Kerstin Allvin, Harpist
“I would say that the sound of the plucked string is so powerful that the beings of the world have been transcended by this sound since people and animals were on the planet in one form or another.”
Listen now.
“You are enriched by the music you know by heart. It becomes a part of you.”
— Nadia Boulanger
“You are enriched by the music you know by heart. It becomes a part of you.” — Nadia Boulanger
Hello, I’m Kerstin, and welcome to my website.
I play the harp. The concert grand harp. I love and am passionate about the instrument. The sound carries away all who hear it. It has intrigued and transformed beings from centuries before anyone was writing anything down. It is depicted on the walls of early human ancestors and Egyptian tombs. Its sound is described in ancient Vedic and Upanishadic texts. It is in the Bible, the Tora, in Norse, Greek, and Celtic Mythology. Its shape and number of strings and even its name is wildly varied throughout all world cultures. I would say that the sound of the plucked string is so powerful that the beings of the world have been transcended by this sound since people and animals were on the planet in one form or another.
But I am not here to teach a history lesson at the moment. I can do that later. What I want you to know is that I am wholly and completely dedicated to making music on the harp. The large one. If you are interested in hiring a harpist, you have come to the right place. You can visit my biography page to find out what I have done with it throughout my life and you can visit my music store to find out what I have written, recorded and is available for purchase. I also teach harp. I so want everyone to love it and explore life with it as I have. It’s a compulsion, I HAVE to teach. It’s so beautiful from the very first ‘pluck.’ For the past 15 years I also teach yoga and yogic philosophy which informs all of my interactions with sound and music relating to the human species and our spirit.
I’m not weird…I’m pretty straight forward. I just love the harp and its shared effect on all of us.
Thank you for visiting.
“If you want to find your voice you have to listen for it.”
— Margaret Atwood
“If you want to find your voice you have to listen for it.” — Margaret Atwood