Oliver Wass has won the Suoni d’Arpa International Competition in Italy, the International Harp Competition of Slovenia, and the Jury Prize at the International Harp Competition in Szeged, Hungary. In May 2016 he became the first harpist ever to win the Guildhall Gold Medal – the Guildhall’s most prestigious prize. He is Professor of Harp at the Royal College of Music.
He has performed every major harp concerto, including Lyra Angelica with the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Mozart Flute and Harp Concerto with The Mozartists at the Wigmore Hall, the Debussy Danses with 12 Ensemble at the Wigmore Hall, and he has directed the Handel Harp Concerto in the Barbican Hall.
He plays both modern and early harps, and has performed the Handel Harp Concerto with The English Concert at the Wigmore Hall on the triple harp, as well as touring to New York’s Carnegie Hall, Berlin Philharmonie, and Salzburg Mozarteum.
