Lavinia Meijer (1983) is recognized worldwide as one of the most promising rising stars. Born in Korea and adopted into a Dutch family, she lives in the Netherlands. She studied under the guidance of Erika Waardenburg at the conservatories of Utrecht and Amsterdam, where she received her Bachelor and Masters degrees of Music with the highest distinction. Since then she has toured as a solo-harpist across Europe, America and Asia, showing the many possibilities of the harp as a solo instrument, such as in Carnegie Hall, the Vienna Musikverein, Philharmonie Cologne, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Cité-de-la-Musique Paris, Megaron Concert Hall Athens, Symphony Hall Birmingham, Konzerthus Stockholm, Paleis van de Schone Kunsten Brussels, Seoul Arts Center, and the Jerusalem Theater. She has also been invited to festivals such as Grachten festival, the Netherlands, Schleswig Holstein Festival, the Gergiev Festival Rotterdam and the SoundsNew Festival, UK 2010.

As a featured soloist she performed harp concertos with renowned orchestras, such as the Dutch Radio Chamber Orchestra, the Residence Orchestra of the Hague, the Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, the Israel Philharmonics and the Korean Symphony Orchestra.

From a young age on, she has won major music prizes, such as first prize at the Dutch Harp Competition, first prize at the International Harp Competition in Brussels, a second prize at the International Harp Competition in Vienna and a third prize at both the International USA Harp Competition and the International Harp Competition in Israel. Special awards have been given to her, such as the MeesPierson award and the Vriendenkrans of the Royal Concertgebouw from Amsterdam and the Borletti-Buitoni Trust from London. In the fall of 2009 she received the Dutch Music Prize, which is the highest distinction for a Dutch classical musician.

She has inspired several composers to write new music for her, composers such as Carlos Michans, Jacob ter Veldhuis, Garrett Byrnes and Hans Zender. Besides performing the standard harp repertoire, she also experiments with electronic music, theatrical music and jazz. She has followed masterclasses not only with renowned harpists like Jana Bouskova, Isabelle Moretti, Daphne Boden, Natalia Shameyva, Maria Graf, Skaila Kanga and Susann McDonald, but also with other musicians, such as Ton Koopman (harpsichord), Anner Bijlsma (cello), Willem Brons (piano) and Theo Olof (violin). Her broad interest and diversity of performance has made her a frequent guest at world harp congresses. She also appeared on several TV shows and radio programs.

Recently she has signed a contract with record company Channel Classics, on which she released her CD "Divertissements". Classics Today wrote about it: "If you have room in your collection for only a single solo harp recital, then let it be this disc", giving two tens for both artistic and sound quality. This fall she will release her new CD "Visions".