Robin Best, Harp
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Career Highlights

  • Performed with the Britten-Pears Ensemble for Owen Wingrave by Benjamin Britten, Aldeburgh Festival and Edinburgh Festival, 2014
  • Performed for New York City Opera's production of Powder Her Face by Thomas Adès, Festival d'opéra de Québec, 2013
  • Recorded for Parafilms documentary Legends of Magdalen, 2013
  • Recorded as a Guest Artist on Stars Juno-Nominated album, The North, 2012
  • Solo Recital at Hart House, University of Toronto, 2012
  • Performed at the Grand Opening of the new Maison Symphonique at Place des Arts, Montreal, 2011
  • Performed at the Eleventh World Harp Congress, Vancouver, 2011
  • Solo Recital at the Elora Festival, Elora, Ontario, 2011
  • Winner of the National Arts Centre Orchestra Bursary, 2010
  • Winner of the Elora Festival Young Performers Competition, 2009
  • Member of the Banff Centre Opera Orchestra, 2008
  • 3rd place, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal Standard Life Competition, 2007
  • Member of the National Youth Orchestra of Canada, 2006 and 2007
  • First Place at the Canadian Music Competition National Final, Edmonton, 2005
  • Four-time Royal Conservatory of Music Silver Medal Winner (highest mark in province of Ontario for Harp Performance examinations), 1999-2002