Imogen Barford is Head of Harp at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. As a distinguished and award-winning free-lance harpist, her work has included: concerto soloist; orchestral work with all the major London symphony orchestras, opera and ballet; extensive chamber music; contemporary music and early music on original instruments, plus broadcasts, recordings and foreign tours. In recent years she has toured Germany, Austria, France, Luxembourg and Spain with the London Symphony Orchestra, playing under conductors such as Sir Simon Rattle and Sir Bernard Haitink. Other recent work ranges from playing the solo harp in Handel’s Saul at Glyndebourne, and Gluck’s Orfeo at the Edinburgh Festival, to appearing at the London Jazz Festival and premiering new works for Flute-Viola-Harp Trio.

Imogen gives masterclasses throughout Europe and was a jury member for International Harp Competitions in Poland, Germany, Austria, Hungary and Wales, as well as for the BBC Young Musician of the Year and BBC Radio Scotland Young Classical Musician of the Year. She has examined throughout the UK and in The Hague, Oslo and Geneva. Imogen is also a fully qualified teacher of the Alexander Technique and an honorary associate of the Royal Academy of Music 'for distinguished service to the music profession'.