About me
Hailed by the Washington Post for her “unusual presence with silky transparency,” Elizabeth Hainen has thrilled audiences throughout the world as a virtuoso soloist and as Principal Harp of The Philadelphia Orchestra. Hainen is the Artistic Director for the USA International Harp Competition, serves on the faculties of the Curtis Institute of Music and Temple University, and has provided educational outreach to hundreds of school children in urban Philadelphia through her nonprofit foundation The Lyra Society.