Performance Highlights

Cecilia has performed as a soloist, chamber and orchestral musician at many venues worldwide including:

The Royal Albert Hall
The Wigmore Hall
The Barbican
The House of Lords
10 Downing Street
Buckingham Palace
Kensington Palace
Clarence House

The World Harp Congress, Amsterdam
The Manoel Theatre, Malta

TOHU, Montreal
Jackson Hall, California

Cecilia teaches and adjudicates regularly.
She teaches in various London schools, privately and at
The Royal College of Music, Junior department

Taken from Gramaphone magazine, August 2020

The harpist Cecilia De Maria, UK born to Maltese parents, has signed an exclusive contract with Sony Music Masterworks. She entered the Purcell School at the age of 11 before moving on the Royal College of Music, where she studied with Daphne Boden,completing her Master’s Degree there with distinction.

Under the new recording agreement, De Maria will 'release a range of new works written especially for this talented and versatile musician, including works by composers of the moment, together with unique arrangements of classical pieces for harp'. The album will be produced by the Award-winning Anna Barry.

De Maria made her concerto debut in 2008 with the LSSO and that year also made it to the string finals of BBC Young Musician of the Year, where she was honoured with the award of the Walter Todds bursary.

The Head of Sony Music Masterworks in the UK, Sarah Thwaites noted: ‘Cecilia is an extraordinarily talented performer and has the ability to instantly captivate any audience with her stunning musicianship and wide range of repertoire.  I’m very excited to work with Cecilia and to help share her artistry with the world.’

Television and Radio work

Cecilia has performed on various television and radio programs including:

Classic FM
Scala Radio
BBC Radio 4

ITV featured her tour of Malta in 2003
BBC Young Musician of the Year 2008

X factor
The Brit Awards
Born in Chelsea
Dancing on Ice
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