Helena Ricci is an award-winning Swiss classical harpist and trailblazing creative entrepreneur based in London. Forging a path outside of the traditional music competition circuit, she is an ambassador for the harp as a solo instrument, pioneering new transcriptions and innovative repertoire programming. She blends her creative mind with a vision for forward-thinking concert formats through her MUS!LUX project, merging classical music with technology and art. Helena Ricci is a current City Music Foundation Artist and Stoller Hall Emerging Artist. She won the unique place on the Creative Project Development Residency at the world-class and prestigious Verbier Festival Academy this Summer 2024, where she will give a concert on the 31st July.

Her captivating communication and charismatic stage presence led her to play solo for HM The King, at the Royal Opera House, St Martin-in-the-fields, appearing twice as a chamber soloist at Wigmore Hall, in a duo livestreamed concert by the London Symphony Orchestra Discovery and in the West End. She is a former Hattori Foundation Awardee, DEBUT Horizon, Britten-Pears Young Artist, took part in the prestigious Encuentro de Santander Academy, toured Europe with the Philharmonie der Animato Orchestra. Helena Ricci studied under Imogen Barford as a scholar at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. She is a Master of Music alumna, having graduated with the highest honours.

Helena Ricci’s vision for classical music has its emotional impact and wider audience reach close at heart. Developing her artistic mission through MUS!LUX, she was chosen as one of five European candidates for the Tuning in! Programme of the MDW University in Vienna as well as the selective Guildhall Creative Entrepreneurs course. She created and produced her first “Glow in the dark” immersive concert at The Stoller Hall in Manchester this season.

Her upcoming debut album anima will be released in 2024. She plays a vibrant red David harp, made in the Swiss region of Sainte-Croix where luxury watches are made. A keen videographer, her music video on Brian & Roger Eno’s “Cerulean Blue” was selected as the track’s official video and released on the Deutsche Grammophon Youtube channel.