AnneleenLenaerts

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About Anneleen

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.

In the 2025/26 season, she performs at the Festival Ravel in France, Allegro Vivo in Austria, with the Lucerne Festival Strings, at Mozartfest Würzburg, Grafenegg Festival, the Vienna Musikverein and Konzerthaus, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, as well as in Regensburg, Skopje, Aalborg, and at the Tivoli Festival in Copenhagen. A special highlight is the Big Little Music Festival in Ghent, which she curates herself and which will take place in January 2026.

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.

Anneleen is based in Vienna

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Season Highlights

Oct 2026
Wigmore Hall, London
Avi Avital: Mandolin Lukasz Kuropaczewski: Guitar Ophira Zakai: Theorbo Alexander von Heißen: Harpsichord
Dec 2026
City Hall Concert Hall, Hong Kong
Christoph Poppen: Conductor Hong Kong Sinfonietta
Jan 2027
Auditorium, Bolzano & Teatro Auditorium Santa Chiara, Trento
Christophe Rousset: Conductor Orchestra Haydn di Bolzano e Trento
Jan 2027
The Southern Theatre, Ohio
David Danzmayr: Conductor ProMusica Chamber Orchestra
Apr 2027
Wigmore Hall, London & St George's, Bristol
Quatuor Van Kuijk
Aug 2027
Rheingau Festival
Julia Hagen: Cello

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Selected Repertoire

Boieldieu

Concerto in C

Aho

Double concerto for English Horn & Harp   •   Double concerto for Flute & Harp

Deltour

Concertino in Jazz

Ginastera

Harp Concerto

Glière

Harp Concerto

Handel

Concerto in Bes

John Williams

On Willows and Birches

Jolivet

Concerto for harp and chamber orchestra

Jongen

Harp Concerto Op. 129

Lenaerts

Harp Concerto

Lutoslawski

Double Concerto for Oboe and Harp

Mozart

Concerto for Flute and Harp

Parish-Alvars

Konzertstück Op. 39

Pierné

Concierto de Aranjuez

Rautavaara

Harp Concerto

Ravel

Introduction et Allegro

Reinecke

Harp Concerto

Rodrigo

Concierto de Aranjuez   •   Concierto Serenata

Rota

Harp Concerto

Saint-Saëns

Morceau de Concert

Spohr

Concertante for violin and harp

Sample Programmes

  • Vienna Stories

    MOZART : Fantasia in D minor K 397 (5’) ZABEL: Fantaisie sur Faust de Gounod, Op. 12 (13.30’) WAGNER (arr. Hans Trnecek): Walthers Preislied from Meistersinger (7.30’) Anneleen LENAERTS: Fantaisie sur la Bohème by Puccini (11’) KÜHNE: Fantaisie sur Onegin (10‘) DVOŘÁK: Song to the moon (from Rusalka), arr. Anneleen Lenaerts (6‘) KORNGOLD: Tanzlied des Pierrot (from Tote Stadt) (6‘) SMETANA: Die Moldau (Vltava) arrangement for harp solo: Hans Trenecek, Op. 28 (10’)

  • Chamber Programme (inc. Cello)

    SCHUMANN: Fantasiestücke (12') DEBUSSY: Sonate für cello und Klavier (12') DVORAK: Rusalka, Op. 114, Act 1: Lied an den Mond (Transkription: Anneleen. Lenaerts) (6') DVORAK: "Waldesruh" + Rondo, (op. 68,5 + 94) (14') (interval) R. STRAUSS: Lieder (9') Acht Lieder, aus „Letzte Blätter“ von Hermann Gilm, op. 10, Nr. 1: „Zueignung“ Acht Lieder, aus „Letzte Blätter“ von Hermann Gilm, op. 10, Nr. 8: „Allerseelen“ „Morgen!“, Op. 27 no.4 KORNGOLD (10') - „Tanzlied des Pierrot“ aus der Oper „Die tote Stadt“ (Harfe solo) - „Mariettas Lied“ aus der Oper „Die tote Stadt“ KREISLER: 3 Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen (9') 1. Liebesfreud 2. Liebesleid 3. Schön Rosmarin

  • Chamber Programme (inc. Mandolin)

    BACH: Trio Sonata in d-minor Wq.145 (12') Allegretto Largo Allegro SMETANA: Moldau for solo harp IBERT: Deux Interludes flute mandolin harp (8') Andante espressivo Allegro vivo SOLLIMA: Prelude for mandolin solo (5) CAUCIELLO: Trio in D-major (7') Allegro Andante Allegro SAINT-SEANS: Romance op. 37 for flute and harp (5’) PIAZZOLLA: Piazzolla Quatro piezas para trio La Muerte del Angel Oblvión Libertango Escualo

  • Duo Programme (Mandolin)

    BACH: Sonata in g minor - BWV 1020 11' BEETHOVEN: Sonatina for Mandolin and Piano in c minor, WoO 43 (arr. for Mandolin & Harp) 5’ BEETHOVEN: Adagio for Mandolin and Cembalo Es-Dur WoO 43b (arr. for Mandolin & Harp) 4.30‘ CPE BACH: Sonata in Es-Dur H545 11' SMENTANA: Moldau Op.43 (Harfe solo) (trans. Trnecek) 10’ SCHUBERT: „Ständchen“ from Schwanengesang, D 957 4.30‘ SOLLIMA: Prelude (Mandoline solo) 4.40‘ LARVI: Three Jewish Dances op. 192 (1945) 7’ 1. Sher (Chassidischer Tanz) 2. Jemenitischer Hochzeitstanz 3. Hora (Rundtanz)

News

Press

  • Gibraltar Philharmonic Society

    The Convent Ballroom, Gibraltar
    Feb 2025

    • Her playing seems extraordinarily attentive to her immediate surroundings, and one can imagine her following the dynamics of each live opera. Lenaerts’ response to “La Bohème” hinted at this skill, condensing the prettiest tunes from Puccini’s vignettes into an expressive tone poem, unhurried, sometimes playful, moving unstoppably towards tragedy.

  • Aspen Chamber Orchestra

    Aspen Music Festival
    Jul 2023

    • ....harpist Anneleen Lenaerts displayed dynamic finesse, nuance in articulation and jaw-dropping skill…

      • Aspen Times
      • 23 July 2023

  • Vienna Philharmonic

    Musikverein, Vienna
    Apr 2022

    • And if in heaven there are indeed harps, then it would be hard to imagine a better angel to recruit than Philharmonic's Anneleen Lenaerts, who performed Reinhold Glière's concerto...

  • CD Review: Chopin & Liszt

    Oct 2020

    • Anneleen Lenarts shines new light on the two featured composers with her compellingly idiomatic arrangements and spontaneous musical communication which goes from her nimble fingers (and feet!) straight through to the listener's heart. (…) This disc held me spell-bound, and I would love to hear some more from Anneleen Lenaerts; she is without a doubt a musical enchantress. Enthusiastically recommended.

      • SA CD.net
      • 21 November 2023

  • CD review: Harp Concertos

    Warner Classics
    Apr 2014

    • With the concerts by Rheingold Glière, Joseph Jongen and Joaquin Rodrigo, Anneleen not only once again demonstrates her outstanding quality as a harpist, she also shows a keen sense for repertoire pearls that are worth discovering. That makes you want more…

Discography