Catrin Finch

Since the start of her professional career at the close of the 20th century, Welsh harpist Catrin Finch has carved out a unique path among classical musicians. After a four-year appointment as the official harpist to the Prince of Wales -- a long-dormant royal position filled after more than a century of inactivity -- Finch has become an in-demand performer on-stage and on record, where she's adapted classical, contemporary, and even the traditional music of her homeland for her instrument. Finch's rise was meteoric: born in 1980 in the village of Llanon, she began learning h...