Caroline Bembia, Harp

New York native Caroline Bembia is the principal harpist of the New York City Ballet. She previously held the position of Principal Harp of the Orquesta Filarmónica de Jalisco in Guadalajara, México from 2017-2024. She has been reviewed by the New York Times for her “fine work” as a soloist, chamber musician, an orchestral harpist. In November 2012 she had her Alice Tully Hall solo debut performing the U.S. premier of Mexican composer Hilda Paredes' Demente Cuerda for solo harp and orchestra.

Caroline was a finalist in the 2015 Concert Artists Guild Competition, and she was awarded third prize in the 2017 Friends of the Minnesota Orchestra Competition.

Caroline frequently performs with professional orchestras such as the Metropolitan Opera, New York Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Seattle Symphony, North Carolina Symphony, and Charleston Symphony. In addition, Caroline has performed at music festivals such as the St. Barths Music Festival, Bravo! Vail Music Festival, Artosphere Festival, Tanglewood Music Center, Spoleto Music Festival USA, Pacific Music Festival, and Aspen Music Festival.

Caroline is an alumna of the Juilliard Pre-College program; after studying there for 6 years with Bridget Kibbey, she continued her harp studies with Judy Loman at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. Caroline received her Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from the Juilliard School studying with Nancy Allen, and she completed her Professional Studies certificate from the Manhattan School of Music with Mariko Anraku.