Thames Music Group Sunday Concert presents Anne-Marie O'Farrell

Thames Music Group’s Sunday afternoon concert on 12 April 2026 will feature one of the leading harpists of her generation, Dr Anne-Marie O’Farrell from Dublin, Ireland. An internationally acclaimed performer, Anne-Marie regularly appears at major festivals and conferences worldwide, including several World Harp Congresses. She is visiting New Zealand as a competition judge and guest presenter at Harp Fest NZ 2026, organised by Harps Aotearoa Foundation under artistic director and Thames local Anna Dunwoodie, with whom she has collaborated previously.

Anne-Marie is particularly renowned for expanding the harp repertoire and for her innovations on the lever harp. Her work was so influential that Salvi Harps redesigned their lever harps as full concert instruments. She has premiered numerous works for pedal and lever harp, many written especially for her. Her orchestral appearances include performances with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, and the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, for whom she was soloist in her lever harp concerto In Light Anew. A prolific recording artist and scholar, her publications include critical editions of J.S. Bach, alongside multiple solo and collaborative recordings. She has also been commissioned to write major new works for harp and harp ensembles. Anne-Marie is Head of Harp at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester and is a sought-after international examiner and jury member.