INGLEFIELD, Ruth

Born in New Jersey, Ruth Inglefield was drawn to the harp at age 12. At age 15, while studying with Marcel Grandjany, she gave her debut performance with the New York Philharmonic. Awarded a Premiere Prix from the Paris Conservatoire, she remained in Europe as a concert harpist for over ten years. A life-long dedication to working with composers and premiering new music culminated in 2003, when Inglefield helped to found the Composition Contest of the USA International Harp Competition (USA IHC). As the Contest’s director and jury chair for six cycles, she received almost 400 new works from about 40 countries.

Inglefield wrote and edited pedagogical texts, as well as publishing recordings, transcriptions, and compositions for the harp.