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Hannah Runting

Hannah, a harpist and composer, plays ‘hard and fearlessly’ across multiple genres, with a passion for new music and innovative programming. Currently, she performs with the Riot Ensemble as an Arts Mentor Foundation Scholar, notably premiering Shin Kim’s Flute and Harp Concerto, broadcast on BBC Radio 3. She is a member of the Paraorchestra, a founding member of [FLUX], a contemporary music ensemble, and one half of flute and harp partnership ‘Flarra Duo’ with Penny Cairney-Leeming.

Projects

Projects and Collaborations

Hannah’s collaborations are vital to their identity as a harpist and composer. Read about her most recent collaborations below, or visit their biography page for more information on current and previous projects.

Ensemble and composer posing for a photo

TRIQUAD

Harpist in warm orange lighting

PARAORCHESTRA

Orchestra and dancer in live immersive performance

BBC PROMS

Two singers in an intimate embrace on stage

RIOT ENSEMBLE

Harpist and Trombonist performing in front of projection reading 'I seek solace'

PSYCHOMACHIA

Back of a recital hall during a concert

AMFL

Harpist speaking with audience member in black and white

PARAORCHESTRA

SOUTHBANK

Harpist and Pianist perfoming in atmospheric lighting
Harpist and Pianist performing in an immersive low light concert

SYMPHONY OF SORROWFUL SONGS

Immersive orchestral performance in low, warm, spotlighting

THE VIRTUOUS CIRCLE

Harpist Hannah Runting smiling and talking

nkoda

Harpist and Trombonist performing live at Toulouse Lautrec

EMPOWER

Five musicians posing for a photo after a concert

SEEN AND HEARD

Promotional image for Students Create Festival featuring descriptive text and two actors on stage with blue background
Two performers posing for photo after a concert

RIOT ENSEMBLE

Two dancers looking upward from below, dressed all in white with green lighting

DANCER COLLABORATION

Large concert venue photo of orchestra on stage

CONTEMPORARY CONCERTOS

Graphic score by Hannah Runting for Unfinished Music, Unfinished at the Royal Academy of Music

GRAPHIC SCORES

Harpist and trombonist laughing candidly mid rehearsal, in black and white

SOLACE DUO

Graphic green score in front of harpist performing

TOULOUSE LAUTREC

Ensemble on large stage performing an opera with warm low lighting

CONTEMPORARY OPERA

Promotional image for Unfinished Music, Unfinished at the Royal Academy of Music
Testimonials

"We are so pleased you are able to join us again. It wouldn’t be the same without you"

Memorial Service Directors

Contact Hannah

Harpist smiling through strings

runtingh@gmail.com     

07591 880290

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© 2026 by Hannah Runting. All rights reserved.

Coming Soon...

Sheet Music Closeup

Coming January 2025

 

:┃Unfinished Music┃Unfinished ┃:

A Royal Academy of Music Students Create Festival Performance

 

E​xploring Yoko Ono's text scores

and Hannah Runting's compositions

An immersive, audible art gallery featuring four soloists:

Will Hammond, Ruby Howells, Rachael Best-Babayeju, Isaac Shieh

Hannah’s Final Recital at the Royal Academy of Music, June 5th, 5pm, David Josefowitz Recital Hall

Featuring works by Scarlatti, Tailleferre, Britten, Hannah Runting, Oberthür and Kelly-Marie Murphy 

No tickets required

Photography Credits: Sophie Patterson, Eljay Briss, Jay, Inis Oírr Asano, Mark Allan

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