harp

Krysten Keches has been called an “excellent young soloist” by the Boston Globe. A Massachusetts native, she began harp lessons at age four, studying with Elizabeth Morse. Her recent performances include Debussy’s Danses sacrée et profane with the New England String Ensemble and Ginastera’s Harp Concerto with the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra. She has been a prizewinner in the New England Philharmonic, New England Conservatory, and Boston Symphony Orchestra concerto competitions.

Krysten Keches has been called an “excellent young soloist” by the Boston Globe. A Massachusetts native, she began harp lessons at age four, studying with Elizabeth Morse. Her recent performances include Debussy’s Danses sacrée et profane with the New England String Ensemble and Ginastera’s Harp Concerto with the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra. She has been a prizewinner in the New England Philharmonic, New England Conservatory, and Boston Symphony Orchestra concerto competitions.

Ms. Keches appeared with Yo-Yo Ma and members of the Silk Road Ensemble in a 2009 concert celebrating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. She has performed twice on the radio program “From the Top” and was honored with the show’s first Dusky Foundation Award.

In 2010, Ms. Keches won a Fulbright Scholarship to study with renowned harpist Alice Giles at the Australian National University School of Music, where she earned a graduate diploma. While in Australia, she performed as a soloist at Canberra’s Llewellyn Hall and was also broadcast in recital on ArtSound FM. Last summer, she attended the Aspen Music Festival as a student of Nancy Allen and Deborah Hoffman.

Ms. Keches graduated cum laude with a B.A. in art history from Harvard University. She is currently pursuing her M.M. at the New England Conservatory, where she studies with Jessica Zhou.

Performances

Jordan Hall at New England Conservatory | April 14, 2013