Biography

Milo Harper is currently engaged as Solo Harp with the Staatsoper / Staatskapelle Berlin on a Zeitvertrag for the 2026–27 season. Based in both Berlin and his native London, he was a member of the Staatskapelle Orchesterakademie from 2024 to 2026. He is also pursuing further Masters studies with Sivan Magen at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler, supported by a Deutschlandstipendium.

Devoted to showcasing the harp's rich history and poeticism, Milo explores a broad spectrum of solo and chamber music from both well-known and underrepresented composers. He also performs with orchestras including the Philharmonia, London Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Deutsche Oper Berlin, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Britten Sinfonia, English Touring Opera, and European Union Youth Orchestra.

From 2022 to 2024, Milo was based in London, serving as a Philharmonia Instrumental Fellow and a Munster Trust Recital Scheme soloist. Prior to this, from 2019 to 2022, he completed a Masters degree with Emmanuel Ceysson in New York City at The New School's Mannes School of Music, where he was awarded the Performing Arts Scholarship. At Mannes, he was also coached by renowned jazz harpist Brandee Younger as a member of the Alice Coltrane Ensemble. These studies were generously supported by the Hattori Foundation, the Countess of Munster Musical Trust, and the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Julius Isserlis Scholarship.

Milo earned his Bachelors degree at the Royal Academy of Music from 2015 to 2019, studying with Karen Vaughan and Skaila Kanga, where he received the D Day Fund Award and the Robert Alva Memorial Prize for outstanding achievement. His artistic development has also been shaped by courses with Marie-Pierre Langlamet and Sylvain Blassel, as well as masterclasses with many of the world’s foremost harpists.

As a soloist, Milo has won competitions including the Camac Harp Competition (2018), the North London Festival President's Prize Competition (2018) and the Royal Academy of Music's Guy Magrath Harp Prize (2019). He has also toured globally, giving solo performances at the World Harp Congress (Hong Kong, 2017) and Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall (NYC, 2019) and concertos in the UK, Germany, Switzerland, Hong Kong, and Singapore. He was the harpist for LGT Young Soloists, with whom he has been featured on several albums released by Sony/RCA Red Seal Records. He was also Principal Harp for the European Union Youth Orchestra (2019), a Britten-Pears Young Artist (2020), and Principal Harp for the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain (2014).