskiDouble Concerto for Oboe and Harp
MozartConcerto for Flute and Harp
Parish-Alvars Konzertstück Op. 39
Pierné Concierto de Aranjuez
RautavaaraHarp Concerto
RavelIntroduction et Allegro
ReineckeHarp Concerto
RodrigoConcierto de Aranjuez   •   Concierto Serenata
RotaHarp Concerto
Saint-Saëns Morceau de Concert
Spohr Concertante for violin and harp

Sample Programmes

  • Vienna Stories

    MOZART : Fantasia in D minor K 397 (5’) ZABEL: Fantaisie sur Faust de Gounod, Op. 12 (13.30’) WAGNER (arr. Hans Trnecek): Walthers Preislied from Meistersinger (7.30’) Anneleen LENAERTS: Fantaisie sur la Bohème by Puccini (11’) KÜHNE: Fantaisie sur Onegin (10‘) DVOŘÁK: Song to the moon (from Rusalka), arr. Anneleen Lenaerts (6‘) KORNGOLD: Tanzlied des Pierrot (from Tote Stadt) (6‘) SMETANA: Die Moldau (Vltava) arrangement for harp solo: Hans Trenecek, Op. 28 (10’)

  • Chamber Programme (inc. Cello)

    SCHUMANN: Fantasiestücke (12') DEBUSSY: Sonate für cello und Klavier (12') DVORAK: Rusalka, Op. 114, Act 1: Lied an den Mond (Transkription: Anneleen. Lenaerts) (6') DVORAK: "Waldesruh" + Rondo, (op. 68,5 + 94) (14') (interval) R. STRAUSS: Lieder (9') Acht Lieder, aus „Letzte Blätter“ von Hermann Gilm, op. 10, Nr. 1: „Zueignung“ Acht Lieder, aus „Letzte Blätter“ von Hermann Gilm, op. 10, Nr. 8: „Allerseelen“ „Morgen!“, Op. 27 no.4 KORNGOLD (10') - „Tanzlied des Pierrot“ aus der Oper „Die tote Stadt“ (Harfe solo) - „Mariettas Lied“ aus der Oper „Die tote Stadt“ KREISLER: 3 Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen (9') 1. Liebesfreud 2. Liebesleid 3. Schön Rosmarin

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Press

  • Vienna Philharmonic

    Musikverein, Vienna
    Apr 2022
    • And if in heaven there are indeed harps, then it would be hard to imagine a better angel to recruit than Philharmonic's Anneleen Lenaerts, who performed Reinhold Glière's concerto...