Emily Hoile

The British harpist Emily Hoile is principal harpist with the WDR Symphony Orchestra and is in high demand throughout Europe as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral musician. She studied at the Juilliard School in New York and at the Haute École de Musique de Lausanne before beginning her orchestral career at the Karajan Academy of the Berlin Philharmonic. She has received international awards at various competitions, including the USA International Harp Competition and the International Harp Contest in Israel. Emily Hoile performs regularly with renowned symphony orchestras, including the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Munich Philharmonic and the Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris. Alongside her orchestral work, Emily Hoile is deeply committed to chamber music and has featured in radio productions for BBC Radio 3, WDR 3, BR-Klassik and France Musique. Her debut album, Ballade, was released in 2021. Teaching is a great passion of hers: since 2023, she has been teaching the harp at the Maastricht Conservatoire; she mentors emerging musicians at the WDR Symphony Orchestra Academy; and she gives masterclasses internationally, including at the Juilliard School, the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. From October 2026, she will also take up a professorship in harp at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln. In addition to her classical training, the F