Katia Mestrovic

BIO

Katia started playing harp at the age of 8 with Xanya Mamunya (student of Alice Chalifoux). During adolescence, she broadened her horizons with learning languages, living overseas (in Spain, France, Germany and Croatia), teaching English, and rallying for Human Rights causes. After much life experience, Katia decided to fully dedicate herself to becoming a professional harpist.

Since, she has been a student of Alice Giles AM, graduating from The Sydney Conservatorium of Music in 2022 with High Distinction. She was a semi-finalist in The Dutch World Harp Competition (2024); won third place in the BASEL International Harp Competition (2023); was awarded the Quinquin foundation scholarship for young talents in classical music (2021-2022), the William and Marie Souter Encouragement Awards for aspiring concert stage instrumentalists (2018-2020), and the Bachelor of Music Scholarship for excellence (2017).  

Katia’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/k.mestrovic.harp/
Katia’s Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@katiamestrovic7145/playlists

“Katia is a musician with an exceptionally strong, individual expression and great originality. This is evident not only in her performances, but also as a composer for her instrument. She is able to bring out the full power and richness of the sonorities of the harp, playing with technical command and musical integrity.”

• Alice Giles AM