Anneleen Lenaerts

Anneleen Lenaerts has been Principal Harpist of the Vienna Philharmonic since 2010, and as a soloist has performed with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerische Rundfunk, the Mozarteum Orchestra, Bruckner Orchestra Linz, the Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra, the Polish National Radio Orchestra, the Brussels Philharmonic, Philharmonie Zuidnederland, Symphony Orchestra Flanders, and the National Orchestra of Belgium amongst others.

Anneleen has made her recital debut at venues such as the Wigmore Hall, Carnegie Hall, Berliner Philharmonie, Salle Gaveau, Großes Festspielhaus, and Bozar, and at festivals such as Rheingau Musik Festival, Dresden Musikfestspiele, Lockenhaus festival, Moritzburg Festival and Aspen Music Festival.

The 24/25 season sees Anneleen make recital debuts at Musikkens Hus, Aalborg (with Emmanuel Pahud), at El Amanecer’ in Brussels, Maasmechelen (with Julia Hagen), Detmolder Meisterkonzerte, at the PHiladelphia Chamber Music Society with Marina Piccinini, Wangen im Allgau and Leer (with Christiane Karg) and at Concertgebouw Amsterdam and Stadttheater Furth (with Julia Hagen). She will perform at her own 'Big Little Music' Chamber Festival in Ghent. She will debut with the Hangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra and returns to Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège (Ginastera Concerto).

In 23/24 Anneleen gave the German and Belgian premieres of Kalevi Aho’s Double Concerto for Flute and Harp (Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz / Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen) and the world premieres of Wouter Lenaerts’ Concerto for Harp and Orchestra (Royal Symphonic Band of the Belgian Guides) and Ektoras Tartanis’ Harp Concerto (Philharmonisches Orchester Freiburg).

Anneleen is an exclusive recording artist with Warner Classics. Her 2019 release of Nino Rota’s works for the harp with Emmanuel Pahud and the Brussels Philharmonic earned an Opus Klassik Award.