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Eleanor has won a Wingate Scholarship 2010
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Eleanor Turner is a musician of exceptional skill at the harp, recognised internationally for the warmth and passion she has for her music. In March 2010 Eleanor won Third Prize in the Netherlands International Harp Competition. She performed the Ginastera Harp Concerto in the final stage with the excellent Utrecht Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra conducted by Etienne Siebens and gained the most public votes from the audience thus receiving the Peutz Audience Award.
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See photos by Nike Martens of Eleanor performing the Ginastera Concerto.
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Eleanor started playing the harp aged five and made her concerto debut at the Queen Elizabeth Hall when she was fifteen. In 2008 Eleanor performed at the Wigmore Hall in London and since then has performed across Europe, supported by Salvi Harps. She won First Prize and the William Mathias Prize in the Cardiff European Harp Competition 2007, winning a magnificent Salvi concert harp.  

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Eleanor is also a composer, arranger and teacher. She loves to travel and enjoys all the opportunities that being a musician presents!  
   
Eleanor wishes to thank The Tillett Trust for a financial award that enabled her to compete in Utrecht.  
 
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"This was energetic stuff, performed with virtuosic passion from first note to last."

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