b'Guest HarpistJUDE HARPSTAR is a multifaceted award-winning artist who mesmerizes crowds with her dynamic and exhilarating performances on harp and piano. She has traveled the world performing to diverse crowds and has won numerous accolades, amongst them the Yamaha Competition 2004 as pianist and two International Awards for Best Acoustic Song and Best Pop/Adult/Contemporary EP in The Independent Music Awards with her duo LU FLUR. She was also the soloist on Caroline Leisegangs album entitled yeblikk, which won South African Classical Album of the Year in 2015. Jude has performed at festivals and pri-vate events in Germany, Austria, Zimbabwe, Switzerland, South Africa, the United States, and Ghana. She has shared the stage with many legends in the industry, amongst them Gregory Porter, Sipho Hotstix Mabuse, Sibongile Khumalo, Kwesta, Gloria Bosman, Pops Mohamed, Toya Delazy, Loyiso Bala, and Joseph Clark. At age 15, she was selected to per-form at The Eighth World Harp Congress in Geneva, Switzerland. At the age of 17, she won a full scholarship to attend the prestigious Interlochen Arts Camp and Academy, and went on to win more merit scholarships to finish her seven years in the US, attending the California Institute of the Arts and Oberlin College and Conservatory.Jude is currently back in South Africa, composing and producing music for herself and other musicians, and performing.judeharpstar.bizPhoto credit: Sanmari Maraisbuskaid.org.za/ 9'