Helena Ricci is forging her own path as a creative, forward-thinking, independent classical musician. The Swiss-born, London-based “augmented harpist” (Tribune de Genève, 2024) fuses the harp with poetic visuals to create immersive, dream-like experiences, turning concerts into sensory adventures. As a media composer, she is currently composing the original soundtrack of the video game Mercantisle.

A free spirit, Helena Ricci deliberately chose to forge a path outside the traditional competition circuit to pursue her own creative vision. Her MUS!LUX project — Music + Light = Magic — invites audiences to (re)discover classical music in a new light, in and outside the concert hall.

Last season her solo show GLOW !N THE DARK lit up Manchester’s Stoller Hall and Harrogate International Festivals. Her current show AN!MA, created at the prestigious Verbier Festival Academy and featured on Swiss national television, accompanies her debut solo album to be released in Summer 2026. 

A recipient of multiple awards, Ricci performed for HM The King and at major venues like the Royal Opera House and Wigmore Hall. Known for her dynamic stage presence, mesmerising playing and zesty personality, Ricci has performed for HM The King, at the Royal Opera House, Wigmore Hall, St Martin-in-the-Fields, LSO St Luke’s, St George’s Bristol, for the London Symphony Orchestra Discovery and in the West End. She is a recent artist with the City Music Foundation, Stoller Hall, DEBUT, Hattori Foundation, and Britten-Pears programme. A Guildhall School of Music & Drama alum, Helena brings classical music into the now. 

She plays a crimson David concert harp, made in the Swiss region of Sainte-Croix, where luxury watches are crafted.

Photos by Nikita Thévoz