Hathor Duo
Meera Maharaj - flute
Lucy Nolan - harp
Hathor Duo enjoys exploring the enchanting range of repertoire available to the pairing of flute and harp, spanning from their own arrangements of popular works and folk music to contemporary works. Meera Maharaj and Lucy Nolan both studied at the Royal Northern College of Music and have since given frequent duo recitals across the UK, from North Yorkshire to Devon. Hathor Duo recently performed at Kings Lynn, Lichfield and Beaminster Festivals. They are both passionate chamber musicians and have performed at venues including Bridgewater Hall, Cadogan Hall, Stoller Hall and the Royal Albert Hall.
As Live Music Now artists, they also bring performances into the wider community across the country. Outreach is an intrinsic element of musical life for both Meera and Lucy and they enjoy giving interactive concerts in schools for children with special educational needs and disabilities, and in care homes.
Meera Maharaj enjoys a diverse performing career. Her duo with pianist Dominic Degavino has enjoyed much success, featuring as Countess of Munster Recital Scheme, Tunnell Trust and Park Lane Group artists. Since 2013, she has frequently performed with guitarist James Girling, as the Meraki Duo. They recently won the II Concurs Internacional de Música Cambra Flauta & Guitarra and they were finalists in the 2019 Royal Overseas League competition (mixed ensembles category), as well as International Guitar Foundation Young Artists. Competition successes include first prize in the Royal Academy of Music Flute Competition and Dutch International Flute Competition, plus the Sussex Prize for Woodwind in the 2023 Royal Overseas League competition. She graduated with Distinction in her Masters, studying with Michael Cox at the Royal Academy of Music. In 2017, she graduated from the Royal Northern College of Music (first class honours), studying with Wissam Boustany and Laura Jellicoe.
Graduating from Oxford University and the Royal Northern College of music with Distinctions in postgraduate degrees, Lucy was the recipient of a number of prizes and a finalist in the RNCM’s Gold Medal weekend, the highest accolade awarded for performance. As well as featuring in performances for BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 4, she regularly works with orchestras such as the Hallé, Manchester Concert Orchestra and the Royal Northern Sinfonia and has been invited to perform in renowned music venues such as the The Royal Albert Hall, Cadogan Hall, The Sage and Bridgewater Hall. Lucy is particularly passionate about developing new music for the harp and was recently awarded a Developing Your Creative Practise Grant from the Arts Council and a Do It Differently Award from Help Musicians to fund composing her own and commissioning new works for harp. She was a guest artist at the World Harp Congress in Hong Kong, performing a new work by Paul Patterson and is a founding member of the contemporary music group, SHOAL, who recently composed music for a short film for Channel 4 and premiered works at New Music North West Festival, Bury Light Festival and Hull City of Culture. Lucy’s collaboration with Carnatic singer, Supriya Nagarajan, has led to performances at The Royal Albert Hall, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Lambeth Palace and Jaipur Literature Festival.
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