Bridget Kibbey

Extraordinary harpist Bridget Kibbey, called “the Yo-Yo Ma of the harp (by Vogue),” is in demand for her virtuosic and soulful performances that transcend her instrument. At ease crossing classical, global, and jazz genres, Kibbey dives deep into historic narratives —from the Baroque, to the French Belle Époque to Persian modes, to nuevo Latino traditions and beyond – while resonating within the vanguard of the new. Through it all, Kibbey is illuminating the powerful expressive range of the concert harp to new audiences worldwide! Her chameleon tendencies at the harp and curatorial strengths find her performing with a growing rolodex of curation-meets-performance appearances. According to The New York Times,“…she made it seem as though her instrument had been waiting all its life to explode with the energetic figures and colors she was getting from it.” 

Kibbey recently made her solo NPR Tiny Desk debut, is a winner of a prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant, a Salon de Virtuosi SONY Recording Grant, the only harpist to win a place in the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Bowers Program, and Premiere Prix at the Journées de les Harpes Competition in Arles, France. 

Kibbey has appeared as concerto soloist with orchestras in the United States, Europe, South America, and Middle East. She has toured and recorded with luminaries Placido Domingo, Dawn Upshaw, and Gustavo Santaollala for SONY Records and Deutsche Grammophon; and, her own solo debut album, Love is Come Again, was named one of the Top Ten Releases by Time Out New York. Kibbey most recently released her newest solo record, Crossing the Ocean, a virtuosic set of newly-commissioned works by an international set of composers, synthesizing their native folk music with the contemporary, for Pentatone Records.