Belgian harpist, Stien De Neef enjoys an international career as a performer connecting with audiences through her profound musicality and captivating sound. Recent highlights include winning the 2nd Prize of the United Kingdom Harp Competition 2024.

Stien has played with various orchestras such as the London Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Opera North, Brandenburg Sinfonia, and she was a Foyle Future First on the Professional Development Programme of the London Philharmonic Orchestra 2024/25, learning from principal harp Rachel Masters. 

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Past successes in competitions include the 1st Prize of the annual Renié Harp Prize at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire 2021, 2nd Prize at the International Marcel Tournier Competition in Cosenza (Italy) 2019 and 3rd Prize ‘Excellence’ at the ‘Concours Français de la Harpe’ in Limoges (France) 2019.
Stien was selected to perform for the masterclass with Jana Boušková at the World Harp Congress in Cardiff 2021, and she took part in masterclasses from distinguished harpists such as Veronika Lemishenko, Parker Ramsay, Sylvain Blassel, Imogen Barford and Catherine Michel.

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Stien holds an Advanced Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Performance from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Mmus in Pedagogy from the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp, Mmus from the 'Institut Supérieur de Musique et de Pédagogie' Namur (Belgium), and a Bmus from the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp. 

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Besides performing, Stien is an enthusiastic harp tutor and teaches at Rugby School and Cheltenham Ladies' College.