JUDE HARPSTAR

Jude HarpStar is a multifaceted and multi-genre award-winning artist who mesmerizes crowds with her improvisatory skills and her exhilarating and entrancing performances on harp and piano. Harpstar has traveled the world performing to diverse crowds and has won numerous accolades, including 2 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 Leisegang's album entitled "Oyeblikk", which won iTunes South African Classical Album of the Year in 2015.

Jude’s music has been synced in popular South African television series including “The Wife”, “LegacySA”, “Getroud met Rugby”, “Idols South Africa”, “SA's Got Talent”, and she has performed at festivals and private events in Germany, Austria, Zimbabwe, Switzerland, Tanzania, The U.S and Ghana. She has shared the stage with many legends in the industry, amongst them Gregory Porter, Msaki, AKA, Lira, Sibongile Khumalo, and Kwesta among others. At the age of 15, Jude was selected to perform at The Eighth World Harp Congress in Geneva, Switzerland. Jude attended the prestigious Interlochen Arts Camp and Academy on full merit scholarships and studied in the U.S for 7 years where she also attended the California Institute of the Arts and Oberlin College and Conservatory.