"and what a fabulous concert, so much enjoyed by everyone, some said it was our best concert ever"
Geoff Scott, Binham Priory Concerts
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Eleanor divides her time between writing music, curating live music experiences, recording for herself and other artists, using her expertise and musical instincts to make other artists’ work more distinctive, as well as her own. Her background in western classical music informs her artistic choices but never stands in the way of change and progress. Eleanor has performed on three albums for the Grammy nominated ensemble Voces8 and numerous film soundtracks including Jonny Greenwood’s Phantom Thread and History of Sound by Oliver Coates. Her contributions to the game-changing British rap artist Dave’s album The Boy Who Played The Harp were recorded by Eleanor in her home studio, which is where she also produced her solo album, Lullabies for the Land.
Pic below: Eleanor working on a recording in her studio.
Photo by Lucy Glen
Having enjoyed an international recital career for over twenty years, Eleanor now also uses her professional standing to question the rigidity of classical concerts and the nature of the harp itself. Whilst teaching at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire for five years, Eleanor worked with Dr Balandino Di Donato in the Integra Lab to defy the natural decay of the harp. Using the MYO armband in conjunction with Balandino's MyoSpat software, the pair devised ways to use gesture to make the plucked sounds of the harp grow and change. They also experimented with moving sound around a space, a joyful process which resulted in Eleanor composing 'The Wood and the Water', based on a poem she wrote in creative British Sign Language, and performing it in Shanghai at the 2017 International Computer Music Conference.
From Eleanor's 'Philo Sophia' workshops, which highlight and explore a diverse range of feminine wisdom, to 'Disrupted Icons', her collaboration with visual artist Lucy Cade, the past five years have seen Eleanor challenging societal expectations of women within the sphere of western classical music. 'Disrupted Icons' was an exhibition that subverted expectations of motherhood using religious iconography, film and a sonic installation by Eleanor. Eleanor’s artistic development has been supported by awards from the Tillett Trust, the Ambache Charitable Trust (as a member of 4 Girls 4 Harps), PRS Foundation for New Music, Ralph Vaughan Williams Trust, Help Musicians, the Park Lane Group, Sound and Music and a Wingate Scholarship.
Eleanor can be booked, directly, to perform concerts or events as a solo artist, or with one of her ensembles. She is also available for session recordings, both in studio locations and at her home in Stamford. Commissions for compositions can be discussed over email with Eleanor and she also makes occasional appearances speaking on podcasts and at events. Simply email Eleanor with your enquiry .
© Eleanor Turner 2026